Denbeigh by elections

There  were two County Byelections on Denbeighshire council on Thursday

Denbigh Lower - results

Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Mark John Young	Independent	389	36%	+18.9%
Rhys Thomas	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	315	29%	+16.1%
Lara Jane Pritchard	Conservative	159	15%	+10.8%
John Francis McGuire	Labour	108	10%	+10.1%
William Gwyn Williams	Liberal Democrats	101	9%	+4.7%

Previous Election

Denbigh Lower: Emboldened denotes elected
Independents 977, 579, 505, 204(78%)
Plaid Cymru 386 (13%)
Liberal Democrat 138 (5%)
Conservative 118 (4%)

[[Combined vote for other previous Independents 0 [0.0%; -60.5%]]

Dyserth - results

Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%
David Gwyn Williams	Independent	177	26%	+25.6%
David Henry Parry	Independent	159	23%	+23%d
Hugh Andrew Hughes	Conservative	140	20%	-30.4%
Heather Alison Prydderch	Liberal Democrats	107	15%	+3.9%
Richard Jones-Abbas	Labour	87	13%	-25.2%
Janice Ann Williams	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	21	3%	+3.0%

Previous Election 

Conservative 369 (51%),

Labour 275 (38%),

Liberal Democrat 84 (12%)

It is Interesting  to note that in Denbeigh Lower if an Independent had stood Plaid nay have puled of a win/

Which is interesting when we consider the  result from Argyll & Bute UA which was conducted under STV or rather  since ot was a byelection AV

 Oban North & Lorn- 2nd June 2016

June 2, 2016

First preference votes –

SNP 1055 [39.8%; -16.1%]
Independent 711 [26.8%; +7.9%]
Con 591 [22.3%; +9.4%]
LD Dave Pollard 294 [11.1%; -1.3%]
Unfortunately  the council have not yet provided full details  and we will have to wait till Monday butthe  Independent was elected following the elimination and transfer of the Lib Dems and Conservatives votes

Independent gain from SNP
Result of ward at last election (2012) : Emboldened denotes elected
Independents 421, 807, 125, 361, 222, 58 (55%)
Scottish National Party 410, 707 (31%)
Conservatives 332 (9%)
Liberal Democrats 188 (5%)

So we may just be seeing a vote split on Nationalist Unionist lines with latter switching  their vote to another Unionist party . Something that seemed  to have happened  to the benefit  of Ruth Davidson and the Tories in Scotland  in last May Parliamentary Elections .