Comments on: Erewash

By: Andy JS

Andy JS — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:32:30 +0000

The independent councillor who died was Bill Camm who had served on local authorities for 50 years:

htttp://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/ll-like-Councillor-50-years-dies/story-12170989-detail/story.html

By: Barnaby Marder

Barnaby Marder — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:34:23 +0000

Thanks Kieran & Andrea.

By: Kieran W

Kieran W — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:54:37 +0000

I make the changes in vote share in Sawley division compared with this years results in the two district wards that make it up Conservative -7.1%, Labour +4.5%, Lib Dem +2.6%. Always surprised to see the Lib Dems picking up votes in any context in the current climate. For whatever reason the Tory vote that came out in that area to ensure continued Tory control of the district council appears not to have come out for this by-election.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:59:53 +0000

The winning Labour candidate in the by-election was the 2010 GE loser

Sawley county division is made up by Sawley and Wilsthrope district wards

By: Barnaby Marder

Barnaby Marder — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:24:09 +0000

I was wondering that, too – there seem to be more votes cast in this by-election than in May. Perhaps someone with local knowledge might clarify, though both wards/electoral divisions are called simply Sawley.

By: Warofdreams

Warofdreams — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:37:16 +0000

Do the county and borough wards of Sawley cover the same area? If so, it’s a good result for Labour, as the May elections saw two Conservatives and one Labour elected to the borough council, and the 2007 elections saw two Lib Dems and the independent who held the county seat.

By: Shaun Bennett

Shaun Bennett — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:59:59 +0000

As you say, it was gained from an independent who wasn’t standing so its a bit difficult to see a lesson for the three main parties.

I’d have thought though that by keeping the ward competitive, the Tories should be reasonably contented, and Labour very slightly concerned in what is a key battleground that has to be won by a party that forms a government of the country.

By: Barnaby Marder

Barnaby Marder — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:18:27 +0000

There was a Derbyshire County Council by-election in Sawley last night. The result :
Lab 1351 (41.7; +30.9)
Con 1197 (36.9; +12.8)
LD 692 (21.4; +10.7)
Majority 154
Turnout 30.56%
Lab gain from Ind
Percentage change is since June 2009.
There was as you can see no Independent defending this Independent seat, hence the increases in vote share for all 3 parties. In May the ward voted Con 2 Lab 1, with the 2 successful Conservative candidates gaining more votes than the successful Labour candidate, so this is a clear improvement for Labour since then. Had this result been repeated in May, Labour would have taken control of the Borough Council.

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:57:27 +0000

The former seat of Derbyshire South East was the most marginal in the country in 1959 – a Tory gain with a majority of 12

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:49:18 +0000

You obviously wouldn’t be able to just add the 2 together even if they did – it would be more complicated.