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The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.

Results

Blackpool: The byelection in Clifton ward on 24 July was won by Luke Taylor. Labour hold.
Doncaster: The byelection in Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun ward on 24 July was won by Paul Bissett. UK Independence Party gain from Labour.
Maidstone: The byelection in Staplehurst ward on 24 July was won by Paulina Watson. Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.
Northumberland: The byelection in Longhoughton division on 24 July was won by Kate Cairns. Liberal Democrat gain from Independent.
Reading: The byelection in Southcote ward on 24 July was won by Matthew Lawrence. Labour hold.
Rhondda Cynon Taf: The byelection in Aberaman North division on 24 July was won by Sheryl Evans. Labour hold.
Walsall: The byelection in Birchills-Leamore ward on 24 July was won by Chris Jones. Labour hold. Labour now has exactly half of the councillors and has called a special meeting of the council in the hope of removing the Conservative-led administration.
Windsor and Maidenhead: The byelection in Clewer North ward on 24 July was won by Wisdom Da Costa. Independent (West Windsor Residents’ Association) hold.

Cheshire East: Roy Cartlidge, who was elected for the Labour Party in Crewe St Barnabas ward, has left the party to sit as a ‘West End Socialist Independent’ councillor following his deselection.

Blackpool: Waterloo ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Tony Lee. Term ends 2015.
Haringey: Woodside ward, after the death of Labour councillor Pat Egan. Term ends 2018.
Oxford: Quarry and Risinghurst ward, after the impending resignation of Labour councillor Laurence Baxter. Term ends 2016.
Shepway: Folkestone Harvey Central ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor David Johnson. Term ends 2015.

Shepway: The byelection due in Folkestone Harvey Central ward will take place on 4 September.

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