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The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.

Results

• Brighton and Hove: The byelection in South Portslade ward held on 11 January was won by Josh Guilmant. Labour hold.
• Dorset: The byelection in Littlemoor and Preston ward held on 11 January was won by Peter Dickenson. The result is a Conservative hold but the winner will not be able to take up his seat as he was discovered after nomination to be disqualified: he works occasionally as a lollipop man which counts as employment by the council.
• Salford: The byelection in Quays ward held on 11 January was won by Paul Heilbron. Liberal Democrat hold.
• Tendring: The byelection in Bluehouse ward held on 11 January was won by Bernie Goldman. Independent gain from Labour; he will join the Tendring Independents group on the council.

Change of allegiance

• Bury: Tamoor Tariq, who was elected for the Labour Party in Redvales ward, has had the whip withdrawn and is sitting as an Independent councillor.
• Hastings: Sabina Arthur, who was elected for the Labour Party in Braybrooke ward, has left the party and is sitting as an Independent councillor.
• Kingston upon Hull: Steve Wilson, who was elected for the Labour Party in University ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.
• North Lanarkshire: Beth Baudo, who was elected in Mossend and Holytown ward for the Scottish National Party but left to form Progressive Change North Lanarkshire last May, has now joined the Labour Party.
• Worcestershire: Bill Hopkins, who was elected for the Conservatives in Kidderminster St Chads division, has joined Reform UK.

New vacancies

• Derbyshire Dales: Bakewell ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Mark Wakeman. Term ends 2027.
• Great Yarmouth: Central and Northgate ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Mike Smith-Clare. Term ends 2027.
• Kingston upon Hull: Avenue ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Marjorie Brabazon. Term ends 2026.
• Lewisham: Mayor of Lewisham, after the resignation of Labour Mayor Damien Egan in order to stand in the Kingswood Parliamentary byelection. Term ends 2026.
• Milton Keynes: Loughton and Shenley ward, after the resignation for health reasons of Labour councillor Brigid McBride. Term ends 2027.
• North Northamptonshire: Desborough ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Mike Tebbutt. Term ends 2025.
• Somerset: Somerton division, after the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Dean Ruddle. Term ends 2027.

Dates for byelections

• Buckinghamshire: The byelection due in Farnham Common and Burnham Beeches division will be held on 22 February.
• Buckinghamshire: The byelection due in Hazlemere division will be held on 22 February.
• Dacorum: The byelection due in Tring West and Rural ward will be held on 15 February.
• Derbyshire Dales: The byelection due in Bakewell ward will be held on 22 February.
• Derbyshire Dales: The byelection due in Norbury ward will be held on 22 February.
• East Hampshire: The byelection due in Four Marks and Medstead ward will be held on 15 February.
• Folkestone and Hythe: The byelection due in Romney Marsh ward will be held on 22 February.
• Great Yarmouth: The byelection due in Central and Northgate ward will be held on 29 February.
• Kingston upon Hull: The byelection due in Avenue ward will be held on 15 February.
• Milton Keynes: The byelection due in Loughton and Shenley ward will be held on 22 February.
• Neath Port Talbot: The byelection due in Briton Ferry East ward will be held on 15 February.
• Neath Port Talbot: The byelection due in Rhos ward will be held on 15 February.
• Wiltshire: The byelection due in Calne Chilvester and Abberd division will be held on 22 February.

Other updates

• Hastings: Following the defection of the entire cabinet to form the Hastings Independents, the Labour group (from which they defected) has summoned an extraordinary full council meeting to for Wednesday 17 January to vote on a motion of no confidence in the leadership.

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