English council by-elections, 2023–2024
Local elections were held in England on 4th May 2023, and will next be held on 2nd May 2024. Between local elections, hundreds of by-elections are held to fill vacancies that arise.
Since the 2023 local elections, the Liberal Democrats and Green Party have seen gains, and the Conservative Party and Labour Party have suffered losses.
| Party | Hold | Gain | Loss | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Independents | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Green Party | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Other local parties | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 16 | 4 | 8 | −4 |
| Conservative Party | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 |
Individual by-election results
The following table shows the results of all council by-elections since the previous local elections on 4th May 2023. The data comes from Andrew Teale’s Local Elections Archive Project.
| Date | Council | Ward | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th September | Barking and Dagenham | Mayesbrook | > | ||
| 14th September | Chorley | Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South | > | ||
| 14th September | Lancashire | Chorley Rural West | > | ||
| 14th September | Lincolnshire | Carholme | > | ||
| 14th September | Liverpool | Fazakerley East | > | ||
| 14th September | Swale | Minster Cliffs | > | ||
| 7th September | Broadland | Thorpe St Andrew North West | > | ||
| 7th September | Manchester | Brooklands | > | ||
| 7th September | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Audley | > | ||
| 7th September | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Knutton | > | ||
| 7th September | Shropshire | Worfield | > | ||
| 6th September | Spelthorne | Ashford Town | > | ||
| 31st August | Derbyshire | Swadlincote South | > | ||
| 31st August | Kirklees | Batley East | > | ||
| 24th August | Bristol | Bishopston and Ashley Down | > | ||
| 24th August | Dudley | St James’s | > | ||
| 24th August | Isle of Wight | Wootton Bridge | > | ||
| 17th August | Middlesbrough | Ayresome | > | ||
| 17th August | St Albans | Marshalswick East and Jersey Farm | > | ||
| 10th August | Havering | Upminster | > | ||
| 10th August | Somerset | Castle Cary | > | ||
| 10th August | Wychavon | Evesham South | > | ||
| 3rd August | Dudley | Cradley and Wollescote | > | ||
| 3rd August | East Sussex | Meads | > | ||
| 3rd August | Norfolk | Freebridge Lynn | > | ||
| 3rd August | Reading | Norcot | > | ||
| 27th July | Buckinghamshire | Denham | > | ||
| 27th July | East Sussex | Heathfield and Mayfield | > | ||
| 27th July | Plymouth | Plymstock Dunstone | > | ||
| 27th July | Plymouth | St Peter and the Waterfront | > | ||
| 27th July | Warrington | Poulton North | > | ||
| 20th July | Swindon | St Margaret and South Marston | > | ||
| 20th July | Worcester | Nunnery | > | ||
| 13th July | Newham | Boleyn | > | ||
| 13th July | Newham | Wall End | > | ||
| 13th July | Norfolk | West Depwade | > | ||
| 13th July | Rotherham | Dinnington | > | ||
| 6th July | Kent | Maidstone Central | > | ||
| 4th July | Cambridge | King’s Hedges | > | ||
| 29th June | Bedford | Wyboston | > | ||
| 29th June | Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole | East Cliff and Springbourne | > | ||
| 29th June | Dorset | Sherborne West | > | ||
| 29th June | Haringey | Hermitage and Gardens | > | ||
| 29th June | Southwark | Newington | > | ||
| 22nd June | West Devon | Tavistock North | > | ||
| 15th June | Plymouth | Efford and Lipson | > | ||
| 13th June | St Albans | St Peters | > | ||
| 8th June | Wiltshire | Tisbury | > | ||
| 1st June | Camden | South Hampstead | > | ||
| 25th May | North Yorkshire | Eastfield | > | ||
| 22nd May | Isles of Scilly | St Mary’s | > | ||
| 17th May | Stroud | Painswick and Upton | > | ||