Triple blow for Conservative party in Local by-elections
The Conservatives suffered a major setback in yesterday’s local authority elections when they lost three seats to the Liberal Democrats.
In spite of the losses by the Conservatives, the Press Association has calculated that based on the November council by-elections, the Conservatives hold a lead of 9.4% over the Liberal Democrats, with 36.4% to 27.5%, with Labour in third place with a 26.1% share of the vote.
The Lib Dem gains from the Tories were at Blackbrook in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, St Austell Bay in Cornwall , and Alveston in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire.
