MartinCarpenter wrote:Well that could be a harbringer of trouble ahead for the Conservatives at the next GE. The got their current majority off the LibDems in the first place of course. Polarising the electorate as much as this has incredibly volatile consequences under FPTP.
Since the referendum, the LDs have gained 41 council seats, held 15 and lost only one. In the same time, the Tories and Labour are on a net loss well into double figures, all other parties have a net loss apart from Plaid Cymru, up 1.
Here are those LD gains:
Southbourne (Chichester) 1/12
Staveley TC Woodthorpe 3/11
Houghton Regis TC Houghton Hall 27/10
Seaford TC Seaford North 27/10
Seaford TC Seaford South 27/10
Horwich Parish Council Claypool 27/10
Bodmin TC 20/10
East Riding of Yorkshire UA St. Mary's 20/10
Tipton TC [2 seats] 13/10
Poole UA Broadstone 13/10
South Lakeland DC Windermere Bowness North 13/10
Knowsley TC, Knowsley Park North 13/10
Brickhill Parish Council East Ward 6/10
Cotswold Stow 29/9
Dacorum BC Adeyfield West 29/9
Teignmouth TC Central [2 seats] 23/9
Cockermouth TC Christchurch 22/9
Suffolk CC Hadleigh 22/9
Hailsham TC East 22/9
Teignbridge DC Teignmouth Central 22/9
Cardiff UA Plasnewydd 20/9
North East Derbyshire DC Tupton 15/9
Sheffield CC Mosborough 8/9
Conrwall UA Four Lanes 1/9
Lyminton & Pennington TC Pennington 1/9
Hailsham TC East 25/8
Colne TC Vivary Bridge 18/8
Eden DC Alston Moor 4/8
Cornwall UA Newlyn & Goonhaven 28/7
South Hams DC Totnes 27/7
Northampton BC Westone 21/7
Cornwall UA St. Teath & St. Breward 14/7
Cornwall UA Newquay Treviglas 14/7
North Norfolk DC Astley 14/7
Wilstshire UA Trowbridge Grove 14/7
Mole Valley DC Leatherhead North 30/6
The sole LD loss, btw, was Seaford TC Seaford West 27/10.
Besides the gains, holds and loss, the LDs contested a further 107 council by-elections. There were a further dozen or so seats in which they didn't put up a candidate.