Conservatives win in Sandwell, Labour win in Nuneaton and Bedworth

12.20.21pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 29th Jun 2007

Last night's by-elections were very bad news for the Liberal Democrats with us coming 4th in Charlemont in Sandwell and 5th in Slough ward in Bedworth. It cannot just be explained by the Brown bounce or a rise for the BNP, I know there were other factors with limited human resources available for both campaigns I suspect they did the best they could in trying circumstances

Charlemont with Grove Vale result:

Conservatives - 870

Labour - 801

BNP - 544

Martin Roebuck - Liberal Democrats - 238

Greens - 71

Slough result:

Labour - 862

BNP 582

Conservatives - 499

English Democrats - 102

Frank Mills - Liberal Democrats - 83