Results

Thursday 17 September 2026

3 contests were held on Thursday 17 September 2026, in Charnwood, Sheffield and South Lanarkshire.

Results

Wreake Valley (Charnwood): Conservative gain from Green. Conservative 48%, Reform UK 31%, Green 16%, Labour 3%, Liberal Democrats 1%. · Result card
Avondale and Stonehouse (South Lanarkshire): SNP gain from Independent. SNP 28%, Labour 20%, Reform UK 20%, Conservative 11%, Liberal Democrats 10%, Green 8%, independents and other parties 4%. · Result card
Walkley (Sheffield): Labour gain from Green. Labour 53%, Green 29%, Reform UK 12%, Liberal Democrats 3%, Conservative 1%, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1%. · Result card

Seats changing hands: Wreake Valley (Charnwood): Conservative gain from Green; Avondale and Stonehouse (South Lanarkshire): SNP gain from Independent; Walkley (Sheffield): Labour gain from Green.

Projections published before polls closed

Wreake Valley

Charnwood · vacated by a Green councillor

Conservative: Favourite wins 77 of 100 simulated outcomes

Conservative77 in 100

Green10 in 100

Reform UK, Labour, Liberal Democrats: fewer than 9 wins in 100 each.

The Greens won all three seats when the ward last voted, in May 2023, with 50 per cent of the vote.

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Avondale and Stonehouse

South Lanarkshire · vacated by an Independent councillor

SNP: Slight favourite wins 48 of 100 simulated outcomes

SNP48 in 100

Independents and other parties (3 candidates combined)26 in 100

Reform UK12 in 100

Labour, Green, Liberal Democrats: fewer than 10 wins in 100 each.

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

The ward last elected three councillors together, in May 2022; the SNP took the most votes with 28 per cent.

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Walkley

Sheffield · vacated by a Green councillor

Labour: Favourite wins 75 of 100 simulated outcomes

Labour75 in 100

Green22 in 100

Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Reform UK: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

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

The Greens won the ward's last contest in May 2026 with 40 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.