Gloucester: Right up, to the middle

The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.

Results

• Isle of Anglesey: The byelection in Aethwy division held on 30 March was won by Sonia Williams. Plaid Cymru hold.
• Barking and Dagenham: The byelection in Heath ward held on 30 March was won by Harriet Spoor. Labour hold
• Gloucester: The byelection in Westgate ward held on 30 March was won by Rebecca Trimnell. Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative.

Changes of allegiance

• Barrow-in-Furness: Iain Mooney, who was elected for the Labour Party in Parkside ward, but left the party in February, has now joined the Communist Party of Britain.
• Darlington: Ian Bell, who was elected for the Conservatives in Harrowgate Hill ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.
• Hartlepool: Angela Falconer, who was elected for the Conservatives in Fens and Greatham ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor. It is also noted that the Putting Seaton First group has disbanded and its members are now Independent councillors.
• Leicester: Fall-out from the round of Labour Party selections continues, with several more councillors leaving the party. Rashmikant Joshi (North Evington ward) has joined the Conservatives, while all three councillors for Belgrave ward have become Independent councillors: Padmini Chadmund, Nita Solanki, and Mahendra Valand.
• Newcastle upon Tyne: Kyle Webster, who was elected for the Labour Party in Lemington ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.
• Oxfordshire: Damian Haywood, who was elected for the Labour Party in Iffley Fields and St Mary’s division, has had the whip suspended for six months and will be sitting as an Independent county councillor.
• Pembrokeshire: Vanessa Thomas, who was elected as an Independent county councillor for Carew and Jeffreyston division, and had not been in any group, has now joined the Independent group.
• Rochford: The Rochford District Independent Party has been formed by James Gooding (Roche South ward) and Julie Gooding (Hawkwell West ward), both of whom were elected for the Conservatives but left the party last month.
• Stroud: Two Conservative councillors have left the group while continuing to designate themselves as ‘Conservative No Group’. They are Nicholas Housden (Stonehouse ward) and Nigel Studdert-Kennedy (The Stanleys ward).

New vacancies

• Allerdale: All Saints Cockermouth ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Ron Munby. His term was due to end when the council is abolished at midnight tonight.
• Bedford: Great Barford ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Stephen Moon. No byelection will be held as his term was due to end in May.
• Cambridge: Newnham ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Niamh Sweeney. Her term was due to end in May so no replacement will be elected.
• Cambridgeshire: Soham South and Haddenham division, after the resignation of Conservative county councillor Dan Schumann. Term ends 2025.
• Hambleton: Northallerton North and Brompton ward, after the resignation of Independent councillor Paul Atkin on the final day of the council’s existence.
• Kent: Maidstone Central division, after the death of Liberal Democrat county councillor Dan Daley, a former leader of Maidstone borough council. Term ends 2025.
• Newcastle upon Tyne: North Jesmond ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Stella Postlethwaite. Term ends 2026.
• Pendle: Vivary Bridge ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Paul McGladdery. Term ends 2026.
• Ribble Valley: Dilworth ward, after the death of Conservative councillor Brian Holden. No byelection follows as his term would have ended in May.
• South Ribble: Bamber Bridge East ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Michael Higgins. His term was due to end in May so no byelection follows.
• Stroud: Painswick and Upton ward, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Jason Bullingham. Term ends 2025.
• Thanet: Birchington North ward, after the resignation of Independent councillor Simon Day, who was elected for the Conservatives. As his term would have ended in May, there is no byelection.
• Windsor and Maidenhead: Belmont ward, after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor John Baldwin. His term would have ended in May so he will not be replaced.

Dates for byelections

• Brentwood: The byelection due in South Weald ward will be held on 4 May alongside regular elections in other wards.
• Cambridge: There will be a double vacancy election in Castle ward on 4 May.
• Cambridgeshire: The byelection due in Arbury division will be held on 4 May.
• Cambridgeshire: The byelection due in Soham South and Haddenham division will be held on 4 May.
• Durham: The byelection due in Chester-le-Street East division will be held on 4 May.
• Hampshire: The byelection due in Purbrook and Stakes South division will be held on 4 May.
• Manchester: There will be a double vacancy election in Ardwick ward on 4 May.
• Newcastle upon Tyne: There will be a double vacancy election in North Jesmond ward on 4 May.
• North Lanarkshire: The byelection due in Bellshill ward will be held on 15 June.
• Pendle: There will be a double vacancy election in Vivary Bridge ward on 4 May.
• Peterborough: There will be a double vacancy election in Park ward on 4 May.
• Sheffield: There will be a double vacancy election in Manor Castle ward on 4 May.
• Stroud: The byelection due in Painswick and Upton ward will be held on 17 May.
• Suffolk: The byelection due in Priory Heath division will be held on 4 May.
• West Oxfordshire: The byelection due in Ducklington ward will be held on 4 May alongside regular elections in other wards.

Other updates

• Plymouth: Following the resignation of Richard Bingley, Mark Shayer was elected as acting leader of the council on Monday. He is leading a Conservative minority administration.

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