The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.
Results
- Adur: The byelection in Hillside ward held on 2 December was won by Leila Williams. Conservative hold.
- Breckland: The byelection in Hermitage ward held on 2 December was won by Robert Hambidge. Conservative hold.
- Highland: The byelection in Fort William and Ardnamurchan ward held on 2 December was won by Sarah Fanet. Scottish National Party gain from Conservative.
- Lancaster: The byelection in Bare ward held on 2 December was won by Gerry Blaikie. Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.
- Lancaster: The byelection in Upper Lune Valley ward held on 2 December was won by Ross Hunter. Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.
- Newport: The byelection in Victoria division held on 2 December was won by Gavin Horton. Labour hold.
- North Norfolk: The byelection in Stalham ward held on 2 December was won by Matthew Taylor. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat.
- Warwick: The byelection in Whitnash ward held on 2 December was won by Adrian Barton. Whitnash Residents’ Association hold.
- Wealden: The byelection in Hartfield ward held on 2 December was won by Rachel Millward. Green Party gain from Conservative.
- Worthinig: The byelection in Marine ward held on 2 December was won by Vicki Wells. Labour gain from Conservative; the result may mean the Conservative administration is voted out.
- Wyre Forest: The byelection in Franche and Habberley North ward held on 30 November was won by David Ross. Conservative gain from Independent Health Concern.
Changes of allegiance
- Havant: Tom Moutray, who was elected for the Conservatives in Battins ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor, in opposition to government policy on COVID vaccination.
- Newham: Nazir Ahmed, who was elected for the Labour Party in Little Ilford ward, has left the party; he has also been named as a candidate for the Aspire Party in next year’s Tower Hamlets elections, but is sitting as an Independent councillor.
- Plymouth: Nick Kelly, who was elected for the Conservatives in Compton ward, has been suspended from the party over comments on a local murder case. He remains Leader of the Council but is sitting as an Independent member.
- South Derbyshire: Andrew Churchill, who was elected for the Conservatives in Repton ward, has left the party to sit as a non-grouped councillor.
New vacancies
- Dacorum: Berkhamsted West ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Nicky Woolner. Term ends 2023.
- Dacorum: Boxmoor ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Liz Uttley. Term ends 2023.
- East Lindsey: Chapel St Leonard’s ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Paul Hibbert-Greaves. Term ends 2023.
- East Lindsey: Halton Holegate ward, after the death of New East Lindsey Independent Group councillor Jim Swanson. Term ends 2023.
- Fife: St Andrews ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Dominic Nolan. His term was due to end next May so no byelection will be held.
- Hounslow: Bedfont ward, after the death of Labour councillor Javed Akhunzada. As his term would have ended in May, he will not be replaced in a byelection.
- Leicester: Evington ward, after the death of Labour councillor Ratilal Govind. Term ends 2023.
- Manchester: Ancoats and Beswick ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Marcia Hutchinson. Term ends 2024.
- New Forest: Hythe West and Langdown ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Rebecca Clark. Term ends 2023.
- Newark and Sherwood: Collingham ward, after the death of Independent councillor Maureen Dobson. Term ends 2023.
- Nottinghamshire: Collingham division, after the death of Independent county councillor Maureen Dobson. Term ends 2025.
- Solihull: Castle Bromwich ward, after the resignation of Green Party councillor Cheryl Buxton-Sait. Her term would have ended in May so there will be no byelection.
Date for byelection
- Wychavon: The byelection due in The Littletons ward will be held on 13 January 2022.
Other updates
- Slough: The Secretary of State has appointed commissioners to take charge of the council’s financial management, following its decision to issue a section 114 notice.
- Wyre Forest: The Labour group has rejoined the governing multi-party coalition, having left it last year.
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