Results

Thursday 1 October 2026

6 contests were held on Thursday 1 October 2026, in Blackpool, Highland, North West Leicestershire, Northumberland and Stirling.

Results

Claremont (Blackpool): Labour hold. Labour 42%, Reform UK 38%, Restore Britain 7%, Conservative 6%, Green 4%, Liberal Democrats 2%, Independent 2%.
Wick and East Caithness (Highland): Liberal Democrat gain from Independent. Liberal Democrats 50%, Independent 24%, SNP 14%, Reform UK 9%, Conservative 3%. · Result card
Long Whatton & Diseworth (North West Leicestershire): Conservative hold. Conservative 55%, Reform UK 20%, Labour 14%, Restore Britain 5%, Green 3%, Liberal Democrats 2%.
Amble (Northumberland): Labour gain from Reform UK. Labour 39%, Reform UK 34%, Conservative 21%, Restore Britain 7%. · Result card
Hirst (Northumberland): Labour gain from Reform UK. Labour 50%, Reform UK 30%, Restore Britain 10%, Conservative 4%, Liberal Democrats 4%, Independent 2%. · Result card
Forth and Endrick (Stirling): Conservative hold. Conservative 34%, SNP 30%, Labour 11%, Green 9%, Reform UK 9%, Liberal Democrats 5%, Independent 2%.

Seats changing hands: Wick and East Caithness (Highland): Liberal Democrat gain from Independent; Amble (Northumberland): Labour gain from Reform UK; Hirst (Northumberland): Labour gain from Reform UK.

Projections published before polls closed

Claremont

Blackpool · vacated by a Labour councillor

Reform UK: Favourite wins 72 of 100 simulated outcomes

Reform UK72 in 100

Labour11 in 100

Conservative, Independent, Liberal Democrats, Green: fewer than 6 wins in 100 each.

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

Labour won both seats when the ward last voted, in May 2023, with 61 per cent of the vote.

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Wick and East Caithness

Highland · vacated by an Independent councillor

Liberal Democrats: Strong favourite wins 92 of 100 simulated outcomes

Liberal Democrats92 in 100

SNP, Independent: fewer than 7 wins in 100 each.

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

The ward last elected four councillors together, in May 2022; the Liberal Democrats took the most votes with 30 per cent.

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Long Whatton & Diseworth

North West Leicestershire · vacated by a Conservative councillor

Conservative: Slight favourite wins 48 of 100 simulated outcomes

Conservative48 in 100

Reform UK33 in 100

Labour10 in 100

Green, Liberal Democrats: fewer than 7 wins in 100 each.

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

The Conservatives won the ward's last contest in May 2023 with 60 per cent.

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Amble

Northumberland · vacated by a Reform UK councillor

Labour: Slight favourite wins 64 of 100 simulated outcomes

Labour64 in 100

Reform UK31 in 100

Conservative: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

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

Reform UK won the ward's last contest in May 2025 with 44 per cent.

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Hirst

Northumberland · vacated by a Reform UK councillor

Labour: Slight favourite wins 58 of 100 simulated outcomes

Labour58 in 100

Reform UK38 in 100

Independent, Conservative: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: Restore Britain and Liberal Democrats.

Reform UK won the ward's last contest in May 2025 with 50 per cent.

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Forth and Endrick

Stirling · vacated by a Conservative councillor

SNP: Favourite wins 74 of 100 simulated outcomes

SNP74 in 100

Conservative14 in 100

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

Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: Independent and Reform UK.

The ward last elected three councillors together, in May 2022; the Conservatives took the most votes with 36 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.