Constituencies the Lib Dems won on 3 May

Peter Pigeon has picked out some of the better Lib Dem constituency performances in the local elections held earlier this month:

Grimsby - won with 39.1% (2004 33.8%)
Hull E, N and W - won with 43.9% (up 1.6%),42.3% (up 4%), and 46.7% (up 19.6%!)
Blaydon - won with 47.8% (up 2.8%)
Newcastle North - won with 52.7% (up 6.8%)
St Helens S - won with 45.1% (up 0.3%)
Oldham E - won with 53.8% (up 17.4%)
Burnley - won with 33.9% (up 6.3%)
Milton Keynes N - won with 39.2% (up 4%)
Warrington S - won with 52.6% (up 4.2%).