Friday, 15 February 2013

Yesterday's by-election results

UKIP stood for the first time in Gainsborough East and the results were as follows:

PartyShare+/-
Lib Dem28.6%-15.7%
Labour25.3%-6.3%
UKIP24.2%+24.2%
Conservative21.9%-2.2%

Donald Mackay stood for UKIP in a by-election for the Rutherglen South constituency of the Scottish Parliament.  The results of that election were:

PartyShare+/-
Labour39.9%-3.9%
Lib Dem29.5%+4.8%
SNP21.0%-2.9%
Conservative3.8%+1.1%
UKIP3.3%+3.3%
Green1.7%+1.7%
Independent0.9%+0.9%

Finally, UKIP stood for the first time in Dawley where a councillor recently defected to the party from the local residents' group turned political party, TAWPA.  The results there were:

Borough
PartyVotes
Labour957
Conservative379
UKIP312
Independent126

Parish
PartyShare
Labour63.2%
UKIP36.8%