Plaid are celebrating holding the Bryncoch South Seat seat on Neath Port Talbot Council on the sad death of highly popular councillor Janice Dudley.
This unfortunately cannot be said an indication of a major change in the Welsh political spectrum. Indeed it reflects a rather static position in local government an area where there is often a protest vote against the Westminster Government and an area which has seen the Liberal Democrats and latterly Ukip make almost weekly gains.
The Tories lhave lost t16th council by-election defence since June’s general election but considering their problems lately we should expect mush more,
Last Thursday saw nine UK by elections all except one held by the sitting party.
The exception was a spectacular win for the grens in Herefordshire
Bishop’s Frome and Cradley on Herefordshire (Con defence)
Result: Con 299 (29% -40% on last time), Lab 19 (2% no candidate last time), Lib Dem 251 (24% no candidate last time), Green 471 (45% +14% on last time)
Green GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 172 (16%) on a swing of 27% from Con to Green
In May 2015, the Tories won the seat in a straight fight with the Greens by 1331 votes to 610.
It looks like we are in for a period of two-party politics where Labour however can't make a breakaway from the Tories and look to repeating anything like thier 1997 preformance.
For those of us who take a keen interest in elections its not a very exciting time..
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The Tories lhave lost t16th council by-election defence since June’s general election but considering their problems lately we should expect mush more,
Last Thursday saw nine UK by elections all except one held by the sitting party.
The exception was a spectacular win for the grens in Herefordshire
Bishop’s Frome and Cradley on Herefordshire (Con defence)
Result: Con 299 (29% -40% on last time), Lab 19 (2% no candidate last time), Lib Dem 251 (24% no candidate last time), Green 471 (45% +14% on last time)
Green GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 172 (16%) on a swing of 27% from Con to Green
In May 2015, the Tories won the seat in a straight fight with the Greens by 1331 votes to 610.
It looks like we are in for a period of two-party politics where Labour however can't make a breakaway from the Tories and look to repeating anything like thier 1997 preformance.
For those of us who take a keen interest in elections its not a very exciting time..
1 comment:
Always difficult comparing a double seat election and a single seat by-election,but it looks as though Plaid kept its vote at 49%. The Labour vote with the same candidate in the May election has risen by 3% to 29%. The Tory vote has halved to 10%. Last time The minor parties,the Greens and Liberals picked up 6%. This time the Liberals and UKIP picked up 12%, with the Liberals on 9% coming close to pushing the Tories into fourth place.
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