Latest information about local council electoral matters is as follows:
- Bassetlaw district council: Vacancy in Worksop North ward after the resignation of Conservative councillor Steven Burton. As his term was due to end in May, there will be no byelection for his replacement.
- Chesterfield borough council: Vacancy in Brimington South ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Helen Walsh who is moving to London and fighting a seat on Islington borough council. Term ends 2011.
- Derby city council: Vacancy in Abbey ward after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Deirdre Mitchell due to ill health. As her term was due to end in May and she has resigned with less than six months left, there can be no byelection to replace her.
- North Kesteven district council: Vacancy in Branston ward after the death of Conservative councillor Marjorie Duncan. Term ends 2011.
- Wellingborough borough council: Byelection on 11 March in Redwell West ward after the resignation of Conservative councillor Andrew Bigley. Term ends 2011.
East of England
- Broadland district council: Byelection on 18 March in Taverham North ward after the resignation of Conservative councillor Heath Dicks. Term ends 2011.
- Cambridgeshire county council: Byelection on 15 April in Wisbech North division, after the death of Conservative councillor Les Sims. Term ends 2013.
- Dacorum borough council: Byelection on 11 March in Adeyfield West ward after the sad death of Conservative councillor Keith Reid, who had been involved in local politics for many years and was a former work colleague of the author of this blog. Term ends 2011.
- Fenland district council: John Chambers was elected councillor for The Mills ward in Chatteris on 4 March, holding the seat for the Conservatives. There is to be a byelection on 15 April in Wisbech Kirkgate ward after the death of veteran Conservative councillor Les Sims. Term ends 2011.
- Great Yarmouth borough council: Vacancy in Gorleston Claydon ward after the death of Labour councillor Richard Barker. Term ends 2011.
- King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough council: Vacancy in Mershe Lande ward after the resignation of Independent councillor David Markinson, who has moved to Spain after his sole election pledge was achieved. Term ends 2011.
- Mid Suffolk district council: Byelection on 25 March in Haughley and Wetherden ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Bruce Cameron-Laker. Term ends 2011.
- Southend borough council: Vacancy in Milton ward after the death of Conservative councillor Ann Robertson. As her term was due to end in May there will be no byelection to replace her.
- Tendring district council: Byelection on 8 April in Golf Green ward, after the death of Ray Smith who was a member of local residents’ group Tendring First. Term ends 2011.
- Welwyn Hatfield borough council: Vacancy in Northaw and Cuffley ward after the death of Conservative councillor and former deputy leader of the council, John Mansfield. Term ends 2011.
- Barnet borough council: Chris Harris, who was elected as a Conservative in Golders Green ward but was expelled from the party last October over persistent non-attendance, has resigned his seat on the eve of his disqualification. As his term would have been up in May, there will be no byelection.
- Bromley borough council: Vacancy in Bromley Town ward after the resignation of Conservative councillor Stephen Maly. No byelection can be held as he resigned within six months of full council elections.
- Greenwich borough council: Elizabeth Truss, Conservative councillor for Eltham South ward, has resigned her seat to concentrate on her Parliamentary candidature in South West Norfolk.
- Havering borough council: Vacancy in Elm Park ward after the resignation of Conservative councillor David Grantham. There can be no byelection for a replacement.
- Hounslow borough council: Surjit Dhaliwal, who was elected as a Labour councillor in Hounslow Heath ward, has joined the Hounslow Independent Alliance after being deselected in favour of former council leader Colin Ellar.
- Lewisham borough council: Vacancy in Whitefoot ward after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Cathy Priddey. No byelection can be held to replace her.
- Southwark borough council: Vacancy in The Lane ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Susan Elan Jones who has been selected as Parliamentary candidate for Clwyd South. No byelection can be held as her term was due to expire in May 2010.
- No updates this week.
- Halton borough council: Vacancy in Mersey ward, after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Sue Blackmore. Term ends 2012.
- Lancaster city council: Byelection on 1st April in John o’Gaunt ward after the resignation of Labour councillor Jim Blakely who has moved out of the district. Term ends 2011.
- Pendle borough council: Vacancy in Brierfield ward after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Naseem Shabnam who had been criticized for poor attendance. As her term was due to expire in May 2010, there can be no byelection.
- Preston city council: Vacancy in Riversway ward after the resignation of Labour councillor Jack Davenport. Term ends 2012.
- Gosport borough council: Vacancy in Christchurch ward after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Jackie Carr. As his term was due to end in May, there will be no byelection to replace him.
- Gravesham borough council: Byelection on 18 March in Meopham South and Vigo ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Raymonde Collins. Term ends 2011.
- Reigate and Banstead district council: Vacancy in Redhill East ward due to the death of Conservative councillor Frank Moore. Term ends 2012.
- Test Valley borough council: Vacancy in Anna ward after the resignation of Conservative councillor Arthur Peters. Term ends 2011.
- West Oxfordshire district council: Vacancy in Carterton North West ward after the death of Conservative councillor Dave King. As his term was due to end in May, there will be no byelection to fill the vacancy.
- Wokingham council: There are two Vacancies, both caused by the deaths of Conservative councillors. Chris Edmunds in Maiden Erlegh ward was a former deputy leader of the council; Malcolm Bryant in Shinfield South ward had been chairman of the council and Conservative group whip. Both terms end in 2012.
- Worthing borough council: There is a vacancy in Salvington ward and an impending vacancy in Marine ward, due to the resignations (respectively) of Dr Heather Mercer and her husband, former council leader Keith Mercer, who are both Conservatives and are emigrating to Cyprus where Heather Mercer is to take up a university post. As the term in Salvington ward ends in May, no byelection can be held. The term in Marine ward ends in 2011 and it is the intention to hold the byelection on 6 May as a double vacancy.
- East Devon district council: Impending vacancy in Seaton ward due to the resignation of veteran Liberal Democrat councillor Margaret Rogers, who is retiring and moving to Harrogate. Term ends 2011.
- Exeter city council: Vacancy in Pennsylvania ward after the resignation of Conservative councillor Alexander Bond due to pressure of business. As his term was due to end in May, he will not be replaced in a byelection; however should the Government’s order converting Exeter to a unitary council be approved, the 2010 elections will be cancelled and a byelection will be held.
- Gloucester city council: Vacancy in Barton and Tredworth ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Yakub Pandor who gained the second seat in the ward in a double vacancy election at the 2008 local elections. As his term was due to end next May, there can be no byelection to fill the vacancy.
- Dudley borough council: Vacancy in Sedgley ward after the resignation of Conservative councillor John Perry. As his term was due to end in May, there will be no byelection.
- Newcastle-under-Lyme borough council: Elaine Blake, who was elected as a Labour councillor for Silverdale and Parksite ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent in protest at not being made welcome by her own group.
- Nuneaton and Bedworth borough council: Vacancy in St Nicholas division after the death of Conservative councillor David Bryden. As his term was due to end in May there will be no byelection.
- Rugby borough council: Vacancy in Dunchurch and Knightlow ward after the death of veteran Liberal Democrat councillor Ron Ravenhall. As his term was due to end in May, there will be no byelection.
- Sandwell borough council: Vacancy in Rowley ward after the resignation of former council leader Bill Thomas (Labour), who has been convicted of theft. As his term was due to end in May, there will be no byelection.
- Stafford borough council: Vacancy in Gnosall and Woodseaves ward after the death of Conservative councillor Roger Kelly. Term ends 2011.
- Stoke-on-Trent city council: Vacancy in Blurton ward after the death of Derek Hall, who represented the City Independent Group. As his term was due to expire in May, there will be no byelection to replace him.
- Warwickshire county council: Vacancy in Nuneaton St Nicholas division after the death of Conservative councillor David Bryden. Term ends 2013.
- Worcester city council: Vacancy in Bedwardine ward after the death of Conservative councillor Barry Mackenzie-Williams. As his term was due to end in May, there will be no byelection.
- Ryedale district council: Vacancy in Norton West ward after the death of Independent councillor . Term ends 2011.
- Sheffield city council: Frank Taylor, who was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor in Gleadless Valley ward, has left the party and sits as an Independent.
- Caerphilly county borough council: Four councillors elected as Labour have resigned from the party in protest at the imposition of a shortlist for the selection of Parliamentary candidate for Islwyn constituency containing no local names. They are Dave Rees and Phyl Griffiths (both from Risca West ward), Jonathan Wilson (Pengam ward) and Janet Jones (Ynysddu ward).
- Glasgow city council: Vacancy in Drumchapel and Anniesland ward after the resignation of Labour councillor and recent council leader Steven Purcell, who resigned the leadership due to stress and exhaustion. Term ends 2012. Colin Deans, who was elected for the Scottish National Party but switched to Labour in December 2008, is now an Independent councillor.
- Perth and Kinross council: Byelection on 6 May in Strathallan ward after the death of Scottish National Party councillor John Law. Term ends 2012.
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