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Council By-elections - July 21st

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Exmouth Littleham - East Devon DC - Alison Greenhalgh (Conservative) died. She was a councillor since 2015. She was also a town councillor.

2015: Con 1667/1636/1489, East Devon Ind All 1224, LD 1170, UKIP 1164, Grn 1102 
2011: Con 1577/1548/1474, Lab 764, Ind 679, UKIP 493
2007: Con 1276/1203/1154, LD 930/833/802, Lab 246, UKIP 216
2003: LD 1056/903/857, Con 947/885/858, Lab 270

Bruce De Saram (The Conservative and Unionist Party Candidate)
Keith Edwards (The Labour Party Candidate)
Alex Sadiq (Liberal Democrats)

Honiton St Michael’s - East Devon DC - Steve Foster (Conservative) resigned due to family and work commitments. He was a councillor since 2015, but ran as an Independent in 2011 and was a former mayor of Honiton.

2015: Con 1400/1390/1304, UKIP 734/636/599, East Devon Ind All 723, Ind 690
2011: Con 998/963/813, Grn 676, Ind 543/294, Lab 375, LD 307/215/167
Feb 09 by: LD 636, Con 609
2007: Con 1101/1072/929, Lab 476
2003: Con 956/836/769, LD 553/504, Lab 312/234, Grn 256

Ashley Alder (UK Independence Party)
Henry Brown (The Labour Party Candidate)
Jenny Brown (The Conservative & Unionist Party Candidate)
John Taylor (Independent East Devon Alliance)

Waunfawr - Gwynedd - Eurig Wyn (Plaid Cymru) resigned to “pass on the baton to a new representative”. A councillor for Gwynedd since 2012, he was also an MEP for Wales from 1999 to 2004 and the Plaid Cymru candidate for Ynys Môn in 2005.

2012: PC 388, Ind 290
2008: Ind unopposed
2004: Ind unopposed

Edgar Owen (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales)
Paul Scott (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)

Hackney Central - Hackney LBC - Sophie Linden (Labour) resigned to become the new Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime. She is a councillor since 2006, representing Dalston until 2014.

2014: Lab 2094/2082/1916, Grn 751/738/717, LD 240/202, Con 190/184/167

Sophie Conway (Labour Party)
Russell French (Liberal Democrats)
Mustafa Korel (Independent)
Siobhan MacMahon (Green Party) 
Christopher Sills (Conservative Party)

London 2016 results
Mayor: Lab 2388, Grn 379, Con 260, WEP 103, LD 78, Respect 46, UKIP 29, CISTA 28, BF 18, Zylinski 17, OLP 7, BNP 6
List: Lab 2188, Grn 547, WEP 179, Con 172, LD 105, UKIP 54, Respect 43, BF 33, AWP 26, CPA 20, House 17, BNP 8 
Constituency: Lab 2324, Grn 581, Con 180, LD 148, UKIP 65, Respect 56, SP 20, Communist League 13

Chorley Rural North - Lancashire CC - Michael Devaney (Conservative) died. He is a county councillor since 2009. He was also a district councillor for Clayton-le-Woods Noth from 2007 to 2011. After losing in 2011, he ran in various safe Labour wards. He was the Chairman of the Council in 2013-2014.
Made of the “Brindle and Hoghton”, “Clayton-le-Woods North” and “Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden” wards. This division will be split at the next county election, “Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden” being paired with “Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods” ward to create the Clayton with Whittle division, while “Brindle and Hoghton” and “Clayton-le-Woods North” are paired with “Wheelton and Withnell” ward to create “Hoghton with Wheelton” division.

2013: Con 1525, Lab 1402, UKIP 642, LD 140
2009: Con 1849, Lab 950, UKIP 931
2005: Con 2442, Lab 2160, LD 1380 

Alan Cullens (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Stephen Fenn (Liberal Democrat)
Yvonne Hargreaves (Labour Party)
Chirstopher Suart (UK Independence Party)

Bellingham - Lewisham LBC - Ami Ibitson (Labour) resigned to take a job at Transport for London. She was a councillor since 2006 and chaired the Housing Committee.

2014: Lab 1819/1690/1505, Lewisham People Before Profit 451, Con 432/403/366, Grn 329/273/241, LD 194/151/142, TUSC 144
Mar 11 by: Lab 1100, Con 340, LD 334, Lewisham People Before Profit 264, Grn 100
2010: Lab 2380/2269/1925, LD 1472/1220/1170, Con 1048/911/761, Lewisham People Before Profit 318, Grn 300/258/217
2006: Lab 878/849/780, Con 498/461/438, LD 455/448/383, Grn 350
2002: Lab 1182/1065/1056, Con 510/484/472, LD 389, Grn 277

Ross Archer (The Conservative Party Candidate)
David Hamilton (Lewisham People Before Profit)
Sue Hordijenko (Labour Party)
Edwin Smith (UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Ed Veasey (Liberal Democrats)

London 2016 results
Mayor: Lab 1563, Con 542, Grn 173, UKIP 169, LD 106, BF 67, Respect 52, WEP 40, CISTA 22, BNP 21, Zylinski 20, OLP 6
List: Lab 1520, Con 389, UKIP 253, Grn 217, LD 106, BF 73, WEP 66, CPA 51, Respect 43, AWP 37, BNP 16, House 15
Constituency: Lab 1658, Con 405, UKIP 308, Grn 246, LD 133, APP 36 

Balderton South - Newark and Sherwood DC - Gordon Brooks (Conservative) died. His wife Betty is the other councillor for this ward. He was first elected in 1991 for the Milton-Lowfield ward, but lost in 1995. He returned to the council in 2003 for the Balderton West ward (it became Balderton South in the 2015 new boundaries). He was chairman of the Council in 2008. 

2015: Con 1265/1207, Lab 956

Lydia Hurst (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Marylyn Rayner (Liberal Democrat)

Westone - Northampton BC - Matthew Lynch (Conservative) resigned due to moving to Kent for work and family reasons. He was a councillor since 2011. Before that, he was a councillor in Kettering, representing Spinney between 1999 and 2007 and Ise Lodge from 2007 to 2011. 

2015: Con 1318, Lab 722, LD 315
2011: Con 669, LD 520, Lab 339, BNP 105

Toby Birch (Labour Party)
Greg Lunn (Conservative Party Candidate)
Brian Markham (Liberal Democrats)

Southcote - Reading UA - Matt Lawrence (Labour) resigned due to work pressure. He was first elected in the 2014 by-election. For the looks of his Twitter feed, he is pro-Corbyn.
2015-2019 term

2016: Lab 1325, Con 515, LD 129, Grn 106
2015: Lab 1802, Con 1476, UKIP 576, Grn 187, LD 179
Jul 14 by: Lab 1019, Con 340, UKIP 226, Grn 69, LD 49
2014: Lab 1286, Con 626, Grn 213, LD 110
2012: Lab 1364, Con 478, LD 142, Grn 112
2011: Lab 1543, Con 858, LD 193, Grn 157
2010: Lab 1836, Con 1466, LD 638, Grn 108
2008: Lab 1333, Con 1067, LD 139, Grn 85
2007: Lab 1028, Con 898, LD 168, Grn 103 
2006: Lab 1108, Con 748, LD 203, Grn 122
May 06 by: Lab 1252, Con 837
2004: Lab 1266/1243/1212, Con 788/701/654, LD 330/322 

Jason Brock (Labour Party)
Mark Cole (Liberal Democrats)
Alan Lockey (Green Party)
Russell Martin (The Conservative Party Candidate)

For some reason, Reading tends to not combine by-elections and yearly May election on the same ballot, they are on two different ballots on the same day.

Warlingham West - Tandridge DC - Glynis Whittle (Conservative) died. She was a councillor since 2000 and she was the Chairman of the Council in 2009.
2014-2018 term

2016: Con 593, LD 218, UKIP 144, Lab 82
2014: Con 593, UKIP 319, LD 238
2012: Con 591, LD 218, UKIP 135
2010: Con 1226, LD 583, UKIP 172
2008: Con 814, LD 312
2006: Con 843, LD 374
2004: Con 824, LD 358
2002: Con 727, LD 285, Lab 55

Celia Caulcott (Liberal Democrat)
Martin Haley (U K I P)
Keith Prew (The Conservative Party Candidate)


Great Wyrley Town - South Staffordshire DC - Brian Bates (Conservative) resigned for unknown reasons. He was a councillor since 2007.

2015: Con 1787/1602/1584, Lab 979/826/743, UKIP 825
2011: Con 1182/1101/1048, Lab 537, UKIP 361
2007: Con 1117/1052/1016, Lab 405/387
Nov 05 by: Con 395, Lab 320
2003: Con 778/739/679, Lab 503/443/409

Ken Bullock (The Labour Party)
Mike Lawrence (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Malcolm McKenzie (UK Independence Party (UKIP))