It's the second week of solitary by-elections, but don't worry - June is going to be very busy, with more than 40 seats up for grabs.
Technically, there are two by-elections this week, but the other one is a non-partisan affair for the distinctive City of London Corporation. This uppity local authority doesn't even call itself a council and refers to its elected members as 'aldermen' instead of councillors. The most interesting thing about this by-election is that among the field of eight independents, there is a chap called Ronnie Barker. We'll skip past it, as it is of little interest to anybody beyond the snooty realms of central London.
Hawcoat & Newbarns, Westmorland and Furness Council
(Con defence)
This vacancy arose through the relocation of the incumbent overseas for work. The Greens and Reform are newcomers and will likely eat into the Lab-Con vote respectively.
Karl - Ref GAIN
Rich - Lab GAIN
Karl currently leads Richey 2-1
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