Results

Thursday 8 October 2026

4 contests were held on Thursday 8 October 2026, in Aberdeen City, Amber Valley, Lambeth and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Results

Midstocket/Rosemount (Aberdeen City): SNP hold. SNP 28%, Conservative 24%, Labour 17%, Green 11%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrats 6%, Independents 3%.
Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley (Amber Valley): Green gain from Conservative. Green 29%, Reform UK 27%, Conservative 17%, Labour 16%, Restore Britain 11%. · Result card
Myatt's Fields (Lambeth): Labour hold. Labour 47%, Green 37%, Liberal Democrats 9%, Conservative 3%, Reform UK 3%, Christian Peoples Alliance and The Socialist Party of Great Britain 2%.
Town (Newcastle-under-Lyme): Labour gain from Reform UK. Labour 46%, Reform UK 27%, Green 12%, Conservative 12%, Liberal Democrats 3%.

Seats changing hands: Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley (Amber Valley): Green gain from Conservative; Town (Newcastle-under-Lyme): Labour gain from Reform UK.

Projections published before polls closed

Midstocket/Rosemount

Aberdeen City · vacated by an SNP councillor

SNP: Strong favourite wins 91 of 100 simulated outcomes

SNP91 in 100

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

Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: Independents (2 candidates combined).

The ward last elected three councillors together, in May 2022; the SNP took the most votes with 38 per cent.

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Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley

Amber Valley · vacated by a Conservative councillor

Green: Slight favourite wins 45 of 100 simulated outcomes

Green45 in 100

Reform UK23 in 100

Conservative22 in 100

Labour: fewer than 9 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 2025 with 32 per cent.

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Myatt's Fields

Lambeth · vacated by a Labour councillor

Labour: Favourite wins 72 of 100 simulated outcomes

Labour72 in 100

Green22 in 100

Christian Peoples Alliance and The Socialist Party of Great Britain (2 candidates combined), Conservative, Liberal Democrats: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.

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

The ward last elected two councillors together, in May 2026; the Greens took the most votes with 41 per cent.

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Town

Newcastle-under-Lyme · vacated by a Reform UK councillor

Labour: Slight favourite wins 62 of 100 simulated outcomes

Labour62 in 100

Reform UK12 in 100

Conservative12 in 100

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

The ward last elected two councillors together, in May 2026; Reform UK took the most votes with 28 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.