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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 13 by-elections during the second half of November (excluding St Edmundsbury, Bardwell where a Conservative was returned unopposed)   and 17 already in December.  There are  a further 8 known vacancies - 7 in England and 1 in Scotland - where there is as yet no date for the by-election. 

17th November - 4Bath & North East Somerset UA, Abbey - Green resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Ind
Dumfries & Galloway, Annandale North - Conservative sitting as Labour resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, SNP, Green
Harborough DC, Misterton - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
Welwyn & Hatfield BC, Haldens - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green

24th November - 8Basingstoke & Deane BC, Tadley South - Conservative died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
Carlisle BC, Castle - Labour resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, IKIP
Eastbourne BC, Sovereign - Conservative resigned - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD
Mansfield DC, Warsop Carrs - Labour died - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP, No Description
Newcastle MB, Blakelaw - Labour resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Newcastle 1st
Pendle BC, Reedley - Labour resigned  - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD    
South Somerset DC, Turn Hill - Conservative resigned - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, LD
Tandridge DC, Valley - Liberal Democrat resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP

28th November - 1 
Angus UA, Arbroath East & Lunan - Independent resigned - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, 2 x Ind

1st December - 4Chichester DC, Southbourne - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
Dorset CC, Ferndown - UKIP resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP
South Northamptonshire DC, Grange Park - Conservative resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, UKIP
Tower Hamlets LB, Whitechapel - Tower Hamlets First sitting as Independent disqualified - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green, UKIP, Ind

5th December - 1Angus UA, Carnoustie  & District - SNP died - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Ind

8th December - 5Lancaster BC, University & Scotsforth Rural - Labour resigned - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, Green    
Maldon DC, Maldon West - Conservative died - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, Green, UKIP, Ind, Anti housing
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Madeley - Labour died
Telford & Wrekin, Horsehay & Lightmoor - Conservative died
Tonbridge & Malling BC, Trench - Conservative died - 3 candidates: Con, Lab, UKIP

15th December - 7Blackburn with Darwen UA. Higher Croft - Labour died
Fife UA, Leven, Kennoway & Largo - SNP resigned
Powis UA, Welshpool Llanerchyddol - Independent died
St Edmundsbury BC, Moreton Hall, Conservative resigned
Taunton Deane BC, Blackdown - Conservative resigned
Teignbridge DC, Bovey - Conservative died
Teignbridge DC, Chudleigh - Conservative died

Not yet called - 8
Bromsgrove DC, Norton - Conservative died 22nd October
Broxbourne BC, Waltham Cross - Labour died 13th October
Cheshire East UA, Bollington - Conservative resigned around 19th October
Doncaster MB, Norton & Askern - Labour died 16th August
Three Rivers DC, Gade Valley - Conservative died around 31st October
Waverley BC, Cranleigh West - Conservative died 30th September
West Oxfordshire DC,  Hailey, Minster Lovell & Leafield - Conservative died around 21st September

East Ayrshire UA, Kilmarnock East & Hurlford - SNP died around 28th October

Vacancies subject to "6 month" rule

Dundee UA, Coldside - SNP impending resignation