Other principal authority council by-elections this week, in addition to a Senedd by-election, revealed significant defeats for Reform UK. As with last week, there was plenty of good news for those who cannot abide the idea of a far-right party gaining political ground. It’s notable that so far in the results there have been no Reform wins, and also how the Green Party’s by-election results very much continue not to surge.
Outside of Caerphilly, let us start in the Midlands:
The result of the Moseley by-election is as follows:
NAME | PARTY | VOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Haq, Aysan | Reform UK | 345 |
| Mazhar, Danny | Birmingham Community Independents | 80 |
| Mills, Philip | Liberal Democrats | 1634 |
| Pihlaja, Stephen Scott | Labour Party | 1149 |
| Qazi, Nayaz | Local Conservatives | 111 |
| Turner, Catherine Jane | Green Party | 474 |
| Williams, Carol | Independent | 923 |
| Rejected ballot papers | 22 | |
| Total | 4738 | |
| Turnout | 29.9% |
This is possibly the first Lib Dem council by-election gain in Birmingham for two decades.
Dunster (Somerset) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 49.6% (+8.5)
➡️ RFM: 28.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 19.0% (-22.9)
🌹 LAB: 1.9% (-4.2)
No GRN (-10.3) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative. Changes w/ 2022.
Glastonbury – Somerset Council Lib Dem Hold!
🔶 Ewan Cameron Liberal Democrat 882 36.4%
➡️ Reform UK 523 21.6%
🔵 Conservative 506 20.9%
🟢 Green Party 480 19.8%
🔴 Labour 35 1.4%
Milton & Tamarside (Torridge) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 37.5% (New)
➡️ RFM: 31.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 16.7% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.9% (-23.9)
No Ind (-43.5) or LAB (-17.9) as before.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Independent. Changes w/ 2023.
The Conservatives also managed to see off Reform this week too:
Whittlesey North West (Fenland) Council By-Election Result:
🌳 CON: 47.5% (-9.8)
➡️ RFM: 34.1% (New)
🙋 Ind: 12.5% (New)
🌹 LAB: 5.9% (-16.2)
No GRN (-20.5) as previous.
Conservative HOLD. Changes w/ 2023.
For what all this means for the running total of council by-election results since the last May elections, see my council by-elections scorecard here.
Thanks to political polling expert Mark Pack for the data.
