The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.
Results
- Camden: The byelection in Highgate ward held on 30 November was won by Lorna Russell. Green Party hold.
- Durham: The byelection in Dawdon division held on 30 November was won by June Watson. Labour hold.
- Corporation of London: The byelection for a Common Councilman in Farringdon Without ward was decided at the wardmote on 29 November when Suzanne Ornsby was elected unopposed. She was sponsored by Temple and Farringdon Together (as was the previous councillor) but will sit as a non-partisan councillor.
- Corporation of London: The election of an Alderman in Portsoken ward held on 30 November was won by the incumbent Prem Goyal.
- North Yorkshire: The byelection in Sowerby and Topcliffe division held on 30 November was won by Dan Sladden. Liberal Democrat gain from Green Party.
Changes of allegiance
- Norfolk: Labour councillors Emma Corlett of Town Close division and Maxine Webb of Wensum division have left the party in a dispute over candidate selection, and are sitting as non-aligned Independents.
- Norwich: Four councillors elected for the Labour Party have left the party to form the Independent Norwich Group. The new group includes all three ward councillors for Town Close ward (Karen Davis, Cate Oliver and Ian Stutely), together with Rachel Everett (Lakenham ward). As a result Labour no longer has an overall majority on the council.
- Ribble Valley: Three councillors elected for the Liberal Democrats have left the party to form the Progressive Liberal group. They are Mark French (Littlemoor ward), Stewart Fletcher (St Mary’s ward) and Ryan Corney (Edisford and Low Moor ward). The Labour and Green Party groups will be working with the new group.
- Southampton: Tony Bunday, who was elected for the Labour Party in Bitterne Park ward, has been expelled from the party and deprived of the whip; he is currently sitting as a Co-operative councillor.
- South Kesteven: Mark Whittington, who was elected for the Conservatives in Grantham Barrowby Gate ward, has left the party to sit as an ungrouped Independent councillor.
- Walsall: An Independent group has been formed by five out of the six councillors who left the Labour group last week (Sabina Ditta of Palfrey ward is the only one who has not joined it) plus Hajran Bashir (Palfrey ward) who had been the first to leave the Labour group. A seventh councillor elected for Labour has now joined: Khizar Hussain (Pleck ward).
New vacancies
- Barnsley: Kingstone ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Pooja Ramchandani. As her term was due to end in May next year, no byelection follows.
- Buckinghamshire: Hazlemere division, after the death of Conservative councillor Ron Gaffney. Term ends 2025.
- Castle Point: Canvey Island North ward, after the resignation of Canvey Island Independent Party councillor John Payne. His term would have ended next May so there will be no byelection.
- Newcastle upon Tyne: Lemington ward, after the resignation of Newcastle Independents councillor Jason Smith. No byelection will happen as his term would have ended in May next year.
- Rossendale: Longholme ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Steve Hughes. He will not be replaced in a byelection as his term would have ended next May.
- Warwick: Warwick All Saints and Woodloes ward, after the resignation of Labour counbcillor Raj Kang. Term ends 2027.
Dates for byelections
- Salford: The byelection due in Quays ward will be held on 11 January 2024.
- Stirling: The byelection due in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan ward will be held on Burns Night, 25 January 2024.
- Tendring: The byelection due in Bluehouse ward will be held on 11 January 2024.
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