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Thursday 20 August 2026

4 contests are being held on Thursday 20 August 2026, in Barnsley, Cumberland, Huntingdonshire and Nottingham.

Penistone East

Barnsley · vacated by a Reform UK councillor
Labour: Slight favourite wins 64 of 100 simulated outcomes
Labour64 in 100
Reform UK16 in 100
Conservative11 in 100

Restore Britain and independents, Liberal Democrats, Green: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

The ward last elected three councillors together, in May 2026; Labour took the most votes with 38 per cent.

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Harraby South

Cumberland · vacated by a Labour councillor
Reform UK: Slight favourite wins 51 of 100 simulated outcomes
Reform UK51 in 100
Labour30 in 100
Conservative13 in 100

Liberal Democrats, Green: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

Labour won the ward's last contest in May 2022 with 41 per cent.

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St Neots Eynesbury

Huntingdonshire · vacated by a Reform UK councillor
Reform UK: Slight favourite wins 49 of 100 simulated outcomes
Reform UK49 in 100
Liberal Democrats17 in 100
Conservative13 in 100
Independent11 in 100

Labour: fewer than 10 wins in 100 each.

Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: Green.

The ward last elected three councillors together, in May 2026; Reform UK took the most votes with 32 per cent.

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Leen Valley

Nottingham · vacated by a Labour councillor
Labour: Favourite wins 72 of 100 simulated outcomes
Labour72 in 100
Reform UK12 in 100

Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Nottingham People’s Alliance, Green: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

Labour won both seats when the ward last voted, in May 2023, with 67 per cent of the vote.

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Council by-elections · Past results

Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.