Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

Amber Valley – Somercotes

Reform UK 396 (45.3 per cent, +36.6 on 2023) Labour 346 (39.6 per cent, -22.4) Conservatives 53 (6.1 per cent, -13.5 )Lib Dems 48 (5.5 per cent, -0.7) Green Party 20 (2.2 per cent, -3.0) Independent 11 (1.3 per cent, +1.3)

Reform UK gain from Labour

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk – Fairstead

Reform UK 289 (39.1 per cent, +39.1 on 2023) Lib Dems 275 (37.2 per cent, +37.2) Labour 118 (16.0 per cent, -29.7) Green Party 36 (4.9 per cent, -16.9) Independent 21 (2.8 per cent, +2.8)

Reform UK gain from Labour

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk – North Lynn

Reform UK 278 (49.6 per cent, +49.6 on 2023) Lib Dems 123 (22.0 per cent, +22.0) Labour 107 (19.1 per cent, -50.5) Green Party 52 (9.3 per cent, +9.3)

Reform UK gain from Labour 

Tendring – Frinton 

Reform UK 1,222 (57.2 per cent, +57.2 on 2023) Conservatives 577 (27.0 per cent, -15.0) Labour 168 (7.9 per cent, -7.0) Green Party 93 (4.3 per cent, -8.0) Lib Dems 78 (3.6 per cent, +3.6)

Reform UK gain from Conservatives

West Sussex – Burgess Hill North

Lib Dems 1,088 (40.9 per cent, +0.0 on 2021) Reform UK 707 (26.6 per cent, +26.6)Conservatives 618 (23.3 per cent, -14.9) Green Party 153 (5.8 per cent, -5.4) Labour 92 (3.5 per cent, -6.2)

Lib Dems hold

West Sussex – Hassocks & Burgess Hill South

Lib Dems 1,694 (55.3 per cent, -6.6 on 2021) Reform UK 762 (24.9 per cent, +24.9) Conservatives 310 (10.1 pe cent, -15.9) Green Party 175 (5.7 per cent, +5.7) Labour 123 (4.0 per cent, -8.1)

Lib Dems hold

West Sussex – St Leonard’s Forest

Lib Dems 644 (32.5 per cent, +2.2 on 2021) Reform UK 584 (29.5 per cent, +29.5) Conservatives 401 (20.2 per cent, -34.3) Green Party 259 (13.1 per cent, +13.1) Labour 93 (4.7 per cent, -10.5)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives 

Wokingham – Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates

Lib Dems 1,028 (31.2 per cent, +3.2 2024) Labour 793 (24.1 per cent, -0.2) Conservatives 788 (23.9 per cent, -4.2) Reform UK 486 (14.8 per cent, +14.8) Green Party 180 (5.5 per cent, -6.2) Trade Union and Socialist Coalition 17 (0.5 per cent, +0.5)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives 

Forthcoming contests

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

• Basildon – Wickford Park.  (Wickford Independent held)
• Chorley – Buckshaw & Whittle. (Labour held)
• Edinburgh – Fountainbridge & Craiglockhart. (Labour held)
• Greenwich – Shooters Hill. (Labour held)
• Mid Devon – Crediton Lawrence.  (Lib Dem held)
• Rossendale – Whitworth. (Community First held)
• Rother – Catsfield & Crowhurst. (Lib Dem held)
• Sheffield – Stocksbridge & Upper Don. (Labour held)
• South Staffordshire – Great Wyrley Landywood. (Conservative held)
• Stevenage – Bedwell. (Labour held)

July 2nd

• North Tyneside – Killingworth. (Labour held)
• North Tyneside – Longbenton & Benton. (Labour held)

July 3rd

• Bath & North East Somerset – Mendip. (Lib Dem held)
• Durham – Benfieldside.  (Reform UK held)
• Gedling – Calverton. (Conservative held)
• Hammersmith & Fulham – Fulham Town. (Conservative held)
• Nottinghamshire – Newark West. (Reform UK held)
• Powys – Llanidloes. (Lib Dem held)
• Suffolk – Tower. (Conservative held)

July 10th

• Bassetlaw – Ranskill. (Conservative held)
• Mole Valley – Bookham East & Eastwick Park. (Lib  Dem held)
• Rotherham – Keppel. (Labour held)
• Surrey – Woking South. (Lib Dem held)
• Tewkesbury – Northway.  (Independent held)
• Woking – Hoe Valley. (Lib Dem held)