Latest total results - council by-elections since the General Election

Election Maps UK have published the latest roundup of council by election results since the 2024 gerneral election.

By far the largest group of these were seats Labour was defending - 111 out of 225 seats, so nearly half the total - so this produces a very different picture from what can be expected at this years' local elections, when by far the largest share of seats being defended are currently Conservative held.

Because Labour was defending lots of seats in these by-elections they came first in terms of seats won but had far and away the worst net losses, while the Conservatives came second in terms of seats won but first by making far and away the largest bet gains.

In May, when the Conservatives will be defending lots of seats won in a very good year for the party at the height of the "vaccine bounce" we can expect the exact opposite - the best the Conservatives can realistically hope for is to come first in terms of seats won but inevitably to make significant net losses.

I will be posting tomorrow (Sunday 23rd) about what are realistic targets for each party

This is the Election Maps aggregate picture for total wins, gains and losses, and where they came from for council by-elections results from the general election to Thursday 20th March. Note the churn in every direction but the largest movement being Labour to Conservative.





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