Another Gain in Preston
Lib Dems made another gain last night in the Ashton ward for Preston council.
LDM (Ronan Hodgson): 659 (35.5%, +14.0%)
RUK: 548 (29.5%, New)
LAB: 429 (23.1%, -35.7%)
IND: 101 (5.4%, New)
CON: 61 (3.3%, -16.4%)
IND: 60 (3.2%, New)
Well done to Cllr Ronan Hodgson and the Preston team! This takes our group on Preston to 14 councillors. That's our largest ever team at the Town Hall where we are the official opposition.
Elsewhere last night we quadrupled our vote in a byelection in Trafford:
CON 1614 (36.8%, -4.3)
LAB 978 (22.3%, -19)
LDm 841 (19.2%, +14.9)
RUK 723 (16/5%, +11.2)
GRN 204 (4.7% , -1.9)
IND 22 (0.5% -0.9)
Commiserations and thanks to Louise Bird and the Trafford team.
Further afield elsewhere in the country in this week's byelections, we held several wards and made gains from the Conservatives, Green Party and a local Residents party.