Comfy Lib Dem seat on a Chesterfield

The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.

Results

Cambridgeshire: The byelection in Soham North and Isleham division held on 4 October was won by Mark Goldsack. Conservative hold.
Chesterfield: The byelection in Moor ward held on 4 October was won by Tony Rogers. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour.
Hambleton: The byelection in Thirsk ward held on 4 October was won by Dave Elders. Conservative hold.

Derby: Sean Marshall, who was elected for the Conservatives in Chellaston ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor. He fell out with the group over an incinerator project.
Essex: Andy Wood, who was elected for the Conservatives in Clacton North division, has joined the Liberal Democrats.
Portsmouth: Jennie Brent, who was elected for the Conservatives in Eastney and Craneswater ward but left the party in August, has now joined the Liberal Democrats.
Shropshire: Matt Lee, who was elected for the Conservatives in Llanymynech division, has left the council group due to a dispute over a council grant to his employer.
Telford and Wrekin: Mark Boylan, who was elected for the Conservatives in Ketley and Overdale ward, has joined the Labour Party. His move gives Labour an overall majority on the council.

Great Yarmouth: Ormesby ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Charles Reynolds. Term ends 2020.
Kent: Canterbury North division, after the death of Conservative county councillor John Simmonds. Term ends 2021.
Stroud: Dursley ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Alison Hayward. Term ends 2020.
Surrey: The Byfleets division, after the death of Conservative county councillor Richard Wilson. Term ends 2021.
Welwyn Hatfield: Welwyn West ward, after the death of the council leader, Mandy Perkins, who was a Conservative. Term ends 2020.

Ealing: The byelection due in Dormers Wells ward will be held on 8 November.
Harlow: The byelection due in Netteswell ward will be held on 8 November.
Oxfordshire: The byelection due in Grove and Wantage division will be held on 15 November.

Tower Hamlets: After receiving satisfactory reports from the Commissioners, the government has ended the intervention in Tower Hamlets council which had begun in 2014 under the Mayoralty of Lutfur Rahman.

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