Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Birmingham- Moseley

Lib Dems 1,643 (34.7 per cent, -11.9 on 2022) Labour 1,149 (24.4 per cent, -14.1) Independent 923 (19.6 per cent, +19.6) Green Party 474 (10.1 per cent, +1.5) Reform UK 345 (7.3 per cent, +7.3) Conservatives 101 (2.4 per cent, -4.1) Independent 80 (1.7 per cent, +1.7)

Lib Dems gain from Labour 

Colchester – New Town & Christ Church

Labour 800 (29.7 per cent, -27.6 on 2024) Lib Dems 657 (24.4 per cent, +12.1) Reform UK 600 (22.3 per cent, +22.3) Green Party 401 (14.9 per cent, +5.3) Conservatives 200 (7.4 per cent, -8.9) Independent 38 (1.4 per cent, -3.1)

Labour hold

Fenland – Whittlesey North West

Conservatives 483 (47.5 per cent, -9.8 on 2023) Reform UK 346 (34.1 per cent, +34.1) Independent 127 (12.5 per cent, +12.5) Labour 60 (5.9 per cent, -16.2)

Conservatives hold

Portsmouth – Paulsgrove

Reform UK (64.2 per cent, +64.2 on 2024) Conservatives (11.3 per cent, -4.0) Labour (10.5 per cent, -4.1) Lib Dems (8.7 per cent, +5.7) Green Party (5.3 per cent, +1.9)

Reform UK gain from an independent

Somerset – Dunster

Lib Dems 1,142 (49.6 per cent, +8.5 on 2022) Reform UK 666 (28.9 per cent, +28.9) Conservatives 449 (19.0 per cent, -22.9) Labour 44 (1.9 per cent, -4.2)

Lib Dems gain from Conservatives 

Somerset – Glastonbury

Lib Dems 882 (36.4 per cent, -0.7 on 2022) Reform UK 523 (21.6 per cent, +21.6) Conservatives 506 (20.9 per cent, -9.7) Green Party 480 (19.8 per cent, -7.5) Labour 35 (1.4 per cent, +1.4)

Lib Dems hold

Torridge – Milton & Tamarside

Lib Dems 428 (37.5 per cent, +37.5 on 2023) Reform UK 355 (31.1 per cent, +31.1) Conservatives 191 (16.7 per cent, +16.7) Independent 101 (8.9 per cent, +8.9) Green Party 67 (5.9 per cent, -23.9)

Lib Dems gain from an independent

Forthcoming contests

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)
• West Devon – Okehampton South. (Green Party held)

November 13th

• Canterbury – Wincheap. (Lib Dem held)
• East Lindsey – Chapel St Leonards. (Conservative held)
• Gwynedd – Bethel a’r Felinheli. (Plaid Cymru held)
• North Somerset – Long Ashton. (Green Party held)
• Vale of White Horse – Ridgeway. (Lib Dem held)

November 20th

• Cheshire East – Macclesfield Central. (Labour held)
• Dumfries & Galloway – Stanraer & The Rhins. (Independent held)
• East Sussex – Ashdown & Conquest. (Conservative held)
• Redcar & Cleveland – South Bank. (Labour held)
• Stratford-on-Avon – Quinton. (Lib Dem held)
• Stratford-on-Avon – Salford Priors & Alcester Rural. (Conservative held)
• Trafford – Hale. (Green Party held)

November 27th

• Sunderland – Hetton. (Labour held)