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The latest updates on local electoral information are as follows.

Results

Sutton: The byelection in Wallington South ward on 11 June was won by Steve Cook. Liberal Democrat hold.
Tower Hamlets: The Mayoral byelection on 11 June was won by John Biggs. Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First. For more information about the implications, see the Thorncliffe website.
Tower Hamlets: The byelection in Stepney Green ward on 11 June was won by Sabina Akhtar. Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First. As a result Labour now has a majority of councillors.
Wyre Forest: The election in Areley Kings and Riverside ward, postponed from 7 May after the death of a candidate, was held on 9 June and resulted in two Conservatives and one Labour councillor being elected.

Cardiff: Jayne Cowan and Adrian Robson, both of whom were elected as Independent councillors for Rhiwbina ward, have joined the Conservative group (which they left in 2006).
Havering: Philip Hyde, who was elected for the UK Independence Party in Heaton ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.
Wakefield: Tony Richardson, who was elected for the Labour Party in Ossett ward, has left the party to sit as an Independent councillor.

Corporation of London Common Council: Bassishaw ward, after the resignation of Ken Ayers. Term ends 2017.
Corporation of London Common Council: Bridge and Bridge Without ward, after the resignation of John Owen-Ward. Term ends 2017.
Corporation of London Common Council: Candlewick ward, after the resignation of Stanley Knowles. Term ends 2017.
Cumbria: Greystoke and Hesket division, after the resignation of Conservative councillor Bert Richardson due to ill health. Term ends 2017.
Glasgow: Craigton ward, after the resignation of Scottish National Party councillor Iris Gibson. Term ends 2017.
Norfolk: Gorleston St Andrews division, after the disqualification of Independent councillor Matthew Smith who has pleaded guilty to submitting fraudulent nomination papers in the 2013 elections at which he was the UK Independence Party organiser. Term ends 2017.
Sandwell: Newton ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Tony Underhill due to ill health. Term ends 2018.
Westminster: Harrow Road ward, after the resignation of Labour councillor Nilavra Mukerji. Term ends 2018.

Corporation of London Common Council: The byelection due in Bassishaw ward will take place on 18 June.
Corporation of London Common Council: The byelection due in Bridge and Bridge Without ward will take place on Friday 3 July.
Corporation of London Common Council: The byelection due in Candlewick ward will take place on Wednesday 17 June.
Cumbria: The byelection due in Greystoke and Hesket division will take place on 16 July.
Kingston-upon-Thames: The byelection due in Grove ward will take place on 16 July.
Norfolk: The byelection due in Gorleston St Andrews division will take place on 16 July.
North Lanarkshire: The byelection due in Wishaw ward will take place on 13 August.
Rother: The byelection due in Battle Town ward will take place on 16 July.
Sandwell: The byelection due in Newton ward will take place on 9 July.
Tendring: The byelection due in Rush Green ward will be held on 16 July.
Westminster: The byelection due in Harrow Road ward will be held on 23 July.
Wrexham: The byelection due in Llay division will be held on 16 July.

Aberdeenshire: The Conservative-led coalition which has been running the council since 2012 has been voted out of office. Instead the leaders of the Independent and Scottish National Party groups will be co-leaders of the council, in coalition with Labour.
Tendring: The faction of the UK Independence Party which is in coalition with the Conservatives and Independents has renamed itself from ‘Tendring UKIP’ to be the Coastal Independents group.

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