Lib Dems gain council seat from Tories in Poole
A Lib Dem gain again from the Tories this week and great to see a full set of Liberal Democrat candidates in this week's set of nine principal local authority by-elections.
Elsewhere, it was a case of a couple of solid Lib Dem holds up in the north west, but otherwise the sort of widespread low vote shares in many wards which show how much there is still to do for the Liberal Democrats to recover.
Poole UA, Broadstone - 13th October 2016
LD Vikki Slade 2184 [69.6%; +22.5%]
Conservative 733 [23.3%; -10.6%]
UKIP 121 [3.9%; -8.3%]
Green 57 [1.8%; -5.1%]
Labour 45 [1.4%; +1.4%]
Majority: 1451
LD gain from Conservatives
Percentage change since 2015
Knowsley TC, Knowsley Park North: 13th October 2016
LD Carl Cashman 289 [67%]
Labour 61 [14%]
Green 53 [12%]
SOGS 27 [6%]
Majority: 228
LD gain from Labour
South Lakeland DC, Windermere Bowness North - 13th October 2016
LD Andrew Guy Jarvis 441 [60.1%; +11.1%]
Conservative 256 [34.9%; -4.1%]
Green 37 [5.0%; -0.9%]
[Labour [0.0% -6.1%]
Majority: 185
Turnout: 45.8%
LD hold
Percentage change since 2015
Cumbria CC, Windermere - 13th October 2016
LD Steve Rooke 1009 [52.3%; -9.7%]
Conservative 785 [40.7%; +22.0%]
Labour 88 [4.6%; -2.5%]
Green 46 [2.4%; +2.4%]
[UKIP [0.0%; -12.1%]
Majority: 224
Turnout: 41.5%
LD Hold
Percentage change since 2013
Swanley TC, White Oak - 13th October 2016
Conservative 319 [34.0%]
LD Robert Woodbridge 318 [33.8%]
Labour 304 [32.3%]
Majority: 1
Turnout: 20.42 %
Tupton TC (2 seats) - 13th October 2016
LD David Hancock 394 [32.5%]
LD John Ahern 345
Labour 245 [20.2%]
Labour 230
Majority 149
LD gain two seats from Labour
Sevenoaks DC, Swanley Christchurch & Swanley Village - 13th October 2016
Conservative 311 [34.6%; -24.1%]
Labour 274 [30.5%; +2.3%]
LD Krish Shanmuganathan 183 [20.4%; +20.4%]
UKIP 131 [14.6%; +14.6%]
[Green [0.0%; -13.1%]
Majority: 37
Turnout: 20.5%
Conservative hold
Percentage change since 2015
Kent CC, Swanley - 13th October 2016
Conservative 717 [32.4%; -8.6%]
UKIP 615 [27.8%; +7.9%]
Labour 518 [23.4%; -8.9%]
LD Robert Edward Woodbridge 362 [16.4%; +16.4%]
[Green [0.0%; -3.1%]
[English Democrats [0.0% -2.4%]
[BNP [0.0% -1.3%]
Majority: 102
Turnout: 20%
Conservative hold
Percentage change since 2013
Lewisham LB, Brockley - 13th October 2016
Labour 1190 [48.0%; -11.3%]
Green 631 [25.4%; -15.3%]
LD Bobby Dean 259 [10.4%; +10.4%]
Conservative 195 [7.9%; +7.9%]
Women's Equality Party 173 [7.0%; +7.0%]
UKIP 33 [1.3%; +1.3%]
Majority: 559
Turnout: 19.9%
Labour hold
Percentage change since 2014
Lewisham LB, Evelyn - 13th October 2016
Labour 1028 [53.4%; -46.6%]
Lewisham People Before Profit 314 [16.3%; +16.3%]
Conservative 183 [9.5%; +9.5%]
Independent 173 [9.0%; +9.0%]
Green 119 [6.2%; +6.2%]
LD Lucy Victoria Salek 107 [5.6%; +5.6%]
Majority: 714
Turnout: 16.5%
Labour hold
Percentage change since 2014
North Kesteven DC, Cliff Villages - 13th October 2016
Lincolnshire Independents 721 [63.1%; -1.0%]
Conservative 372 [32.6%; -3.3%]
LD Aaron Scott Smith 49 [4.3%; +4.3%]
Majority: 349
Turnout: 26.5%
Lincolnshire Independents hold
Percentage change since 2015
Lancaster BC, Westgate - 13th October 2016
Labour 443 [41.6%; +9.1%]
Morecambe Bay Independents 193 [18.1%; +0.4%]
UKIP 183 [17.2%; -7.5%]
Conservative 178 [16.7%; -8.3%]
LD Louise Sandra Stansfield 41 [3.9%; +3.9%]
Green 26 [2.4%; +2.4%]
Majority: 250
Labour hold
Percentage change since 2015
Tandridge DC, Limpsfield - 13th October 2016
Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group 713 [57.4%; +57.4%]
Conservative 472 [38.0%; -32.1%]
LD Sheelagh Diane Crampton 33 [2.7%; -9.5%]
Labour 25 [2.0%; -5.0%]
[UKIP [0.0%; -10.7%]
Majority: 241
Turnout: 43%
Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group gain from Conservatives
Percentage change since 2015