Following a period of uncertainty Labour have retained control of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, but they are dependent on the support of a group of Independent Councillors.
The two Liberal Democrat candidates in the Earcroft by-election made a strong showing and pushed the Conservatives into third place.
The Liberal Democrats have won an astounding success in the Leicester South by-election, overturning a Labour majority of 13,243 to win by a margin of 1,654 votes. Parmjit Singh Gill is now the 55th Lib Dem Member of Parliament, following Sarah Teather's success in the Brent East by-election in September 2003, where she demolished a similar Labour majority to win the seat, after a successful Lib Dem campaign in the London constituency.
Spectacular swings to the Lib Dems were a feature of both Parliamentary By-Elections this week.
The Liberal Democrats have won the Leicester South by-election overturning a massive Labour majority in the process. The Conservatives came third.
Liberal Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy today congratulated Parmjit Singh Gill on becoming the Party's newest and first ethnic minority MP upon his election as Member of Parliament for Leicester South.
