Politics
Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests
Bradford – Worth Valley
Conservatives (51.7 per cent, -4.7 on 2024) Reform UK (26.1 per cent, +26.1) Labour (12.1 per cent, -19.6) Green Party (7.0 per cent, -1.0) Lib Dems (2.4 per cent, -1.6) Independent (0.8 per cent, +0.8)
Conservatives hold
Pembrokeshire – Fishguard North East
Plaid Cymru 253 (33.8 per cent, +33.8 on 2022) Lib Dems 135 (18.0 per cent, +18.0) Reform UK 95 (12.7 per cent, +12.7) Labour 83 (11.1 per cent, -47.9) Independent 79 (10.5 per cent, +10.5) Conservatives 69 (9.2 per cent, -31.9) Independent 35 (4.7 per cent, +4.7)
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour
Peterborough – Fletton & Woodston
Reform UK 565 (29.4 per cent, +29.4 on 2024) Green Party 529 (27.6 per cent, +16.2) Conservatives 419 (21.8 per cent, -11.8) Labour 323 (16.8 per cent, -31.2) Lib Dems 84 (4.4 per cent, -0.7)
Reform UK gain from Labour
Forthcoming contests
February 19th
- Caerphilly – Van. (Labour held)
- Leicester – Stoneygate. (Labour held)
- Redcar & Cleveland – Zetland. (Labour held)
February 26th
- Southampton – Shirley. (Lib Dem held)
March 5th
- Braintree – Coggeshall. (Independent held)
- Durham – Murton. (Reform UK held.)
- Sevenoaks – Hextable. (Independent held.)
- Stroud – Thrupp. (Green Party held)
- Tamworth – Spital. (Labour held.)
March 12th
- Cotswold – The Beeches. (Lib Dem held)
- Liverpool – Aigburth. (Lib Dem held)
- North Kesteven – Sleaford Westholme. (Lincolnshire Independents held)
- Vale of White Horse – Abingdon Abbey Northcourt. (Green Party held.)
- Westmorland & Furness – Penrith South. (Lib Dem held)
March 17th
- Pembrokeshire – Milford Hakin. (Independent held)
March 26th
- Vale of White Horse – Stanford. (Lib Dem held)