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From August 20th 

Barnsley – Penistone East

Labour 1,728 (51.6 per cent, +14.4 on May) Reform UK 795 (23.8 per cent, -6.7) Conservatives 387 (11.6 per cent, -7.6) Restore Britain 218 (6.5 per cent, +6.5) Independent 87 (2.6 per cent, +2.6) Lib Dems 70 (2.1 per cent, -3.6) Green Party 59 (1.7 per cent, -5.6) Independent 2 (0.2 per cent,  +0.2)

Labour gain from Reform UK

Cumberland – Harraby South 

Reform UK 560 (46.2 per cent, +46.2 on 2022) Labour 469 (33.3 per cent, -7.6) Conservatives 236 (16.8 per cent, -18.5) Green Party 29 (2.1 per cent, +2.1) Lib Dems 23 (1.6 per cent, +1.6)

Reform UK gain from Labour

Huntingdonshire – St Neots Eynesbury 

Lib Dems 1,024 (47.9 per cent, +29.8) Reform UK 647 (30.3 per cent, +3.1)  Conservatives 143 (6.7 per cent, -3.8) Green Party 118 (5.5 per cent, -12.5) Labour 104 (4.9 per cent, +4.9) Independent 102 (4.8 per cent, +4.8)

Lib Dems gain from Reform UK

Nottingham – Leen Valley

Labour 689 (30.5 per cent, -33.8 on 2023) Nottingham Peoples Alliance 423 (23.2 per cent, +23.2) Reform UK 410 (18.2 per cent, +18.2) Green Party 379 (16.7 per cent, +16.7) Conservatives 189 (8.4 per cent, -13.3) Lib Dems 68 (3.0 per cent, -11.0)

Labour hold

From August 27th

Dover – Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe 

Green Party 767 (28.8 per cent, +2.7 on 2023) Reform UK 733 (27.5 per cent, +27.5) Conservatives 456 (17.1 per cent, -16.0) Labour 389 (14.6 per cent, -9.2) Restore Britain 284 (10.7 per cent, +10.7) Independent 35 (1.3 per cent, +1.3)

Green Party gain from Conservatives

Newcastle upon Tyne – Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn 

Reform UK 901 (39.0 per cent, -4.8 on May) Lib Dems 670 (29.0 per cent, +24.3) Labour 534 (23.1 per cent, -5.9) Green Party 103 (4.5 per cent, -9.2) Conservatives 101 (4.4 per cent, -4.4)

Reform UK hold 

Sheffield – Southey 

Refrom UK 1,133 (50.6 per cent, +0.6 on May)  Labour 836 (37.3 per cent, +12.8) Green Party 146 (6.5 per cent, -6.4) Conservatives 69 (3.1 per cent, -1.7) Lib Dems 56 (2.5 per cent, -2.2)

Reform UK gain from Labour

St Helens – Billinge & Seneley Green 

Labour 1,158 (41.4 per cent, +18.8 on May) Reform UK 892 (31.9 per cent, -2.6) Independent 496 (17.7 per cent, -1.5) Green Party 106  (3.8 per cent, -9.2) Conservatives 84 (3.0 per cent, -4.5) Independent 60 (2.1 per cent, +2.1)

Labour gain from Reform UK

Wandsworth – Trinity 

Labour 1,158 (47.5 per cent, +8.8 on May) Conservatives 1,431 (43.6 per cent, +9.0) Green Party 168 (5.1 per cent, -10.8) Lib Dems 75 (2.3 per cent, -3.0) Reform UK 51 (1.6 per cent, -2.6)

Labour hold

From September 2nd

Stroud – Kingswood

Lib Dems 442 (64.0 per cent, -18.1 on 2024) Conservatives 109 (15.8 per cent, +6.4) Reform UK 70 (10.1 per cent, +10.1) Green Party 40 (5.8 per cent, +1.0) Labour 30 (4.3 per cent, +0.5)

Lib Dems hold

From September 3rd

Edinburgh – Portobello/Craigmillar

Green Party 1,781 (28.0 per cent, +11.8 on 2022) SNP 1,531 (24.1 per cent, -13.3) Labour 1,413 (22.2 per cent, -1.7) Reform UK 569 (8.9 per cent, +8.9) Conservatives 522 (8.2 per cent, -7.1) Lib Dems 365 (5.7 per cent, +1.4) SFP (1.1 per cent, +1.1) WPB (0.9 per cent, +0.9) ADF (0.4 per cent, +0.4) Communist (0.3 per cent, +0.3) Figures for first preferences

Green Party gain from SNP

Edinburgh – Southside/Newington 

Labour 2,153 (32.1 per cent, +8.0 on 2022) Green Party 1,978 (29.5 per cent, +6.4) SNP 757 (11.3 per cent, -7.9) Conservatives 717 (10.7 per cent, -6.9) Lib Dems 543 (8.1 per cent, -8.0) Reform UK 305 (4.5 per cent, +4.5) EELP (1.4 per cent, +1.4) Independent (0.9 per cent, +0.9) Communist (0.7 per cent, +0.7) Scottish Family Party (0.6 per cent, +0.6) ADF (0.2 per cent, +0.2) Figures for first preferences

Labour gain from SNP

Oxfordshire – Chesterton & Launton 

Lib Dems 985 (41.7 per cent, +8.9 on 2025) Conservatives 683 (28.9 per cent, +0.6) Reform UK 547 (23.2 per cent, -3.5) Labour 75 (3.2 per cent, -2.3) Green Party 71 (3.0 per cent -3.6)

Lib Dems hold

Rhondda Cynon Taf – Llantwit Fardre 

Conservatives 1,043 (57.6 per cent, +8.7 on 2022) Plaid Cymru 329 (18.2 per cent, +1.9) Reform UK 240 (13.3 per cent, +13.3) Labour 188 (10.4 per cent, -24.4)  Independent 10 (0.6 per cent, +0.6)

Conservatives hold

Somerset – Frome West 

Green Party 663 (40.3 per cent, -6.8 on 2022) Lib Dems 544 (34.6 per cent, +1.2) Reform UK 218 (13.9 per cent, +13.9) Labour 89 (5.7 per cent, -0.9) Conservatives 87 (5.5 per cent, -7.4)

Green Party hold

Forthcoming contests

September 10th

  • Manchester – Burnage. (Labour held)
  • North East Derbyshire – Eckington South & Renishaw (2027). Stuart Fawcett (Labour held)
  • North Somerset – Hutton & Locking. (Conservative held)
  • West Suffolk – Haverhill West. (Conservative held)

September 15th

  • Bassetlaw – East Markham. (Conservative held)

September 17th

  • Charnwood – Wreake Valley. (Green Party held)
  • Sheffield – Walkley. (Green Party held)
  • South Lanarkshire – Avondale & Stonehouse. (Independent held)

September 23rd

  • Tunbridge Wells – Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden. (Tunbridge Wells Alliance held)

September 24th

  • Brighton & Hove – Queen’s Park. (Labour held)
  • Cotswold – Blockley. (Green Party held)
  • Milton Keynes – New Bradwell. (Labour held)
  • South Staffordshire – Wombourne North. (Conservative held)
  • Windsor & Maidenhead – Bray. (Conservative held)

October 1st

  • Blackpool – Claremont (Labour)
  • Highland – Wick & East Caithness. (Independent held)
  • North West Leicestershire – Long Whatton & Diseworth. (Conservative held)
  • Northumberland – Amble. (Reform UK)
  • Northumberland – Hirst. (Reform UK held)
  • Stirling – Forth & Endrick. (Conservative held)

October 8th

  • Aberdeen – Rosemount/Midstocket. (SNP held)
  • Amber Valley – Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley.  (Conservative held)
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme – Town. (Reform UK held)



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