Results

Thursday 10 September 2026

4 contests were held on Thursday 10 September 2026, in Manchester, North East Derbyshire, North Somerset and West Suffolk.

Results

Burnage (Manchester): Labour hold. Labour 42%, Green 32%, Workers Party of Britain 14%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrats 1%, Conservative 1%.
Eckington South & Renishaw (North East Derbyshire): Reform UK gain from Labour. Reform UK 40%, Labour 28%, Conservative 22%, Independent 5%, Green 5%.
Hutton & Locking (North Somerset): Reform UK gain from Conservative. Reform UK 38%, Liberal Democrats 33%, Conservative 15%, Labour 7%, Green 6%.
Haverhill West (West Suffolk): Conservative hold. Conservative 51%, Reform UK 26%, Labour 14%, Green 6%, Liberal Democrats 3%.

Seats changing hands: Eckington South & Renishaw (North East Derbyshire): Reform UK gain from Labour; Hutton & Locking (North Somerset): Reform UK gain from Conservative.

Projections published before polls closed

Burnage

Manchester · vacated by a Labour councillor

Labour: Slight favourite wins 61 of 100 simulated outcomes

Labour61 in 100

Green30 in 100

Reform UK, Workers Party of Britain, Conservative, Liberal Democrats: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

This seat was last contested in May 2024, when Labour won it with 54 per cent.

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Eckington South & Renishaw

North East Derbyshire · vacated by a Labour councillor

Labour: Tossup wins 44 of 100 simulated outcomes

Labour44 in 100

Reform UK40 in 100

Conservative, Green, Independent: fewer than 10 wins in 100 each.

Labour won all three seats when the ward last voted, in May 2023, with 59 per cent of the vote.

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Hutton & Locking

North Somerset · vacated by a Conservative councillor

Reform UK: Tossup wins 45 of 100 simulated outcomes

Reform UK45 in 100

Conservative38 in 100

Liberal Democrats11 in 100

Green: fewer than 6 wins in 100 each.

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

The ward last elected two councillors together, in May 2023; independents and others took the most votes with 32 per cent.

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Haverhill West

West Suffolk · vacated by a Conservative councillor

Conservative: Slight favourite wins 48 of 100 simulated outcomes

Conservative48 in 100

Reform UK42 in 100

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

The ward last elected two councillors together, in May 2023; Labour took the most votes with 44 per cent.

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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.