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    2013 council by-elections

    239 by-elections on our record, 49 of them won by a different party from last time.

    Gains and losses by party

    PartyGainedLostNet
    Labour186▲ +12
    UK Independence Party (UKIP)43▲ +1
    ICHC10▲ +1
    CityInd10▲ +1
    IOCH10▲ +1
    SWF Ind10▲ +1
    Green11– 0
    Independent45▼ -1
    S&G RA01▼ -1
    Liberal Democrats68▼ -2
    SNP06▼ -6
    Conservative1219▼ -7

    Every by-election

    DateWardWinnerPreviously
    13 JanBryncochBridgendLabour 65.1%Hold
    17 JanHillFenlandConservative 59.7%Hold
    17 JanBrixton HillLambethLabour 62.6%Hold
    17 JanHeswallWirralConservative 58.8%Hold
    17 JanLeasowe & Moreton EastWirralConservative 50.5%Gain from Labour
    24 JanRoss-on-Wye WestHerefordshireConservative 54.4%Gain from Liberal Democrats
    24 JanHighbridge and Burnham MarineSedgemoorLiberal Democrats 32.4%Hold
    31 JanBryncochBridgendLabour 65.1%Hold
    31 JanWollaston & Stourbridge TownDudleyLabour 35.8%Hold
    5 FebBures St MaryBaberghConservative 59.6%Hold
    5 FebAvondale GrangeKetteringLabour 42.1%Hold
    5 FebWellandKetteringConservative 43.3%Not known
    7 FebBerry HillForest Of DeanLabour 59.7%Hold
    7 FebWormholt and White CityHammersmith and FulhamLabour 66.9%Hold
    7 FebVillageStockton-on-TeesThornaby 61.2%Not known
    14 FebRutherglen SouthSouth LanarkshireLabour 39.9%Gain from SNP
    14 FebPerton EastSouth StaffordshireIndependent 65.2%Gain from Conservative
    14 FebDawley MagnaTelford & WrekinLabour 54.0%Hold
    14 FebGAINSBOROUGH EASTWest LindseyLiberal Democrats 28.6%Hold
    19 FebBroomfield & The WalthamsChelmsfordLiberal Democrats 38.2%Gain from Conservative
    21 FebWest HarrowHarrowLabour 47.6%Hold
    21 FebCromer Town [merged e7a776e9]North NorfolkLiberal Democrats 46.6%Gain from Conservative
    21 FebCastleford Central & GlasshoughtonWakefieldLabour 76.7%Hold
    28 FebBeaverAshfordLabour 35.8%Hold
    28 FebBerrylandsKingston upon ThamesLiberal Democrats 38.7%Hold
    28 FebCoatbridge West (Quota = 1361)North LanarkshireLabour 78.8%Not known
    28 FebPensby & ThingwallWirralLabour 38.5%Hold
    7 MarHeldon & LaichMorayIndependent 38.8%Gain from SNP
    14 MarAldwick EastArunLiberal Democrats 33.6%Gain from Conservative
    14 MarGospel OakCamdenLabour 59.9%Hold
    14 MarRoyton SouthOldhamLabour 63.7%Hold
    14 MarFoxhillsRunnymedeUK Independence Party (UKIP) 40.2%Gain from Conservative
    21 MarAdeyfield WestDacorumLiberal Democrats 32.6%Gain from Labour
    21 MarGooshaysHaveringUK Independence Party (UKIP) 39.0%Gain from Labour
    21 MarJunctionIslingtonLabour 61.9%Gain from Liberal Democrats
    21 MarLodbourne [merged 3b1b200b]North DorsetLiberal Democrats 48.0%Not known
    21 MarThe StoursNorth DorsetConservative 80.2%Not known
    21 MarSt George'sSouth KestevenLabour 71.3%Gain from Conservative
    28 MarParson Drove & Wisbech St MaryFenlandConservative 44.1%Gain from Liberal Democrats
    28 MarEvelynLewishamLabour 54.3%Hold
    28 MarHarwich WestTendringLabour 34.9%Hold
    4 AprPrescot EastKnowsleyLabour 57.9%Hold
    4 AprPrescot WestKnowsleyLabour 43.8%Hold
    4 AprSt MichaelsKnowsleyLabour 85.7%Hold
    4 AprHumberston and New WalthamNorth East LincolnshireUK Independence Party (UKIP) 42.0%Gain from Conservative
    4 AprBilboroughNottinghamLabour 67.2%Hold
    4 AprWollaton East and Lenton AbbeyNottinghamLabour 52.9%Hold
    4 AprPembertonWiganLabour 57.4%Hold
    10 AprWigmoreLutonLiberal Democrats 46.3%Hold
    11 AprLascellesDarlingtonLabour 63.4%Hold
    11 AprBurtonPembrokeshireIndependent 47.0%Hold
    18 AprAngmeringArunConservative 63.9%Hold
    25 AprMacclesfield HurdsfieldCheshire EastLabour 36.8%Hold
    25 AprCastleNewcastle Upon TyneLiberal Democrats 43.7%Hold
    25 AprSouth HeatonNewcastle Upon TyneLabour 61.2%Hold
    25 AprNordenRochdaleConservative 51.2%Hold
    2 MayBures St MaryBaberghLiberal Democrats 37.5%Gain from Conservative
    2 MayAvondale GrangeKetteringLabour 42.1%Hold
    2 MayWellandKetteringConservative 43.3%Hold
    2 MayMancroftNorwichGreen 46.1%Hold
    2 MayNew CostesseySouth NorfolkLiberal Democrats 52.8%Not known
    7 MayBread StreetCity of London CorporationIndependent 100.0%Not known
    7 MayLime StreetCity of London CorporationIndependentNot known
    7 MayMancroftNorwichGreen 46.1%Hold
    8 MayBassishawCity of London CorporationIndependentNot known
    9 MayLONGBRIDGEBarking and DagenhamLabour 64.3%Hold
    9 MayAbbeyLeicester City CouncilLabour 48.0%Not known
    9 MayAlexandraOldhamLabour 70.7%Hold
    9 MayCliftonville EastThanetUK Independence Party (UKIP) 40.6%Gain from Conservative
    10 MayFarringdon WithoutCity of London CorporationIndependentNot known
    16 MayRawmarshRotherhamUK Independence Party (UKIP) 46.5%Not known
    16 MayCokerSomersetConservative 37.8%Hold
    16 MayMelcombe RegisWeymouth and PortlandLabour 26.5%Gain from Conservative
    23 MayWhitwell [merged 0c570c9c]Bolsover& Whitwell 57.5%Not known
    30 MayFazeleyLichfieldConservative 53.0%Not known
    6 JunWalkergateNewcastle Upon TyneLabour 44.2%Hold
    6 JunWollaton WestNottinghamLabour 46.8%Gain from Conservative
    13 JunWatlingtonKing's Lynn And West NorfolkUK Independence Party (UKIP) 45.5%Not known
    13 JunLiversedge & GomersalKirkleesLabour 43.4%Gain from Conservative
    13 JunWoolstonSouthamptonLabour 32.3%Hold
    20 JunBoltonsAllerdaleIndependent 45.2%Hold
    20 JunLiberton/GilmertonEdinburghLabour 39.5%Gain from SNP
    20 JunGlenrothes North, Leslie and MarkinchFifeLabour 45.8%Gain from SNP
    20 JunBletchley and Fenny StratfordMilton KeynesLabour 39.9%Hold
    20 JunWeaste & SeedleySalfordLabour 57.3%Not known
    27 JunBillericay EastBasildonConservative 50.8%Hold
    27 JunNewtownDartfordLabour 45.4%Gain from Conservative
    27 JunFarnsfield and BilsthorpeNewark And SherwoodConservative 63.3%Hold
    27 JunSouthway [merged adb1565e]PlymouthLabour 43.1%Not known
    27 JunKettonRutlandConservative 45.8%Hold
    27 JunCleadon and East BoldonSouth TynesideLabour 38.8%Gain from Conservative
    27 JunPrimroseSouth TynesideLabour 50.3%Hold
    27 JunStourport-on-SevernWorcestershireICHC 30.6%Gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)
    4 JulAylshamBroadlandLiberal Democrats 50.2%Hold
    4 JulBroad StreetCity of London CorporationIndependent 100.0%Not known
    4 JulCheapCity of London CorporationIndependentNot known
    4 JulSilverdale and ParksiteNewcastle-under-LymeLabour 54.3%Hold
    4 JulRiversideNorth TynesideLabour 85.6%Hold
    4 JulRiverside [merged b53c1fde]North TynesideLabour 85.6%Not known
    4 JulLlansamletSwanseaLabour 75.0%Hold
    4 JulAbingdon FitzharrisVale Of White HorseLiberal Democrats 50.3%Hold
    11 JulHanover & Elm GroveBrighton & HoveLabour 39.8%Gain from Green
    11 JulCaerhunConwyIndependent 42.1%Gain from Conservative
    11 JulExningForest HeathIndependent 64.2%Not known
    11 JulSleaford HoldinghamNorth KestevenIndependent 44.4%Hold
    18 JulConnah's Quay: GolftynFlintshireLabour 54.8%Hold
    18 JulSawstonSouth CambridgeshireConservative 46.8%Not known
    25 JulBraintree EastBraintreeLabour 46.6%Hold
    25 JulThrapston MarketEast NorthamptonshireConservative 43.1%Gain from Independent
    25 JulWeybridge SouthElmbridgeConservative 48.6%Hold
    25 JulBeverleyKingston upon ThamesConservative 35.1%Gain from Liberal Democrats
    25 JulWeston-Super-Mare North WorleNorth SomersetIndependent 26.7%Not known
    25 JulFelstedUttlesfordConservative 54.1%Hold
    1 AugCodnor & WaingrovesAmber ValleyLabour 52.3%Hold
    1 AugPenyrheolCaerphillyPlaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 51.9%Not known
    1 AugThetford WestNorfolkLabour 45.2%Gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)
    1 AugLittlemoorRibble ValleyLiberal Democrats 44.9%Not known
    1 AugSt MarysWorcestershireConservative 28.0%Gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)
    8 AugColliers WoodMertonLabour 72.2%Hold
    8 AugSkeltonRedcar & ClevelandLabour 46.1%Hold
    8 AugHaydon WickSwindonConservative 49.6%Hold
    8 AugOultonWaveneyLabour 41.1%Not known
    15 AugManor HouseHartlepoolLabour 56.4%Hold
    15 AugShebbear & LangtreeTorridgeConservative 47.2%Hold
    15 AugAldridge Central and SouthWalsallConservative 49.7%Hold
    15 AugHungerfordWest BerkshireConservative 48.4%Hold
    22 AugAskern SpaDoncaster Metropolitan Borough CouncilLabour 54.0%Not known
    22 AugBracebridgeLincolnLabour 38.7%Hold
    22 AugNewbyScarboroughConservative 35.1%Gain from Independent
    22 AugRamshillScarboroughLabour 32.5%Gain from Conservative
    29 AugWindermere Bowness NorthSouth LakelandLiberal Democrats 60.9%Hold
    5 SeptFenside [merged b39a64f7]BostonUK Independence Party (UKIP) 39.4%Not known
    5 SeptYewdale [merged b3e93898]CarlisleLabour 48.7%Not known
    5 SeptLoughborough Ashby [merged f66e5a68]CharnwoodLabour 71.8%Not known
    5 SeptWadebridge EastCornwallNot recordedHold
    5 SeptRavensthorpeDaventryConservative 46.5%Hold
    5 SeptEly EastEast CambridgeshireConservative 37.5%Hold
    5 SeptMiddleton CheneyNorthamptonshireConservative 52.8%Hold
    5 SeptBardwellSt EdmundsburyConservative 66.1%Hold
    5 SeptTorringtonTorridgeGreen 40.5%Gain from Independent
    5 SeptHambleden ValleyWycombeConservative 70.3%Not known
    12 SeptDunstable – NorthfieldsCentral BedfordshireIndependent 33.4%Hold
    12 SeptWreake Villages [merged 0f9605b9]CharnwoodConservative 82.0%Not known
    12 SeptFrithvilleEast LindseyConservative 57.5%Not known
    12 SeptHitchin NorthNorth HertfordshireLabour 47.8%Not known
    12 SeptHitchin OughtonNorth HertfordshireLabour 48.0%Hold
    17 SeptMaybury and SheerwaterWokingConservative 44.1%Gain from Liberal Democrats
    19 SeptSeasalterCanterburyUK Independence Party (UKIP) 38.5%Not known
    19 SeptCoseley EastDudleyLabour 55.7%Hold
    19 SeptFour Marks & MedsteadEast HampshireConservative 58.1%Hold
    19 SeptNorthOxfordLabour 35.5%Hold
    26 SeptWombwellBarnsleyLabour 66.8%Hold
    26 SeptHighfieldBlackpoolLabour 36.6%Hold
    26 SeptBanbury RuscoteCherwellLabour 58.9%Hold
    26 SeptColeford EastForest Of DeanLabour 37.2%Hold
    26 SeptRedmarleyForest Of DeanConservative 65.5%Hold
    26 SeptWayMid DevonConservative 48.0%Hold
    26 SeptMickleham, Westhumble & PixhamMole ValleyLiberal Democrats 55.7%Not known
    26 SeptCrockenhill & Well Hill [merged 573e14ef]SevenoaksUK Independence Party (UKIP) 35.7%Not known
    26 SeptSt JamesTendringConservative 49.8%Hold
    26 SeptStorringtonWest SussexConservative 43.9%Hold
    3 OctOakfieldAylesbury ValeLiberal Democrats 34.8%Hold
    3 OctCHAPEL ST. LEONARDSEast LindseyLabour 39.6%Gain from Independent
    3 OctAbbeygateSt EdmundsburyConservative 39.1%Hold
    3 OctTaunton HalconTaunton DeaneLiberal Democrats 36.9%Hold
    10 OctRoystonBarnsleyLabour 67.4%Hold
    10 OctAncoats and ClaytonManchesterLabour 76.5%Hold
    10 OctWeaste & SeedleySalfordLabour 64.6%Not known
    10 OctTweeddale WestScottish BordersConservative 42.6%Gain from SNP
    10 OctBrewood and CovenSouth StaffordshireConservative 40.8%Hold
    10 OctPARBOLDWest LancashireConservative 49.5%Hold
    17 OctDalston [merged 37fe7ab0]CarlisleLiberal Democrats 37.1%Not known
    17 OctWestbourneChichesterConservative 41.3%Hold
    17 OctBarnfieldLutonLiberal Democrats 38.1%Hold
    17 OctSandfields EastNeath Port TalbotLabour 59.7%Hold
    17 OctLevensSouth LakelandLiberal Democrats 57.0%Hold
    17 OctStifford Clays [merged e7a36ba0]ThurrockLabour 36.8%Not known
    23 OctFarringdon WithinCity of London CorporationIndependent 100.0%Not known
    24 OctLoughborough Hastings [merged 35452d5c]CharnwoodLabour 61.4%Not known
    24 OctShepshed West [merged cf776266]CharnwoodLabour 48.1%Not known
    24 OctDunfermline SouthFifeLabour 39.7%Gain from SNP
    24 OctWaterlooHavantConservative 44.3%Hold
    24 OctNorth Walsham EastNorth NorfolkLiberal Democrats 40.9%Not known
    24 OctHamilton South (Quota = 1722)South LanarkshireLabour 51.7%Not known
    24 OctBoveyTeignbridgeConservative 50.3%Hold
    24 OctWarnham and RusperWest SussexConservative 58.3%Hold
    24 OctWinstanleyWiganLabour 42.0%Hold
    24 OctUptonWirralLabour 65.4%Hold
    29 OctVintryCity of London CorporationIndependentNot known
    31 OctPillgwenllyNewportLabour 47.4%Hold
    7 NovKingswoodCorbyLabour 63.3%Hold
    7 NovCrookDurhamLabour 40.4%Not known
    7 NovBosworthHarboroughConservative 54.2%Hold
    7 NovHarrow on the HillHarrowLabour 38.9%Hold
    7 NovTupsleyHerefordshireIOCH 61.3%Hold
    7 NovDalesNottinghamLabour 66.4%Hold
    7 NovRadford and ParkNottinghamLabour 65.2%Hold
    7 NovDerbySeftonLabour 66.1%Hold
    7 NovRiverside & Laleham [merged 8e7f281b]SpelthorneConservative 55.3%Not known
    7 NovChipping NortonWest OxfordshireLabour 57.0%Hold
    14 NovSeatonAllerdaleLabour 40.0%Hold
    14 NovWinton EastBournemouthConservative 41.8%Hold
    14 NovSeatonCumbriaLabour 46.8%Gain from Independent
    14 NovBaddeley Milton & NortonStoke On TrentCityInd 32.6%Gain from Labour
    21 NovPontrilasHerefordshireIOCH 46.7%Gain from Conservative
    21 NovGolcarKirkleesLiberal Democrats 47.6%Gain from Labour
    21 NovHillmortonRugbyConservative 33.0%Hold
    21 NovHillmorton [merged f9e0b16f]RugbyConservative 33.0%Not known
    21 NovEastfieldScarboroughLabour 49.6%Not known
    21 NovCombertonSouth CambridgeshireConservative 63.4%Gain from Liberal Democrats
    28 NovWinkfield and CranbourneBracknell ForestConservative 52.5%Hold
    28 NovCaddingtonCentral BedfordshireConservative 39.6%Hold
    28 NovTopcliffeHambletonConservativeHold
    28 NovLandward Caithness [merged 6485ab6a]HighlandIndependent 61.6%Not known
    28 NovVassallLambethLabour 59.8%Gain from Liberal Democrats
    28 NovBillinge & Seneley Green [merged d495e278]St. HelensLabour 50.7%Hold
    28 NovHorbury and South OssettWakefieldLabour 39.8%Hold
    29 NovColeman StreetCity of London CorporationIndependent 100.0%Not known
    5 DecRiversideCardiffLabour 50.3%Hold
    5 DecSplottCardiffLabour 39.7%Hold
    5 DecSouth Woodham-Elmwood & WoodvilleChelmsfordSWF Ind 31.4%Gain from Conservative
    5 DecSwanscombeDartfordLabour 29.7%Gain from S&G RA
    5 DecShettleston (Quota = 1892)GlasgowLabour 53.5%Not known
    5 DecRiversideLiverpoolLabour 71.0%Hold
    5 DecAncoats and ClaytonManchesterLabour 60.6%Hold
    5 DecArburyNuneaton and BedworthConservative 40.4%Gain from Labour
    9 DecElm & ChristchurchFenlandConservative 43.9%Hold
    12 DecTopcliffeHambletonConservativeHold
    12 DecHornby CastleRichmondshireConservative 46.2%Hold
    12 DecIver Village and Richings ParkSouth BucksConservative 46.9%Gain from Liberal Democrats
    12 DecBedworth WestWarwickshireLabour 62.6%Hold
    19 DecHarper Green [merged 68465f07]BoltonLabour 51.9%Not known
    19 DecElm & ChristchurchFenlandConservative 43.9%Hold
    19 DecMarketForest HeathConservative 50.3%Hold
    19 DecBlack Isle [merged 7573d3b1]HighlandIndependent 41.7%Not known
    19 DecScotter RuralLincolnshireNot recordedHold
    19 DecHaywards Heath Franklands [merged e22fc5f6]Mid SussexConservative 45.6%Not known
    19 DecScotterWest LindseyIndependent 51.2%Gain from Conservative
    19 DecHaywards Heath EastWest SussexConservative 28.8%Hold