By-Election Location
By winning party colour
Voting Breakdown
Percentage based
Gains and Losses
Percentage based
UKIP 216 (35.7%; +35.7)
Lab 188 (31.1%; +31.1)
Con 139 (23.0%; +23.0)
LD Philip Hobson 62 (10.2%; +10.2)
[Ind 0 (-100)] *
UKIP Gain from Lab
Majority 28
Turnout 39.6%
Percentage change is since May 2011
*At the last scheduled election (May 2011), an Independent candidate was returned unopposed. On his death in 2012 his widow was elected as Labour councillor in the subsequent by-election. She then died earlier this year.