Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

Bath & North East Somerset – Mendip

Lib Dems 496 (57.1 per cent, -18.2 on 2023) Reform UK 191 (22.0 per cent, +22.0) Conservatives 84 (9.7 per cent, +6.7) Green Party 57 (6.6 per cent, +2.0) Labour 40 (4.6 per cent, +0.9)

Lib Dems hold

Durham – Benfieldside

Lib Dems 824 (28.3 per cent, +17.3 on May) Labour 800 (27.4 per cent, +0.8) Reform UK 747 (25.6 per cent, -6.6) Independent 459 (15.7 per cent, -8.0) Conservatives 76 (1.6 per cent, -5.0) Green Party 40 (1.4 per cent, +1.4)

Lib Dems gain from Reform UK

Gedling – Calverton

Independent 1,245 (66.3 per cent, +66.3 on 2023) Reform UK 337 (17.9 per cent, +17.9) Labour 150 (8.0 per cent, -20.6) Conservatives 117 (6.2 per cent, -44.1) Green Party 21 (1.1 per cent, +1.1) Lib Dems 8 (0.4 per cent, +0.4)

Independent gain from Conservatives 

Hammersmith & Fulham – Fulham Town

Conservatives 647 (43.3 per cent, -1.7 on 2022) Lib Dems 345 (23.1 per cent, -4.5) Labour 251 (16.8 per cent, -10.6) Reform UK 187 (12.5 per cent, +12.5) Green Party 63 (4.2 per cent, +4.2)

Conservatives hold 

North Tyneside – Killingworth

Reform UK 771 (38.5 per cent, +38.5 on 2024) Labour 639 (31.9 per cent, -22.7) Conservatives 429 (21.4 per cent, -3.5) Green Party 85 (4.2 per cent, -16.3) Lib Dems 81 (4.0 per cent, +4.0)

Reform UK gain from Labour

North Tyneside – Longbenton & Benton

Labour 739 (39.6 per cent, -16.8 on 2024) Reform UK 602 (32.3 per cent, +19.3) Green Party 259 (13.9 per cent, -7.8) Lib Dems 183 (9.8 per cent, +9.8) Conservatives 83 (4.4 per cent, +4.4)

Labour hold

Nottinghamshire – Newark West

Conservatives 680 (34.7 per cent, +4.8 on May) Reform UK 672 (34.3 per cent, -1.6) Labour 316 (16.1 per cent, -3.9) Green Party 190 (9.7 per cent, +2.1) Lib Dems 90 (4.6 per cent, -1.9) SDP 11 (0.6 per cent, +0.6)

Conservatives gain from Reform UK 

Powys – Llanidloes

Lib Dems 557 (35.5 per cent, +5.2 on 2022) Reform UK 551 (35.1 per cent, +35.1) Plaid Cymru 225 (14.3 per cent, +1.9) Conservatives 118 (7.5 per cent, -7.7) Labour 112 (7.1 per cent, -4.8) Independent 6 (0.4 per cent, +0.4)

Lib Dems hold

Suffolk – Tower

Reform UK 1,332 (28.8 per cent, +28.8 on 2021) Green Party 1,155 (25.0 per cent, -4.5) Conservatives 808 (17.5 per cent, -16.2) Labour 667 (14.4 per cent, -6.4) Independent 407 (8.8 per cent, +8.8) Lib Dems (5.6 per cent, +1.6)

Reform UK gain from Conservatives 

Forthcoming contests

July 10th

• Bassetlaw – Ranskill. (Conservative held)
• Hartlepool – Throston. (Labour held)
• Isle of Wight – Wroxall, Lowtherville & Bonchurch. (Independent held)
• Mole Valley – Bookham East & Eastwick Park. (Lib Dem held)
• Rotherham – Keppel. (Labour held)
• Surrey – Woking South. (Lib Dem held)
• Tewkesbury – Northway. (Independent held)
• Vale of White Horse – Botley & Sunningwell. (Lib Dem held)
• Wealden – Horam & Punnetts Town. (Green Party held)
• Woking – Hoe Valley. (Lib Dem held)

July 17th

• Basildon – St Martin’s. (Labour held)
• Dartford – Maypole & Leyton Cross. (Conservative held)
• Dartford – Stone House. (Conservative held)
• Denbighshire – Prestatyn Central. (Conservative held)
• Harborough – Market Harborough Logan. (Lib Dem held)
• Liverpool – Sefton Park. (Green Party held)
• Neath Port Talbot – Baglan. (Labour held)
• Rhondda Cynon Taf – Pontypridd Town. (Plaid Cymru held)
• Staffordshire – Eccleshall & Gnosall. (Reform UK held)

July 24th

• Bromley – Bromley Common & Holwood. (Conservative held)
• Cardiff – Llanrumney. (Labour held)
• Dacorum – Berkhamsted West.  (Lib Dem held)
• Dorset – Swanage. (Conservative held)
• Hertsmere – Borehamwood Brookmeadow. (Conservative held)
• Lichfield – Alrewas & Fradley. (Conservative held)
• Rutland – Barleythorpe. (Green Party held)

July 31st

• Barking & Dagenham – Thames View. (Labour held)
• North Devon – Barnstaple with Westacott. (Lib Dem held)

August 21st

• East Renfrewshire – Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor. (Labour held)