We start off our round-off of last week’s elections with a strong result from Goole Town Council in East Yorkshire. The seat, in the town’s North Ward, was held by Labour, but our candidate James Norie took over 20% of the vote with a score of 172 votes.

Full result

Labour 358 42%

Lib Dem 322 37.8%

UKIP 172 20.2%

A strong result for us too in Peterborough, where Frances Fox stood in the borough’s West Ward. From not having previously stood in the ward, she (I have been corrected on that small error I made last week for which I apologise) scored 177 votes, or 8.3%, ahead of both the English Democrats and the Greens and only just behind the Lib Dems. Certainly a result we can build on. The seat was a hold for the Cons.

Full result

Conservative 1,252 58.4% (+4.1%)

Labour 341 15.9% (+0.9%)

Lib Dem 224 10.4% (+7.4%)

UKIP 177 8.3%

Eng Dem 93 4.3%

Green 58 2.7% (-0.5%)

Lastly, Tony Baker was standing for us in two contests, in the Areley Kings Ward of Wyre Forest District Council and the Areley Kings West Ward of Stourpoint Town Council. In the District Council contest he scored 63 votes or 4.4% and in the Town Council contest 34 votes or 4.8%.

Full results

District Council

Labour 544 38.3%  (+5.5%)

Health Concern 421 29.6% (-2.4%)

Conservative 394 27.7% (-7.5%)

UKIP 63 4.4%

Town Council

Health Concern 294 41.9%

Conservative 238 33.9%

Labour 136 19.4%

UKIP 34 4.8%

There is only one contest this Thursday with a UKIP candidate: Joseph Fox is one of 5 candidates vying for a seat on Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in the Earlswood and Whitebushes Ward. He is up against the big three plus the BNP.

The results of the last four elections there were

2008 Con 1022 LD 478 Lab 328 UKIP 188

2007 Con 848 LD 593 Lab 317 UKIP 169 Grn 116

2007 by election CON 421 LD 380 LAB 152 UKIP 113 GRN 54

2003 LD 571 LAB 515 CON 377 UKIP 149