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The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.

Results

Lichfield: The byelection in Stowe ward held on 27 September was won by Angela Lax. Conservative hold.
Nottingham: The byelection in Clifton North ward held on 27 September was won by Roger Steel. Conservative gain from Labour (although the outgoing councillor had been sitting as an Independent).
Salford: The byelection in Eccles ward held on 27 September was won by Mike McCusker. Labour hold.

Canterbury: George Metcalfe, who was elected for the Conservatives in Blean Forest ward, has joined the Liberal Democrats.
Dover: Bob Frost, who was elected for the Conservatives in North Deal ward, has again had the whip suspended over controversial tweets.
Enfield: Will Coleshill, who was elected for the Conservatives in Bush Hill Park ward, has had the Conservative whip suspended over remarks he made in a council meeting.
Falkirk: Two members of the planning committee were charged with criminal offences, and have therefore been suspended by their parties. They are John McLuckie (Labour) and James Kerr (Conservative), both of whom represent Upper Braes ward.
Guildford: The council’s two Independent councillors, both of whom were elected as Conservatives, have now formally established an Independent group. They are former leader Tony Rooth (Pilgrims ward), and Bob McShee (Worplesdon ward).
Lancaster: Brett Cooper, who was elected for the Conservatives in Bare ward, has left the party to sit as a non-aligned Independent councillor, after a row over a local party leaflet.
South Bucks: Two councillors for Denham ward have left the official Conservative group and are sitting as ‘Denham Conservative’ members. They are Barry Harding and Roger Reed.

Basingstoke and Deane: Norden ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor George Hood. Term ends May next year.
Ealing: Dormers Wells ward, after the death of Labour councillor and former Mayor Tej Ram Bagha. Term ends 2022.
Enfield: Bush Hill Park ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Jon Daniels. Term ends 2022.
Harlow: Bush Fair ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Ian Beckett. Term ends May next year.
Harlow: Nettleswell ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor and deputy leader Waida Forman. Term ends 2020.
Highland: Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Kate Stephen. Term ends 2021.
Oxfordshire: Grove and Wantage division, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat county councillor Zoe Patrick. Term ends 2021.

Basingstoke and Deane: The byelection due in Norden ward will be held on 25 October.
Bassetlaw: The byelection due in East Retford West ward will be held on 15 November.
Harlow: The byelection due in Bush Fair ward will be held on 8 November.
Highland: The byelection due in Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh ward will be held on 6 December.

Dudley: Following the defection of Mike Attwood from Conservative to Labour in July, the Labour group successfully moved to remove the Conservative council leadership and elect a Labour administration. Labour were supported by the council’s sole Independent member, Heather Rogers (who had originally been elected for the Conservatives but left the party in March 2017).

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