Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Blackpool – Greenlands

Reform UK 587 (44.4 per cent, +38.4 on 2023) Conservatives 299 (22.6 per cent, -17.2) Labour 289 (21.9 per cent, -22.7) Green Party 79 (6.0 per cent, -3.5) Lib Dems 45 (3.4 per cent, +3.4) Independent 22 (1.7 per cent, +1.7)

Reform UK gain from Labour 

Cornwall – Columb Minor & Colan

Reform UK 408 (31.7 per cent, -4.2 on May) Independent 325 (25.3 per cent, -4.1) Lib Dems 296 (23.0 per cent, +14.6) Green Party 173 (13.4 per cent, +13.4) Conservatives 73 (5.7 per cent, -11.2) Labour 9 (0.7 per cent, -7.8) Independent 3 (0.2 per cent, -0.8)

Reform UK hold

Harborough – Market Harborough Logan

Conservatives 461 (34.7 per cent, +3.3 on May) Green Party 358 (26.9 per cent, +4.8) Lib Dems 268 (20.2 per cent, -7.0) Reform UK 195 (14.7 per cent, +0.1) Labour 43 (3.2 per cent, -0.1) SDP 4 (0.3 per cent, +0.3)

Conservatives gain from Lib Dems

South Ribble – Broad Oak

Lib Dems 810 (65.9 per cent, +0.4 on 2023) Reform UK 263 (21.4 per cent, +21.4) Conservatives 95 (7.7 per cent, -9.5) Labour 62 (5.0 per cent, -12.2)

Lib Dems hold 

Suffolk – Pakefield

Reform UK 1,286 (49.2 per cent, +49.2 on 2024) Green Party 508 (19.4 per cent, +19.4) Conservatives 357 (13.6 per cent, -20.6) Labour 328 (12.5 per cent, -27.4) Lib Dems 137 (5.2 per cent, -9.1)

Reform UK gain from Conservatives

Forthcoming contests

January 15th

• Gosport – Bridgemary. (Lib Dem held)
• York – Heworth. (Labour held)

January 20th

• Amber Valley – Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercard (Labour held)
• Derbyshire – Horsley. (Reform UK held)

January 22nd

• Cheshire West & Chester – Willaston & Thornton. (Conservative held)
• Cotswolds – The Rissingtons. (Green Party held)
• Fife – Glenrothes West & Kinglassie. (SNP held)
• Flintshire – Leeswood.  (Labour held)
• South Norfolk – Central Wymondham. (Conservative held)

January 29th

• East Dunbartonshire – Bearsden South. (Conservative held)