Five council contests were held on Thursday, with six vacancies on offer. It was a stunning night for Reform UK, with three gains across the five seats it contested - all for the first time. Two of those victories was a double gain over Labour in Kent, while they also took a Conservative seat in Essex.
All but one of the by-elections took place in the south of England, so it was perhaps indicative of yet another dismal night for Labour that the Tories swiped the only northern seat on offer - in Lancashire. Labour trailed in third there, behind newcomers Reform. The Labour vote share was down by more than twenty percentage points in all but one of the elections (Berkshire).
Baxenden, Hyndburn Borough Council
Con: 406 (35.7%) -13.2%
Ref: 368 (32.3%) New
Lab: 328 (28.8%) -22.3%
Grn: 36 (3.2%) New
Con GAIN from Lab
Gillingham South, Medway Council
Lab: 706 (37.4%) -20.7%
Ref: 506 (26.8%) New
Con: 330 (17.5%) +0.5%
Grn: 167 (8.8%) -4.6%
LDm: 99 (5.2%) -6.3%
SDP: 69 (3.7%) New
Hrt: 12 (0.6%) New
Lab HOLD
Rochester East & Warren Wood, Medway Council
(two seats)
Ref: 870 & 802 (36.7%) New
Lab: 781 & 717 (32.9%) -22.0%
Con: 479 & 432 (20.2%) -5.8%
Grn: 141 & 109 (5.9%) -6.3%
LDm: 81 & 80 (3.4%) New
Hrt: 21 (0.9%) New
Ref GAIN from Lab (x 2)
The Bentleys & Frating, Tendring District Council
Ref: 432 (45.3%) New
LDm: 328 (34.4%) +15.9%
Con: 163 (17.1%) -30.9%
Lab: 31 (3.2%) -7.6%
Ref GAIN from Con
Winnersh, Wokingham Borough Council
LDm: 1,177 (52.7%) -7.2%
Con: 833 (37.3%) +10.7%
Lab: 126 (5.6%) -5.1%
Grn: 99 (4.4%) New
LDm HOLD
Abbreviations
Con = Conservative
Ref = Reform UK
Lab = Labour
Grn = Green
SDP = Social Democratic Party
Hrt = Heritage
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