The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.
Results
- Enfield: The byelection in Bullsmoor ward held on 20 April was won by Destiny Karakus. Labour hold.
- Warrington: The byelection in Latchford West ward held on 20 April was won by Denis Matthews. Labour hold.
Changes of allegiance
- Ashfield: Andrew Harding, who was elected for the Ashfield Independents in Huthwaite and Brierley ward, has left the party and endorsed Labour in the current election.
- Bexley: John Davey, who was elected for the Conservatives in West Heath ward but had the whip suspended in October last year, has now returned to the party as his six month suspension is over.
- Dudley: Mark Westwood, who was elected for the Conservatives in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton ward, has left the party group and is sitting as an Independent councillor. In addition Anne Millward, elected for the Conservatives in Gornal ward, has given up the whip.
- Harrow: Phillip O’Dell, who was elected for the Labour Party in Wealdstone North, has left the party group and is sitting as an Independent councillor.
- Nottingham: Hassan Ahmed, who was elected for the Labour Party in Radford ward but expelled from the party last month, has been reinstated.
- Torfaen: Giles Davies, who was elected for the Labour Party in Abersychan ward, has left the party to sit as an ungrouped Independent. Meanwhile four members who previously sat as ungrouped ‘Individual Independents’ have formed ‘The Independent Group’. They are Catherine Bonera and Elizabeth Haynes (St Dials ward), Mark Jones (Pontypool Fawr ward) and Chris Tew (Abersychan ward).
- Wirral: Two Labour councillors have left the party to sit as Independent councillors. They are Yvonne Nolan and Clare O’Hagan, who both represent Rock Ferry ward.
New vacancies
- East Sussex: Heathfield and Mayfield division, after the death of Conservative county councillor Rupert Simmons. Term ends 2025.
- North Kesteven: Billinghay, Marton and North Kyme ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Amanda Sanderson. Her term was due to end next month so no byelection is caused.
- Nottingham: St Ann’s ward, after the death of Labour councillor Sue Johnson. Her term was due to end in May so no byelection will occur.
- Plymouth: Efford and Lipson ward, after the death of Labour councillor and former Lord Mayor Brian Vincent. Term ends 2024.
- Thanet: Salmestone ward, after the resignation of ungrouped councillor Pauline Farrance. She would have ceased to be a councillor next month.
- West Lancashire: Derby ward, after the death of Our West Lancashire councillor Ian Davis. His term was due to end in May but he had been nominated for re-election in Rural South ward; the resultant postponed poll in that ward has already been reported.
- West Suffolk: Moreton Hall ward, after the resignation of Independent councillor Trevor Beckwith. As full council elections will happen next month, no byelection will be held.
Date for byelection
- Camden: The byelection due in South Hampstead ward will be held on 1 June.
Other updates
- Salford: The double vacancy election on 4 May will be in Pendlebury and Clifton ward, not Pendleton and Charlestown. It is a result of the resignation of Labour councillor Sophia Linden.
- Sunderland: The election due on 4 May in Hendon ward has been postponed following the death of Conservative candidate Syed Ali.
A service provided by
Political and community consultation experts