Local
by-elections round-up
There was only one Council election above
parish/town council level this week with a UKIP candidate, but the Party did
take 35.7% in the Silverdale & Parksite ward of Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Council. The result was: Lab 386, UKIP 254, Con 58, TUSC 14.
But
there were two wins for UKIP on the night (possibly three – I’m told there may
also be one in the Isle of Wight) after winning by-elections to Madeley Town
Council and Stirchley & Brookside Parish Council. New UKIP councillor Ryan
Laing beat the ‘independent’ (Conservative standing as an independent) candidate
by a margin of 331 to 206 in Woodside – an incredible 61.4% of the vote. This
is I believe a record for a by-election (but of course not a record for any
Council election – at the recent County Council elections Pete Reeve took almost
67% of the vote in Ramsey in a 4-horse race). Meanwhile Lynda Hogger, the UKIP
candidate in Brookside, took ‘only’ 57.9% of the vote – beating her Labour
councillor opponent by 442 to 332. Jonathan Arnott.
There was only one Council election above parish/town council level this week with a UKIP candidate, but the Party did take 35.7% in the Silverdale & Parksite ward of Newcastle-Under-Lyme Council. The result was: Lab 386, UKIP 254, Con 58, TUSC 14.
But there were two wins for UKIP on the night (possibly three – I’m told there may also be one in the Isle of Wight) after winning by-elections to Madeley Town Council and Stirchley & Brookside Parish Council. New UKIP councillor Ryan Laing beat the ‘independent’ (Conservative standing as an independent) candidate by a margin of 331 to 206 in Woodside – an incredible 61.4% of the vote. This is I believe a record for a by-election (but of course not a record for any Council election – at the recent County Council elections Pete Reeve took almost 67% of the vote in Ramsey in a 4-horse race). Meanwhile Lynda Hogger, the UKIP candidate in Brookside, took ‘only’ 57.9% of the vote – beating her Labour councillor opponent by 442 to 332. Jonathan Arnott.
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