Forthcoming byelections

We know of the following forthcoming local government byelections:

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.

27 June (a Friday poll)

• South Norfolk district council: Diss ward, after the death of Brian Clark-Taylor (Conservative).

3 July

• Barking and Dagenham borough council: Chadwell Heath ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Sarah Baillie. The new councillor will serve until 2010.
• 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.
• Havering borough council: South Hornchurch ward, after the death of veteran Residents’ Association councillor Len Long.
• Mid Sussex district council: Burgess Hill St Andrews (double vacancy), caused by the resignations of David and Dianne Shevells who both sat as Liberal Democrats but have now moved out of the area. Both seats will have terms ending in 2011.
• North East Derbyshire district council: Killamarsh West ward, following the death of Labour councillor Colin Robinson. The new councillor will serve until 2011.
• North East Derbyshire district council: Unstone ward, following the death of Fred Hopkinson, who was an Independent councillor. His replacement will serve until 2011.
• Rother district council: Bexhill Sackville ward, after the resignation of Keith Standridge (Conservative). The winner serves until 2011.

10 July

• Caerphilly county borough council: Risca West ward, after the death of Keith Griffiths, who had just been re-elected as a Labour councillor. His replacement will serve until 2012.
• Canterbury city council: Barton ward, caused by the resignation of Liberal Democrat Lee Glendon. The new councillor serves until 2011.
• Ceredigion county council, Aberystwyth Rheidol ward, caused by the resignation of Eric Griffiths (Liberal Democrat). His successor will serve until 2012.
• Chichester district council: Bury ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Susan Wade Weeks who is moving to the City of York where she is the Parliamentary candidate. Her replacement will have a term ending in 2011.
• Great Yarmouth borough council: Bradwell South and Hopton ward, following the resignation of Conservative councillor Colin Hodds who is moving to Sussex. His replacement will serve until 2010.
• Kirklees borough council: Dalton ward, caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Angela Ellam. Her successor will serve until 2010.
• Redbridge borough council: Cranbrook ward, following the death of Conservative councillor Charles Elliman. The new councillor serves until 2010.
• Stafford borough council: Common ward, following the death of John Kennedy (Labour). The new councillor will serve until 2011.
• Wigan borough council: Wigan West ward, after the death of Michael Baines (Labour). His replacement will serve until 2011.

17 July

• Hillingdon borough council: Townfield ward, following the death of Norman Nunn-Price of the Labour Party. The winner will serve until 2010.

24 July

• Boston borough council: Coastal ward due to the resignation of Neil McGregor of the Better Boston Party. The new councillor will serve until 2011.
• Newark and Sherwood district council: Magnus ward, after the death of former Conservative MP for Newark Richard Alexander. His successor serves until 2011.
• Telford and Wrekin council: Muxton ward, after the resignation of Stuart Cain (Conservative). The Conservatives would lose their overall majority if they lost the byelection. The new councillor will serve until 2011.
• Westminster City Council: Church Street ward, after the death of Labour councillor Tony Mothersdale. The winner will serve until 2010.

31 July

• Lincolnshire county council: Louth wolds division after the death of Sheila Roy of the Conservative Party. The winner will have a term ending in May next year.
• Oadby and Wigston borough council: Oadby Uplands ward, caused by the resignation of one of the ward’s Liberal Democrat councillors. The new councillor serves until 2011.

Undated

The Conservatives have vacancies on Cheshire county council and on the new Cheshire East shadow unitary council following the death of Bert Grange, on Ipswich borough council, Castle Hill ward, after the death of Harry Davies, on Nottingham city council, Wollaton West ward, after the death of former group leader Michael Cowan, and on Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council, Pimhill ward, after the death of Brian Rees.

The Liberal Democrats have a vacancy on Gateshead borough council, Whickham South and Sunniside ward, after the death of Alan Ord.

Sedgefield district council‘s Sedgefield ward has a vacancy after the death of Independent councillor Jim Wayman.

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