Council by-elections
23 seats are being contested, with 131 candidates standing. Every name below comes from the council's own published nominations.
Polls closed
20 August 2026
4 wards, 25 candidates.
Barnsley
Penistone East
8 candidates
Liberal DemocratsIndependentRestore BritainGreen PartyReform UKLabour PartyIndependentConservative and Unionist Party
Cumberland
Harraby South
5 candidates
Reform UKConservative and Unionist PartyGreen PartyLabour PartyLiberal Democrats
Huntingdonshire
St Neots Eynesbury
6 candidates
Conservative and Unionist PartyGreen PartyIndependentLiberal DemocratsLabour PartyReform UK
Nottingham
Leen Valley
6 candidates
Labour PartyConservative and Unionist PartyGreen PartyLiberal DemocratsNottingham People’s AllianceReform UK
Polls closed
27 August 2026
5 wards, 27 candidates.
Dover
Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
6 candidates
Conservative and Unionist PartyIndependentGreen PartyReform UKRestore BritainLabour Party
Newcastle upon Tyne
Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn
5 candidates
Conservative and Unionist PartyGreen PartyLabour and Co-operative PartyReform UKLiberal Democrats
Sheffield
Southey
5 candidates
Conservative and Unionist PartyGreen PartyLabour PartyLiberal DemocratsReform UK
St. Helens
Billinge & Seneley Green
6 candidates
IndependentConservative and Unionist PartyReform UKLabour PartyGreen PartyIndependent
Wandsworth
Trinity
5 candidates
Liberal DemocratsReform UKConservative and Unionist PartyLabour PartyGreen Party
Polls closed
2 September 2026
One ward, 5 candidates.
Polls closed
3 September 2026
5 wards, 38 candidates.
Edinburgh
Portobello/Craigmillar
10 candidates
Reform UKAlliance for Democracy and FreedomConservative and Unionist PartyLabour PartyLiberal DemocratsScottish Green PartyScottish Family PartyWorkers Party of BritainCommunist Party of BritainScottish National Party (SNP)
Edinburgh
Southside/Newington
13 candidates
Liberal DemocratsEdinburgh & East Lothian PeopleReform UKScottish Green PartyEdinburgh & East Lothian PeopleEdinburgh & East Lothian PeopleConservative and Unionist PartyScottish Family PartyCommunist Party of BritainIndependentLabour PartyScottish National Party (SNP)Alliance for Democracy and Freedom
Oxfordshire
Chesterton & Launton
5 candidates
Labour PartyReform UKLiberal DemocratsGreen PartyConservative and Unionist Party
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Llantwit Fardre
5 candidates
Plaid Cymru - The Party of WalesConservative and Unionist PartyIndependentLabour PartyReform UK
Somerset
Frome West
5 candidates
Labour PartyConservative and Unionist PartyGreen PartyLiberal DemocratsReform UK
Polls closed
10 September 2026
6 wards, 23 candidates.
City of London
Cordwainer
1 candidates
Independent
City of London
Bridge
1 candidates
Independent
Manchester
Burnage
6 candidates
Liberal DemocratsConservative and Unionist PartyLabour PartyGreen PartyWorkers Party of BritainReform UK
North East Derbyshire
Eckington South & Renishaw
5 candidates
Labour PartyGreen PartyIndependentReform UKConservative and Unionist Party
North Somerset
Hutton & Locking
5 candidates
Liberal DemocratsGreen PartyConservative and Unionist PartyReform UKLabour Party
West Suffolk
Haverhill West
5 candidates
Green PartyConservative and Unionist PartyReform UKLiberal DemocratsLabour Party
Polls closed
15 September 2026
One ward, 4 candidates.
Polls closed
17 September 2026
One ward, 9 candidates.