Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?
Who’s up and who’s down?

The Tories won just one of the metro mayor elections across the country.

‘This is the most ridiculous tweet I’ve read all day.’

Under our winner-takes-all system, in tight seats, voters could well hold their noses and cast their ballot for a candidate with the best chance of winning, just to deliver a knock-out blow for the Tories.

“You weren’t expecting to go swimming this bank holiday weekend, anyway, were you?”

Kim McGuinness is the new Labour mayor of the North East representing around two million people in the region

Tory Ben Houchen won a tight race to be Tees Valley mayor

“The absolute state of this lot”

A nation’s wealth and greatness is not measured by the number of billionaires but by how well it takes care of its children and weakest members

The Greens toast impressive gains, as progressives celebrate the Tories downfall and lead the call for a general election

On course for ‘one of the worst, if not the worst Conservative performance in local government elections for the last 40 years’