Nine by-elections were held this week, including two on Wednesday. Labour were defending both of the Wednesday contests and fell to Reform in one, while holding off a Reform surge in the other.
On Thursday there was a gain each for the Lib Dems, Reform and Tories, plus an independent. Reform were defending seats for the first time and lost both. It seems that voters are not too happy when they are asked to go to the polls again just two months after they elected these councillors. In one of those seats Reform slipped to third place behind Labour, who saw a marginal increase in vote share. Reform lost their other seat to the Conservatives by the narrowest margin of just eight votes.
In a somewhat merry-go-round of gains and losses, the Tories lost a seat to Reform in Suffolk, while Reform narrowly missed out on a gain in mid Wales. The Lib Dems held them off by just six votes.
Killingworth, North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
(held on Wednesday)
Ref: 771 (38.5%) New
Lab: 639 (31.9%) -22.7%
Con: 441 (21.4%) -3.5%
Grn: 85 (4.2%) -16.3%
LDm: 81 (4.0%) New
Ref GAIN from Lab
Longbenton & Benton, North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
(held on Wednesday)
Lab: 739 (39.6%) -16.8%
Ref: 602 (32.3%) +19.3%
Grn: 259 (13.9%) -7.8%
LDm: 183 (9.8%) New
Con: 83 (4.4%) New
Lab HOLD
Mendip, Bath and North East Somerset Council
LDm: 496 (57.1%) -18.2%
Ref: 191 (22.0%) New
Con: 84 (9.7%) +6.7%
Grn: 57 (6.6%) +2.0%
Lab: 40 (4.6%) +0.9%
LDm HOLD
Benfieldside, Durham County Council
LDm: 824 (28.3%) +17.3%
Lab: 800 (27.4%) +0.8%
Ref: 747 (25.6%) -6.6%
Ind: 459 (15.7%) -8.0%
Con: 76 (1.6%) -5.0%
Grn: 40 (1.4%) New
LDm GAIN from Ref
Calverton, Gedling Borough Council
Ind: 1,245 (66.3%) New
Ref: 337 (17.9%) New
Lab: 150 (8.0%) -20.6%
Con: 117 (6.2%) -44.1%
Grn: 21 (1.1%) New
LDm: 8 (0.4%) New
Ind GAIN from Con
Fulham Town, Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Con: 647 (43.3%) -1.7%
LDm: 345 (23.1%) -4.5%
Lab: 251 (16.8%) -10.6%
Ref: 187 (12.5%) New
Grn: 63 (4.2%) New
Con HOLD
Newark West, Nottinghamshire County Council
Con: 680 (34.7%) +4.8%
Ref: 672 (34.3%) -1.6%
Lab: 316 (16.1%) -3.9%
Grn: 190 (9.7%) +2.1%
LDm: 90 (4.6%) -1.9%
SDP: 11 (0.6%) New
Con GAIN from Ref
Llanidloes, Powys County Council
LDm: 557 (35.5%) +5.2%
Ref: 551 (35.1%) New
Pld: 225 (14.3%) +1.9%
Con: 118 (7.5%) -7.7%
Lab: 112 (7.1%) -4.8%
Ind: 6 (0.4%) New
LDm HOLD
Tower, Suffolk County Council
Ref: 1,332 (28.8%) New
Grn: 1,155 (25.0%) -4.5%
Con: 808 (17.5%) -16.2%
Lab: 667 (14.4%) -6.4%
Ind: 407 (8.8%) New
LDm: 269 (5.6%) +1.6%
Ref GAIN from Con
Abbreviations
Ref = Reform UK
Lab = Labour
Con = Conservative
Grn = Green
LDm = Liberal Democrat
SDP = Social Democratic Party
Pld = Plaid Cymru
Ind = Independent
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