1st council by-election result of the night in Dacorum (Apsley & Corner Hall): LIBD HOLD Vote shares (compared to LE23): LIBD 32.9%(-15.7) REF 24.5% CON 17.9%(-14.9) IND 9.5% GREEN 8.0% LAB 7.1%(-11.5) Votes cast: 2,253(2,168)

1 council by-election result tonight in Westmoreland & Furness (Hawcoat & Newbarns): REF GAIN from CON Vote shares (compared to LE22): REF 48% LAB 24%(-10) CON 19%(-21) GREEN 5% LIBD 3%(-3) (IND) (-20) Votes cast: 2,352(2,843)

The first 4 council by-elections since LE26 saw 2 seats change hands both undefended by the incumbent party/description: CON GAIN from IND in Fylde (Kirkham) LIBD GAIN from LOCAL in Malvern Hills (Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick) LIBD HOLD in Dorset (Bridport) & GREEN HOLD in Lancaster (Castle)

Votes shares in 20 stand alone council by-elections on LE26 day (compared to last poll in each ward): REF 27%(+20) LIBD 24%(-4) CON 23%(-10) GREEN 15%(+4) LAB 6%(-7) IND/LOC 3%(-3) Votes cast: 54,059 (44,716)

Corrected: To add to the seat counts on LE26 day there were 20 stand alone by-elections (22 seats). 18(20) in England, 2 in Wales. 9 seats changed. Seat totals: LIBD 8(-3) CON 6(+1) REF 5(+3) GREEN 2(+1) LOC* 1(+1) LAB 0(-3) *GreatYar1st

Vote shares in England council by-elections in LE22 (compared to previous poll in each ward): LAB 38%(+1) CON 29%(-5) LIBD 17%(+3) GREEN 9%(+1) IND/LOC 6%(+1) Others 1%(-1) Votes cast: 7.7mill (8.2mill)

Tomorrow's England council elections relate mainly to seats last up in LE22. So here's a reminder of what happened that year: COUNCILS: LAB 66(+4) CON 36(-9) LIBD 16(+5) LOC 1(+1) NOC 27(-1) SEATS: LAB 2,269(+60) CON 1,079(-347) LIBD 715(+173) GREEN 116(+63) IND/LOC 217(+50) REF 2(+2)Others 2(-1)

Last council by-election result before LE26: Malvern Hills (Tenbury): REF GAIN from CON: Votes shares (compared to LE23): REF 45.1% CON 30.3%(-7.0) LIBD 12.7% GREEN 12.0%(-8.4) (LOC) (-42.2)* Votes cast: 1,523 (1,620) *Local party topped poll in 2-seat ward in '23

1 council by-election result tonight: CORNWALL (Newquay, Porth & Tretherras): REF HOLD Vote shares (compared to LE25): REF 30.2%(-7.7) GREEN 24.8% IND 16.9% LIBD 16.3%(-9.9) CON 6.2%(-14.6) LAB 5.6%(-9.6) Votes cast: 2,136(1,859)

Welcome to #byelectionWed @salfordcouncil.bsky.social Barton & Winton REF GAIN from LAB Vote shares (compared to LE24): REF 34.9% LAB 33.2%(-29.1) GREEN 18.7%(+4.0) CON 6.1%(-8.2) LIBD 4.9%(-3.8) IND 2.3% Votes cast: 1,938(2,622)

2nd council by-election result of the night: LEICESTERSHIRE (Narborough & Whetstone): REF HOLD Votes shares (compared to LE25): REF 33.0%(-9.3) CON 29.6(+5.1) GREEN 28.2(+13.4) LIBD 4.3%(-3.6) LAB 4.0%(-4.8) ADV 0.9% (IND) (-1.7) Votes cast: 3,130(3,315)

1st of 2 council by-elections results tonight: Northumberland (CramlingtonSW): CON GAIN from REF Votes shares (compared to LE25)_#: CON 34.2%(+9.0) REF 26.1%(-13.3) LAB 23.0%(-5.8) GREEN 14.3% IND 1.6% LIBD 0.9% (SDP) (-6.6) Votes cast 813(649)

"Just for fun" as Jon Snow would say, if the changes here were repeated all over Kent in LE29 the seats will be (compared to LE25): GREEN 50(+45) REF 19(-38) LIBD 9(-3) CON 3(-2) LAB 0(-2) All changes would be Green gains except 1 LibD g from Ref. Remember, just for fun.

Result in this week's only council by-election; KENT (Cliftonville): GREEN GAIN from REF Vote shares (compared to LE25): GREEN 38.8%(+26.8) REF 33.1%(-7.1) CON 15.2%(-4.5) LAB 10.4%(-11.6) IND 1.3%(-1.7) LIBD 1.2%(-1.9) Votes cast: 5,334(4,785)

4 council by-elections today. All 4 seats change: REF GAIN from LIBD in Luton, Wigmore & from CON in Bury, Tottington LIBD GAIN from IND in N Devon, Fremington GREEN GAIN from LAB in Rossendale, Hareholme & Waterfoot Seats: REF 2(+2) GREEN 1(+1) LIBD 1(=) CON 0(-1) LAB 0(-1) IND 0(-1)

Summary of tonight's council by-elections...CON win 3/4: CON gain from LIBD in @whitehorsedc.bsky.social REF GAIN from LAB in @northlincscouncil.bsky.social CON HOLD in @northlincscouncil.bsky.social in Sevenoaks

In @northlincscouncil.bsky.social (2) (Axholme C): CON HOLD Vote shares (compared to LE23): CON 49.2%(-19.6) REF 35.5% GREEN 8.3% LAB 5.5%(-25.7) LIBD 1.5% Votes cast: 1,881(1,839)

In @northlincscouncil.bsky.social (1) (Brumby): REF GAIN from LAB: Votes shares (compared to by-election 6/24): REF 52.3% LAB 27.9(-33.6) GREEN 9.1%(+4.2) CON 7.5%(-21.8) LIBD 3.2%(-1.1) Votes cast: 1,469(1,002)

Result in @whitehorsedc.bsky.social (Stanford): CON gain from LIBD Vote shares (compared to LE23) CON 45.9%(+2.5) LIBD 27.2%(-17.0) REF 18.0% GREEN 7.9%(-4.5) LAB 1.0% Votes cast: 1,451(1,235)

Council by-election result in Sevenoaks (Halstead, Knockholt & Badgers Mount): CON HOLD Vote Shares(compared with LE23): CON 44.2%(-20.7) REF 29.8% LIBD 20.9%(-14.2) GREEN 5.1% Votes cast: 1,270(956)

1 Tuesday council by-election this week in Wales: Pembrokeshire (Milford Hakin): REF GAIN from IND Vote shares (compared to LE22): REF 27.1% CON 21.8%(+0.5) Top IND 16.0%(-32.7) GREEN 12.9% LIBD 8.6% LAB 4.1% Other Inds 9.5%(-20.5) Votes cast: 661(587)

Tonight's 5 council by-election results: 3 seats change: GREEN GAIN from LIBD in @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social (Aigburth) REF GAIN from LOCAL in NKesteven (Sleaford Westholme) LIBD GAIN from GREEN in Vale of White Horse (Abingdon Abbey Northcourt) LIBD HOLDS in Cotswolds & Westmoreland & Furness

In Westmoreland & Furness (Penrith South): LIBD HOLD Vote shares (compared to LE22): LIBD 43.1%(-1.6) REF 33.9% GREEN 13.0%(+2.6) CON 10.0(-15.5) (IND (-19.5)) Votes cast: 1,736(2,040)

Vale of White Horse (Abingdon Abbey Northcourt) is: LIBD GAIN from GREEN (LibD topped poll on LE23) Votes shares (compared to LE23) LIBD 43.7%(+3.3) GREEN 32.5%(-2.0) REF 13.8% CON 6.8%(-7.4) LAB 3.2%(-7.7) Votes cast: 1,479(2,628)

In @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social (Aigburth): GREEN GAIN from LIBD Votes shares(compared to LE23): GREEN 45.0%(+29.5) LIBD 35.7%(-13.6) LAB 10.2%(-21.7) REF 7.0% IND 0.7% CON 0.5%(-1.8) Votes cast: 1,737(1,713)

1st council by-election result of the night is in Cotswolds (The Beeches): LIBD HOLD Votes shares (compared to LE23): LIBD 52.7%(-2.8) REF 22.7% CON 16.5%(-17.8) GREEN 7.2%(-2.9) LAB 0.9% Votes cast: 740(731)

‪ All council by-election results in tonight, 4/5 seats change: Seats: REF 2(+1) CON 1(+1) GREEN 1(=) LAB 1(=) IND 0(-2) REF GAIN from IND in Braintree & from LAB in Tamworth LAB GAIN from REF in Durham CON GAIN from IND in Sevenoaks The only HOLD is for GREEN in Stroud

LAB have made their first council by-election gain since LE25: Durham (Murton) LAB GAIN from REF Votes shares (compared to LE25): LAB 50.6%(+17.6) REF 39.6(-4.5) GREEN 4.8% CON 3.1%(-2.0) LIBD 1.9%(-2.3) (IND) (-13.6) Votes cast: 1,984(2,368)

By my reckoning the Gorton & Denton by-election was only the 4th out of 72 since GE2005 in which neither Lab nor Con have finished in the top 2. Fun quiz...who can name the other 3? (arguably one of them barely counts)

3 council by-elections in UK this week with results coming in on 3 different days...won by 3 different parties: Summary: REF 1(+1) PC 1(+1) CON 1(=) LAB 0(-2) In England: Ref gain from Lab in Peterborough Con hold in Bradford In Wales: PC gain from Lab in Fishguard

By-election result in Bradford- Worth Valley is being falsely reported as a Ref gain on the other place. Actual result (on the council website) is: CON HOLD Con 51.7%(-4.7) Ref 26.1% Lab 12.1%(-19.6) Green 6.9%(-1.0) LibD 2.4%(-1.6) Ind 0.8% Votes cast: 3,514(4,129) Comparisons with LE24

2 council by-elections tonight: In Wales: REF GAIN from PC in Anglesey- Ynys Gybi: REF 44% PC 25%(-4) LAB 12%(-12) GREEN 9% CON 8%(-13) IND 2%(-24) In England: LAB HOLD in N Somerset- Clevedon S: LAB 29%(-25) REF 28% CON 19%(-27) GREEN 16% LIBD 8%

Votes shares in 9 council by-elections in UK this year (compared to last in each ward): REF 28%(+18) CON 18%(-6) GREEN 16%(+2) LAB 15%(-17) LIBD 12%(+6) IND/LOC 3%(+1) ADV 1% Votes cast: 16,602(20,449) Not far removed from current national polling

There have been 9 council by-elections in the UK in 2026. The seats have been shared between 6 parties: Seats: REF 3(+2) CON 2(=) LIBD 1(=) GREEN 1(=) SNP 1(=) LAB 1(-2) Ref have made 3 gains, LibD & Green 1 each. All 3 of those parties have also lost 1. Lab have lost 2.

All 7 council by-elections results from this week now in: 4 seats change: REF gain 2 from LAB in Amber Valley and Flintshire GREEN gain from REF in Derbyshire LIBD gain from GREEN in Cotswolds There are 2 CON HOLDS in Cheshire W & Chester and in S Norfolk. SNP HOLD in Fife

Across 5 council by-elections in England this week the average vote shares (compared to last vote in each ward) was: REF 35%(+28) LIBD 20%(+1) CON 17%(-14) GREEN 14%(+11) LAB 9%(-21) IND & Others 4%(-5) Votes cast: 7,783(12,634)

5 results on the final #byelectionThurs of the year, 3 seats change: REF GAIN from LAB in Blackpool (Greenlands) & from CON in Suffolk (Pakefield) CON GAIN from LIBD in Harborough (Market Harborough-Logan) There are HOLDs for LIBD in South Ribble And for REF in Cornwall

Final council by-election result of 2025: Suffolk (Pakefield) REF GAIN FROM CON Vote Share (compared by by-election 7/24) REF 49% GREEN 19% CON 14%(-21) LAB 13%(-27) LIBD 5%(-9) (IND (-11)) Votes: 2,616 (6,702) Nb; the 1st by-election was on GE24 day, hence the much higher vote

4 council by-election results tonight (1 more to come in the morning)... 2 seats change: CON GAIN from LIBD in Harborough (Market Harborough-Logan) REF GAIN from LAB in Blackpool (Greenlands) There are HOLDs for LIBD in South Ribble And for REF in Cornwall

Final result tonight (1 more to come in morning) is in Cornwall (St Columb Minor& Colan: REF HOLD

1st gain for Reform in Thursday's council by-elections comes in Blackpool (Greenlands) REF GAIN from LAB Vote shares compared to LE23: REF 44%(+38) CON 23%(-17) LAB 22%(-23) GREEN 6%(-3) LIBD 3% IND 1% Votes cast: 1,321(1,760)

Better result for LibD in South Ribble (Broad Oak) LIBD HOLD Vote Shares (compared to LE23) LIBD 66%(+1) REF 21% CON 8%(-9) LAB 5%(-12) Votes cast: 1,230(1,452)

Result in Harborough (Market Harborough-Logan) CON GAIN from LIBD Vote Shares (compared to by election 7/25) CON 35%(+4) GREEN 27%(+5) LIBD 20%(-7) REF 15%(=) LAB 3%(=) Others 0%(-1) Votes cast 1,329(1,308)

Across 9 council by-elections in GB this week the average vote shares (compared to last vote in each ward) was: REF 28%(+23) CON 22%(-5) LIBD 14%(=) SNP 11%(+3) LAB 9%(-14) PC 6%(-40 IND 5%(-6) GREEN 5%(-3) Votes cast: 15,102(19,875)

2 results in Scotland in, so final summary: 6/9 seats change: REF GAIN from LAB in Darlington, from CON & IND in South Kesteven & from LAB in West Lothian. LIBD GAIN from CON in East Devon & from SNP in Highland (a notional HOLD) CON HOLD in Lichfield & Stockton-on-Tees, PC HOLD in Caerphilly

West Lothian (Whitburn & Blackburn): REF GAIN from LAB

By-election result in Highland (Fort William & Ardnamurchan) LIBD GAIN from SNP (notional LIBD HOLD) 1st Pref shares (compared to by-elec 11/24): LIBD 40.4%(-18.5) SNP 29.1%(+3.6) REF 9.6 GREEN 9.4%(+3.4) CON 7.6%(+3.2) LAB 3.8%(-0.7) (Libert (-0.6)) Votes: 2,288(2,424)

Result in Lichfield (Armitage & Handsacre) CON HOLD CON 46.7%(-6.2) REF 31.9% LAB 9.4%(-23.5) LIBD 7.3%(-6.8) GREEN 4.7% Votes cast: 1,350(1,555) Comparisons with LE23

2 counts in Scotland on Friday, Summary of 7 by-elections in England & Wales on Thursday: 4 seats change: REF GAIN from LAB in Darlington, from CON & from IND in South Kesteven. LIBD GAIN from CON in East Devon CON HOLD in Lichfield & Stockton-on-Tees, PC HOLD in Caerphilly

And finally for tonight: Stockton-on-Tees, Eaglescliffe CON HOLD CON 60.9%(+0.7) REF 24.0%(+17.3) GREEN 7.6%(-0.8) LAB 7.5%(-17.2) Votes cast: 1,961(2,001) Comparisons with LE23