November and December, Labour's by-election story

			Result	Lab change %
3 Nov	Eastleigh BC	Fair Oak & Horton Heath	LD hold	-4.1
	Vale of Glamorgan UA	Gibbonsdown	Lab hold	-2.2
	Aberdeenshire UA	Inverurie & District	Con gain from LD	-13.9
	Hackney LB	Hoxton West	Lab hold	+11.6
	Medway UA	Rainham Central	Con hold	-2.9
	Aberdeenshire UA	Banff & District	Con gain from SNP	N/A
	Gloucester CC	Longlevens	Con hold	-8.2
	Reigate & Banstead BC	Kingswood with Burgh Heath	Con	-3.2
	Lancashire CC	Burnley Central East	Lab hold	+10.7
	Cardiff UA	Grangetown	PC gain from Lab	-2.2
	Gloucester CC	Longlevens	Con hold	-8.2
	Staveley TC	Woodthorpe	LD gain from Lab
	Greenwich LB	Eltham North	Con gain from Lab	+8.9
10 Nov	Shepshed TC	Shepshed East	Con gain from UKIP
	Horsham DC	Southwater	Con hold	-2.3
	Felixstowe TC		Con hold
	Wandsworth LB	Queenstown	Lab hold	+14.2
	North Hertfordshire DC	Hitchin Oughton	Lab hold	+17.4
17 Nov	Dumfries & Galloway UA	Annandale North	Con hold	-9.1
	Welwyn Hatfield BC	Haldens	Con hold	-3.7
	Bath & North East Somerset UA	Abbey	Con gain from Grn	-4.9
	Harborough DC	Misterton	Con hold	-1.6
24 Nov	Basingstoke & Deane BC	Tadley South	Con hold	-6.1
	Tandridge DC	Valley	LD hold	-6.3
	Mansfield DC	Warsop Carrs	Lab hold	-25.3
	Pendle BC	Reedley	Con gain from Lab	6.7
	Carlisle BC	Castle	Lab hold	+9.0
	South Somerset DC	Turn Hill	Con hold	+0.7
	Eastbourne BC	Sovereign	Con hold	0.0
	Newcastle CC	Blakelaw	Lab hold	-18.3
	St Edmundsbury BC	Bardwell	Con hold	N/A
28 Nov	Angus UA	Arbroath East and Lunan	SNP gain from Ind	-9.8
1 Dec	Warwick DC	Myton & Heathcote	Con hold	+21.3
	Shepton Mallet TC	East	LD gain from Ind	N/A
	Dorset CC	Ferndown	Con gain from UKIP	-5.6
	Crediton TC	Lawrence	LD gain from Ind	N/A
	South Northamptonshire DC	Grange Park	Con hold	-3.5
	Tower Hamlets LB	Whitechapel	Ind gain from THF	+6.5
	Chichester DC	Southbourne	LD gain from Con	+4.8
5 Dec	Angus UA	Carnoustie and District	Ind gain from SNP	+4.4
8 Dec	Maldon DC	Maldon West	Ind gain from Con	+6.4
	Newcastle-under-Lyme BC	Madeley	Ind gain from Lab	-35.5
	Lancaster BC	University & Scotforth Rural	Lab hold	-0.5
	Tonbridge & Malling BC	Trench	Con hold	+1.1
	Telford & Wrekin UA	Horsehay & Lightmoor	Lab gain from Con	+22.1
	Fife UA, Leven	Kennoway and Largo	SNP Hold
	Powys CC	Welshpool Llanerchydol	Ind hold	N/A
	St Edmundsbury BC	Moreton Hall	Ind gain from Con	-15.4
15 Dec	Blackdown		LD gain from Con	N/A
	Welshpool TC	Castle	Lab win
	Kidlington Parish Council	Exeter	LD hold
	Teignbridge DC	Bovey	LD gain from Con	-7.4
	Teignbridge DC	Chudleigh	LD gain from Con	-8.8
	Blackburn with Darwen UA	Higher Croft	Lab hold	-15.7
	Brickhill Parish Council	Woodlands Park	LD gain from Ind
21 Dec	Waverley BC	Cranleigh West	Con hold	-14.1
22 Dec	Eastleigh BC	Hedge End Wildern	LD hold	-1.7
	Dover DC	Aylesham	Lab hold	-6.4

November and December 2016 were mixed months electorally for Labour, continuing a familiar pattern for them.

The movement in vote percentages in quite telling; I have marked the improvements in bold red. These number less than those showing a decline of the Labour vote. Labour is not heading for a 2020 victory based on these results, but neither is it facing wipe-out. It certainly looks like every vote has to be fought for.

Despite our hugely increased membership there were still six contests with no Labour presence, which is a constant source of annoyance for me.

Here is a summary of how the main parties performed, showing a fine end-of-year for Tim Farron's party

	Holds	Gains	Other victories	losses
Liberal Democrat	3	8	0	1
Conservative	16	7	1	7
Labour	11	1	1	5
UKIP	0	0	0	2
Green	0	0	0	1