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Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

October 10, 2025

Bath & North East Somerset – Widcombe & Lyncombe

Lib Dems 769 (44.4 per cent, -11.8 on 2023) Green Party 267 (15.4 per cent, +0.6) Labour 212 (12.2 per cent, +4.7) Reform UK 206 (11.9 per cent, + 11.9) Conservatives 149 (8.6 per cent, -12.8) Independent 83 (4.8 per cent, +4.8) Independent 45 (2.6 per cent, +2.6)

Lib Dems hold

Hart – Yateley West

Lib Dems 1,101 (54.7 per cent, -20.4 on 2024) Reform UK 562 (27.9 per cent, +27.9) Conservatives 348 (17.3 per cent, -7.5) Contest from Wednesday.

Lib Dems hold

North Northamptonshire – Lloyds & Corby Village

Reform UK 754 (38.5 per cent, +2.1 on May) Labour 635 (32.4 per cent, -11.8) Green Party 371 (18.9 per cent, +9.7) Lib Dems 113 (5.8 per cent, +1.5) Conservatives 86 (4.4 per cent, -1.5)

Reform UK hold

Redcar & Cleveland – Skelton East

Reform UK 839 (65.3 per cent, +65.3 on 2023) Labour 247 (19.2 per cent, -10.7) Conservatives 179 (13.9 per cent, -29.4) Lib Dems 19 (1.5 per cent, -1.5)

Reform UK gain from Conservatives

Teignbridge – Kenn Valley

Lib Dems 1,116 (50.4 per cent, +11.0 on 2023) Reform UK 512 (23.1 per cent, +23.1) Conservatives 212 (9.6 per cent, -19.0) Independent 181 (8.2 per cent, +8.2) Green Party 122 (5.5 per cent, -13.9) Labour 59 (2.7 per cent, -9.9) Independent 12 (0.5 per cent, +0.5)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives

West Lancashire – Aughton & Holborn

Our West Lancashire 704 (35.5 per cent, +10.4 on 2024) Reform UK 478 (24.1 per cent, +18.6) Labour 385 (19.4 per cent, -21.3) Conservatives 295 (14.9 per cent, -8.7) Green Party 78 (3.9 per cent, -1.1) Lib Dems 42 (2.1 per cent, +2.1)

Our West Lancashire gain from Labour

Wychavon – Bretforton & Offenham

Reform UK 357 (43.5 per cent, +43.5 on 2023) Green Party 213 (25.9 per cent, +25.9) Conservatives 165 (20.1 per cent, -35.4) Labour 33 (4.0 per cent, -25.9) Lib Dems 31 (3.8 per cent, -10.8) Independent 12 (1.5 per cent, +1.5) Independent 10 (1.2 per cent, +1.2)

Reform UK gain from Conservatives

Forthcoming contests

October 16th

Babergh – Copdock & Washbrook. (Lib Dem held)
Preston – Ashton. (Labour held)
Reigate & Banstead – Meadvale & St John’s. (Lib Dem held)
South Ayrshire – Ayr North. (SNP held)
Spelthorne – Staines. (Green Party held)
Surrey – Camberley West. (Conservative held)
Surrey – Caterham Valley. (Lib Dem held.)
Surrey – Guildford South East. (Resident for Guildford & Villages held)
Tandridge – Whyteleafe. (Lib Dem held)
Trafford – Broadheath. (Labour held)

October 23rd

Birmingham – Moseley. (Labour held)
Colchester – New Town & Christ Church. (Labour held)
Fenland – Whittlesey North West. (Conservative held)
Portsmouth – Paulsgrove. (Portsmouth Independents Party held)
Somerset – Dunster. (Conservative held)
Somerset – Glastonbury. (Lib Dem held)
Torridge – Milton & Tamarside. (Independent held)

October 30th

Barnet – Hendon. (Conservative held)
Stevenage – Roebuck. (Labour held)
Stirling – Stirling East. (Conservative held)
Thanet – Garlinge. (Thanet Independent held)
Tunbridge Wells – St Johns. (Lib Dem held)
Worcestershire – Bromsgrove South. (Reform UK held)

November 4th

Burnley – Lanehead. (Labour held)
Burnley – Queensgate. Labour held)

November 6th

Fife – Buckhaven, Methil & Wemyss Villages. (Labour held)
Harborough – Fleckney. (Conservative held)
Newark & Sherwood – Balderton North & Coddington. (Green Party held)
Newark & Sherwood – Castle. (Independent held)
South Derbyshire – Seales. (Labour held)
Tandridge – Westway. (Conservative held)
Tandridge – Lingfield, Crowhurst & Tandridge. (Lingfield & Crowhurst Residents held)

November 13th