Local Council By-Elections: Terrible Night For Tories

Clearly Labour was not in the hunt in either of these local government by-elections reported by Cllr Luke Akehurst. Staggeringly bad results for Conservatives on the face of it:

Ferndown C Ward, E Dorset DC. Con hold. Con 510 (51.7%, -26), Ind 477 (48.3%, +48.3). Swing of 37.2% from Con to Ind since 2007.

Nonsuch Ward, LB Sutton. LD gain from Con. LD 1665 (50.6%, +3.5), Con 1329 (40.4%, -7.4), BNP 211 (6.4%, +6.4), Lab 88 (2.7%, -2.5). Swing of 5.5% from Con to LD since 2006.