Our council by-election archive

This archive comprises by-elections for the principal tiered authorities of England, Scotland and Wales. Parish and town council by-elections are not accounted for.

We are working on a spreadsheet for the individual ward vote totals to be released and regularly updated in due course.

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Date	Authority	Ward	Defender	Winner	Result
12 Oct 17	Tamworth	Bolehall	Lab	Lab	Hold
12 Oct 17	Aberdeenshire	Inverurie & Distrct	Con	Con	Hold
12 Oct 17	Wakefield	Stanley & Outwood East	Lab	Lab	Hold
12 Oct 17	Wyre	Rossall	Lab	Lab	Hold
12 Oct 17	Ashfield	Hucknall North	Con	AshI	Gain
12 Oct 17	Warrington	Chapelford & Old Hall	Lab	Lab	Hold
12 Oct 17	Sheffield	Beighton	Lab	Lab	Hold
12 Oct 17	Three Rivers	Oxhey Hall & Harling	Con	LDem	Gain
06 Oct 17	Hinckley & Bosworth	Burbage Sketchley & Stretton	Con	Con	Hold
06 Oct 17	Hertsmere	Borehamwood Kenilworth	Con	Lab	Gain
06 Oct 17	Warwick	Stoneleigh & Cubbington	Con	Con	Hold
06 Oct 17	Burnham Lent Rise & Taplow	S. Buckinghamshire	Con	Con	Hold
06 Oct 17	Cheshire E.	Crewe E.	Lab	Lab	Hold
06 Oct 17	Salford	Claremont	Lab	Lab	Hold
06 Oct 17	Adur	Mash Barn	UKIP	Lab	Gain
06 Oct 17	Redcar	St Germain's	LDem	LDem	Hold
28 Sep 17	Highland	Tain & Easter Ross	LDem	Ind	Gain
28 Sep 17	Breckland	Thetford Priory	Con	Lab	Gain
28 Sep 17	Northampton	Eastfield	Lab	Lab	Hold
28 Sep 17	Northampton	Nene Valley	Con	Con	Hold
28 Sep 17	St. Edmundsbury	Chedburgh	Con	Con	Hold
28 Sep 17	St. Edmundsbury	Hundon	Con	Con	Hold
28 Sep 17	Harrogate	Washburn	Con	Con	Hold
28 Sep 17	Harlow	Toddbrook	Lab	Lab	Hold
28 Sep 17	Barnsley	Kingstone	Lab	Lab	Hold
28 Sep 17	E. Staffordshire	Stretton	Con	Con	Hold
28 Sep 17	Lancaster	Halton-with-Aughton	Free-for-all	Lab	Gain
21 Sep 17	Oadby & Wigston	Oadby Uplands	Lab	LDem	Gain
21 Sep 17	Chesterfield	Holmebrook	Lab	LDem	Gain
21 Sep 17	Waveney	Oulton Broad	Con	Con	Hold
14 Sep 17	Mid Devon	Westexe	UKIP	Con	Gain
14 Sep 17	Trafford	Bucklow St Martin's	Lab	Lab	Hold
14 Sep 17	W. Dorset	Lyme Regis & Charmouth	Con	Ind	Gain
07 Sep 17	Babergh	Sudbury S.	Con	Lab	Gain
07 Sep 17	Cannock Chase	Hednesford Green Heath	Con	Lab	Gain
07 Sep 17	Cannock Chase	Hednesford S.	Con	Grn	Gain
07 Sep 17	Colchester	Shrub End	LDem	Con	Gain
07 Sep 17	Croydon	S. Norwood	Lab	Lab	Hold
07 Sep 17	E. Cambridgeshire	Ely S.	Con	LDem	Gain
07 Sep 17	Glasgow	Cardonald	Lab	Lab	Hold
07 Sep 17	Herefordshire	Golden Valley S.	Con	Ind	Gain
07 Sep 17	Lancaster	Skerton W.	Lab	Lab	Hold
07 Sep 17	Lewes	Ouse Valley & Ringmer	Con	Grn	Gain
07 Sep 17	N. Lanarkshire	Fortissat	Con	Lab	Gain
07 Sep 17	Peterborough	Eye, Thorney & Newborough	Con	Con	Hold
07 Sep 17	Staffordshire	Hednesford & Rawnsley	Con	Con	Hold
07 Sep 17	Suffolk	St John's	Lab	Lab	Hold
31 Aug 17	North Somerset	N. Worle	Free-for-all	Lab	Gain
30 Aug 17	Scarborough	Mulgrave	Con	Con	Hold
17 Aug 17	Aylesbury Vale	Riverside	Con	Con	Hold
17 Aug 17	Aylesbury Vale	Southcourt	LDem	LDem	Hold
17 Aug 17	Forest Heath	St Mary's	Con	Con	Hold
17 Aug 17	Peterborough	Park	Lab	Lab	Hold
03 Aug 17	Charnwood	Loughborough Shelthorpe	Lab	Lab	Hold
03 Aug 17	King's Lynn	St Margaret's with St Nicholas	Lab	Con	Gain
03 Aug 17	Sevenoaks	Penshurst, Fordcombe	Con	Con	Hold
03 Aug 17	Swale	Milton Regis	UKIP	Lab	Gain
03 Aug 17	Thanet	Margate Central	UKIP	Lab	Gain
03 Aug 17	Worthing	Marine	Con	Lab	Gain
27 Jul 17	Manchester	Fallowfield	Lab	Lab	Hold
27 Jul 17	N. Dorset	Blandford Central	Free-for-all	Con	Gain
27 Jul 17	W. Lindsey	Scotter & Blyton	Con	Con	Hold
20 Jul 17	Eden	Alston Moor	LDem	Lab	Gain
20 Jul 17	Knowsley	St Michaels	Lab	Lab	Hold
20 Jul 17	Merton	St Helier	Lab	Lab	Hold
20 Jul 17	Rutland	Ketton	Con	Con	Hold
20 Jul 17	Rutland	Whissendine	LDem	Ind	Gain
20 Jul 17	Shepway	New Romney	Con	Con	Hold
20 Jul 17	Staffordshire Moorlands	Leek E.	Con	Lab	Gain
20 Jul 17	Stockton-on-Tees	Billingham N.	Lab	Lab	Hold
20 Jul 17	Wealden	Chiddingly & E. Hoathly	Con	Con	Hold
13 Jul 17	Middlesbrough	Ayresome	Lab	Lab	Hold
13 Jul 17	Middlesbrough	Park End & Beckfield	Free-for-all	Ind	Gain
13 Jul 17	Moray	Elgin City N.	Free-for-all	Con	Gain
13 Jul 17	N. Warwickshire	Coleshill S.	Con	Con	Hold
13 Jul 17	S. Oxfordshire	Didcot S.	Lab	Lab	Hold
13 Jul 17	S. Oxfordshire	Dicot W.	Con	Con	Hold
13 Jul 17	Three Rivers	Chorleywood S. & Maple Cross	LDem	LDem	Hold
29 Jun 17	Durham	Dawdon	Lab	Lab	Hold
29 Jun 17	Eastleigh	Hedge End Grange Park	LDem	LDem	Hold
29 Jun 17	W. Lancashire	Derby	Con	OWL	Gain
29 Jun 17	Waltham Forest	William Morris	Lab	Lab	Hold
22 Jun 17	E. Cambridgeshire	Soham North	Con	Con	Hold
22 Jun 17	Powys	Yscir	Free-for-all	Con	Gain
22 Jun 17	S. Gloucestershire	Winterbourne	Con	Con	Hold
22 Jun 17	Sheffield	Nether Edge & Sharrow	Lab	Lab	Hold
22 Jun 17	Stockton-on-Tees	Yarm	Con	Con	Hold
08 Jun 17	York	Hull Road	Lab	Lab	Hold
08 Jun 17	York	Micklegate	Lab	Lab	Hold
25 May 17	Southend	Shoeburyness	Ind	Ind	Hold
18 May 17	Enfield	Enfield Lock	Lab	Lab	Hold
18 May 17	Stockton-on-Tees	Newton	Lab	Lab	Hold
11 May 17	King's Lynn & W. Norfolk	Fairstead	Lab	Lab	Hold
11 May 17	S. Derbyshire	Wodville	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Aylesbury Vale	Wendover & Halton	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Bath & N. E. Somerset	Newbridge	Con	LDem	Gain
04 May 17	Birmingham	Perry Bar	LDem	LDem	Hold
04 May 17	Birmingham	Hall Green	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Blackburn with Darwen	Marsh House	Lab	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Bradford	Queensbury	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Breckland	Harling & Heathfield	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Bury	Besse	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Cambridge	Arbury	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Camden	Gospel Oak	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Carlisle	Belle Vue	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Carlisle	Yewdale	Lab	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Central Bedfordshire	Shefford	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Central Bedfordshire	Biggleswade N.	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Charnwood	Birstall Wanlip	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Chelmsford	Moulsham & Central	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Cheltenham	All Saints	LDem	LDem	Hold
04 May 17	Chichester	Bosham	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Chichester	E. Wittering	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Chichester	N. Mundham	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Chichester	Plaistow	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Chiltern	Great Missenden	Ind	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Craven	Aire Valley & Lothersdale	Con	Grn	Gain
04 May 17	Crawley	Maidenbower	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Dacorum	Berkhamsted	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Daventry	Long Buckby	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Dover	Elms Vale & Priory	UKIP	Lab	Gain
04 May 17	Dover	Buckland	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	E. Devon	Broadclyst	Con	LDem	Gain
04 May 17	E. Devon	Whimple	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	E. Hertfordshire	Datchworth & Aston	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	E. Northamptonshire	Prebendal	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	E. Staffordshire	Horninglow	Lab	Con	Gain
04 May 17	E. Staffordshire	Shobhall	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Eastleigh	Eastleigh Central	LDem	LDem	Hold
04 May 17	Exeter	St Thomas	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Fylde	Warton & Westby	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Gravesham	Coldharbour	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Gravesham	Painters Ash	Lab	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Hartlepool	Headland & Harbour	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Havant	Emsworth	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Hertsmere	Potters Bar Oakmere	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Huntingdonshire	St Neots Eaton Ford	Con	Oth	Gain
04 May 17	Ipswich	Stoke Park	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Kettering	Burton Latimer	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Kettering	St Peters	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Lichfield	Fazeley	UKIP	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Liverpool	Wavertree	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Maidstone	Bearsted	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Malvern Hills	Malvern W.	Grn	Grn	Hold
04 May 17	Manchester	Rusholme	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Melton	Melton Sysonby	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Melton	Egerton	Ind	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Mendip	Frome College	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Mid Suffolk	Eye	Ind	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Mid Sussex	Bolney	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Mid Sussex	Burgess Hill Franklands	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	N. Dorset	Gillingham Town	LDem	Con	Gain
04 May 17	N. Hertfordshire	Royston Heath	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	N. Hertfordshire	Hitchen Priory	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	N. Norfolk	Holt	LDem	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Newark & Sherwood	Ollerton	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Nottingham	Sherwood	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Nuneaton	Bulkington	Lab	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Oxford	Barton & Sandhills	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Preston	Preston Rural E.	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Preston	Ashton	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Reigate & Bansteead	Tadworth & Walton	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Rugby	Coton & Boughton	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Rugby	New Bilton	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Runnymede	Foxhills	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Rushcliffe	Thoroton	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Rushmoor	St Johns	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	S. Cambridgeshire	Bourn	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	S. Lakeland	Ambleside & Grasmere	LDem	Con	Gain
04 May 17	S. Northamptonshire	Kings Sutton	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	S. Somerset	Blackmoor Vale	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	S. Staffordshire	Penkridge	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Sedgemoor	Bridgewater Eastover	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Sheffield	Southey	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Slough	Haymill & Lynch Hill	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Spelthorne	Ashford E.	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Stafford	Highfields & Western Downs	Lab (x2)	Con (x2)	Gain
04 May 17	Stevenage	Roebuck	Lab	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Stratford-on-Avon	Ettington	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Teignbridge	Kingsteinton E.	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Teignbridge	Newton Abbot Bushell	Con	LDem	Gain
04 May 17	Test Valley	Valley Park	LDem	LDem	Hold
04 May 17	Tonbridge & Malling	N. Alyesford & Walderslade	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Trafford	Broadheath	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Uttlesford	Newport	Oth	Oth	Hold
04 May 17	W. Devon	Bere Ferris	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	W. Oxfordshire	The Bartons	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	W. Somerset	Minehead N.	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Watford	Oxhey	LDem	LDem	Hold
04 May 17	Watford	Park	LDem	LDem	Hold
04 May 17	Watford	Leggatts	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Welwyn Hatfield	Panshanger	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Weymouth & Portland	Westham E.	LDem	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Windsor	Clewer N.	Con	Ind	Gain
04 May 17	Wirral	Claughton	Lab	Lab	Hold
04 May 17	Worcester	Bedwardine	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Wychavon	Droitwich S. E.	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Wychavon	Evesham S.	Con	Con	Hold
04 May 17	Wyre	Bourne	Lab	Con	Gain
04 May 17	Wyre Forest	Mitton	Con	Con	Hold
28 Apr 17	Harrow	Kenton E.	Lab	Con	Gain
28 Apr 17	W. Cheshire & Chester	Blacon	Lab	Lab	Hold
13 Apr 17	Middlesbrough	Coulby Newham	Lab	Con	Gain
13 Apr 17	W. Dorset	Piddle Valley	Con	Con	Hold
06 Apr 17	Aylesbury Vale	Elmhurst	UKIP	LDem	Gain
06 Apr 17	Bath & N. E. Somerset	Walcot	LDem	LDem	Hold
06 Apr 17	Calderdale	Hipperholme & Lightcliffe	Con	Con	Hold
06 Apr 17	Tendring	St James	UKIP	Con	Gain
23 Mar 17	Herefordshire	Leominster S.	Free-for-all	Grn	Gain
16 Mar 17	Blackpool	Warbreck	Con	Con	Hold
16 Mar 17	Breckland	Saham Toney	Con	Con	Hold
16 Mar 17	Newcastle upon Tyne	S. Heaton	Lab	Lab	Hold
16 Mar 17	S. Ribble	Walton le Dale E.	Con	Con	Hold
09 Mar 17	Broxbourne	Waltham Cross	Lab	Con	Gain
09 Mar 17	Derby	Derwent	UKIP	Con	Gain
09 Mar 17	E. Hertfordshire	Hertford Castle	Con	Con	Hold
09 Mar 17	Harrow	Roxbourne	Lab	Lab	Hold
09 Mar 17	Rutland	Exton	Con	Con	Hold
09 Mar 17	Stratford on Avon	Red Horse	Con	Con	Hold
09 Mar 17	W. Oxfordshire	Hailey, Minster Lovell & Leafield	Con	LDem	Gain
02 Mar 17	Christchurch	Mudeford & Friars Cliff	Con	Con	Hold
02 Mar 17	Redcar & Cleveland	Hutton	Con	Con	Hold
02 Mar 17	Redcar & Cleveland	Newcomen	LDem	LDem	Hold
02 Mar 17	Salford	Kersal	Lab	Con	Gain
23 Feb 17	Epping Forest	Chigwell Village	Con	Con	Hold
17 Feb 17	Basingstoke & Deane	Winklebury	Con	Lab	Gain
17 Feb 17	Wokingham	Emmbrook	Con	LDem	Gain
16 Feb 17	Dudley	St Thomas's	Lab	Lab	Hold
16 Feb 17	E. Cheshire	Bollington	Con	Oth	Gain
16 Feb 17	E. Staffordshire	Burton	LDem	LDem	Hold
16 Feb 17	Forest of Dean	Lydbrook & Ruardean	UKIP	Grn	Gain
16 Feb 17	Oldham	Failsworth E.	Lab	Lab	Hold
16 Feb 17	Uttlesford	Elsenham & Henham	LDem	RES	Gain
09 Feb 17	Corby	Kingswood & Hazel Leys	Lab	Lab	Hold
09 Feb 17	Cotswold	Fairford N.	Con	LDem	Gain
09 Feb 17	Fylde	St John's	Free-for-all	Ind	Gain
09 Feb 17	N. Norfolk	Waterside	Con	LDem	Gain
09 Feb 17	Tendring	Great & Little Oakley	Free-for-all	UKIP	Gain
02 Feb 17	E. Staffordshire	Town	Con	Con	Hold
02 Feb 17	Rotherham	Dinnington	UKIP	Lab	Gain
02 Feb 17	Rotherham	Brinsworth & Catcliffe	Lab	LDem	Gain
26 Jan 17	E. Ayshire	Kilmarnock E. & Hurlford	SNP	SNP	Hold
19 Jan 17	Bromsgrove	Norton	Con	Con	Hold
12 Jan 17	Sunderland	Sandhill	Lab	LDem	Gain
12 Jan 17	Three Rivers	Gade Valley	Con	LDem	Gain