Local authority by-elections held Thursday 27th March 2014:
Dartford Borough Council – Stone: Labour hold
By-election held following the resignation of Labour councillor John Adams.
Stafford, Catherine Mary – Labour – 426 (37.7%) – **elected**
Thredgle, Stephanie Anne – Local Conservatives – 397 (35.13%)
Moore, Jim – UKIP – 307 (27.17%)
Votes: 1, 130*
Turnout: 23.04%
Majority: 29
Fylde Borough Council – St John’s: Fylde Ratepayers gain
By-election held following the death of Independent councillor Kath Harper.
Bamforth, Mark Elliot – Fylde Ratepayers – 804 – **elected**
Blackshaw, Brenda – Conservative – 205
Dennett, Robert – Green Party Stop Fracking Now – 53
Gilligan, Carol Josephine – Liberal Democrats – 62
Wood, Timothy Davies – UKIP – 100
Votes: 1, 224*
Turnout: 33%
Majority: 599
Gedling Borough Council – Gedling: Labour gain from Liberal Democrat
By-election held following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Gordon Tunnicliffe.
Pearson, Lynda – Labour – 482 (32.6%) – **elected**
Dunkin, Margaret Susan – Liberal Democrat – 428 (28.9%)
Loi, Claude-Francois – UKIP – 337 (22.8%)
Faulconbridge, James – Conservative – 233 (15.7%)
Votes: 1, 480*
Turnout: 28.54%
Majority: 54
Oxfordshire County Council – Chalgrove and Watlington: Conservative hold
By-election held following the resignation of Conservative councillor Caroline Newton.
Harrod, Stephen – Conservative – 871 (41.8%) – **elected**
Cooper, Susan – Liberal Democrat – 629 (30.2%)
Craig, Gavin – UKIP – 311 (14.9%)
Collins, Paul – Labour – 159 (7.6%)
Tudge, Colin – Green – 116 (5.6%)
Votes: 2, 086*
Turnout: 23%
Majority: 242
Sunderland City Council – St Anne’s: Labour hold
By-election held following the resignation of Labour councillor Lisa Smiles.
Gallagher, Jacqui – Labour – 945 (48.1%) – **elected**
Casey, Aileen – UKIP – 555 (28.2%)
Morrissey, Tony – Conservative – 345 (17.6%)
Blyth, Emily Fiona – Green – 120 (6.1%)
Votes: 1,965*
Turnout: 23.2%
Majority: 390
East Ayrshire Council – Kilmarnock North: SNP hold
By-election held following the death of SNP councillor Andrew Hershaw.
Cowan, Elaine – SNP – 1, 334 (44.2%) – **elected**
Thomson, Scott – Labour – 1, 130 (37.44%)
Grant, Ian – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party – 493 (16.34%)
Broadhurst, Jen – Scottish Green Party – 61 (2.02%)
Votes: 3, 018*
Turnout: 31.25%
Majority: 204
*NB: number does not include spoilt ballots
Political compositions of the local authorities concerned:
Dartford Borough Council: Conservative 30, Labour 11, Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association 3 – Conservative controlled
Fylde Borough Council: Conservative 28, Independent 15, Liberal Democrats 3, Fylde Ratepayers 3, Non-aligned 2 – Conservative controlled
Gedling Borough Council: Labour 32, Conservative 15, Liberal Democrats 3 – Labour controlled
Oxfordshire County Council: Conservative 31, Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 11, Green 2, Independent 3, Independent (non-grouped) 1 – Conservative Independent Alliance controlled
Sunderland City Council: Labour 64, Conservative 8, Independent 3 – Labour controlled
East Ayrshire Council: SNP 15, Labour 14, Conservative 1, Independent 1 – No overall control