King’s Hedges (Cambridge) council by-election result:
CON: 34.9% (+3.0) LAB: 33.6% (-5.6) LDEM: 23.5% (+8.5) GRN: 8.0% (-6.0)
Votes cast: 1,780
Conservative GAIN from Labour. Write-up: https://medium.com/britainelects/previewing-the-kings-hedges-cambridge-by-election-of-tuesday-4th-july-2023-6bb52c37e994
Almost certainly a protest vote against the congestion charge plans for the city that have been introduced by Labour/LD rather than anything pertaining to national party matters.
This is why we should use some sort of transferable vote system.
It’s incredible how close council elections can be.
By my napkin maths, it would only have taken 12 people flipping from blue to red, or 24 from green/yellow to red, for a completely different outcome.