The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.
Results
- Chorley: The byelection in Eccleston and Mawdesley ward held on 4 July was won by Val Caunce, widow of the late councillor. Conservative hold.
- Middlesbrough: The byelection in Park End and Beckfield ward held on 4 July was won by Stephen Hill. He stood as an Independent candidate and replaces a fellow Independent.
- Rhondda Cynon Taf: The byelection in Rhondda division held on 4 July was won by Eleri Griffiths. Plaid Cymru gain from Labour.
- Wiltshire: The byelection in Trowbridge Drynham division held on 4 July was won by Andrew Bryant. Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.
Changes of allegiance
- Lancaster: Darren Clifford, who was elected for the Labour Party in Harbour ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.
- Rochdale: Alan McCarthy, who was elected for the Labour Party in West Heywood ward, has joined the Brexit Party. His wife and fellow ward councillor Jacqueline Beswick has left the Labour Party to sit as an Independent councillor.
New vacancies
- Corby: Beanfield ward, after the death of Labour councillor Mary Butcher. The term is likely to end when the authority is abolished in April next year.
- Huntingdonshire: Godmanchester and Hemingford Abbotts ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor David Underwood. Term ends 2022.
- Luton: Icknield ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Mike Garrett. Term ends 2023.
- North Lanarkshire: Thorniewood ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Hugh Gaffney, Member of Parliament for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill. Term ends 2022.
- Shropshire: Meole division, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Nic Laurens. Term ends 2021.
Dates for byelections
- East Northamptonshire: The byelection due in Irthlingborough Waterloo ward will be held on 8 August.
- Huntingdonshire: The byelection due in Godmanchester and Hemingford Abbotts ward will be held on 1 August.
- Worcester: The byelection due in Claines ward will be held on 8 August.
Other updates
- Cotswold: It is confirmed that Independent candidate Kevin Painter has lodged an election petition against the one-vote victory of Stephen Hirst (Conservative) in Tetbury Town ward. The vote was tied before the Returning Officer accepted a ballot paper on which was written “I voted to leave” with an arrow pointing to Hirst as indicating a vote for him.
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