Labour by-election success

Labour has gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats in council by-elections, including one in Leeds.

By The Newsroom

Published 19th Feb 2010, 11:32 BST

Updated 19th Feb 2010, 11:33 BST

Labour's Gerry Harper easily captured a Hyde Park and Woodhouse seat in central Leeds.

But it was a tighter finish for party colleague Richard Young who won by just seven votes at Pendre, Bridgend County Borough in South Wales, reversing a Liberal Democrat lead of exactly the same margin.

The result leaves Labour with half the council seats there.

:: RESULT

Leeds City - Hyde Park and Woodhouse: Lab 1054, Lib Dem 671, C 188, Ind 150, Green 140. (May 2008 - Lib Dem 1206, Lab 1142, Green 299, C 219, BNP 102).

Lab gain from Lib Dem. Swing 9.7% Lib Dem to Lab.