Tories take Soham | LocalCouncils.co.uk

The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.

Results

East Cambridgeshire: Hamish Ross was elected councillor for Soham South ward on 19 June. Conservative gain from Independent.
Stratford-on-Avon: Tony Bromwich was elected councillor for Southam ward on 19 June. Conservative win; previously held by an Independent elected as a Conservative.

Bath and North East Somerset: Rob Appleyard, who was elected for Labour in Westfield ward but left the party in May when he was deselected, has now joined the Liberal Democrats.
Dudley: Former Conservative group leader Les Jones (Pedmore and Stourbridge East ward) and his wife Karen Shakespeare (Halesowen North ward), who left the Conservative group to sit as Independent Conservatives in May 2013, have returned to the fold.
Hampshire: Tony Hooke, who was elected for the UK Independence Party in Andover South division, has become an Independent councillor.
Rochdale: Following his conviction for a public order offence, Farooq Ahmed (Central Rochdale ward) has left the Labour Party and set up the Rochdale First group. He has been joined by his wife Shefali Ahmed (Spotland and Falinge ward).
Sefton: Tony Crabtree, who was elected for the Conservatives in Cambridge ward, has joined the Labour Party.
Wyre Forest: Mike Price, who was elected for the Liberal Party in Offmore and Comberton ward, has joined the Conservative Party.

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk: Airfield ward, after the resignation of Green Party councillor Lori Allen. Term ends 2015.

Herefordshire: The byelections due in Ledbury and Leominster South divisions will both take place on 17 July.
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk: The byelection due in Airfield ward will take place on 17 July.
Maidstone: The byelection due in Staplehurst ward will take place on 24 July.
Northumberland: The byelection due in Longhoughton division will take place on 24 July.
Oxford: The byelection due in Cowley ward will take place on 17 July.
Rhondda Cynon Taf: The byelection due in Aberaman North division will take place on 24 July.
Windsor and Maidenhead: The byelection due in Clewer North ward will take place on 24 July.

Colchester: The Liberal Democrat/Labour/Independent coalition which has run the council since 2008 will stay in power for a further year.
Mole Valley: The council will continue to be run by an Independent leader and an executive consisting of Independents and Conservatives.
Peterborough: A motion to remove Conservative leader of the council Marco Cereste was defeated by 32-14 at the annual meeting, and so he will continue to run the council in a minority Conservative administration.
Walsall: The Labour Party motion to remove the Conservative leader of the council was not carried at the annual meeting on 18 June. As there is a byelection due in the Labour-held ward of Birchills-Leamore, the party has said it will try again after the poll there.
Wyre Forest: The Conservatives have formed an alliance with the Independent and Liberal group to run the council. Their coalition does not have an overall majority.

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