Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Canterbury – Wincheap

Green Party 842 (39.1 per cent, +24.1 on 2023) Lib Dems 518 (24.1 per cent, -12.2) Reform UK 351 (16.3 per cent, +16.3) Labour 276 (12.8 per cent, -25.5) Conservatives 166 (7.7 per cent, -2.6)

Green Party gain from Lib Dems

East Lindsey – Chapel St Leonard’s

Reform UK 586 (65.8 per cent, +65.8 on 2023) Conservatives 139 (15.6 per cent, -20.7) Independent 60 (6.7 per cent, +6.7) Labour 48 (5.4 per cent, -27.7) Lib Dems 42 (4.7 per cent, +4.7) Independent 15 (1.7 per cent, +1.7)

Reform UK gain from Conservatives 

Gwynedd – Bethel a’r Felinheli 

Plaid Cymru 659 (59.2 per cent, -25.0 on 2022) Independent 369 (33.2 per cent, +33.2) Reform UK 76 (6.8 per cent, +6.8) Conservatives 9 (0.8 per cent. +0.8)

Plaid Cymru hold

North Somerset – Long Ashton

Green Party 1,254 (55.7 per cent, +25.1 on 2023) Conservatives 399 (17.7 per cent, -7.2) Reform UK 349 (15.5 per cent, +15.5) Lib Dems 129 (5.7 per cent, -28.8) Labour 121 (5.4 per cent, -4.5)

Green Party hold

Vale of White Horse – Ridgeway

Lib Dems 442 (43.1 per cent, -15.0 on 2023) Conservatives 250 (24.4 per cent, -17.6) Reform UK 204 (19.9 per cent, +19.9) Green Party 122 (11.9 per cent, +11.9) Labour 8 (0.8 per cent, +0.8)

Lib Dems hold 

Forthcoming contests

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

• King’s Lynn & West Norfolk – Hunstanton. (Independent held)
• Pendle – Barnoldswick. (Lib Dem held)
• Sunderland – Hetton. (Labour held)

December 2nd

• Derbyshire – Long Eaton North. (Reform UK held)

December 4th

• Broxtowe – Stapleford South East. (Labour held)
• East Devon – Exmouth Halsdon. (Lib Dem held)
• Middlesbrough – Nunthorpe. (Lib Dem held)
• Torridge – Winkleigh. (Conservative held)
• Watford – Tudor. (Lib Dem held)

December 11th

• Caerphilly – Penyrheol. (Plaid Cymru held)
• Darlington – Red Hall & Lingfield. (Labour held)
• East Devon – Seaton. (Conservative held)
• Highland – Fort William & Ardnamurchan. (SNP held)
• South Kesteven – Aveland. (Conservative held)
• South Kesteven – Belmont.  (Grantham Independent held)
• Stockton-on-Tees – Eaglescliffe West. (Conservative held)
• West Lothian – Whitburn & Blackburn. (Labour held)

December 18th

• Blackpool – Greenlands. (Labour held)
• Cornwall – St Columb Minor & Colan. (Reform UK held)
• South Ribble – Broad Oak. (Lib Dem held)

January 22nd

• Fife – Glenrothes West & Kinglassie. (SNP held)