Forthcoming byelections

Here are the forthcoming local government byelections:

29 May

• Mendip district council: Shepton East ward, caused by the death of Conservative councillor Stephen Robinson. The winner serves until 2011.
• Mendip district council: Street North ward, caused by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor David Pipes. This is also to a term ending in 2011; the winners of the these two byelections will decide control of the council between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
• South Somerset district council: Chard Crimchard ward, following the death of Liberal Democrat Jean Smith. The winner will serve until 2011.
• Somerset county council: Shepton Mallet division, also caused by the death of Stephen Robinson. The winner here serves until 2009.

5 June

• Allerdale district council: All Saints ward, caused by the resignation of Stephen Coates (Conservative). His replacement serves until 2011.
• Forest Heath district council: Red Lodge ward, caused by the resignation of Conservative councillor Steven James. The winner serves until 2011.
• Newark and Sherwood district council: Edwinstowe ward, after the death of John Faben who was its Independent councillor. His replacement will serve until 2011.
• Shropshire county council: Market Drayton division after the death of Conservative councillor Rod Davies. The winner will serve until 2009.
• Uttlesford district council: Great Dunmow North, caused by the resignation of Mark Gayler, former Liberal Democrat group and council leader. The new councillor will serve until 2011.

There will also be elections taking place in Bettws and St. Julians wards, Newport city council, which were postponed from 1 May after the deaths of candidates.

12 June

• Carlisle city council: Upperby ward, following the death of Labour’s June Martlew, sister of the city’s MP Eric Martlew. Her term would have ended in 2011. There will be a double vacancy election as the ordinary local election was postponed due to the death of a British National Party candidate, so the top polling candidate will get a term ending in 2012.
• Gloucestershire county council: Brockworth division, after the resignation of Sean Connors of the Brockworth Residents Group. The new councillor will face re-election next May.
• Oxford City Council: Holywell ward, caused by the resignation of Richard Huzzey (Liberal Democrat). The term ends in 2010.
• Rother district council: Bexhill Collington ward, after the death of Ron Dyason (Conservative). His replacement will serve until 2011.
• East Sussex county council: Bexhill King Offa division, also caused by the death of Ron Dyason. The new councillor will serve until 2009.
• Waltham Forest borough council: Forest ward, following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Imran Abrahim. The winner will have a seat until 2010.

There will also be elections in Harlow Common ward, Harlow borough council, and Hope ward, Flintshire county council, which were postponed from 1 May after the deaths of candidates.

19 June

• Braintree district council: Braintree East ward, caused by the death of Caroline Denise (Conservative). The winner will serve until 2011.
• Braintree district council: Hatfield Peverel ward, caused by the death of Keith Bigden (Conservative). The winner will serve until 2011.
• North Tyneside borough council: Monkseaton North ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Hugh Jackson over his comments on euthanasia. The new councillor will have a term ending in 2010.
• Wellingborough borough council: Wollaston ward, caused by the resignation of Allan Bailey (Conservative).
• Wyre borough council: Great Eccleston ward, following the death of Alfred Coop. The term will end in 2011.

26 June

• Blackpool borough council: Park ward, after the death of Les Kersh. The new councillor will serve until 2011.
• Welwyn Hatfield borough council: Hatfield Central ward, after the resignation of
  Darren Gilbert. His replacement will serve until 2012.

3 July

• Bexley borough council: Christchurch ward, caused by the resignation of Ian Clement who had been Conservative Leader of the council until he accepted Boris Johnson’s invitation to be Deputy Mayor of London for Government Relations. His replacement will serve until 2010.
• Derbyshire county council: Eckington division, after the death of Derek Featherstone (Labour). The winner serves until May next year.
• Rother district council: Bexhill Sackville ward, after the resignation of Keith Standridge (Conservative). The winner serves until 2011.

Undated

The Conservatives have vacancies on Ipswich borough council, Castle Hill ward, after the death of Harry Davies; on Lincolnshire county council, Louth wolds division after the death of Sheila Roy, on Newark and Sherwood district council, Magnus ward, after the death of former Newark MP Richard Alexander, on Redbridge borough council, Cranbrook ward, following the death of Charles Elliman, on Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council, Pimhill ward, after the death of Brian Rees, and on South Norfolk district council, Diss ward, after the death of Brian Clark-Taylor.

There are Labour seats vacant in Caerphilly county borough council, Risca West ward, after the death of Keith Griffiths, on Stafford borough council, Common ward, following the death of John Kennedy, in North East Derbyshire district council, Killamarsh West ward, following the death of Colin Robinson, and on Wigan borough council, Wigan West ward, after the death of Michael Baines.

Havering borough council‘s South Hornchurch ward has a vacancy after the death of veteran Residents’ Association councillor Len Long. In North East Derbyshire district council, Unstone ward is vacant following the death of Fred Hopkinson, who was an Independent councillor. Sedgefield district council‘s Sedgefield ward has a vacancy after the death of Independent councillor Jim Wayman.

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