Conservatives gained a seat from an Independent in Middlesbrough (the councillor causing the by-election was originally elected as a Conservative but was sitting as an Independent at the time the election was called).
There were nine local government by-elections this week. Conservatives gained four seats from the SNP; three seats in Aberdeenshire and one seat in Moray. Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives in Blackpool and held two seats; one seat each in Bracknell Forest and Inverclyde.R
