Other by elections from the 8th July

On the same night as barking we contested 2 other by elections

Darlington By election
Darlington Borough Council (UA)
Ward - Cockerton West
Lab 388
Lib Dem 347
Con 84
BNP 41 4.8%

Again the BNP vote was down but the tory vote was hammered in what was clearly a 2 horse race fought strongly by the Lib Dems who nearly doubled their vote share from the past election

Redbridge LBC
Ward - Chadwell
Lab 800
Con 580
Lib Dem 576
Green 413
BNP 115 4.5%UKIP 54 2.1%