Councillor Howard Sykes, Oldham Borough’s longest serving councillor, is to retire from Oldham Council this May.

Read about the 2026 local elections, scheduled as usual for the first Thursday in May but with many cancelled due to local government reorganisation.

Liberal Democrats gain seat from the Conservatives in a council by-election for Bearsden South ward, East Dunbartonshire ...

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Local campaigner Jackie Pearcey has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Gorton and Denton in the upcoming by-election.

The Rissingtons (Cotswolds) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 37.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 31.3% (-11.5) ➡️ RFM: 25.8% (New) 🌍 GRN ...

Spotted in Camden ahead of the borough's local elections this May was this gem of a bar chart from Camden Conservatives.

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Here is a list of the councillors which Reform has shed from the May 2025 local elections and from those elections in by-elections since. The latest update is the removal of the whip from Caroline ...

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