Quarter Two By-Election Results 2024

This quarter 229,003 votes were cast in 101 local authority contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. 13 council seats changed hands. For comparison you can view Quarter One's results here.

Party	Number of Candidates	Total Vote	%	+/-  Q1	+/- Q2 2023	Average	+/- Seats
Conservative	95	62,188	27.2%	+0.0	-3.7	655	0
Labour	91	76,654	33.5%	+9.4	+1.4	842	+3
Lib Dem	84	42,088	18.4%	-8.3	-2.3	501	-1
Green	73	23,456	10.2%	+1.8	+1.2	321	+1
SNP*	5	4,457	1.9%	+0.8	+1.4	891	0
PC**	1	286	0.1%	-1.0	+0.1	286	0
Ind***	44	13,567	5.9%	-2.1	.   +0.9	308	-2
Other****	43	8,065	3.5%	+2.2	+1.1	188	0

* There were five by-elections in Scotland
** There were three by-elections in Wales
*** There were eight Independent clashes
**** Others consisted of Alba (107), Common Ground (573), Communist Party of Britain (47), Coventry Citizens Party (128), Fateham Residents (307), Heritage (36), Liberal (22), Party of Women (42), Peterborough First (1,307), Propel (292), Reform (417, 232, 212, 141, 128, 90, 88, 82, 18), Scottish Family Party (136), Scottish Libertarian (25), Socialist Alternative (86), South Devon Alliance (523), Sovereignty (41, 12), Tattenham and Preston Residents (1,318), TTIP (150), TUSC (151, 82, 72, 57, 48, 30, 33, 20, 19, 7), UKIP (259, 50), Workers' Party (198, 46, 20, 11)

And there is our final quarter before the general election. The commentary for June's by-election results applies here, though interesting to see the decline in Liberal Democrat support while the Greens, as forecast, continue to slowly increase the size of their footprint. The Conservatives are, of course, flattered by these results.

Next quarter there is a big bang of by-elections on 4th July with very little after then, including comparative few vacancies. Once July is out of the way, August and September are looking quite empty. It will be interesting to see how well Labour does as it takes office and how long a honeymoon, if there is one, will last.

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