Local Authority Byelection Results - September 2026

2/9/2026

Stroud DC, Kingswood

Lib Dem 442 (64%;-18.1%), Con 109 (15.8%;+6.4%), Reform 70 (10.1%;new), Green 40 (5.8%;+1%), Lab 30 (4.3%;+0.5%)
Turnout 37.3%. Lib Dem hold.

3/9/2026

Edinburgh City (UA), Portobello / Craigmillar

Green 1781 (28%;+11.8%), SNP 1531 (24.1%;-13.3%), Lab 1413 (22.2%;-1.7%), Reform UK 569 (8.9%;new), Con 522 (8.2%;-7.1%), Lib Dem 365 (5.7%;+1.4%), Scottish Family 73 (1.1%;new), Workers 58 (0.9%;new), Alliance Democracy 28 (0.4%;new), Communist 22 (0.3%;new), First preference votes
Green gain from SNP.

Edinburgh City (UA), Southside / Newington

Lab 2153 (32.1%;+8%), Green 1978 (29.5%;+6.4%), SNP 757 (11.3%;-7.9%), Con 717 (10.7%;-6.9%), Lib Dem 543 (8.1%;-8%), Reform UK 305 (4.5%;new), East Lothian People 78 (1.4%;new), Ind 63 (0.9%;new), Communist 46 (0.7%;new), Scottish Family 38 (0.6%;new), Alliance Democracy 12 (0.2%;new), First preference votes
Lab gain from SNP.

Oxfordshire CC, Chesterton and Launton

Lib Dem 985 ((41.7%;+8.8%), Con 683 (29%;+0.7%), Reform 547 (23.2%;-3.5%), Lab 75 (3.2%;-2.3%), Green 71 (3%;-3.6%)
Lib Dem hold.

Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC (UA), Llanwit Fardre

Con 1043 (57.6%;+8.7%), Plaid 329 (18.2%;+1.9%), Reform UK 240 (13.3%;new), Lab 188 (10.4%;-24.4%), Ind 10 (0.6%;new)
Con hold.

Somerset CC, Frome West

Green 663 (40.3%;-6.8%), Lib Dem 544 (34.6%;+1.2%), Reform UK 218 (13.9%;new), Lab 89 (5.7%;-0.9%), Con 87 (5.5%;-7.4%)
Green hold.

10/9/2026

Manchester City, Burnage

Lab 1365 (42.1%;+12.8%), Green 1037 (32%;-13.8%), Workers 466 (14.4%;+12.1%), Reform UK 315 (9.7%;-7.2%), Lib Dem 31 (1%;-2.1%), Con 27 (0.8%;-1.3%)
Lab hold.

North East Derbyshire DC, Eckington South and Rainshaw

Reform UK 426 (40.2%;New), Lab 298 (28.1%;-31.9%), Con 229 (21.6%;-12.7%), Ind 55 (5.2%;new), Green 52 (4.9%;new)
Reform UK gain from Lab.

North Somerset Council (UA), Hutton & Locking

Reform UK 706 (38.5%;new), Lib Dem 612 (33.3%;+13.7%), Con 281 (15.3%;-21.2%), Lab 133 (7.2%;-9.2%), Green 104 (5.7%;new)
Reform UK gain from Con.

West Suffolk Council, Haverhill West

Con 530 (51.3%;+16.5%), Reform UK 267 (25.8%;new), Lab 146 (14.1%;-23.5%), Green 60 (5.8%;new), Lib Dem 30 (2.9%;new)
Con hold.

15/9/2026

Bassetlaw DC, East Markham

Reform UK 436 (49.6%;new), Con 250 (28.4%;-37.6%), Lab 151 (17.2%;-4.1%), Green 42 (4.8%;new)
Reform UK gain from Con.

17/9/2026

Charnwood BC, Wreake Valley

Con 1091 (48.2%;+7.9%), Reform UK 706 (31.2%;new), Green 372 (16.4%;-34.3%), Lab 69 (3.1%;-5.9%), Lib Dem 24 (1.1%;new)
Con gain from Green.

Sheffield City, Walkely

Lab 2,315 (53.4%;+14.4%), Green 1,249 (28.8%;-11.2%), Reform UK 541 (12.5%;-1.6%), Lib Dem 112 (2.6%;-0.7%), Con 59 (1.4%;-0.2%), TUSC 56 (1.3%;+0.3%)
Lab hold.

South Lanarkshire Council (UA), Avondale and Stonehouse

SNP 1025 (27.6%;-0.8%), Lab 743 (20%;+0.2%), Reform UK 727 (19.6%;new), Con 393 (10.6%;-10%), Lib Dem 357 (9.6%;new), Scottish Green 303 (8.2%;+1.8%), Ind 107 (2.9%;new), Your 45 (1.2%;new), Other 12 (0.3%;new)
Based on first preference votes. SNP won at Stage 9.. SNP gain from Ind.

23/9/2026

Tunbridge Wells BC, Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden

Lib Dem 697 (37.4%;+22.9%), Con 590 (31.6%;-14.6%), Reform UK 392 (21%;-4.4%), Green 188 (10%;-3.9%)
Lib Dem gain from Tunbridge Wells Alliance.

24/9/2026

Brighton & Hove City (UA), Queens Park

Green 1139 (50.1%;+1.8%), Lab 802 (35.2%;+4.2%), Reform UK 160 (7%;-3.1%), Con 97 (4.3%;0.8%), Lib Dem 74 (3.3%;-0.9%)
Green gain from Lab.

Cotswold DC, Blockley

Con 431 (54%;+10.3%), Lib Dem 230 (30.1%;new), Reform UK 59 (7.4%;new), Green 54 (6.8%;-49.5%), Lab 14 (1.8%;new)
Con gain from Green.

Milton Keynes City (UA), New Bradwell

Lab 1023 (54.2%;+19.7%), Reform UK 441 (23.4%;-3.1%), Green 175 (9.3%;-12.5%), Con 160 (8.5%;-2.6%), Lib Dem 87 (4.6%;-1.5%)
Lab hold.

South Staffordshire DC, Wombourne North

Con 864 (50.1%;+8.1%), Reform UK 645 (37.4%;new), Lab 115 (6.8%;-12.3%), Green 68 (3.9%;-16.1%), Lib Dem 33 (1.9%;-7.3%)
Con hold.

Windsor & Maidenhead RBC (UA), Bray

Con 745 (36.1%;+1.3%), Lib Dem 719 (34.9%;+20.1%), Reform UK 368 (17.8%;new), Borough First Inds 193 (9.4%;-32.9%), Lab 38 (1.8%;-6.3%)
Con hold.

26/9/2026

Chesham TC, Vale

Lib Dem 245 (54%), Con 156 (34%), Green 33 (7%), Ind 22 (5%)
Lib Dem gain from Ind.

Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors.

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