Open Council Data UK - Upcoming By-elections Oct 2026

Upcoming By-elections (40)

Date	Council	Ward	Control	Defending	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Ref	PC	SNP	Oth	Vac	Total
08 Oct 26	Aberdeen City	Midstocket/Rosemount	SNP/LD	SNP	6	11	3	0	1	0	19	4	1	45
08 Oct 26	Amber Valley	Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley	LAB min	CON	7	19	1	5	3	0	0	6	1	42
08 Oct 26	Lambeth	Myatt's Fields	GRN min	LAB	0	25	9	28	0	0	0	0	1	63
08 Oct 26	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Town	REF	REF	15	2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	44
13 Oct 26	Stroud	Rodborough	GRN min	LAB	6	16	2	24	0	0	0	2	1	51
15 Oct 26	Flintshire	Higher Kinnerton	LAB min	IND	1	26	4	0	8	0	0	26	2	67
15 Oct 26	Leicestershire	Shepshed	REF min	REF	15	2	11	1	23	0	0	2	1	55
15 Oct 26	Mid Devon	Bradninch	LD	LD	3	0	33	3	0	0	0	2	1	42
15 Oct 26	Wiltshire	Salisbury Milford	LD/IND	LD	38	0	42	0	10	0	0	7	1	98
22 Oct 26	Carmarthenshire	Saron	PC	LAB	0	14	0	1	1	38	0	20	1	75
22 Oct 26	East Hertfordshire	Hertford Kingsmead	GRN/LD	GRN	14	5	10	15	2	0	0	3	1	50
22 Oct 26	Leeds	Calverley & Farsley	LAB min	LAB	14	46	6	10	10	0	0	12	1	99
22 Oct 26	South Kesteven	Grantham St Wulfram's	IND/GRN/LD	IND	18	2	3	2	5	0	0	25	1	56
29 Oct 26	Argyll and Bute	Mid Argyll	SNP/LD/IND/LAB/GRN	IND	6	2	4	0	2	0	12	9	1	36
29 Oct 26	Bassetlaw	Worksop East	LAB	LAB	3	34	0	0	7	0	0	3	1	48
29 Oct 26	Dudley	St. James's	CON min	REF	27	15	4	0	21	0	0	4	1	72
29 Oct 26	Halton	Beechwood & Heath	LAB	LD	0	30	2	0	16	0	0	5	1	54
29 Oct 26	Newark and Sherwood	Dover Beck	LAB min	CON	11	11	3	1	2	0	0	10	1	39
29 Oct 26	Nottinghamshire	Southwell	REF	CON	17	4	0	0	41	0	0	3	1	66
05 Nov 26	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Penn Hill	LD/IND	LD	9	8	27	5	3	0	0	23	1	76
12 Nov 26	North East Lincolnshire	Croft Baker	REF min	LAB	10	10	3	0	13	0	0	5	1	42
12 Nov 26	Oldham	Failsworth West	TBC	REF	4	18	6	0	15	0	0	16	1	60
12 Nov 26	Suffolk	Bosmere	REF	REF	9	3	2	13	40	0	0	2	1	70
19 Nov 26	Fareham	Portchester Wicor	CON	IND	22	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	32
	Bolton	Westhoughton South	LAB/CON/LD/IND	LAB	10	18	5	4	10	0	0	12	1	60
	Caerphilly	Risca East	LAB	LAB	0	41	0	1	0	19	0	7	1	69
	Conwy	Bryn	IND/LAB/PC	CON	7	6	4	1	2	8	0	26	1	55
	Dumfries and Galloway	Annandale East and Eskdale	SNP/LAB/IND/LD	LAB	10	7	1	0	0	0	11	13	1	43
	Durham	Craghead & South Moor	REF	REF	1	5	15	2	50	0	0	24	1	98
	East Ayrshire	Cumnock and New Cumnock	SNP min	LAB	4	7	0	0	0	0	14	6	1	32
	Elmbridge	Weybridge St George's Hill	LD/IND	IND	9	0	20	0	2	0	0	16	1	48
	Flintshire	Mold: Broncoed	LAB min	LAB	1	26	4	0	8	0	0	26	2	67
	Hyndburn	Huncoat	LAB min	LAB	8	16	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	35
	Rotherham	Anston & Woodsetts	LAB	CON	12	31	3	1	1	0	0	10	1	59
	Runnymede	Englefield Green East	LAB/LD/IND/GRN	IND	12	8	7	2	3	0	0	8	1	41
	South Staffordshire	Huntington & Hatherton	CON	LAB	29	1	4	2	0	0	0	5	1	42
	Staffordshire Moorlands	Cheddleton	LAB min	LAB	21	19	1	2	1	0	0	11	1	56
	Waverley	Western Commons	LD/IND/GRN	CON	10	0	24	1	0	0	0	14	1	50
	Wigan	Hindley Green	LAB	IND	0	42	0	0	25	0	0	7	1	75
	Woking	Hoe Valley	LD	LD	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	6	1	30

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Upcoming By-elections (40)

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