Yesterday’s council by-election results show electoral advances for the BNP around the country – with the party gaining its first council seat in the south east of England, in Sevenoaks.
Swanley St Mary’s, Sevenoaks district council
BNP – 41% (+41)
Lab – 34% (-21)
Con – 25% (-)
(UKIP did not stand, having previously secured 20%)
BNP gain from Lab
Downham, London Borough of Lewisham
Lib Dem – 40% (-11)
Lab – 24% (-2)
Con – 24% (+8)
BNP 11% (+11)
Green – 2% (-5)
Two Lib Dem holds
Bilton, Harrogate borough council
LD – 50% (-2)
Con – 38% (-7)
BNP – 9% (+9)
Lab – 3% (-)
Lib Dem hold
Thringstone, North West Leicestershire district council
Lab – 36% (-7)
Con – 31% (-1)
BNP – 28% (+28)
Lib Dem – 5% (-20)
Lab hold
Jonathan Isaby