The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.
Results
- Camden: The byelection in Regent’s Park ward held on 9 July was won by Nanouche Umeadi. Labour gain from the Green Party.
- Cardiff: The byelection in Splott ward held on 9 July was won by James Caruana. Labour hold.
- Flintshire: The byelection in Argoed and New Brighton ward held on 9 July was won by Faron Hadfield-Jones. Liberal Democrat hold.
- Flintshire: The byelection in Connah’s Quay Central ward held on 9 July was won by Dave Vernon. Reform UK gain from a member of the ‘True Independents’.
- Gateshead: The byelection in High Fell ward held on 9 July was won by Lindsay Atkinson. Reform UK hold.
- Gwynedd: The byelection in Llanrug ward held on 9 July was won by Rhys Parry, who stood as an Independent candidate and gains the seat from Plaid Cymru.
- Lambeth: The byelection in Clapham Park ward held on 9 July was won by Michael Ball. Green Party hold.
- Lambeth: The byelection in Streatham St Leonard’s ward held on 9 July was won by Alex Davies. Liberal Democrat gain from an Independent elected for the Green Party.
- Neath Port Talbot: The byelection in Trebanos ward held on 9 July was won by Jamie Watkins. Plaid Cymru hold.
- North Norfolk: The byelection in Suffield Park ward held on 9 July was won by Tyler Wragg. Liberal Democrat hold.
- Pembrokeshire: The byelection in Pembroke Dock Market ward held on 9 July was won by Jamie Street. Conservative gain a seat previously held by an Independent councillor.
- South Lanarkshire: The byelection in Larkhall ward held on 9 July was won by Fiona McDermott. Reform UK gain from Labour.
- Stratford-on-Avon: The byelection in Kinwarton ward held on 2 July was won by Janine Lee. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat.
- Surrey: The byelection in Haslemere division held on 7 July was won by Terry Weldon. Liberal Democrat hold.
- Vale of Glamorgan: The byelection in Baruc ward held on 9 July was won by Shirley Hodges. Plaid Cymru hold.
- Waverley: The byelection in Haslemere West ward held on 7 July was won by Oli Leach. Liberal Democrat hold.
Defections
- East Renfrewshire: Annette Ireland, who was elected for the Scottish National Party in Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood ward but left the party in April 2024, has now returned to it.
- Fife: Kathleen Leslie, who was elected for the Conservatives in Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy ward, has joined the Labour Party.
- Flintshire: Two members of the True Independents group have joined Reform UK. They are Roz Mansell (Connah’s Quay Wepre ward) and Mike Peers (Buckley Pentrobin ward).
- Highland: John Grafton, who was elected for the Liberal Democrats in Caol and Mallaig ward, has been expelled from the party; Chris Birt, who was elected for the Scottish National Party in Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh ward, has been suspended from the party, and Sean Kennedy, an Independent councillor for Dingwall and Seaforth ward who had been a member of the Highland Independent group, has left the group, all to sit as non-aligned councillors. These moves follow criticism of the licensing committee’s decision to grant a taxi licence to a man convicted of rape.
- Lancashire: Leon Graham, who was elected for Reform UK in West Lancashire West division, has joined the Conservative Party.
New vacancies
- Blackpool: Claremont ward, after the death of veteran Labour councillor Ivan Taylor. Term ends 2027.
- Highland: Wick and East Caithness ward, after the resignation of Highland Independent councillor Willie Mackay. Term ends 2027.
- Newcastle upon Tyne: Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn ward, after the resignation of Reform UK councillor Amy Hunter. Term ends 2027.
- St Helens: Billinge and Seneley Green ward, after the resignation of Reform UK councillor Jennifer Gerrard. Term ends 2030.
- Sheffield: Southey ward, after the resignation of Independent councillor Gareth Slater (who was elected for the Labour Party). Term ends 2028.
Dates for byelections
- East Devon: The byelection due in Honiton St Michael’s ward will be held on 13 August.
- Huntingdonshire: The byelection due in St Neots Eynesbury ward will be held on 20 August.
- Kirklees: The byelection due in Almondbury ward will be held on 13 August.
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