The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.
Result
- Bromsgrove: The byelection in Norton ward on 19 January was won by Mike Webb. Conservative hold.
Changes of allegiance
- Eastbourne: Kathy Ballard, who was elected for the Conservatives in Mead ward, has left the party to become an Independent councillor.
- Kent: Bob Neaves, who was elected for the UK Independence Party in Folkestone South division, has left the party to sit as an Independent county councillor.
- Kirklees: Amanda Stubley, who was elected for the Labour Party in Batley East ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.
New vacancies
- Aberdeenshire: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Katrina Farquhar. Her term would have ended in May so there will be no byelection.
- Basingstoke and Deane: Winklebury ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Joe Smith. Term ends 2019.
- Blackpool: Warbreck ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Tony Brown. Term ends 2019.
- Durham: Chester-le-Street East division, after the resignation of Labour councillor Lawson Armstrong. The full council elections are due in May so no byelection will be held.
- East Staffordshire: Burton ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Rodgers. Term ends 2019.
- Epping Forest: Chigwell Village ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor and former council leader Lesley Wagland. Term ends 2018.
- Harrow: Roxbourne ward, after the death of Labour councillor Bob Currie. Term ends 2018.
- Kettering: Barton ward, after the resignation of Independent councillor Stephen Bellamy, who was elected for the Conservatives. Term ends 2019.
- Lancashire: Lancaster Rural North division, after the resignation of Conservative county councillor Alycia James. As her term would have ended in May, there will be no byelection.
- Corporation of London: Bishopsgate ward, after the resignation of Common Councilman Billy Dove. As full council elections are due in March there will be no election.
- Corporation of London: Queenhithe ward, after the elevation of Common Councilman Alastair King to the Aldermanic bench. There will be no byelection before the full council elections in March.
- Powys: Builth division, after the resignation of Independent councillor Avril York who is emigrating to Hong Kong. As her term would have ended in May there is no byelection due.
- Renfrewshire: Houston, Crosslee and Linwood ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Stuart Clark. There will not be a byelection due to the impending full council elections.
- Rugby: Coton and Boughton ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Helen Taylor. Term ends 2019.
- South Hams: Charterlands ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor and former deputy Leader Lindsay Ward. Term ends 2019.
- West Sussex: East Grinstead South and Ashurst Wood division, after the resignation of Conservative county councillor John O’Brien. His term would have ended in May so there will not be a byelection.
- Wokingham: Emmbrook ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Chris Singleton. Term ends 2018.
Dates for byelections
- Basingstoke and Deane: The byelection due in Winklebury ward will be held on Tuesday 21 February.
- East Staffordshire: The byelection due in Burton ward will be held on 16 February.
- Epping Forest: The byelection due in Chigwell Village ward will be held on 23 February.
- Kettering: The byelection due in Barton ward will be held on 23 February.
- Redcar and Cleveland: The byelection due in Hutton ward will be held on 2 March.
- Salford: The byelection due in Kersal ward will be held on 2 March.
- South Hams: The byelection due in Charterlands ward will be held on 23 February.
- Wokingham: The byelection due in Emmbrook ward will be held on Friday 17 February.
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