Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom

This page documents political party strengths in the United Kingdom's principal local authorities (commonly known as local councils). The last major change to council compositions was the 3 May 2018 local elections, but changes in party representation arise frequently due to resignations, deaths, by-elections, co-options and changes of affiliation.

There are currently 418 principal local authorities in the UK. England has 353 councils of seven types: 27 county and 201 district councils (two tiers with separate responsibilities covering the same physical area), 55 unitary authorities plus the sui generis Council of the Isles of Scilly, 36 metropolitan boroughs, 32 London boroughs plus the ancient, sui generis City of London Corporation. Scotland has 32 councils, Wales has 22 councils and Northern Ireland has 11 councils. This list does not include parish and town councils, the lowest tier of local government with limited powers.

In 2019, several local government restructurings will take effect in England. As of 31 May 2018, four statutory instruments have been made which will result in the abolition of Dorset county council, 12 districts and two unitary authorities and their replacement by three new districts and two new unitary authorities.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Should these be the only changes, the new total would be 408 principal authority areas, 343 in England, including 26 counties, 192 districts and 55 unitary authorities. Additionally however, the previous Secretary of State had stated that he was "minded to" approve locally-led proposals for a single unitary authority in Buckinghamshire.^[5]

Information on political compositions is drawn from council websites and council data aggregators.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Summary

This table numbers the seats held by each party as of 5 May 2018.

Party		Total	England						Wales	Scot.	NI
Party		Total	County	District	London	Metro.	UA	S.g.	Wales	Scot.	NI
	Conservative	9,081	1,200	5,165	511	403	1,346		182	273	1
	Labour	6,470	259	1,566	1,120	1,700	1,099	5	472	249
	Liberal Democrats	1,870	223	890	151	176	303		61	66
	SNP	424								424
	Plaid Cymru	200							200
	Green (all)	196	18	73	11	34	38		1	18	3
	DUP	131									131
	UKIP	125	1	92		21	11
	Sinn Féin	103									103
	UUP	84									84
	SDLP	59									59
	Alliance	30									30
	TUV	10									10
	PUP	4									4
	Others^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,876	86	727	34	65	281	111	339	197	36
	Vacancies	19	0	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	1
Total		20,683	1,787	8,523	1,833	2,400	3,086	116	1,254	1,222	462

↑ "Others" includes lesser known parties and independents. For further detail, see the URLs to council webpages in the tables below.

Technical information

Councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland^[12] elect to each of their seats once every four years, while in Scotland elections are held every five years. English councils may elect to all of their seats at once, roughly half at a time, or roughly one third at a time; councils elsewhere in the UK elect to all of their seats at once. Following boundary changes, councils which normally elect in parts often elect to all seats, and the cycle timing may change (for example in Northern Ireland, the new councils elected in 2014 shadowed the old councils for a year, delaying the second election to 2019). Breakdowns of election schedules are given in the sections for each council type. 16 councils in England are distinguished by having a directly elected mayor, elected every four years (indicated by (M) beside the council name).

Elections in England and Wales use first-past-the-post voting, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use the single transferable vote (STV) system. To facilitate STV, Scottish council wards elect multiple members, while Northern Ireland wards are grouped into District Electoral Areas with the number of councillors elected matching the number of wards.^[13]

In the tables below, two "Control" columns indicate political control in each council. The first column indicates the party with a majority, if any. Councils with directly elected mayors have the affiliation of the mayor in the second column. For non-mayoral councils with no overall control (NOC) the second column gives the membership and format of the governing coalition, minority government, or if unknown the largest party followed by ellipsis (...).

England: two-tier council system

County councils

Non-metropolitan counties elect their councillors all at once every four years, in the year after leap years. All 27 counties had elections in May 2017 and the next elections are expected on 6 May 2021.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	GP	Other	Next election
Buckinghamshire^{[u 1]}	CON	maj	URL	49	41	1	4		3	6 May 2021
Cambridgeshire	CON	maj	URL	61	36	7	15		3	6 May 2021
Cumbria	NOC	LAB+LD	URL	84	37	26	16		5	6 May 2021
Derbyshire	CON	maj	URL	64	37	24	3			6 May 2021
Devon	CON	maj	URL	60	42	7	7	1	3	6 May 2021
Dorset^{[u 2]}	CON	maj	URL	46	33	1	10	2		None
East Sussex	CON	maj	URL	50	30	4	11		5	6 May 2021
Essex	CON	maj	URL	75	56	6	7	1	5	6 May 2021
Gloucestershire	CON	maj	URL	53	31	5	14	2	1	6 May 2021
Hampshire	CON	maj	URL	78	56	2	19		1	6 May 2021
Hertfordshire	CON	maj	URL	78	51	10	17			6 May 2021
Kent	CON	maj	URL	81	67	5	7	1	1	6 May 2021
Lancashire	CON	maj	URL	84	45	30	4	1	4	6 May 2021
Leicestershire	CON	maj	URL	55	36	6	13			6 May 2021
Lincolnshire	CON	maj	URL	70	58	6	1		5	6 May 2021
Norfolk	CON	maj	URL	84	54	16	11		3	6 May 2021
North Yorkshire	CON	maj	URL	72	55	4	3		10	6 May 2021
Northamptonshire	CON	maj	URL	57	43	12	2			6 May 2021
Nottinghamshire	NOC	CON+IND	URL	66	31	23	1		11	6 May 2021
Oxfordshire	NOC	CON+IND	URL	63	31	14	13		5	6 May 2021
Somerset	CON	maj	URL	55	35	3	12	2	3	6 May 2021
Staffordshire	CON	maj	URL	62	51	10			1	6 May 2021
Suffolk	CON	maj	URL	75	52	11	5	3	4	6 May 2021
Surrey	CON	maj	URL	81	60	1	9	1	10	6 May 2021
Warwickshire	CON	maj	URL	57	36	10	7	2	2	6 May 2021
West Sussex	CON	maj	URL	70	56	5	9			6 May 2021
Worcestershire	CON	maj	URL	57	40	10	3	2	2	6 May 2021

District councils

Geographically, non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of non-metropolitan counties. They have complimentary powers to counties and some have ceremonial statuses of borough, royal borough or city. They vary in whether they elect all, half or one-third of their seats at once:

The six that elect to half of their seats at a time do so in even years;
The 58 that elect to a third of their seats all do so in leap years, two years after leap years and three years after,
- but note that Weymouth and Portland's 2018 election was cancelled pending a merger;^{[u 2]}
Of the 138 that elect to all of their seats at once:
- two (Gloucester and Stroud) elect in leap years ( $4n$ ),
- five elect two years after leap years ( $4n+2$ ),
- and 131 do so three years after ( $4n+3$ ).

69 of the 201 district councils had elections on 3 May 2018 ( $4n+2$ ).

Copeland and Mansfield have directly elected mayors. Folkestone & Hythe was known as Shepway before 1 April 2018. Six district councils in Dorset will be subsumed into unitary authorities by 2019 under current government policy.^{[u 2]}

Last update 4 May 2018.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	UKIP	GP	Other	Vacant	Cycle	Upcoming by-elections	Next election
Adur	CON	maj	URL	29	16	7		4		2		halves		7 May 2020
Allerdale	NOC	LAB+IND	URL	56	15	28		2		11		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Amber Valley	CON	maj	URL	45	25	20						thirds		2 May 2019
Arun	CON	maj	URL	54	43	1	7	1		2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Ashfield	NOC	AI^{[d 1]}+IND min	URL	35	5	14				16		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Ashford	CON	maj	URL	43	34	3	1	2		3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Aylesbury Vale^{[u 1]}	CON	maj	URL	59	41	2	12			4		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Babergh	CON	maj	URL	43	24	2	3			14		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Barrow-in-Furness	LAB	maj	URL	36	9	26				1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Basildon	CON	maj	URL	42	23	12		5		2		thirds		2 May 2019
Basingstoke and Deane	CON	maj	URL	60	33	21	5			1		thirds		2 May 2019
Bassetlaw	LAB	maj	URL	48	12	32				4		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Blaby	CON	maj	URL	39	29	6	4					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Bolsover	LAB	maj	URL	37		32				5		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Boston	NOC	CON min	URL	30	16	1		6		7		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Braintree	CON	maj	URL	49	42	4			1	2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Breckland	CON	maj	URL	49	39	3		4		3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Brentwood	CON	maj	URL	37	25	2	9			1		thirds		2 May 2019
Broadland	CON	maj	URL	47	42		5					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Bromsgrove	CON	maj	URL	31	17	7				7		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Broxbourne	CON	maj	URL	30	28	2						thirds		3 May 2018
Broxtowe	CON	maj	URL	44	27	12	4			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Burnley	LAB	maj	URL	45	5	25	5	2	1	7		thirds		2 May 2019
Cambridge	LAB	maj	URL	42		26	14		1	1		thirds		2 May 2019
Cannock Chase	LAB	maj	URL	41	15	21	1		3	1		thirds		2 May 2019
Canterbury	CON	maj	URL	39	30	4	3			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Carlisle	NOC	LAB min	URL	52	22	25	1			4		thirds		2 May 2019
Castle Point	CON	maj	URL	41	27					14		thirds		2 May 2019
Charnwood	CON	maj	URL	52	41	9	1			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Chelmsford	CON	maj	URL	57	52		5					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Cheltenham	LD	maj	URL	40	6		32			2		halves		7 May 2020
Cherwell	CON	maj	URL	48	36	9	1			1	1	thirds	21 June 2018	2 May 2019
Chesterfield	LAB	maj	URL	48		37	9			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Chichester	CON	maj	URL	48	40		5			3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Chiltern^{[u 1]}	CON	maj	URL	40	38		2					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Chorley	LAB	maj	URL	47	13	32				2		thirds		2 May 2019
Christchurch^{[u 2]}	CON	maj	URL	24	21			1		2		all, $4n+3$		None
Colchester	NOC	LD+LAB+IND	URL	51	25	11	12			3		thirds		2 May 2019
Copeland (M)	LAB	IND Mayor	URL	51	18	29				4		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Corby	LAB	maj	URL	29	5	24						all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Cotswold	CON	maj	URL	34	22		12					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Craven	CON	maj	URL	30	17	3	1	1	1	7		thirds		2 May 2019
Crawley	LAB	maj	URL	37	17	20						thirds		2 May 2019
Dacorum	CON	maj	URL	51	43	2	5			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Dartford	CON	maj	URL	44	34	7				3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Daventry	CON	maj	URL	36	30	5	1					thirds		2 May 2019
Derbyshire Dales	CON	maj	URL	39	29	5	3			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Dover	CON	maj	URL	45	25	18		1		1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
East Cambridgeshire	CON	maj	URL	39	35		3			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
East Devon	CON	maj	URL	59	35		7			17		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
East Dorset^{[u 2]}	CON	maj	URL	29	26		3					all, $4n+3$		None
East Hampshire	CON	maj	URL	44	43					1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
East Hertfordshire	CON	maj	URL	50	49		1					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
East Lindsey	CON	maj	URL	55	35	4	1	5		10		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
East Northamptonshire	CON	maj	URL	40	36	2				2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
East Staffordshire	CON	maj	URL	39	25	12	1			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Eastbourne	LD	maj	URL	27	8		18			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Eastleigh	LD	maj	URL	39	4		32			3		thirds		2 May 2019
Eden	CON	maj	URL	38	20	1	7			10		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Elmbridge	NOC	IND+LD	URL	48	24		9			15		thirds		2 May 2019
Epping Forest	CON	maj	URL	58	39		2		2	15		thirds		2 May 2019
Epsom and Ewell	IND	IND	URL	38	4	3				31		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Erewash	CON	maj	URL	47	30	17						all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Exeter	LAB	maj	URL	39	8	29	1		1			thirds		2 May 2019
Fareham	CON	maj	URL	31	24		5	1		1		halves		7 May 2020
Fenland	CON	maj	URL	39	34		2			3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Folkestone and Hythe	CON	maj	URL	30	23			4		3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Forest Heath^{[d 2]}	CON	maj	URL	27	20			3		4		all, $4n+3$		None
Forest of Dean	NOC	CON min	URL	48	20	9		5	2	12		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Fylde	CON	maj	URL	51	32	1	2			16		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Gedling	LAB	maj	URL	41	14	25	1			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Gloucester	CON	maj	URL	39	22	10	7					all, $4n$		7 May 2020
Gosport	CON	maj	URL	34	18	2	14					halves		7 May 2020
Gravesham	CON	maj	URL	44	24	20						all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Great Yarmouth	CO	maj	URL	39	23	15		1				thirds		2 May 2019
Guildford	CON	maj	URL	48	34	2	9			3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Hambleton	CON	maj	URL	28	27					1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Harborough	CON	maj	URL	37	29		8					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Harlow	LAB	maj	URL	33	13	20						thirds		2 May 2019
Harrogate	CON	maj	URL	40	31		7			2		all, $4n+2$		5 May 2022
Hart	NOC	CON min	URL	33	15		8			10		thirds		2 May 2019
Hastings	LAB	maj	URL	32	8	24						all, $4n+2$		5 May 2022
Havant	CON	maj	URL	38	31	2	1	2		2		thirds		2 May 2019
Hertsmere	CON	maj	URL	39	35	4						all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
High Peak	CON	maj	URL	43	23	17	2			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Hinckley and Bosworth	CON	maj	URL	34	21	1	12					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Horsham	CON	maj	URL	44	38		4			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Huntingdonshire	CON	maj	URL	52	30	4	7			11		all, $4n+2$		5 May 2022
Hyndburn	LAB	maj	URL	35	9	26						thirds		2 May 2019
Ipswich	LAB	maj	URL	48	12	34	2					thirds		2 May 2019
Kettering	CON	maj	URL	36	26	7	1			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	CON	maj	URL	62	49	7				6		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Lancaster	NOC	LAB min	URL	60	18	29			7	3	3	all, $4n+3$	17 May 2018 (3)	2 May 2019
Lewes	NOC	CON min	URL	41	20		11		3	7		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Lichfield	CON	maj	URL	47	42	4	1					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Lincoln	LAB	maj	URL	33	9	24						thirds		2 May 2019
Maidstone	NOC	LD min	URL	55	25	3	20			7		thirds		2 May 2019
Maldon	CON	maj	URL	31	27					4		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Malvern Hills	CON	maj	URL	38	23		4		3	8		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Mansfield (M)	NOC	IND Mayor	URL	36	1	17				18		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Melton	CON	maj	URL	28	26	1				1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Mendip	CON	maj	URL	47	32		10		3	2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Mid Devon	CON	maj	URL	42	28		5	1		7	1	all, $4n+3$	7 June 2018	2 May 2019
Mid Suffolk	CON	maj	URL	40	29		4		6	1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Mid Sussex	CON	maj	URL	54	53		1					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Mole Valley	NOC	t.b.d.	URL	41	20		14			7		thirds		3 May 2018
New Forest	CON	maj	URL	60	56		2			1	1	all, $4n+3$	t.b.d. 2018	2 May 2019
Newark and Sherwood	CON	maj	URL	39	24	12				3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Newcastle-under-Lyme	NOC	CON min	URL	44	20	18	3			3		all, $4n+2$		5 May 2022
North Devon	NOC	CON min	URL	43	18		14			11		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
North Dorset^{[u 2]}	CON	maj	URL	33	29		3			1		all, $4n+3$		None
North East Derbyshire	LAB	maj	URL	53	18	33	1			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
North Hertfordshire	CON	maj	URL	49	29	14	6					thirds		2 May 2019
North Kesteven	CON	maj	URL	43	29					13	1	all, $4n+3$	24 May 2018	2 May 2019
North Norfolk	CON	maj	URL	48	22		18			8		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
North Warwickshire	CON	maj	URL	35	21	13				1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
North West Leicestershire	CON	maj	URL	38	25	9	1			3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Northampton	CON	maj	URL	45	25	17	3					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Norwich	LAB	maj	URL	39		31	3		5			thirds		2 May 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth	NOC	t.b.d.	URL	34	16	17			1			halves		7 May 2020
Oadby and Wigston	LD	maj	URL	26	4		20			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Oxford	LAB	maj	URL	48		36	9		2	1		halves		7 May 2020
Pendle	CON	maj	URL	49	25	15	9					thirds		2 May 2019
Preston	LAB	maj	URL	57	17	35	5					thirds		2 May 2019
Purbeck^{[u 2]}	CON	maj	URL	25	20		4			1		all, $4n+3$		None
Redditch	CON	maj	URL	29	12	17						thirds		2 May 2019
Reigate and Banstead	CON	maj	URL	51	40		1		3	7		thirds		2 May 2019
Ribble Valley	CON	maj	URL	40	35	1	4					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Richmondshire	CON	maj	URL	34	24		1			9		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Rochford	CON	maj	URL	39	25		3		3	8		thirds		2 May 2019
Rossendale	LAB	maj	URL	36	14	20				2		thirds		2 May 2019
Rother	CON	maj	URL	38	31		3			4		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Rugby	CON	maj	URL	42	24	9	9					thirds		2 May 2019
Runnymede	CON	maj	URL	42	32	1				9		thirds		2 May 2019
Rushcliffe	CON	maj	URL	44	34	4	2		2	2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Rushmoor	CON	maj	URL	39	26	11	1			1		thirds		2 May 2019
Ryedale	NOC	NOC	URL	30	13		2			15		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Scarborough	CON	maj	URL	50	25	13			2	10		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Sedgemoor	CON	maj	URL	48	35	10	1	2				all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Selby	CON	maj	URL	31	22	7				2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Sevenoaks	CON	maj	URL	54	48	1	2	2		1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Bucks^{[u 1]}	CON	maj	URL	28	27					1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Cambridgeshire	LD	maj	URL	45	11	2	30			2		all, $4n+2$		5 May 2022
South Derbyshire	CON	maj	URL	36	23	12		1				all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Hams	CON	maj	URL	31	24		5		2			all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Holland	CON	maj	URL	37	28			2		7		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Kesteven	CON	maj	URL	56	45	3		1		7		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Lakeland	LD	maj	URL	51	19	3	29					thirds		2 May 2019
South Norfolk	CON	maj	URL	46	40		6					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Northamptonshire	CON	maj	URL	42	35		4			3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Oxfordshire	CON	maj	URL	36	33	1	1			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Ribble	CON	maj	URL	50	26	18	3			3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Somerset	NOC	LD min	URL	60	26		30			4		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
South Staffordshire	CON	maj	URL	49	43	1		1		4		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Spelthorne	CON	maj	URL	39	30	1	3			5		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
St Albans	CON	maj	URL	58	30	6	19		1	2		thirds		2 May 2019
St Edmundsbury^{[d 2]}	CON	maj	URL	45	34	2		1	1	7		all, $4n+3$		None
Stafford	CON	maj	URL	40	30	7				3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Staffordshire Moorlands	CON	maj	URL	56	33	9	2	2		10		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Stevenage	LAB	maj	URL	39	9	26	4					thirds		2 May 2019
Stratford-on-Avon	CON	maj	URL	36	29	1	4			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Stroud	NOC	LAB+GRN+LD	URL	51	22	18	2		8	1		all, $4n$		7 May 2020
Suffolk Coastal^{[d 3]}	CON	maj	URL	42	36	1	2			2	1	all, $4n+3$	17 May 2018	None
Surrey Heath	CON	maj	URL	40	36	1	1			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Swale	CON	maj	URL	47	32	5				10		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Tamworth	CON	maj	URL	30	22	5		1		1	1	thirds	24 May 2018	2 May 2019
Tandridge	CON	maj	URL	42	22		9			11		thirds		2 May 2019
Taunton Deane^{[d 4]}	CON	maj	URL	56	33	2	15	1	1	4		all, $4n+3$		None
Teignbridge	CON	maj	URL	46	24		17			5		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Tendring	CON	maj	URL	60	33	4	1	8		14		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Test Valley	CON	maj	URL	48	38		9			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Tewkesbury	CON	maj	URL	38	33		2			3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Thanet	NOC	CON min	URL	56	21	6		13		16		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Three Rivers	LD	maj	URL	39	16	3	20					thirds		2 May 2019
Tonbridge and Malling	CON	maj	URL	54	48		4			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Torridge	CON	maj	URL	36	19	1	3	3	2	8		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Tunbridge Wells	CON	maj	URL	48	43	2	3					thirds		2 May 2019
Uttlesford	CON	maj	URL	39	24		4			11		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Vale of White Horse	CON	maj	URL	38	29		9					all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Warwick	CON	maj	URL	46	31	9	2		1	3		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Watford	LD	maj	URL	36		10	26					thirds		2 May 2019
Waveney^{[d 3]}	CON	maj	URL	48	28	16			1	3		all, $4n+3$		None
Waverley	CON	maj	URL	57	50		1			5	1	all, $4n+3$	24 May 2018	2 May 2019
Wealden	CON	maj	URL	55	49					6		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Wellingborough	CON	maj	URL	36	27	9						all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Welwyn Hatfield	CON	maj	URL	48	25	15	8					thirds		2 May 2019
West Devon	CON	maj	URL	31	21					10		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
West Dorset^{[u 2]}	CON	maj	URL	42	30		11			1		all, $4n+3$		None
West Lancashire	LAB	maj	URL	54	21	31				2		thirds		2 May 2019
West Lindsey	CON	maj	URL	36	24	3	7			2		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
West Oxfordshire	CON	maj	URL	49	35	6	8					thirds		2 May 2019
West Somerset^{[d 4]}	CON	maj	URL	28	20	1	2	2		3		all, $4n+3$		None
Weymouth and Portland^{[u 2]}	NOC	All Party	URL	36	17	12	5		1	1		thirds to '16^[14]		None
Winchester	CON	maj	URL	45	23		22					thirds		2 May 2019
Woking	CON	maj	URL	30	16	3	8			3		thirds		2 May 2019
Worcester	NOC	LAB min	URL	35	17	15			3			thirds		2 May 2019
Worthing	CON	maj	URL	37	28	5	2	1		1		thirds		2 May 2019
Wychavon	CON	maj	URL	45	39		5			1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Wycombe^{[u 1]}	CON	maj	URL	60	49	6	1			4		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Wyre	CON	maj	URL	50	36	13				1		all, $4n+3$		2 May 2019
Wyre Forest	CON	maj	URL	33	22	3	2			6		thirds		2 May 2019

↑ 8 Ashfield Independents, 2 Selston Parish Independents
1 2 On 1 April 2019, Forest Heath district and St Edmundsbury district will be abolished and replaced by West Suffolk district. First elections to the new non-metropolitan district council will be on 2 May 2019. – S.I. 2018/639.
1 2 On 1 April 2019, Suffolk Coastal and Waveney districts will be replaced by East Suffolk district, with first elections to be held to the new non-metropolitan district council on 2 May 2019. – S.I. 2018/640.
1 2 On 1 April 2019, West Somerset and Taunton Deane districts will be replaced by Somerset West and Taunton district, with first elections to be held to the new non-metropolitan district council on 2 May 2019. – S.I. 2018/649.

England: unitary authorities

Unitary authorities vary in whether they elect to all or a third of their seats at a time.

The 17 that elect by thirds do so in leap years ( $4n$ ), two years after leap years ( $4n+2$ ) and three years after ( $4n+3$ ), as in district and metropolitan borough councils.
Of the other 38 councils that elect to all of their seats at once:
- two, Warrington and Bristol, elect in leap years ( $4n$ ),
- six elect in the year after leap years ( $4n+1$ , e.g. May 2017),
- and 30 elect three years after leap years ( $4n+3$ ).

Five UAs have directly elected mayors.

Last update 4 May 2018.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	UKIP	GP	Other	Vacant	Schedule	Next election
Bath and North East Somerset	CON	maj	URL	65	37	6	16		1	5		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Bedford (M)	NOC	LD Mayor	URL	40	15	14	9			2		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Blackburn with Darwen	LAB	maj	URL	51	13	37	1					thirds	2 May 2019
Blackpool	LAB	maj	URL	42	12	29				1		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Bournemouth^{[u 2]}	CON	maj	URL	54	51				1	2		all, $4n+3$	None
Bracknell Forest	CON	maj	URL	42	41	1						all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Brighton & Hove	NOC	LAB min	URL	54	20	22			11	1		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Bristol (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	70	14	37	7		11		1	all, $4n$	7 May 2020
Central Bedfordshire	CON	maj	URL	59	52	2	1			4		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Cheshire East	CON	maj	URL	82	51	16	2			13		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Cheshire West and Chester	LAB	maj	URL	75	36	38				1		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Cornwall	NOC	LD+IND	URL	123	46	4	37			36		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Darlington	LAB	maj	URL	50	16	29	3			2		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Derby	NOC	t.b.d.	URL	51	20	23	5	3				thirds	2 May 2019
Durham	LAB	maj	URL	126	10	74	14			28		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
East Riding of Yorkshire	CON	maj	URL	67	48	6	3	3		7		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Halton	LAB	maj	URL	56	2	52	2					thirds	2 May 2019
Hartlepool	LAB	maj	URL	33	3	19				11		thirds	2 May 2019
Herefordshire	CON	maj	URL	53	28		2		4	19		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Isle of Wight	CON	maj	URL	40	25	1	2		1	11		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Kingston upon Hull	LAB	maj	URL	57	2	31	24					thirds	2 May 2019
Leicester (M)	LAB	maj	URL	54	1	52	1					all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Luton	LAB	maj	URL	48	5	34	8			1		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Medway	CON	maj	URL	55	37	16		2				all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Middlesbrough (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	46	5	31				10		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Milton Keynes	NOC	LAB min	URL	57	24	21	12					thirds	2 May 2019
North East Lincolnshire	NOC	LAB min	URL	42	18	19	4			1		thirds	2 May 2019
North Lincolnshire	CON	maj	URL	43	26	17						all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
North Somerset	CON	maj	URL	50	36	4	4		1	5		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Northumberland	NOC	CON min	URL	67	33	24	3			7^{[u 3]}		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Nottingham	LAB	maj	URL	55	2	52				1		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Peterborough	CON	maj	URL	60	31	14	6	1	1	7		thirds	2 May 2019
Plymouth	LAB	maj	URL	57	26	31						thirds	2 May 2019
Poole^{[u 2]}	CON	maj	URL	42	29		7	1		5		all, $4n+3$	None
Portsmouth	NOC	LD min	URL	42	19	5	16			2		thirds	2 May 2019
Reading	LAB	maj	URL	46	12	30	1		3			thirds	2 May 2019
Redcar & Cleveland	NOC	LAB min	URL	59	11	28	11			9		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Rutland	CON	maj	URL	26	17		1			8		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Shropshire	CON	maj	URL	74	49	8	12			5		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Slough	LAB	maj	URL	42	7	34				1		thirds	2 May 2019
South Gloucestershire	CON	maj	URL	70	40	14	16					all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Southampton	LAB	LAB	URL	48	19	25				4		thirds	2 May 2019
Southend-on-Sea	CON	maj	URL	51	29	11	2			9		thirds	2 May 2019
Stockton-on-Tees	LAB	maj	URL	56	12	30	1			13		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Stoke-on-Trent	NOC	IND+CON+UKIP	URL	44	7	20		1		16		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Swindon	CON	maj	URL	57	29	26	2					thirds	2 May 2019
Telford & Wrekin	LAB	maj	URL	54	21	28	3			2		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Thurrock	NOC	CON min	URL	49	20	17				12		thirds	2 May 2019
Torbay (M)	CON	CON Mayor	URL	36	20		7			9		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Warrington	LAB	maj	URL	58	1	45	12					all, $4n$	7 May 2020
West Berkshire	CON	maj	URL	52	47		5					all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Wiltshire	CON	maj	URL	98	68	3	20			7		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Windsor & Maidenhead	CON	maj	URL	57	49		1			7		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019
Wokingham	CON	maj	URL	54	42	3	8			1		thirds	2 May 2019
York	NOC	CON+LD	URL	47	12	15	12		4	4		all, $4n+3$	2 May 2019

1 2 3 4 5 The previous Secretary of State had stated that he was "minded to" legislate for the replacement of Buckinghamshire county council and its four district councils with a single unitary authority, pending the closure of a public consultation on 25 May 2018. – HCWS535
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 On 1 April 2019, Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities and the Borough of Christchurch in Dorset County will be replaced by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority, and the remaining five districts of Dorset County by Dorset unitary authority (entailing the abolition of the county, the six districts and the two unitary authorities). First elections to the two new councils will be on 2 May 2019. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council elections will take place every 4 years after that (elections in $4n+3$ years), while the first two terms of Dorset Council will last 5 years ( $5n+4$ ), with terms reverting to 4 years from 2029 ( $4n+1$ ). – S.I. 2018/648. The one-third elections originally scheduled for Weymouth West and Portland District Council on 3 May 2018 were cancelled. – Weymouth & Portland area elections and referendums www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 Apr 2018.
↑ 3 Bedlington Independents

The Council of the Isles of Scilly is a similar single-tier authority, which had all its seats up for election in May 2017. All candidates stood independently.

Council	Control		Web	Total	IND	Vacant	Last change
Isles of Scilly	IND	IND	URL	16	16		Election, 4 May 2017

England: metropolitan borough councils

Of the 36 metropolitan borough councils:

three elect to all of their seats at once, either:
- in a leap year ( $4n$ , Rotherham),
- in the year after a leap year ( $4n+1$ , Doncaster, e.g. May 2017),
- or two years after ( $4n+2$ , Birmingham, e.g. May 2018);
the other 33 boroughs hold elections for one third of their seats at a time, all with seats elected to either in $4n$ , $4n+2$ or $4n+3$ years (e.g. May 2019).

Doncaster, Liverpool and Salford are mayoral metropolitan boroughs.

Last update 4 May 2018.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	UKIP	GP	Other	Vacant	Schedule	Next election
Barnsley	LAB	maj	URL	63	4	56	1			2		thirds	2 May 2019
Birmingham	LAB	maj	URL	101	25	67	8		1			all, $4n+2$	5 May 2022
Bolton	LAB	maj	URL	60	19	31	3	3		4		thirds	2 May 2019
Bradford	LAB	maj	URL	90	22	52	7		2	7		thirds	2 May 2019
Bury	LAB	maj	URL	51	17	31	3					thirds	2 May 2019
Calderdale	NOC	LAB min	URL	51	19	24	6			2		thirds	2 May 2019
Coventry	LAB	maj	URL	54	13	40				1		thirds	2 May 2019
Doncaster (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	55	7	43				5		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Dudley	NOC	LAB min	URL	72	35	35		1		1		thirds	2 May 2019
Gateshead	LAB	maj	URL	66		54	12					thirds	2 May 2019
Kirklees	LAB	maj	URL	69	20	36	7		3	3		thirds	2 May 2019
Knowsley	LAB	maj	URL	45		40	3		1	1		thirds	2 May 2019
Leeds	LAB	maj	URL	99	19	60	9		3	8		thirds	2 May 2019
Liverpool (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	90		76	7		4	3		thirds	2 May 2019
Manchester	LAB	maj	URL	96		94	2					thirds	2 May 2019
Newcastle upon Tyne	LAB	maj	URL	78		56	19			3		thirds	2 May 2019
North Tyneside	LAB	maj	URL	60	6	53	1					thirds	2 May 2019
Oldham	LAB	maj	URL	60	4	47	8			1		thirds	2 May 2019
Rochdale	LAB	maj	URL	60	10	48	2					thirds	2 May 2019
Rotherham	LAB	maj	URL	63		48	1	13		1		all, $4n$	7 May 2020
Salford (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	60	9	50				1		thirds	2 May 2019
Sandwell	LAB	maj	URL	72		70				2		thirds	2 May 2019
Sefton	LAB	maj	URL	66	8	43	12			3		thirds	2 May 2019
Sheffield	LAB	maj	URL	84		53	22	3	6			thirds	2 May 2019
Solihull	CON	maj	URL	51	32	2	4	1	11	1		thirds	2 May 2019
South Tyneside	LAB	maj	URL	54	1	53						thirds	2 May 2019
St Helens	LAB	maj	URL	48	3	41	3			1		thirds	2 May 2019
Stockport	NOC	LAB min	URL	63	13	23	21			5	1	thirds	2 May 2019
Sunderland	LAB	maj	URL	75	8	61	6					thirds	2 May 2019
Tameside	LAB	maj	URL	57	6	51						thirds	2 May 2019
Trafford	NOC	t.b.d.	URL	63	29	30	2		2			thirds	2 May 2019
Wakefield	LAB	maj	URL	63	11	52						thirds	2 May 2019
Walsall	NOC	Con min	URL	60	30	26	2			2		thirds	2 May 2019
Wigan	LAB	maj	URL	75	7	60				8		thirds	2 May 2019
Wirral	LAB	maj	URL	66	21	39	5		1			thirds	2 May 2019
Wolverhampton	LAB	maj	URL	60	9	51						thirds	2 May 2019

London borough councils

The London Assembly is (together with the elected Mayor of London) the governing body for the Greater London Authority. Within its administrative area, the 32 borough councils perform lower functions.

Elections to all seats of all 32 London boroughs were last held in May 2018 and will next be held in May 2022.

Last update 4 May 2018.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	GP	Other	Vacant	Upcoming by-elections
Barking & Dagenham	LAB	maj	URL	51		51
Barnet	CON	maj	URL	63	38	25
Bexley	CON	maj	URL	45	34	11
Brent	LAB	maj	URL	63	3	57				3	t.b.d. 2018
Bromley	CON	maj	URL	60	50	8			2
Camden	LAB	maj	URL	54	7	43	3	1
Croydon	LAB	maj	URL	70	29	41
Ealing	LAB	maj	URL	69	8	57	4
Enfield	LAB	maj	URL	63	17	46
Greenwich	LAB	maj	URL	51	9	42
Hackney (M)	LAB	maj	URL	57	5	52
Hammersmith & Fulham	LAB	maj	URL	46	11	35
Haringey	LAB	maj	URL	57		42	15
Harrow	LAB	maj	URL	63	28	35
Havering	NOC	CON+IND	URL	54	25	5			24^{[l 1]}
Hillingdon	CON	maj	URL	65	44	21
Hounslow	LAB	maj	URL	60	9	51
Islington	LAB	maj	URL	48		47		1
Kensington & Chelsea	CON	maj	URL	50	36	13	1
Kingston upon Thames	LD	maj	URL	48	9		39
Lambeth	LAB	maj	URL	63	1	57		5
Lewisham (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	54		54
Merton	LAB	maj	URL	60	17	34	6		3
Newham (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	60		60
Redbridge	LAB	maj	URL	63	12	51
Richmond upon Thames	LD	maj	URL	54	11		39	4
Southwark	LAB	maj	URL	63		49	14			3	14 June 2018
Sutton	LD	maj	URL	54	18		33		3
Tower Hamlets (M)	NOC	LAB Mayor	URL	45	2	42	1
Waltham Forest	LAB	maj	URL	60	14	46
Wandsworth	CON	maj	URL	60	33	26			1
Westminster	CON	maj	URL	60	41	19

The 100-member Court of Common Council of the City of London, a municipal corporation, was last elected in March 2017. Most members are non-aligned; the largest party is Temple & Farringdon Together^[15] and the only national party represented is Labour.

Council	Control		Web	Total	IND	TFT	LAB	Vacant	Last change
City of London Corporation	IND	IND	URL	100	85	10	5		By-election, 22 March 2018

↑ 22 various Residents Associations, 2 independents

Scotland

All 32 Scottish unitary authorities had all their seats up for election by Single Transferable Vote in May 2017. Elections are on a five-year cycle and are next due on 5 May 2022. Currently, none of the mainland councils are controlled by the "big four" parties in Scotland, and the three island councils are controlled by local independents.

Political control may be held by minority governments (min), coalitions (co), joint leadership arrangements (j.l.) or partnership working arrangements (p.w.).^[10]

Last update 10 September 2018.

Council	Control		Web	Total	SNP	CON	LAB	LD	GP	Other
Aberdeen	NOC	CON+ALAB^{[s 1]}+IND co	URL	45	19	11		3		12^{[s 1]}
Aberdeenshire	NOC	CON+LD+IND co	URL	70	21	23	1	14	1	10
Angus	NOC	IND+CON+LD co	URL	28	9	8		2		9
Argyll & Bute	NOC	CON+LD+IND co^[16]	URL	36	11	9		6		10
Clackmannanshire	NOC	SNP min^[17]	URL	18	8	5	5
Dumfries & Galloway	NOC	LAB+SNP co	URL	43	11	16	10	1		5
Dundee	NOC	SNP+IND co	URL	29	14	3	9	2		1
East Ayrshire	NOC	SNP min	URL	32	14	6	9			3
East Dunbartonshire	NOC	LD+CON co^[18]	URL	22	7	6	2	6		1
East Lothian	NOC	LAB min	URL	22	6	7	9
East Renfrewshire	NOC	SNP+LAB+IND co	URL	18	5	6	4			3
Edinburgh	NOC	SNP+LAB co^[19]	URL	58	17	17	12	6	8	3
Eilean Siar	IND	IND	URL	31	7	1				23
Falkirk	NOC	SNP min^[20]	URL	30	12	7	9			2
Fife	NOC	SNP+LAB j.l.^[21]	URL	75	29	16	23	7
Glasgow	NOC	SNP min^[22]	URL	85	39	8	31		7
Highland	NOC	IND+LD+LAB co	URL	74	19	11	3	10	1	30
Inverclyde	NOC	LAB min	URL	22	6	2	8	1		5
Midlothian	NOC	LAB min	URL	18	7	5	6
Moray	NOC	CON+IND co	URL	26	9	8	1			8
North Ayrshire	NOC	LAB min	URL	33	11	7	11			4
North Lanarkshire	NOC	LAB min	URL	77	33	9	33			2
Orkney	IND	IND	URL	21						21
Perth & Kinross	NOC	CON+LD+IND co	URL	40	15	17	1	4		3
Renfrewshire	NOC	SNP min	URL	43	19	8	13	1		2
Scottish Borders	NOC	CON+IND co	URL	34	9	14		2		9
Shetland	IND	IND	URL	22	1					21
South Ayrshire	NOC	SNP+LAB+IND p.w.	URL	28	9	12	5			2
South Lanarkshire	NOC	SNP min	URL	64	25	14	19	1		5
Stirling	NOC	SNP+LAB	URL	23	9	8	4		1	1
West Dunbartonshire	NOC	SNP+IND	URL	22	10	2	8			2
West Lothian	NOC	LAB min	URL	33	13	7	12			1

1 2 9 Aberdeen Labour (Councillors suspended by Scottish Labour from party for their coalition with Conservatives)

Wales

All 22 Welsh unitary authorities had all of their seats up for election in May 2017, and the next elections are expected on 6 May 2021. The deaths of two candidates postponed the elections in one ward in Merthyr Tydfil and one in Ceredigion to 8 June, the day of the 2017 general election. No-one stood for election in one single-member ward in Powys, necessitating a by-election on 22 June for which six parties stood.^[23]^[24]^[25]

Last update 4 May 2018.

Council	Control		Web	Total	LAB	PC	CON	LD	GP	Other
Blaenau Gwent	IND	IND	URL	42	13	1				29
Bridgend	NOC	LAB...	URL	54	26	3	8	1		16
Caerphilly	LAB	maj	URL	73	50	18				5
Cardiff	LAB	maj	URL	75	40	2	20	11		2
Carmarthenshire	NOC	PC...	URL	74	22	37				15
Ceredigion	NOC	PC...	URL	42		20		8		14
Conwy	NOC	IND...	URL	59	8	8	16	4		23
Denbighshire	NOC	CON	URL	47	13	9	15			10
Flintshire	NOC	LAB...	URL	70	34		6	5		25
Gwynedd	PC	maj	URL	75	1	41		1		32
Isle of Anglesey	NOC	PC...	URL	30	2	14		1		13
Merthyr Tydfil	IND	maj	URL	33	15					18
Monmouthshire	CON	maj	URL	43	10		25	3		5
Neath Port Talbot	LAB	maj	URL	64	43	15		1		5
Newport	LAB	maj	URL	50	31		12	2		5
Pembrokeshire	IND	IND	URL	60	7	6	11	1		35
Powys	NOC	IND...	URL	73	7	2	20	13	1	30
Rhondda Cynon Taf	LAB	maj	URL	75	47	17	4	1		6
Swansea	LAB	maj	URL	72	48		9	7		8
Torfaen	LAB	maj	URL	44	29		4			11
Vale of Glamorgan	NOC	CON...	URL	47	14	4	23			6
Wrexham	NOC	IND...	URL	52	12	3	9	2		26

Northern Ireland

Elections were held for 11 newly created councils in Northern Ireland in May 2014, and will next be held in May 2019 and on a four-year cycle after that.^[26] All seats are filled at once by Single Transferable vote within district electoral areas of 5 to 7 wards.

The councils have ceremonial mayors elected by council members. Uniquely in the UK, vacancies are filled by co-option by whichever party won the seat at the previous election.

Last update 18 April 2018.^[27]

Council	Control		Web	Total	DUP	SF	UUP	SDLP	APNI	TUV	PUP	GP	CON	Other	Vacant	Upcoming co-options
Antrim and Newtownabbey	NOC	DUP...	URL	40	15	3	12	4	4	1				1
Ards and North Down	NOC	DUP...	URL	40	18		9	1	7	1		2		2
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	NOC	DUP...	URL	41	13	8	11	6						3
Belfast	NOC	SF...	URL	60	12	19	6	4	8		3	1		6^{[n 1]}	1	1 DUP
Causeway Coast and Glens	NOC	DUP...	URL	40	12	7	8	6	1	3	1		1	1
Derry and Strabane	NOC	SF...	URL	40	7	16	2	8						7
Fermanagh and Omagh	NOC	SF...	URL	40	6	16	8	6						4
Lisburn and Castlereagh	NOC	DUP...	URL	40	20		9	4	5	1				1
Mid and East Antrim	NOC	DUP...	URL	40	16	2	9	1	3	4				5
Mid-Ulster	NOC	SF...	URL	40	8	18	7	5						2
Newry, Mourne and Down	NOC	...	URL	41	4	14	3	14	2					4

↑ 1 People Before Profit Alliance

References

↑ "The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
↑ "The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
↑ "The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
↑ "The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY:Written statement - HCWS535". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
↑ Open Council Data UK
↑ "Britain Elects". Elector. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
↑ "LocalCouncils". Thorncliffe. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
↑ "By-Election Results". Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
1 2 "Political control | COSLA". www.cosla.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
↑ "England local elections 2017". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
↑ "Elections | nidirect". nidirect. 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
↑ "The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 2014". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
↑ "Weymouth & Portland area elections and referendums". www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
↑ "Temple and Farringdon Together". Temple and Farringdon Together. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
↑ "Economic growth and education priorities in Argyll | Press and Journal". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
↑ "Cooperation and collaboration on the agenda at Clacks Council". Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
↑ "Protests as new Lib Dem/Tory coalition takes control at East Dunbartonshire Council". Retrieved 2018-03-30.
↑ Gordon, Rebecca. "Leaders sign coalition agreement to run the Capital". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
↑ "SNP minority takes control of Falkirk Council". Retrieved 2018-03-25.
↑ "Fife Council agree to SNP and Labour joint partnership". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
↑ Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (2017-05-18). "Councillor Eva Bolander chosen as Glasgow's Lord Provost". Retrieved 2018-03-25.
↑ "Merthyr Tydfil: 30 seats declared - no final results". ITV News. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-39560254
↑ "Final seat on council goes to Tories". Brecon & Radnor Express. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
↑ "Fianna Fail to stand for elections in Northern Ireland". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
↑ "Open Council Data UK | Northern Ireland". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-05.

External links

Open Council Data UK: All UK councillors with parties and wards
Edkins, Keith: Local Council Political Compositions
A to Z of Local Councils. Directgov.

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[12] "Others" includes lesser known parties and independents. For further detail, see the URLs to council webpages in the tables below.

[:1-17] 8 Ashfield Independents, 2 Selston Parish Independents

[:2-18] 1 2 On 1 April 2019, Forest Heath district and St Edmundsbury district will be abolished and replaced by West Suffolk district. First elections to the new non-metropolitan district council will be on 2 May 2019. – S.I. 2018/639.

[:3-19] 1 2 On 1 April 2019, Suffolk Coastal and Waveney districts will be replaced by East Suffolk district, with first elections to be held to the new non-metropolitan district council on 2 May 2019. – S.I. 2018/640.

[:0-20] 1 2 On 1 April 2019, West Somerset and Taunton Deane districts will be replaced by Somerset West and Taunton district, with first elections to be held to the new non-metropolitan district council on 2 May 2019. – S.I. 2018/649.

[:1-15] 1 2 3 4 5 The previous Secretary of State had stated that he was "minded to" legislate for the replacement of Buckinghamshire county council and its four district councils with a single unitary authority, pending the closure of a public consultation on 25 May 2018. – HCWS535

[:0-16] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 On 1 April 2019, Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities and the Borough of Christchurch in Dorset County will be replaced by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority, and the remaining five districts of Dorset County by Dorset unitary authority (entailing the abolition of the county, the six districts and the two unitary authorities). First elections to the two new councils will be on 2 May 2019. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council elections will take place every 4 years after that (elections in $4n+3$ years), while the first two terms of Dorset Council will last 5 years ( $5n+4$ ), with terms reverting to 4 years from 2029 ( $4n+1$ ). – S.I. 2018/648. The one-third elections originally scheduled for Weymouth West and Portland District Council on 3 May 2018 were cancelled. – Weymouth & Portland area elections and referendums www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 Apr 2018.

[22] 3 Bedlington Independents

[23] 22 various Residents Associations, 2 independents

[:0-25] 1 2 9 Aberdeen Labour (Councillors suspended by Scottish Labour from party for their coalition with Conservatives)

[38] 1 People Before Profit Alliance

[1] "The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.

[2] "The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.

[3] "The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.

[4] "The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.

[bucks-5] "LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY:Written statement - HCWS535". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2018-05-31.

[6] Open Council Data UK

[7] "Britain Elects". Elector. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[8] "LocalCouncils". Thorncliffe. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[9] "By-Election Results". Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[:0-10] 1 2 "Political control | COSLA". www.cosla.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[11] "England local elections 2017". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[13] "Elections | nidirect". nidirect. 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2018-03-23.

[14] "The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 2014". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.

[21] "Weymouth & Portland area elections and referendums". www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[24] "Temple and Farringdon Together". Temple and Farringdon Together. Retrieved 2018-04-02.

[26] "Economic growth and education priorities in Argyll | Press and Journal". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[27] "Cooperation and collaboration on the agenda at Clacks Council". Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[28] "Protests as new Lib Dem/Tory coalition takes control at East Dunbartonshire Council". Retrieved 2018-03-30.

[29] Gordon, Rebecca. "Leaders sign coalition agreement to run the Capital". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[30] "SNP minority takes control of Falkirk Council". Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[31] "Fife Council agree to SNP and Labour joint partnership". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[32] Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (2017-05-18). "Councillor Eva Bolander chosen as Glasgow's Lord Provost". Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[33] "Merthyr Tydfil: 30 seats declared - no final results". ITV News. Retrieved 2017-05-11.

[34] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-39560254

[35] "Final seat on council goes to Tories". Brecon & Radnor Express. Retrieved 2018-05-29.

[36] "Fianna Fail to stand for elections in Northern Ireland". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

[37] "Open Council Data UK | Northern Ireland". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-05.

Elections and referendums in the United Kingdom
General elections	1801 co-option 1802 1806 1807 1812 1818 1820 1826 1830 1831 1832–33 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 1910 (Jan–Feb) 1910 (Dec) 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (Feb) 1974 (Oct) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 Next
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European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014
Referendums	1975 2011 2016

Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom

Summary

Technical information

England: two-tier council system

County councils

District councils

England: unitary authorities

England: metropolitan borough councils

London borough councils

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

See also

References

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