Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

Eastleigh – Hedge End South

Lib Dems 1,266 (44.4 per cent, -8.7 on 2024) Conservatives 735 (25.8 per cent, -3.8) Reform UK 728 (25.5 per cent, +25.5) Labour 122 (4.3 per cent, -6.6)

Lib Dems hold

Sutton – Carshalton South & Clockhouse

Lib Dems 1,674 (52.2 per cent, +12.1 on 2022) Conservatives 767 (23.9 per cent, -18.2) Reform UK 573 (17.9 per cent, +179.9) Labour 89 (2.8 per cent, -5.4) Green Party 79 (2.5 per cent, -7.1) Christian Peoples Alliance 23 (0.7 per cent, +0.7)

Lib Dems hold

West Sussex – Horsham Riverside

Lib Dems 1,193 (45.7 per cent, -0.2 on 2021) Conservatives 569 (21.8 per cent, -12.8) Reform UK 547 (21.0 per cent, +21.0) Labour 181 (6.9 per cent, -6.7) Green Party 118 (4.5 per cent, +4.5)

Lib Dems hold

Forthcoming contests

May 29th

• Carmarthenshire – Lliedi. (Independent held)
• Castle Point – Canvey Island Winter Gardens. (Canvey Island Independent Party held)
• Lewes – Newhaven North. (Lib Dem held)
• Maldon – Maldon West. (Independent held)

June 5th

• Amber Valley – Somercotes. (Labour held)
• King’s Lynn & West Norfolk – Fairstead. (Labour held)
• King’s Lynn & West Norfolk – North Lynn. (Labour held)
• Tendring – Frinton. (Independent held)
• West Sussex – Burgess Hill North. (Lib Dem held )
• West Sussex – Hassocks & Burgess Hill South. (Lib Dem held)
• West Sussex – St Leonard’s Forest. (Conservative held)
• Wokingham – Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates. (Conservative held)

June 11th

• Stroud – Severn. (Labour held)

June 12th

• Leeds – Morley South. (Morley Borough Independent held)
• Mid Suffolk – Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden. (Green Party held)
• North Northamptonshire – Higham Ferrers.
• Nottinghamshire – Mansfield North.

June 19th

• Adur – Buckingham (2028). Nigel Jenner (Labour)
• Highland – Cromarty Firth. (Independent held)
• Highland – Eilean a’ Cheò. (Independent held)
• North Yorkshire – Eastfield. (Social Justice Party held)
• Sefton – Blundellsands. (Labour held)
• Spelthorne – Ashford Town. (Conservative held)

June 26th

• South Staffordshire – Great Wyrley Landywood. (Conservative held)
• Stevenage – Bedwell. (Labour held)