7th January 2016 (1)
14th January 2016 (1)
21st January 2016 (6)
28th January 2016 (1)
There were 9 by-elections during January with 2 (22%) changing hands. The results can be summarised by:
| Party | Candidates | Defended | Retained | Gained | Lost | Won | retention rate |
| Conservative | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | ||
| Labour | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 75% |
| Liberal Democrat | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | ||
| SNP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | ||
| UKIP | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0% | |||
| Green | 5 | ||||||
| Independent * | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| All People | 1 | ||||||
| Christian People | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 41 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 78% |
* 4 Independent candidates contested 3 seats
Lab gained a seat from UKIP whilst losing one to an Independent.
- gained Thanet, Newington, a 2 member ward with elections every 4 years, from UKIP on a 7½% swing since 2015
Labour easily won both seats in 2003, 2007 and 2011 whilst UKIP gained both seats in 2015, the first time it contested the ward
- lost Carlisle, Botcherby, a three member ward with annual elections, to an Independent on a swing of 10¾% since May
Labour won each year from 2002 to 2015 apart from 2010 and 2014 when an Independent, also the County Councillor, gained the seat.
New Councillor contested the seat in 2015 losing by some 4%
The performance of the main parties (excluding SNP) in terms of the change in share (average where multi-member contests) since the previous election is given by:
| Authority | Ward / Division |
Last
contested |
Result
|
Conservative
share |
Labour
share |
Lib Dem
share |
UKIP
share |
Green
share |
South Lanarkshire UA
|
Hamilton North & East
|
2012
|
SNP hold
|
+8.4%
|
-9.4%
|
***1.8%
|
*
|
+0.1%
|
Cornwall UA
|
Launceston Central
|
2013
|
LD hold
|
+10.4%
|
*
|
-7.9%
|
*
|
***7.9%
|
Hertfordshire CC
|
Bushey North
|
2013
|
Con hold
|
+8.9%
|
-2.1%
|
+5.8%
|
-12.5%
|
*
|
Southwark LB
|
Faraday
|
2014
|
Lab hold
|
-2.5%
|
-2.5%
|
+8.9%
|
***5.3%
|
-3.2%
|
Carlisle BC
|
Botcherby
|
2015
|
Ind gain from Lab
|
-5.4%
|
+0.4%
|
*
|
**-13.9%
|
**-3.0%
|
St Helens MB
|
Thatto Heath
|
2015
|
Lab hold
|
-2.1%
|
+5.5%
|
*
|
-1.8%
|
-1.6%
|
Stockton on Tees UA
|
Parkfield & Oxbridge
|
2015
|
Lab hold
|
+5.0%
|
+7.1%
|
+0.3%
|
***9.9%
|
**-8.3%
|
Thanet DC
|
Newington
|
2015
|
Lab gain from UKIP
|
+1.2%
|
+1.0%
|
***1.6%
|
-14.1%
|
***2.6%
|
Wealden BC
|
Crowborough East
|
2015
|
Con hold
|
-0.4%
|
***11.5%
|
-10.1%
|
*
|
*
|
* contested neither the by-election nor previous election
** contested previous election (with share) but did not contest by-election
*** contested by-election (with share) but did not contest previous election