The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.
Results
- Barking and Dagenham: The byelection in Northbury ward held on 28 November was won by Val Masson. Labour hold.
- Barking and Dagenham: The byelection for two seats in Village ward held on 28 November was won by Julia Williams and Ajanta Deb-Roy. Labour hold both seats.
- Enfield: The byelection in Jubilee ward held on 28 November was won by Ian Barnes. Labour hold.
- Fife: The byelection in West Fife and Coastal Villages ward held on 28 November was won by Karen Beaton. Labour hold.
- Islington: The byelection in Junction ward held on 28 November was won by James Potts. Labour hold.
- Sheffield: The byelection in Woodhouse ward held on 28 November was won by Willis Marshall by 10 votes. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour.
- South Gloucestershire: The byelection in Frampton Cotterell ward held on 28 November was won by David Goodwin. Liberal Democrat hold.
- West Dunbartonshire: The byelection in Kilpatrick ward held on 28 November was won by William Rooney. Labour hold.
- York: The byelection in Haxby and Wigginton ward held on 28 November was won by Richard Watson. Liberal Democrat hold.
Defections
- Barnet: Mark Shooter, who was elected for the Conservatives in Hendon ward, has joined Reform UK.
- Buckinghamshire: Jonathan Waters, who was elected for the Conservatives in Penn Wood and Old Amersham ward, has joined the Liberal Democrats.
- Hounslow: Guy Lambert, who was elected for Labour in Brentford West ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.
- Kent: Barry Lewis, who was elected for Labour in Margate division, has left the party following deselection and is sitting as an Independent county councillor.
- Newark and Sherwood: Two councillors have left the Conservative group to sit as Independents. They are Linda Dales (Collingham ward) and Rhona Holloway (Bilsthorpe ward), who had been group leader.
- Nottingham: Shuguftah Quddoos, who was elected for the Labour Party in Berridge ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.
- Rushmoor: Dhan Sarki, who was elected for Labour in Wellington ward but left the group in May 2024, has now returned.
- Shropshire: Two councillors elected for the Conservatives have left the party. They are Steve Davenport (St Martin’s division) and John Price (Oswestry East division). They are sitting as non-affiliated Independents but appear to be forming Shropshire First as a new political party.
- South Ribble: Mathew Forshaw, who was elected for the Conservtives in Coupe Green and Gregson Lane ward but left the party in February, has now returned.
New vacancies
- Bath and North East Somerset: Saltford ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Alison Streatfeild-James. Term ends 2027.
- Cotswold: Chesterton ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Roly Hughes. Term ends 2027.
- Lincolnshire: St Giles division, after the resignation of Conservative county councillor Nicola Clarke. Her term would have ended next May so no byelection will be held.
Date for byelection
- North Devon: The byelection due in Instow ward will be held on 9 January.
Other updates
- Lancaster: Following the collapse of the previous Labour/Green/Liberal Democrat coalition, a Green Party leader has been elected, and has formed a Green Party/Liberal Democrat/Morecambe Bay Independent cabinet.
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