Liberal Democrats win three by-elections in Kingston, Wrexham and Battle
July 17, 2015 3:11 PM
In Liberal Democrat Voice
Originally published by East Midlands Liberal Democrats
In Liberal Democrat Voice
Originally published by East Midlands Liberal Democrats
Well, that was a turn up for the books.
Liberal Democrats in Kingston have stormed to victory in the Grove Ward by-election.
The Tories threw the kitchen sink at the ward, even sending Chris Grayling and Sol Campbell there along with a huge amounts of activists, but their vote was pretty embarrassing to be honest.
UKIP: 58
Greens: 88
Conservatives: 688
Labour: 223
Lib Dems: 1577
In Wales, we took a seat from Labour by some margin
Llay - Wrexham:
Conservative 64
Labour 353
Lib Dem 700
UKIP 60
Green n\a
Ind 124
Ind 41
Lib Dem Gain from Lab Swing 38% to LD from Lab.
And in Battle, Cllr Kevin Dixon regained the seat he lost in May:
Congratulations to our new councillors and well done to their fantastic campaign teams.