This week’s local by-election roundup

Local authority by-elections held Thursday 26th June 2014:

London Borough of Barnet Borough Council – Colindale: Labour hold

Deferred election held due to death of candidate before May elections.

AKWAEZE Nneka - Conservative Party - 501 votes
BASKIN - John Jeffrey - UK Independence Party (UKIP) 347 votes
BOKAEI Golnar - Conservative Party - 420 votes
CORNEY Victor Peter Edward - Liberal Democrat - 90 votes
CURATI Maggie - Green Party - 130 votes
ESTERMANN Daniel - Liberal Democrat - 133 votes
KHAN Khalid - UK Independence Party - 268 votes
MARASCO Francesco - Green Party - 108 votes
NARENTHIRA Nagus - Labour Party - 2,190 votes **elected**
NEWBY Andrew John - Green Party - 114 votes
NICHOLSON William John - Conservative Party - 466 votes
RYAN Barry - UK Independence Party - 309 votes
SARGEANT Gill - Labour Party – 2,088 votes **elected**
WARSAME Sabriye Halane - Liberal Democrat - 87 votes
ZUBAIRI Zakia - Labour Party – 2,015 votes **elected**

Turnout: 3,210 (27.8%)

Amber Valley Borough Council – Swanwick: Conservative hold

Deferred election held due to death of candidate before May elections.

HUNT Joel – Liberal Democrat – 32 votes (2.5%)
KING Allen Frederick – UK Independence Party – 245 votes (18.8%)
SOUDAH George – Independent – 252 votes (19.4%)
TESTER Antony Thomas – Labour Party – 298 votes (22.9%)
WILSON David – Conservative Party – 474 votes (36.4%) **elected**

Votes: 1,301*
Spoiled ballots: 2
Turnout: 1,303 (29.3%)
Majority: 176

*Number doesn’t include spoilt ballots

Political compositions of the local authorities:

Amber Valley Borough Council: Labour 23, Conservative 22, Independent 1 – Labour controlled.

LB Barnet Borough Council: Conservative 32, Labour 30, Liberal Democrats 1 – Conservative controlled.