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A list of upcoming council by elections and vacant seats

Link to >>> Council election results May 2016 - April 2017

Collated By MiddleEnglander

There are 25 by-elections during the rest of October and 17 already in November.  There are  a further 14 known vacancies - 12 in England, and 1 in both Scotland and Wales - where there is as yet no date for the by-election.

13th October - 10 
Cumbria CC, Windermere - Liberal Democrat resigned: 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green
Kent CC, Swanley - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
Lancaster BC, Westgate - Labour resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Morecambe Bay Ind
Lewisham LB, Brockley - Labour resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Women's Equality
Lewisham LB, Evelyn - Labour died - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, People before Profit, Ind
North Kesteven DC, Cliff Villages - Lincolnshire Independent resigned - 3 candidates: Con, LD, Lincolnshire Ind
Poole UA, Broadstone - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP
Sevenoaks DC, Swanley Christchurch & Swanley Village - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
South Lakeland DC, Windermere Bowness North - Liberal Democrat resigned - 3 candidates: Con, LD, Green
Tandridge DC, Limpsfield - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Resident

20th October - 12Bracknell Forest UA, Central Sandhurst - Conservative resigned 2 candidates: Con, Lab
Braintree DC, Bumpstead - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP
Braintree DC, Witham North - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green
Conwy UA, Abergele Pensrn - Labour resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, 2 x Ind
East Riding of Yorkshire UA, St Mary's - Conservative died - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Ind, Beverley
Kettering BC, Rothwell - Labour died - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk - Heacham - Conservative resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, 2 x Ind
Medway UA, Strood South - UKIP resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Eng Dem
Middlesbrough UA, Central - Labour resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Ind
Neath Port Talbot UA, Blaengwrach - Labour died - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, Plaid Cymru, UKIP, Ind
St Albans BC, Clarence - Liberal Democrat resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP
Weymouth & Portland BC, Wye Valley - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green

27th October - 3Denbighshire UA, Rhyl West - Labour resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, 2 x Ind
Rother DC, Collington - Independent resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, Ind
Rother DC, Darwell - Conservative resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP

3rd November - 10
Aberdeenshire UA, Banff & District - SNP died - 3 candidates: Con, LD, SNP
Aberdeenshire UA, Inverurie & District - Liberal Democrat resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP
Cardiff UA, Grangetown - Labour died - 5 candidates
Eastleigh BC, Fair Oak & Horton Heath - Liberal Democrat died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
Gloucester BC, Longlevens - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
Hackney LB, Hoxton West - Labour resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green    
Lancashire CC, Burnley Central East - Labour resigned
Medway UA, Rainham Central - Conservative died
Reigate & Banstead BC, Kingswood with Burgh Heath - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, UKIP
Vale of Glamorgan UA, Gibbensdown - Labour resigned

10th November - 4
Horsham DC, Southwater - Conservative died
Greenwich LB, Eltham North - Labour resigned
North Hertfordshire DC, Hitchen Oughton - Labour resigned
Wandsworth LB, Queenstown - Labour died

17th November - 2Bath & North East Somerset UA, Abbey - Green resigned
Dumfries & Galloway, Annandale North - Conservative sitting as Labour resigned

28th November -1 
Angus UA, Arbroath East & Lunan - Independent resigned

Not yet called - 14Basingstoke & Deane BC, Tadley South - Conservative died 7th September
Carlisle BC, Castle - Labour resigned around 28th September
Doncaster MB, Norton & Askern - Labour died 16th August
Eastbourne BC, Sovereign - Conservative resigned 6th October
Harborough DC, Misterton - Conservative resigned 1st September
Maldon DC, Maldon West - Conservative died 1st September
Mansfield DC, Warsop Carrs - Labour died 13th September
Newcastle-under-Lyme BC, Madeley - Labour died 18th September
South Northamptonshire DC, Grange Park - Conservative resigned around 20th September
South Somerset DC, Turn Hill - Conservative resigned around 14th September
Waverley BC, Cranleigh West - Conservative died 30th September
West Oxfordshire DC,  Hailey, Minster Lovell & Leafield - Conservative died around 21st September

Dundee UA, Coldside - SNP resigned around 7th September

Powys UA, Llanerchyddol - Independent died 19th September