There are 6 principal councils by-elections this week held across England and Scotland. Labour suffered big losses vote share wise but managed to hold 3 out of 4 of their seats, losing one to the SNP. Meanwhile, the Conservatives and Lib Dems also comfortably held their seats in their respective wards.

In Brent LBC, Cllr Charlie Clinton comfortably held the seat in the Alperton ward while second place Labour’s vote collapsed. Congratulations to Cllr Charlie and the team for the win and securing our place on the council!

Brent LBC, Alperton
Liberal Democrat (Charlie Clinton): 1743 (48.5%, +2.0%)
Labour: 827 (23.0%, -18.3%)
Conservative: 740 (20.6%, +8.4%)
Reform: 286 (8.0%, new)

Labour held all three other seats in London councils this week, each with a huge loss in vote share in each one. In Hammersmith & Fulham LBC, Labour lost their 50% majority in the Lillie ward and a quarter of their existing voters in Hammersmith Broadway; a similar story in Barking & Dagenham, Whalebone. Thank you to Conor Campbell, Meerav Shah, and Herbert Munangatire for representing the Lib Dems in the respective wards, all growing our vote share.

Hammersmith & Fulham LBC, Lillie
Labour: 446 (40.4%, -22.5%)
Conservative: 352 (30.5%, +4.9%)
Liberal Democrat (Conor Campbell): 212 (18.4%, +6.9%)
Reform: 123 (10.7%, new)

Hammersmith & Fulham LBC, Hammersmith Broadway
Labour: 578 (53.4%, -18.2%)
Reform: 148 (13.7%, new)
Conservative: 144 (13.3%, -5.5%)
Liberal Democrat (Meerav Shah): 135 (12.5%, +2.9%)
Green Party: 77 (7.1%, new)

Barking & Dagenham LBC, Whalebone
Labour: 625 (54.9%, -15.6%)
Conservative: 287 (25.2%, -4.2%)
Green Party: 117 (10.3%, new)
Liberal Democrat (Herbert Munangatire): 109 (9.6%, new)

The only Tory win this week came from Colchester City Council, where they held the seat in Tiptree, with Reform coming second and Labour once again plummeting. Thank you Jenny Stevens for flying the Lib Dem flag.

Colchester City Council, Tiptree
Conservative: 1089 (55.3%, +10.8%)
Reform: 567 (28.8%, +9.9%)
Labour: 167 (8.5%, -15.6%)
Green Party: 81 (4.1%, -2.1%)
Liberal Democrat (Jenny Stevens): 66 (3.4%, -3.0%)

Finally, the only Scottish by-election this week was also the only one where seats changed hands. In East Ayrshire Council, Kilmarnock North ward, the SNP topped the first preference votes chart and was elected in stage 8 of counting. Thank you to Lee Manley for

East Ayrshire Council, Kilmarnock North (based on first preference votes, SNP elected at stage 8)
SNP: 748 (35.8%, -11.8%)
Labour: 582 (27.8%, -0.1%)
Independent: 277 (13.2%, +5.1%)
Reform: 212 (10.1%, new)
Conservative: 159 (7.6%, -6.2%)
Green Party: 75 (3.6%, new)
Liberal Democrat (Lee Manley): 37 (1.8%, new)
Independent: 2 (0.1%, new)

For a full summary of these results, and all other principal council by-elections, please refer to the ALDC by-elections page here.

* Matthew Ma works in the Campaigns and Communications team at ALDC