Local by-election summary: September to December
December 29, 2012 2 Comments
Here is a summary of the local authority by-elections held between September and December.
| vote share | seats won | candidates | |
| Conservative | 32.6% | 35 | 84 |
| Labour | 27.6% | 21 | 74 |
| Liberal Democrat | 20.9% | 24 | 72 |
| UKIP | 7.1% | 1 | 53 |
| Independent | 4.8% | 4 | 31 |
| Green | 3.5% | 1 | 24 |
| English Democrat | 0.2% | 0 | 5 |
| others | 3.4% | 3 | 27 |
A grand total of 89 by-elections, with one uncontested.
Only 1 UKIP win. Really struggling to turn polls into wins.
so on success ratio Cons & LDs are fairly close ad we trail third. Some wake up calls needed.