Home — A-Z of councils — Downloads — About the editor — Contact — RSS updates — Post this page to Bluesky — Andrew's Previews Books — Donate
Short URL for this page: andrewteale.me.uk/1aje

Local Elections Archive Project

Local by-elections — Thursday 5th May 2016

Note:— This list may not be complete.

Barnet — Underhill

Resignation of Amy Trevethan.

Jess Brayne	Lab	2314	41.4%
Lesley Evans	C	1979	35.4%
Barry Ryan	UKIP	459	8.2%
Duncan Macdonald	LD	452	8.1%
Phil Fletcher	Grn	387	6.9%

Barrow-in-Furness — Dalton South

Death of Bill Bleasdale; Lab gain from C.

Shaun Blezard	Lab	595	47.7%
Des English	C	415	33.3%
Dick Young	UKIP	237	19.0%

Braintree — Witham South

Resignation of Corinne Thompson.

Gavin Maclure	C	446	44.3%
Paul Heath	Lab	376	37.4%
Stephen Hicks	Grn	184	18.3%

Breckland — Attleborough Queens and Besthorpe

Resignation of Karen Pettitt.

Stephen Askew	C	546	42.0%
Phil Spiby	Lab	393	30.3%
Tony Crouch	Ind	360	27.7%

Brent — Kilburn

Death of Tayo Oladapo.

Barbara Pitruzzela	Lab	2841	59.0%
Calvin Robinson	C	802	16.6%
Tilly Boulter	LD	456	9.5%
Peter Murry	Grn	452	9.4%
Janice North	UKIP	232	4.8%
Elcena Jeffers	Ind	35	0.7%

Cambridgeshire — St Neots Eaton Socon and Eynesbury

Death of Steven van de Kerkhove.

Simone Taylor	Ind	1114	34.4%
Karl Wainwright	C	1024	31.6%
Nik Johnson	Lab	625	19.3%
James Corley	Ind	479	14.8%

Canterbury — Reculver

Resignation of Guy Foster.

Ann Taylor	C	421	39.3%
Mick O'Brien	UKIP	306	28.6%
Simon Warley	Lab	251	23.4%
Ann Anderson	LD	93	8.7%

Castle Point — St George's

By-election; death of Jacqui Govier.

Steven Cole	C	630	43.6%
William Wright	UKIP	432	29.9%
Frederick West	Lab	384	26.6%

Croydon — West Thornton

Resignation of Emily Benn.

Callton Young	Lab	3136	64.7%
Scott Roche	C	989	20.4%
David Beall	Grn	289	6.0%
Ace Nnorom	UKIP	145	3.0%
Geoff Morley	LD	140	2.9%
Peter Morgan	AIE	77	1.6%
Winston McKenzie	EDP	70	1.4%

Doncaster — Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall

Death of Tony Revill.

Andrea Robinson	Lab	1148	44.5%
Paul Bissett	UKIP	960	37.2%
Martin Greenhalgh	C	268	10.4%
Stephen Porter	LD	202	7.8%

East Hampshire — Clanfield and Finchdean

Resignation of Tony Denton.

Nigel Wren	C	765	51.8%
Elaine Woodard	LD	410	27.7%
David Alexander	UKIP	303	20.5%

East Riding — East Wolds and Coastal

Death of Margaret Chapman.

Paul Lisseter	C	1885	52.7%
Tom Lee	Lab	860	24.0%
Peter Watts	UKIP	835	23.3%

East Sussex — St Helens and Silverhill

Death of John Hodges.

Judy Rogers	Lab	1441	46.2%
Martin Clarke	C	1253	40.2%
Julie Hilton	Grn	214	6.9%
Stewart Rayment	LD	212	6.8%

Forest Heath — Brandon West

Resignation of David Bimson; WSuffolk gain from C.

Victor Lukaniuk	WSuffolk	220	29.0%
Ian Smith	UKIP	197	26.0%
Edward Stewart	Ind	180	23.7%
Anthony Simmons	C	161	21.2%

Forest Heath — South

Resignation of James Lay; UKIP gain from C.

Roger Dicker	UKIP	334	51.9%
Karen Soons	C	309	48.1%

Glasgow — Anderston/City

Resignation of Gordon Matheson; SNP gain from Lab.

Angus Millar	SNP	3467	43.0%
Steven Livingston	Lab	1698	21.1%
Christy Mearns	Grn	1621	20.1%
Philip Charles	C	869	10.8%
Ryan Ross	LD	248	3.1%
Karen King	UKIP	154	1.9%

Transfers (Quota = 4029)

Stage	I	II	III
Angus Millar	3467	3586	4436
Steven Livingston	1698	2112	2603
Christy Mearns	1621	1869
Philip Charles	869
Ryan Ross	248
Karen King	154

Gloucestershire — Churchdown

Death of Bill Whelan.

Jack Williams	LD	1700	54.5%
Graham Bocking	C	1062	34.0%
Ed Buxton	Lab	359	11.5%

Greenwich — Glyndon

Resignation of Radha Rabadia.

Tonia Ashikodi	Lab	2583	57.1%
Matt Browne	C	561	12.4%
Daniel Garrun	Grn	402	8.9%
Rita Hamilton	UKIP	380	8.4%
Stewart Christie	LD	376	8.3%
Ebru Ogun	Ind	157	3.5%
Abiola Olaore	APP	64	1.4%

Guildford — Stoke

Resignation of Will Chesterfield; Lab gain from C.

James Walsh	Lab	528	34.8%
Barry Keane	C	497	32.8%
Hannah Thompson	LD	492	32.4%

Hackney — Hackney Downs

Resignation of Rick Muir.

Sem Moema	Lab	2614	59.8%
Alastair Binnie-Lubbock	Grn	1067	24.4%
Nicola Benjamin	C	350	8.0%
Mohammed Sadiq	LD	338	7.7%

Hackney — Stoke Newington

Resignation of Louisa Thomson.

Patrick Moule	Lab	3241	61.6%
Halita Obineche	Grn	1132	21.5%
Christopher Sills	C	450	8.6%
Victor de Almeida	LD	303	5.8%
Mick Cotter	TUSC	136	2.6%

Hampshire — Fareham Town

Resignation of George Ringrow.

Christopher Matthews	C	4408	41.9%
Paul Sturgess	UKIP	2164	20.6%
Peter Trott	LD	1905	18.1%
James Carr	Lab	1360	12.9%
David Harrison	Grn	673	6.4%

Hampshire — Headley

Resignation of Ferris Cowper.

Floss Mitchell	C	2201	51.0%
Trevor Maroney	LD	1321	30.6%
Peter Baillie	UKIP	791	18.3%

Havering — Heaton

Resignation of Philip Hyde; Lab gain from UKIP.

Denis O'Flynn	Lab	1122	30.1%
Keith Wells	C	951	25.5%
John Thurtle	UKIP	864	23.2%
Christopher Cooper	Ind	515	13.8%
Peter Caton	Grn	107	2.9%
Jonathan Coles	LD	86	2.3%
Denise Underwood	BNP	73	2.0%
Kevin Layzell	NF	14	0.4%

Kensington and Chelsea — Abingdon (2 seats)

Resignations of Victoria Borwick MP and Joanna Gardner.

Sarah Addenbrooke	C	1716	71.0%
Anne Cyron	C	1470
Benjamin Fernando	Lab	395	16.3%
Nigel Wilkins	Lab	298
Jeremy Good	LD	220	9.1%
Jonathan Owen	LD	210
Richard Braine	UKIP	85	3.5%
Jack Bovill	UKIP	76

Lancashire — Lancaster East

Death of Richard Newman-Thompson.

Lizzi Collinge	Lab	1758	50.9%
Tim Hamilton-Cox	Grn	1408	40.7%
Robin Long	LD	231	6.7%
Steve Metcalfe	TUSC	60	1.7%

Lancaster — Carnforth and Millhead

Death of George Askew; Lab gain from C.

John Reynolds	Lab	702	43.1%
John Bassinder	C	671	41.2%
Robert Gillespie	UKIP	134	8.2%
Phil Dunster	LD	74	4.5%
Cait Sinclair	Grn	49	3.0%

Lancaster — John O'Gaunt

Death of Richard Newman-Thompson.

Oscar Thynne	Lab	857	44.5%
Paul Stubbins	Grn	650	33.8%
Kieran Cooke	C	221	11.5%
Niall Semple	UKIP	112	5.8%
Bethany Frost	LD	85	4.4%

Melton — Melton Egerton

Resignation of Peter Faulkner; Lab gain from C.

Michael Blase	Lab	255	38.7%
Maddie Smith	C	158	24.0%
John Scutter	UKIP	136	20.6%
Marilyn Gordon	Ind	70	10.6%
Andrea Lovegrove	Ind	40	6.1%

Merton — Figge's Marsh

Resignation of Peter Walker.

Mike Brunt	Lab	2824	73.5%
Hamna Qureshi	C	443	11.5%
Andrew Mills	UKIP	254	6.6%
Penelope Homer	Grn	184	4.8%
Rachel Waitt	LD	136	3.5%

North Dorset — Blandford Hilltop

Resignation of Mark Leonard.

Traci Handford	C	176	32.5%
Hugo Mieville	LD	170	31.4%
Haydn White	Lab	100	18.5%
William Woodhouse	UKIP	96	17.7%

North Dorset — Hill Forts

Resignation of James Schwier.

Piers Brown	C	946	48.4%
John England	UKIP	417	21.3%
David Tibbles	LD	318	16.3%
Keith Yarwood	Lab	273	14.0%

Redbridge — Roding

Resignation of Sarah Blaber; Lab gain from C.

Lloyd Duddridge	Lab	1832	40.9%
Ruth Clark	C	1254	28.0%
Richard Clare	LD	983	22.0%
Jonathan Seymour	UKIP	216	4.8%
Barry Cooper	Grn	169	3.8%
Marilyn Moore	APP	22	0.5%

Rutland — Greetham

Death of Roger Begy.

Nick Begy	C	unop.

St Edmundsbury — Haverhill North

Death of Tim Marks; UKIP gain from C.

Anthony Williams	UKIP	563	37.3%
Maureen Byrne	Lab	460	30.5%
Quillon Fox	C	409	27.1%
Kenneth Rolph	LD	78	5.2%

South Bucks — Farnham and Hedgerley

Resignation of David Vincent.

Claire Lewis	C	962	62.5%
Delphine Gray-Fisk	UKIP	339	22.0%
Ryan Sains	Grn	239	15.5%

South Kesteven — Deeping St James

Resignation of Leigh Johnson.

Steve Benn	C	784	49.7%
Adam Brookes	LD	436	27.7%
Lisa Holmes	Lab	286	18.1%
Gerhard Lohmann-Bond	Grn	70	4.4%

South Ribble — Seven Stars

Death of Fred Heyworth.

Malcolm Donoghue	Lab	625	55.2%
Anthony Green	C	405	35.8%
James Pattison	LD	102	9.0%

Southwark — College

Resignation of Helen Hayes.

Catherine Rose	Lab	2258	50.2%
Kate Bramson	C	1024	22.8%
Brigid Gardner	LD	699	15.6%
Dale Rapley	Grn	371	8.3%
Toby Prescott	UKIP	118	2.6%
Denis Pougin	APP	25	0.6%

Southwark — Newington

Resignation of Neil Coyle MP.

James Coldwell	Lab	2829	59.3%
Martin Shapland	LD	694	14.5%
Nick Hooper	Grn	464	9.7%
Siobhan Aarons	C	458	9.6%
Gawain Towler	UKIP	237	5.0%
Terry Adewale	APP	45	0.9%
Michelle Baharier	Ind	45	0.9%

Spelthorne — Ashford North and Stanwell South

Resignation of Anne-Marie Neale.

John Boughtflower	C	658	37.4%
Iain Raymond	Lab	487	27.7%
Gerald Gravett	UKIP	393	22.3%
Gordon Douglas	Grn	133	7.6%
Alan Mockford	LD	59	3.4%
Paul Couchman	TUSC	30	1.7%

Staffordshire — Uttoxeter Town

Death of Geoff Morrison.

David Brookes	C	1247	42.6%
John McKiernan	Lab	967	33.0%
Julian Lee	UKIP	713	24.4%

Suffolk — Bixley

Resignation of Alan Murray.

Paul West	C	1117	49.7%
Rob Bridgeman	Lab	634	28.2%
Tony Gould	UKIP	344	15.3%
Colin Boyd	LD	154	6.8%

Suffolk — Haverhill Cangle

Death of Tim Marks; UKIP gain from C.

John Burns	UKIP	1273	36.8%
Margaret Marks	C	1168	33.8%
David Smith	Lab	838	24.2%
Kenneth Rolph	LD	178	5.1%

Surrey — Staines South and Ashford West

Resignation of Daniel Jenkins; C gain from UKIP.

Denise Turner-Stewart	C	1585	46.9%
Peter Appleford	UKIP	695	20.5%
Iain Raymond	Lab	543	16.1%
Christopher Bateson	LD	382	11.3%
Andrew McLuskey	Grn	145	4.3%
Matthew Clarke	TUSC	33	1.0%

Abertawe —
Swansea — Mynyddbach

Resignation of Byron Owen.

Mike Lewis	Lab	1525	57.5%
Shan Couch	PC	340	12.8%
Patrick Morgan	C	321	12.1%
Noel West	I@S	263	9.9%
Charlene Webster	LD	120	4.5%
Ashley Wakeling	Ind	82	3.1%

Tendring — St Pauls

Resignation of Ashley Mooney.

Jack Parsons	UKIP	424	37.5%
Danny Mayzes	C	311	27.5%
William Hones	Ind	248	21.9%
Chris Bird	Lab	148	13.1%

Torbay — Tormohun

Resignation of Andy Lang; LD gain from C.

Nick Pentney	LD	1126	46.7%
Jackie Wakeham	C	533	22.1%
Darren Cowell	Lab	344	14.3%
Steve Walsh	UKIP	315	13.1%
Stephen Morley	Grn	66	2.7%
Michelle Goodman	TUSC	27	1.1%

Waveney — Wrentham

Resignation of Martin Parsons.

Craig Rivett	C	335	40.4%
Paul Tyack	Lab	252	30.4%
Andrew Bols	UKIP	156	18.8%
Chris Thomas	LD	46	5.5%
David Brambley-Crawshaw	Grn	40	4.8%

Westminster — Church Street

Resignation of Vincenzo Rampulla.

Aicha Less	Lab	2174	70.3%
Rachid Boufas	C	512	16.6%
Alistair Barr	LD	205	6.6%
Jill de Quincey	UKIP	175	5.7%
Andreas Haberland	Pirate	26	0.8%

Back to the 2016 index.

Back to the home page.

Copyright © Andrew Teale, 2002–2025.
All text and images in this website are available for reuse and modification under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported Licence and the GNU Free Documentation Licence (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

All electoral data on this website are based on information kindly supplied by the relevant Returning Officer and are held for archiving, historical and research purposes in the public interest as provided for by the Data Protection Act 2018.

This website does not use cookies or collect any data on users.

This website can be accessed anonymously at:
ya63kyvm3fstfre3tpgjckcv7tzpbu5 wfx64ggqztks4e2sruav5wjad.onion

If this website has been helpful to you, please consider making a donation to support the work required to keep the Local Elections Archive Project going.

Comments? Corrections? Constructive abuse? Commissions? Cash donations? Email me: