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 6 May 2021 local elections, but changes in party representation arise frequently due to resignations, deaths, by-elections, co-options and changes of affiliation.

Since April 2020 there have been 404 principal local authorities in the UK. England has 339 councils of seven types: 25 county and 188 district councils (two tiers with separate responsibilities covering the same physical area), 56 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.

The 2020 local government elections in England were postponed until 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Councillors elected in 2021 in elections that would otherwise have been held in 2020 will only serve three-year terms, so that the next elections for those seats will take place in 2024 as they would have without the pandemic.^[2]

Information on political compositions is drawn from council websites and council data aggregators.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Summary[]

This table numbers the seats held by each party as of November 2021.

Party		Total	England						Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
			Two-tier		London	Metro.	UA	S.G.
			County	District	London	Metro.	UA	S.G.
	Conservative	7,530	1,055	3,622	509	484	1,424		171	263
	Labour	5,796	207	1,294	1,095	1,515	981	5	450	243
	Liberal Democrats	2,481	230	1,298	158	209	457		61	68
	SNP	395								395
	Green (all)	485	46	238	14	65	97			17	8
	Plaid Cymru	199							199
	DUP	114									114
	Sinn Féin	104									104
	UUP	74									74
	UKIP	9		6		1	1		1
	SDLP	56									56
	Alliance	53									53
	Alba Party	14								14
	Reform UK	2					2
	Others^[a]	2,528	94	1,118	53	114	415	111	367	219	50
Vacancies		50	3	30	3	6	8	0	4	8	3
Total		20,224	1,635	7,610	1,833	2,396	3,386	116	1,253	1,227	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^[10] 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.^[11]

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. 22 of the 25 counties had elections in May 2021 and the next elections for them are expected in May 2025. 3 of the 25 counties had elections in May 2017, and their next elections are expected on 5 May 2022

Last full update 12 May 2021.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	GP	Other	Vacant	Next election
Cambridgeshire	NOC	LD+LAB+IND	URL	61	28	9	20		4		May 2025
Cumbria	NOC	LAB+LD	URL	84	38	26	15	1	4		5 May 2022
Derbyshire	CON	maj	URL	64	45	14	4	1			May 2025
Devon	CON	maj	URL	60	39	7	9	2	3		May 2025
East Sussex	CON	maj	URL	50	25	5	11	4	3		May 2025
Essex	CON	maj	URL	75	52	5	8	1	9		May 2025
Gloucestershire	CON	maj	URL	53	28	5	16	4			May 2025
Hampshire	CON	maj	URL	78	56	3	17		2		May 2025
Hertfordshire	CON	maj	URL	78	46	7	23	1	1		May 2025
Kent	CON	maj	URL	81	61	7	6	4	2	1	May 2025
Lancashire	CON	maj	URL	84	48	32	2	2			May 2025
Leicestershire	CON	maj	URL	55	42	4	9				May 2025
Lincolnshire	CON	maj	URL	70	54	4	3		9		May 2025
Norfolk	CON	maj	URL	84	58	11	8	3	3	1	May 2025
North Yorkshire	CON	maj	URL	72	54	4	4		10		5 May 2022
Nottinghamshire	CON	Maj	URL	66	37	15	1		13		May 2025
Oxfordshire	NOC	LD/GRN^{[c 1]} +LAB	URL	63	22^{[c 2]}	15^{[c 2]}	21	3	2		May 2025
Somerset	CON	maj	URL	55	35	3	12	2	3		5 May 2022
Staffordshire	CON	maj	URL	62	57	4			1		May 2025
Suffolk	CON	maj	URL	75	55	5	4	9	2		May 2025
Surrey	CON	maj	URL	81	47	2	14	2	16		May 2025
Warwickshire	CON	maj	URL	57	42	6	5	3	1		May 2025
West Sussex	CON	maj	URL	70	48	9	10	1	2		May 2025
Worcestershire	CON	maj	URL	57	45	3	4	3	2		May 2025

^ The LD and GRN councillors formed a single group, the Liberal Democrat Green Alliance, in advance of wider coalition negotiations.^[12]
^ ^a ^b An administrative error in the 2021 election count for the Banbury Ruscote ward resulted in the Conservative candidate being declared elected instead of the Labour candidate. The Labour Party have announced their intention to launch a legal challenge to rectify the result, which if successful will result in the Conservative Party having 21 councillors and the Labour Party 16.^[13]

District councils[]

Geographically, non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of non-metropolitan counties. They have complementary 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 seven 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 years divisible by 4, two years after that and three years after, so they would held elections in 2016, 2018 and 2019;
- but note that Weymouth and Portland's 2018 election was cancelled pending a merger and all 2020 elections were postponed to 2021;^{[u 1]}
Of the 137 that elect to all of their seats at once:
- two (Gloucester and Stroud) elect in years divisible by 4 ( $4n$ : 2012, 2016, 2021, 2024...),
- four elect two years after a year divisible by 4 ( $4n+2$ : 2014, 2018, 2022, ...),
- and 131 do so three years after a year divisible by 4 ( $4n+3$ : 2015, 2019, 2023, ...).

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 in 2019.^{[u 1]} The single county and four district councils of Buckinghamshire were subsumed into a single unitary authority in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 202 councillors from all five councils are united in a Shadow Authority until the postponed elections in 2021.^[14]^{[u 2]}

No elections took place in 2021 for district councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset, because of the possibility that the councils would be abolished.^[15] In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023 all those district councils are to be abolished and their functions transferred to new unitary authorities.^[16] There will be no further elections to the district councils.

Last full update 4 May 2019.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	GP	Other	Vacant	Cycle	Next election
Adur	CON	maj	URL	29	19	7		1	2		halves	5 May 2022
Allerdale	NOC	IND+CON	URL	49	15	14			20		all, $4n+3$	none
Amber Valley	CON	maj	URL	45	28	16		1			thirds	5 May 2022
Arun	NOC	Con min	URL	54	21	1	22	2	8		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Ashfield	IND	maj	URL	35	3	2			30		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Ashford	CON	maj	URL	47	26	7		2	12		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Babergh	NOC	CON+LD+IND	URL	32	15	2	3	4	8		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Barrow-in-Furness	LAB	maj	URL	36	12	24					all, $4n+3$	none
Basildon	CON	maj	URL	42	22	12			8		thirds	5 May 2022
Basingstoke and Deane	CON	maj	URL	60	33	10	5		6		thirds	5 May 2022
Bassetlaw	LAB	maj	URL	48	5	37	1		5		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Blaby	CON	maj	URL	39	25	6	6	1	1		all, $4n+3$	23 May 2023
Bolsover	NOC	LAB+9 IND	URL	37	3	17			17		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Boston	CON	maj	URL	30	16	2			12		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Braintree	CON	maj	URL	49	34	2		6	7^{[d 1]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Breckland	CON	maj	URL	49	37	6		2	4		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Brentwood	CON	maj	URL	37	22	2	13				thirds	5 May 2022
Broadland	CON	maj	URL	47	32	2	12		1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Bromsgrove	CON	maj	URL	31	17	5	3		6^{[d 2]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Broxbourne	CON	maj	URL	30	27	3					thirds	5 May 2022
Broxtowe	NOC	LAB+LD+IND	URL	44	20	14	5		5		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Burnley	NOC	LAB...	URL	45	9	18	8	5	5		thirds	5 May 2022
Cambridge	LAB	maj	URL	42		27	12	2	1		thirds	5 May 2022
Cannock Chase	CON	maj	URL	41	24	9	2	1	5		thirds	5 May 2022
Canterbury	CON	maj	URL	39	23	10	6				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Carlisle	NOC	CON min	URL	52	19	13	1	1	5		all, $4n+3$	none
Castle Point	CON	maj	URL	41	21				20		thirds	5 May 2022
Charnwood	CON	maj	URL	52	37	13		1	1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Chelmsford	LD	maj	URL	57	21		31		5		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Cheltenham	LD	maj	URL	40	8		30		2		halves	5 May 2022
Cherwell	CON	maj	URL	48	31	9	3	1	4		thirds	5 May 2022
Chesterfield	LAB	maj	URL	48		28	17		3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Chichester	NOC	CON min	URL	36	18	2	11	2	3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Chorley	LAB	maj	URL	47	13	29					thirds	5 May 2022
Colchester	NOC	CON+IND	URL	51	23	11	12	2	3		thirds	5 May 2022
Copeland (M)	LAB	IND Mayor	URL	33	10	19			4		all, $4n+3$	none
Cotswold	LD	maj	URL	34	14		18	1	1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Craven	NOC	CON min	URL	30	15	3	1	2	9			none
Crawley	NOC	CON...	URL	36	18	17			1		thirds	5 May 2022
Dacorum	CON	maj	URL	51	31		19		1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Dartford	CON	maj	URL	44	29	10			3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Derbyshire Dales	CON	maj	URL	39	20	6	8	2	3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Dover	CON	maj	URL	32	19	12			1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
East Cambridgeshire	CON	maj	URL	28	15		13				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
East Devon	NOC	EDA+IND+LD+GRN+LAB	URL	60	22	2	7	2	27^{[d 3]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
East Hampshire	CON	maj	URL	43	32	2	7		2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
East Hertfordshire	CON	maj	URL	50	40	2	6	2			all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
East Lindsey	CON	maj	URL	55	29	7	1		18		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
East Staffordshire	CON	maj	URL	39	25	10	1		3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
East Suffolk	CON	maj	URL	88	39	7	3	4	2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Eastbourne	LD	maj	URL	27	9		18				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Eastleigh	LD	maj	URL	39	2		32		5		thirds	5 May 2022
Eden	NOC	LD+LAB+IND	URL	38	14	2	10	2	10		all, $4n+3$	none
Elmbridge	NOC	CON...	URL	48	21		9		18	1	thirds	5 May 2022
Epping Forest	CON	maj	URL	58	36		4	3	15^{[d 4]}		thirds	5 May 2022
Epsom and Ewell	IND	IND	URL	38	1	3	2		32^{[d 5]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Erewash	CON	maj	URL	47	27	19	1				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Exeter	LAB	maj	URL	39	6	28	2	2	1		thirds	5 May 2022
Fareham	CON	maj	URL	31	23		5		3		halves	5 May 2022
Fenland	CON	maj	URL	39	26		2	1	10		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Folkestone and Hythe	NOC	CON+GRN+LD+IND	URL	30	13	5	2	6	4^{[d 6]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Forest of Dean	NOC	IND+GRN+LAB	URL	48	9	5	2	6	15		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Fylde	CON	maj	URL	51	31		1		19		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Gedling	LAB	maj	URL	41	8	29	2		2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Gloucester	CON	maj	URL	39	26	3	10				all, $4n$	1 May 2025
Gosport	CON	maj	URL	34	19	1	14				halves	5 May 2022
Gravesham	LAB	maj	URL	44	18	24			2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Great Yarmouth	CON	maj	URL	39	20	15			4		TBC	TBC
Guildford	NOC	LD+R4GV	URL	48	9	2	17	1	19^{[d 7]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Hambleton	CON	maj	URL	28	24	1	1		2		all, $4n+3$	none
Harborough	CON	maj	URL	37	22	1	11				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Harlow	CON	maj	URL	33	20	13					thirds	5 May 2022
Harrogate	CON	maj	URL	40	31		7		2		all, $4n+2$	none
Hart	NOC	LD+IND	URL	33	12		10		11^{[d 8]}		thirds	5 May 2022
Hastings	LAB	maj	URL	32	12	19		1			halves	5 May 2022
Havant	CON	maj	URL	38	36	1	1				thirds	5 May 2022
Hertsmere	CON	maj	URL	39	29	7	3				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
High Peak	LAB	maj	URL	43	16	22	3	2			all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Hinckley and Bosworth	LD	maj	URL	34	11	2	21				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Horsham	CON	maj	URL	44	32		13	2	1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Huntingdonshire	CON	maj	URL	52	30	4	7		11		all, $4n+2$	5 May 2022
Hyndburn	LAB	maj	URL	35	12	22			1		thirds	5 May 2022
Ipswich	LAB	maj	URL	48	15	30	3				thirds	5 May 2022
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	CON	maj	URL	62	28	10	1	1	15		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Lancaster	NOC	LAB+GRN+LD+IND	URL	60	11	16	4	10	19		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Lewes	NOC	LD+GRN+LAB+IND	URL	41	19	3	9	8	2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Lichfield	CON	maj	URL	47	34	10	1		2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Lincoln	LAB	maj	URL	33	10	22	1				thirds	5 May 2022
Maidstone	CON	maj	URL	55	29	4	17		5		thirds	5 May 2022
Maldon	CON	maj	URL	31	17				14		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Malvern Hills	NOC	IND+LD+GRN	URL	38	13	1	9	5	10		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Mansfield (M)	NOC	LAB Mayor	URL	36	2	15			19		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Melton	CON	maj	URL	28	22			1	5		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Mendip	NOC	LD min	URL	47	10		22	10	5		all, $4n+3$	none
Mid Devon	NOC	IND+LD	URL	42	18		12	2	10		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Mid Suffolk	NOC	CON+IND	URL	34	16		5	12	1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Mid Sussex	CON	maj	URL	54	34		13	3	4		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Mole Valley	LD	maj	URL	41	12		22		7		thirds	5 May 2022
New Forest	CON	maj	URL	60	46		13		1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Newark and Sherwood	CON	maj	URL	39	27	7	2		3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Newcastle-under-Lyme	NOC	CON min	URL	44	24	18	2				all, $4n+2$	5 May 2022
North Devon	LD	maj	URL	43	11		21	2	8		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
North East Derbyshire	CON	maj	URL	53	30	18	3		2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
North Hertfordshire	NOC	LAB+LD	URL	49	23	15	11				thirds	5 May 2022
North Kesteven	IND	IND	URL	43	20				23		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
North Norfolk	LD	maj	URL	40	10		25		5		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
North Warwickshire	CON	maj	URL	35	21	14					all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
North West Leicestershire	CON	maj	URL	38	20	10	4	1	3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Norwich	LAB	maj	URL	39		26	3	10			thirds	5 May 2022
Nuneaton and Bedworth	CON	CON maj	URL	34	24	7		1	2		halves	5 May 2022
Oadby and Wigston	LD	maj	URL	26	2		24				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Oxford	LAB	maj	URL	48		34	9	3	2		halves	5 May 2022
Pendle	CON	maj	URL	33	18	10	5				thirds	5 May 2022
Preston	LAB	maj	URL	48	11	30	7				thirds	5 May 2022
Redditch	CON	maj	URL	29	25	4					thirds	5 May 2022
Reigate and Banstead	CON	maj	URL	51	28		3	7	7		thirds	5 May 2022
Ribble Valley	CON	maj	URL	40	28		10		2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Richmondshire	NOC	9 IND+LD+GRN	URL	34	10		3	1	10		all, $4n+3$	none
Rochford	CON	maj	URL	39	27		3	1	8^{[d 9]}		thirds	6 May 2021
Rossendale	NOC	LAB...	URL	36	15	18			3		thirds	5 May 2022
Rother	NOC	IND+LD	URL	38	14	3	7	1	13		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Rugby	CON	maj	URL	42	25	8	9				thirds	5 May 2022
Runnymede	CON	maj	URL	42	26	1	3		11		thirds	5 May 2022
Rushcliffe	CON	maj	URL	44	29	7	3	2	3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Rushmoor	CON	maj	URL	39	29	9	1				thirds	5 May 2022
Ryedale	NOC	CON min	URL	30	12		2		16		all, $4n+3$	none
Scarborough	NOC	LAB+10 IND	URL	46	12	13		2	19		all, $4n+3$	none
Sedgemoor	CON	maj	URL	48	28	12	7				all, $4n+3$	none
Selby	CON	maj	URL	31	16	8			7		all, $4n+3$	none
Sevenoaks	CON	maj	URL	54	46	1	3		4		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Somerset West and Taunton	LD	maj	URL	59	9	3	32	2	13		all, $4n+3$	none
South Cambridgeshire	LD	maj	URL	45	11	2	30		2		all, $4n+2$	5 May 2022
South Derbyshire	CON	maj	URL	36	22	14					all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
South Hams	CON	maj	URL	31	16		10	3	2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
South Holland	CON	maj	URL	37	24				13		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
South Kesteven	CON	maj	URL	56	40	3	2		11		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
South Lakeland	LD	maj	URL	51	14	3	33	1				none
South Norfolk	CON	maj	URL	46	35	1	10				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
South Oxfordshire	NOC	LD+GRN	URL	36	10	3	13	6	4^{[d 10]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
South Ribble	NOC	LAB min	URL	50	22	22	5				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
South Somerset	LD	maj	URL	60	15		41		4		all, $4n+3$	none
South Staffordshire	CON	maj	URL	49	35	1		3	10		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Spelthorne	NOC	CON min	URL	39	17	2	7	2	10	1	all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
St Albans	LD	maj	URL	58	23	2	30	1	2		thirds	5 May 2022
Stafford	CON	maj	URL	40	22	10		1	7		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Staffordshire Moorlands	NOC	CON min	URL	56	25	13	1		17		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Stevenage	LAB	maj	URL	39	11	22	6				thirds	5 May 2022
Stratford-on-Avon	CON	maj	URL	36	20		11	1	4		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Stroud	NOC	CON...	URL	50	20	15	3	13			all, $4n$	2 May 2024
Surrey Heath	CON	maj	URL	40	18	1	10	2	4		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Swale	NOC	LAB+LD+10 IND	URL	47	16	11	5	2	13		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Tamworth	CON	maj	URL	30	26	3			1^{[d 11]}		thirds	5 May 2022
Tandridge	NOC	CON...	URL	42	14		9		18^{[d 12]}		thirds	5 May 2022
Teignbridge	LD	maj	URL	46	12		26		9		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Tendring	NOC	CON+UKIP+9 IND	URL	48	18	6	2		22^{[d 13]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Test Valley	CON	maj	URL	48	24		12		7		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Tewkesbury	CON	maj	URL	38	23		8	1	6^{[d 14]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Thanet	NOC	LAB min	URL	56	26	17		4	9^{[d 15]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Three Rivers	LD	maj	URL	39	11	3	23		2		thirds	5 May 2022
Tonbridge and Malling	CON	maj	URL	54	39	1	9	2	3^{[d 16]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Torridge	NOC	n/a^{[d 17]}	URL	36	10	3	2	2	19		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Tunbridge Wells	NOC	CON...	URL	48	24	5	13		6^{[d 18]}		thirds	5 May 2022
Uttlesford	RFU	maj	URL	39	5		5	2	27^{[d 19]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Vale of White Horse	LD	maj	URL	38	7		30	1			all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Warwick	NOC	CON+RA	URL	44	19	5	9	8	3^{[d 20]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Watford	LD	maj	URL	36		10	24		2		thirds	5 May 2022
Waverley	NOC	RA+LD	URL	57	21	2	15	2	17^{[d 21]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Wealden	CON	maj	URL	45	29		5	3	7^{[d 22]}	1	all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Welwyn Hatfield	CON	maj	URL	48	28	9	11				thirds	5 May 2022
West Devon	NOC	n/a^{[d 23]}	URL	31	15		2	2	12		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
West Lancashire	NOC	LAB...	URL	54	20	26			8		thirds	5 May 2022
West Lindsey	NOC	CON+GI+2 IND	URL	36	17		12		7^{[d 24]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
West Oxfordshire	CON	maj	URL	49	28	8	10	1	2		thirds	5 May 2022
West Suffolk	CON	maj	URL	64	40	4		1	19^{[d 25]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Winchester	LD	maj	URL	45	16		27		2		thirds	5 May 2022
Woking	NOC	CON...	URL	30	13	3	12		2		thirds	5 May 2022
Worcester	CON	maj	URL	35	18	11	2	4			thirds	5 May 2022
Worthing	NOC	CON min	URL	37	17	17	2		1		thirds	5 May 2022
Wychavon	CON	maj	URL	45	36		6	2	1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Wyre	CON	maj	URL	50	37	8			5^{[d 26]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Wyre Forest	NOC	ICHC+IND+GRN min	URL	33	13	2	3	1	14^{[d 27]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023

^ 4 Halstead Residents' Association Party
^ 1 Wythall Residents' Association
^ 13 East Devon Alliance
^ 13 Loughton Residents Association; 1 For Britain Movement
^ 32 Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell
^ 2 UKIP
^ 15 Residents for Guildford and Villages, 4 Guildford Greenbelt Group
^ 9 Community Campaign Hart
^ 2 Rochford District Residents
^ 3 Henley Residents Group
^ 1 UKIP
^ 8 Oxted & Limpsfield Residents Group
^ 4 Tendring First, 3 Holland-on-Sea and Eastcliff Matters
^ 2 Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents
^ 6 Thanet Independents
^ 3 Independent Alliance (Kent)
^ Torridge uses a committee system of governance; thus, there is no partisan council cabinet
^ 5 Tunbridge Wells Alliance
^ 24 Residents for Uttlesford, 2 Uttlesford Independent Group
^ 3 Whitnash Residents' Association
^ 15 Farnham Residents
^ 4 Independent Democrats
^ West Devon uses a committee system of governance; thus, there is no partisan council cabinet
^ 2 Gainsborough Independents; 2 Lincolnshire Independents
^ 6 West Suffolk Independents
^ 3 Wyre Alliance; 2 Wyre Residents' Group
^ 9 Independent Community and Health Concern

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 except 2020 ( $4n$ : 2016, 2021, 2024...), two years after leap years ( $4n+2$ : 2018, 2022...) and three years after ( $4n+3$ : 2019, 2023...), 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 ( $4n+1$ : 2017, 2021...),
- and 30 elect three years after leap years ( $4n+3$ ).

Five UAs have directly elected mayors.

Last full update 4 May 2019.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	GP	Other	Vacant	Schedule	Next election
Bath and North East Somerset	LD	maj	URL	59	11	5	37		6		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Bedford (M)	NOC	LD Mayor	URL	40	11	11	15	2	1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Blackburn with Darwen	LAB	maj	URL	51	13	36	2				thirds	4 May 2023
Blackpool	LAB	maj	URL	42	15	23			4		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	NOC	CON min	URL	76	36	3	14	2	19^{[u 3]}	2	all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Bracknell Forest	CON	maj	URL	42	37	4	1				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Brighton & Hove	NOC	GRN min	URL	54	13	18		19	4^{[u 4]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Bristol (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	70	14	36	9	11			all, $4n$	6 May 2021
Buckinghamshire	CON	Maj	URL	147	113	4	15	1	14		TBC	TBC
Central Bedfordshire	CON	maj	URL	59	41	1	3		14		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Cheshire East	NOC	LAB+IND	URL	82	32	24	4		21^{[u 5]}	1	all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Cheshire West and Chester	NOC	LAB min	URL	75	27	35	2	1	5		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Cornwall	NOC	LD+IND	URL	123	45	4	35		38^{[u 6]}	1	all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Darlington	NOC	CON min	URL	50	22	19	3	2	4		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Derby	NOC	CON min	URL	51	20	15	8		8^{[u 7]}		thirds	6 May 2021
Dorset	CON	maj	URL	82	43	1	29	4	5		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Durham	LAB	maj	URL	126	10	74	14		28^{[u 8]}		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
East Riding of Yorkshire	CON	maj	URL	67	48		9		10^{[u 9]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Halton	LAB	maj	URL	56	2	51	3				thirds	6 May 2021
Hartlepool	NOC	IND UNION + CON + VET min	URL	32	4	10			18^{[u 10]}		thirds	6 May 2021
Herefordshire	NOC	IND+OUR COUNTY+GRN	URL	53	13		7	7	26^{[u 11]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Isle of Wight	CON	maj	URL	40	25	1	2		12^{[u 12]}		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Kingston upon Hull	LAB	maj	URL	57	2	31	24				thirds	6 May 2021
Leicester (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	54		51	1		1	1	all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Luton	LAB	maj	URL	48	4	32	12				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Medway	CON	maj	URL	55	33	20			2		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Middlesbrough (M)	NOC	IND Mayor	URL	46	3	20			23		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Milton Keynes	NOC	LAB min	URL	57	19	23	15				thirds	6 May 2021
North East Lincolnshire	CON	maj	URL	42	23	14	4		1		thirds	6 May 2021
North Lincolnshire	CON	maj	URL	43	27	16					all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
North Northamptonshire	CON	maj	URL	78	60	14	0	3	1		TBC	TBC
North Somerset	NOC	IND+LD+GRN	URL	50	13	6	11	3	17		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Northumberland	NOC	CON min	URL	67	33	24	3		7^{[u 13]}		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Nottingham	LAB	maj	URL	55	2	50			3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Peterborough	NOC	CON min	URL	60	27	17	9	2	4	1	thirds	6 May 2021
Plymouth	CON	min	URL	57	25	23			9		thirds	5 May 2022
Portsmouth	NOC	LD min	URL	42	16	6	18		2		thirds	6 May 2021
Reading	LAB	maj	URL	46	10	30	2	4			thirds	6 May 2021
Redcar & Cleveland	NOC	IND+LD	URL	59	11	15	13		20		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Rutland	CON	min	URL	27	13	1	4	1	8		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Shropshire	CON	maj	URL	74	48	6	12	1	6	1	all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Slough	LAB	maj	URL	42	5	37					thirds	6 May 2021
South Gloucestershire	CON	maj	URL	70	33	11	17				all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Southampton	LAB	LAB	URL	48	18	29			1		thirds	6 May 2021
Southend-on-Sea	NOC	LAB+IND+LD	URL	51	23	13	1		10		thirds	6 May 2021
Stockton-on-Tees	NOC	LAB min	URL	56	14	24	2		16		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Stoke-on-Trent	NOC	CON+11 IND	URL	44	15	15			14		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Swindon	CON	maj	URL	57	31	24	2				thirds	6 May 2021
Telford & Wrekin	LAB	maj	URL	54	13	34	4		1		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Thurrock	CON	CON min	URL	49	29	16			4		thirds	6 May 2021
Torbay	NOC	LD+IND^[17]	URL	36	15		13		8		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Warrington	LAB	maj	URL	58	1	44	12		1		all, $4n$	6 May 2021
West Berkshire	CON	maj	URL	52	24		16	3			all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
West Northamptonshire	CON	maj	URL	93	66	20	5	0	2		TBC	TBC
Wiltshire	CON	maj	URL	98	63	3	21		10	1	all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Windsor & Maidenhead Royal	CON	maj	URL	57	23		9		9^{[u 14]}		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023
Wokingham	CON	maj	URL	54	31	3	16		4		thirds	6 May 2021
York	NOC	LD+GRN	URL	47	2	17	21	4	3		all, $4n+3$	4 May 2023

^ ^a ^b 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 ${\textstyle 4n+3}$ years), while the first two terms of Dorset Council will last 5 years ( ${\textstyle 5n+4}$ ), 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 April 2018.
^ The members of the county council and four district councils of Buckinghamshire combined into a Shadow Authority for the new Buckinghamshire Council unitary authority on 1 April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the first elections to the new 147-seat structure were postponed until 6 May 2021.
^ 5 Poole People; 1 Alliance for Local Living
^ 1 Independent Councillor elected in 2019. 1 Labour Councillor lost the whip and became an independent in 2020, whilst 2 others resigned the whip shortly thereafter; all three now sit as Independents. These events lead to Labour allowing the Greens to form a minority administration in July 2020.
^ 2 Real Independent Group; 2 independent - non grouped
^ 4 Mebyon Kernow; 2 Standalone Independent
^ 5 Brexit Party
^ 7 Derwentside Independents; 5 Spennymoor Independents; 3 North East Party
^ 2 Yorkshire Party
^ 6 Independent Union; 4 Socialist Labour Party; 3 Putting Seaton First; 1 For Britain Movement; 1 Veterans and People's Party
^ 12 Herefordshire Independents; 8 It's our County; 5 True Independents
^ 8 Island Independents
^ 3 Bedlington Independents
^ 3 West Windsor Residents Association (WWRA); 3 tBf - the Borough first; 2 Old Windsor Residents Association; 1 National Flood Prevention Party

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:
- Rotherham in a leap year except 2020 ( $4n$ : 2016, 2021, 2024...),
- Doncaster in the year after a leap year ( $4n+1$ : 2017, 2021...),
- Birmingham two years after ( $4n+2$ : 2018, 2022...);
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.

Doncaster, Liverpool and Salford are mayoral metropolitan boroughs.

Last full update 4 May 2019.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	GP	Other	Vacant	Schedule	Next election
Barnsley	LAB	maj	URL	63	3	49	4		7		thirds	4 May 2023
Birmingham	LAB	maj	URL	101	25	67	8	1			all, $4n+2$	5 May 2022
Bolton	NOC	CON min	URL	60	21	18	5		16		thirds	4 May 2023
Bradford	LAB	maj	URL	90	22	52	9	2	5		thirds	4 May 2023
Bury	LAB	maj	URL	51	16	29	4		2		thirds	4 May 2023
Calderdale	LAB	maj	URL	51	14	28	7		2		thirds	4 May 2023
Coventry	LAB	maj	URL	54	13	40			1		thirds	6 May 2021
Doncaster (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	55	7	43			5		all, $4n+1$	6 May 2021
Dudley	NOC	CON maj	URL	72	46	24			2		thirds	6 May 2021
Gateshead	LAB	maj	URL	66		52	14				thirds	6 May 2021
Kirklees	LAB	maj	URL	69	16	36	10	3	4		thirds	6 May 2021
Knowsley	LAB	maj	URL	45		37	3	3	2		thirds	6 May 2021
Leeds	LAB	maj	URL	99	23	58	8	3	7		thirds	6 May 2021
Liverpool (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	90		72	10	4	4		thirds	6 May 2021
Manchester	LAB	maj	URL	96		93	3				thirds	6 May 2021
Newcastle upon Tyne	LAB	maj	URL	78		52	20		6		thirds	6 May 2021
North Tyneside	LAB	maj	URL	60	7	51	1		1		thirds	6 May 2021
Oldham	LAB	maj	URL	60	4	45	8		3		thirds	6 May 2021
Rochdale	LAB	maj	URL	60	9	47	4				thirds	6 May 2021
Rotherham	LAB	maj	URL	59	18	33	4		4		all, $4n$	6 May 2021
Salford (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	60	8	50			2		thirds	6 May 2021
Sandwell	LAB	maj	URL	72	10	60			2		thirds	5 May 2022
Sefton	LAB	maj	URL	66	6	43	12		5		thirds	6 May 2021
Sheffield	LAB	maj	URL	84	1	40	29	13		1	thirds	6 May 2021
Solihull	CON	maj	URL	51	26	3	6	14	2		thirds	6 May 2021
South Tyneside	LAB	maj	URL	54	1	44		3	6		thirds	6 May 2021
St Helens	LAB	maj	URL	48	3	37	4	2	2		thirds	6 May 2021
Stockport	NOC	LAB min	URL	63	8	26	26		12		thirds	6 May 2021
Sunderland	LAB	maj	URL	75	18	42	12		3		thirds	6 May 2021
Tameside	LAB	maj	URL	57	5	51		1			thirds	6 May 2021
Trafford	LAB	maj	URL	63	20	36	4	3			thirds	6 May 2021
Wakefield	LAB	maj	URL	63	11	49	1		2		thirds	6 May 2021
Walsall	CON	maj	URL	60	32	26	2				thirds	6 May 2021
Wigan	LAB	maj	URL	75	8	57			10		thirds	6 May 2021
Wirral	NOC	LAB min	URL	66	22	32	6	3	3		thirds	6 May 2021
Wolverhampton	LAB	maj	URL	60	16	43			1		thirds	5 May 2022

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 full update 28 March 2019.

Council	Control		Web	Total	CON	LAB	LD	GP	Other
Barking & Dagenham	LAB	maj	URL	51		51
Barnet	CON	maj	URL	63	37	24	2^{[l 1]}
Bexley	CON	maj	URL	45	34	10			1 ^{[l 2]}
Brent	LAB	maj	URL	63	3	59	1
Bromley	CON	maj	URL	60	50	8			2 ^{[l 3]}
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	16	44			3 ^{[l 4]}
Greenwich	LAB	maj	URL	51	9	42
Hackney (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	57	5	52
Hammersmith & Fulham	LAB	maj	URL	46	11	35
Haringey	LAB	maj	URL	57		41	15		1 ^{[l 2]}
Harrow	LAB	maj	URL	63	28	35
Havering	NOC	CON+6 IND	URL	54	26	5			23 ^{[l 5]}
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		38	1
Lambeth	LAB	maj	URL	63	1	57		5
Lewisham (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	54		53			1 ^{[l 2]}
Merton	LAB	maj	URL	60	17	34	6		3^{[l 6]}
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
Sutton	LD	maj	URL	54	18		33		3 ^{[l 7]}
Tower Hamlets (M)	LAB	LAB Mayor	URL	45	1	41	1		2 ^{[l 8]}
Waltham Forest	LAB	maj	URL	60	14	46
Wandsworth	CON	maj	URL	60	33	26			1 ^{[l 9]}
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^[18] 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, 30 April 2019

^ 1 ex-Labour, 1 ex-Conservative
^ ^a ^b ^c 1 Independent (ex-Labour)
^ 2 Independents
^ 1 Suspended from Conservative Party, 2 ex-Labour
^ 22 various Residents Associations, 1 Independent
^ Merton Park Independent Residents
^ 3 Sutton Independent Residents
^ 1 Aspire, 1 Independent (ex-Conservative)
^ 1 Independent

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.).^[7]

Last update 4 January 2022.^[19]^[20]

Council	Control		Web	Total	SNP	CON	LAB	LD	SGP	Alba	Other	Vacant	Upcoming by-elections
Aberdeen	NOC	CON+ALAB^{[s 1]}+IND co	URL	45	19	10	9^{[s 1]}	3			4
Aberdeenshire	NOC	CON+LD+IND co	URL	70	19	20	1	13	1	3	16
Angus	NOC	CON+IND+LD co	URL	28	9	8		1			10
Argyll & Bute	NOC	CON+LD+IND+ISP co^[21]	URL	36	11	8		5			11	1
Clackmannanshire	NOC	SNP min^[22]	URL	18	7	5	4				1	1
Dumfries & Galloway	NOC	LAB+SNP co	URL	43	10	16	10	1			6
Dundee	NOC	SNP min	URL	29	13	3	8	2			3
East Ayrshire	NOC	SNP min	URL	32	14	6	9				3
East Dunbartonshire	NOC	LD+CON co^[23]	URL	22	7	5	2	6			1	1
East Lothian	NOC	LAB min	URL	22	6	7	8					1	Preston, Seton and Gosford (Lab) - 20th Jan
East Renfrewshire	NOC	SNP+LAB co	URL	18	5	5	4				4
Edinburgh	NOC	SNP+LAB co^[24]	URL	63	16	17	11	6	7		5	1
Falkirk	NOC	SNP+IND co^[25]	URL	30	13	7	7				3
Fife	NOC	SNP+LAB j.l.^[26]	URL	75	29	13	23	7			2	1
Glasgow	NOC	SNP min^[27]	URL	85	35	7	30		6	2	5
Highland	NOC	IND+LD+LAB co	URL	74	19	10	3	11	1		29	1
Inverclyde	NOC	LAB min	URL	22	5	2	8	1		2	4
Midlothian	NOC	LAB min	URL	18	7	5	6
Moray	NOC	SNP min	URL	26	7	9	1				8	1
Na h-Eileanan Siar	IND	IND	URL	31	6	1			1	1	22
North Ayrshire	NOC	LAB min	URL	33	9	8	11				5
North Lanarkshire	NOC	LAB min	URL	77	26	8	31			3	9
Orkney	IND	IND	URL	21					2		19
Perth & Kinross	NOC	CON min	URL	40	13	18	1	5			3
Renfrewshire	NOC	SNP min	URL	43	19	8	13	1			2
Scottish Borders	NOC	CON+IND co	URL	34	8	15		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	11	17	3			8
Stirling	NOC	SNP+LAB	URL	23	7	9	4		1	1	1
West Dunbartonshire	NOC	SNP+IND	URL	22	9	2	8			1	2
West Lothian	NOC	LAB min	URL	33	14	7	11				1

^ ^a ^b 9 Aberdeen Labour (Councillors suspended by 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 2022. 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.^[28]^[29]^[30]

Last update 14 November 2021.

Council	Control		Web	Total	LAB	PC	CON	LD	GP	Other
Blaenau Gwent	IND	IND	URL	42	13					29^{[w 1]}
Bridgend	NOC	LAB min	URL	54	25	2	7	1		19^{[w 2]}
Caerphilly	LAB	maj	URL	73	49	18				6^{[w 3]}
Cardiff	LAB	maj	URL	75	39		21	11		4^{[w 4]}
Carmarthenshire	NOC	PC+IND	URL	74	17	38				19^{[w 5]}
Ceredigion	NOC	PC+IND	URL	42		20		8		14^{[w 6]}
Conwy	NOC	CON+IND	URL	59	8	10^{[w 7]}	14	4		23^{[w 8]}
Denbighshire	NOC	CON+PC+IND	URL	47	11	10	15			11^{[w 9]}
Flintshire	NOC	LAB min	URL	70	34		6	6^{[w 10]}		24^{[w 11]}
Gwynedd	PC	maj	URL	75	1	40		1		33^{[w 12]}
Isle of Anglesey	NOC	PC+IND	URL	30	2	14		1		13^{[w 13]}
Merthyr Tydfil	IND	maj	URL	33	15^{[w 7]}					18^{[w 14]}
Monmouthshire	CON	maj	URL	43	10		25	3		5^{[w 15]}
Neath Port Talbot	LAB	maj	URL	64	39	15		1		9^{[w 16]}
Newport	LAB	maj	URL	50	31		12	2		5^{[w 15]}
Pembrokeshire	IND	IND+LAB+LD+PC	URL	60	7	6	11	1		35^{[w 17]}
Powys	NOC	IND+CON	URL	73	8^{[w 18]}	2	17	14^{[w 18]}	1	31^{[w 19]}
Rhondda Cynon Taf	LAB	maj	URL	75	47	17	3			8^{[w 20]}
Swansea	LAB	maj	URL	72	48		9	7		8^{[w 21]}
Torfaen	LAB	maj	URL	44	27		4			13^{[w 22]}
Vale of Glamorgan	NOC	LAB+IND	URL	47	13	4	14			16^{[w 23]}
Wrexham	NOC	IND+CON	URL	52	12	4	8	2		26^{[w 24]}

^ 29 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid Cymru
^ 18 Independents
^ 6 Independents
^ 1 Independent, 3 Propel
^ 19 Independents
^ 14 Independents including 1 ex-Labour
^ ^a ^b 1 ex-Independent
^ 23 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid, 2 ex-Conservative
^ 11 Independents
^ Includes 1 Independent who sits with the Lib Dems Group
^ 24 Independents
^ 33 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid
^ 13 Independents including 1 ex-Lib Dem
^ 18 Independents
^ ^a ^b 5 Independents
^ 8 Independents, 1 Welsh National Party (ex-Plaid),
^ 13 Independents, 22 non-aligned
^ ^a ^b 1 ex-Conservative
^ 30 Independents, 1 Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party
^ 7 Independents including 1 ex-Lib Dem, 1 Cynon Valley Party
^ 7 Independents, 1 non-aligned
^ 13 Independents
^ 15 Independents
^ 25 Independents, 1 non-aligned

Northern Ireland[]

Elections were held for 11 newly created councils in Northern Ireland in May 2014, and May 2019 and on a four-year cycle after that.^[31] 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 10 January 2022.^[32]

Council	Control		Web	Total	DUP	SF	UUP	SDLP	APNI	GP	TUV	PBP	Aontú	PUP	CCLA	Independent
Antrim and Newtownabbey	NOC	DUP largest party	URL	40	14	5	9	4	6							2
Ards and North Down	NOC	DUP largest party	URL	40	13		8	1	10	3	1					4
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	NOC	DUP largest party	URL	41	11	10	10	6	3							1
Belfast	NOC	SF largest party	URL	60	15	18	3	6	9	4		3		1		1
Causeway Coast and Glens	NOC	DUP largest party	URL	40	13	9	6	4	2					1		5
Derry City and Strabane	NOC	SF/SDLP largest parties	URL	40	6	11	3	11	2			2	1			4
Fermanagh and Omagh	NOC	SF largest party	URL	40	5	15	9	5	1						1	4
Lisburn and Castlereagh	NOC	DUP largest party	URL	40	14	2	11	2	9	1						1
Mid and East Antrim	NOC	DUP largest party	URL	40	16	2	6	1	7		5					3
Mid-Ulster	NOC	SF largest party	URL	40	9	17	6	5					1			2
Newry, Mourne and Down	NOC	SF largest party	URL	41	3	16	3	11	2		1					5
Total				462	119	105	74	56	51	8	7	5	2	2	1	32

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^ "Coronavirus Act 2020". legislation.gov.uk. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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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.

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

[a-14] The LD and GRN councillors formed a single group, the Liberal Democrat Green Alliance, in advance of wider coalition negotiations.^[12]

[b-16] An administrative error in the 2021 election count for the Banbury Ruscote ward resulted in the Conservative candidate being declared elected instead of the Labour candidate. The Labour Party have announced their intention to launch a legal challenge to rectify the result, which if successful will result in the Conservative Party having 21 councillors and the Labour Party 16.^[13]

[22] 4 Halstead Residents' Association Party

[23] 1 Wythall Residents' Association

[24] 13 East Devon Alliance

[25] 13 Loughton Residents Association; 1 For Britain Movement

[26] 32 Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell

[27] 2 UKIP

[28] 15 Residents for Guildford and Villages, 4 Guildford Greenbelt Group

[29] 9 Community Campaign Hart

[30] 2 Rochford District Residents

[31] 3 Henley Residents Group

[32] 1 UKIP

[33] 8 Oxted & Limpsfield Residents Group

[34] 4 Tendring First, 3 Holland-on-Sea and Eastcliff Matters

[35] 2 Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents

[36] 6 Thanet Independents

[37] 3 Independent Alliance (Kent)

[38] Torridge uses a committee system of governance; thus, there is no partisan council cabinet

[39] 5 Tunbridge Wells Alliance

[40] 24 Residents for Uttlesford, 2 Uttlesford Independent Group

[41] 3 Whitnash Residents' Association

[42] 15 Farnham Residents

[43] 4 Independent Democrats

[44] West Devon uses a committee system of governance; thus, there is no partisan council cabinet

[45] 2 Gainsborough Independents; 2 Lincolnshire Independents

[46] 6 West Suffolk Independents

[47] 3 Wyre Alliance; 2 Wyre Residents' Group

[48] 9 Independent Community and Health Concern

[:0-17] 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 ${\textstyle 4n+3}$ years), while the first two terms of Dorset Council will last 5 years ( ${\textstyle 5n+4}$ ), 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 April 2018.

[19] The members of the county council and four district councils of Buckinghamshire combined into a Shadow Authority for the new Buckinghamshire Council unitary authority on 1 April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the first elections to the new 147-seat structure were postponed until 6 May 2021.

[49] 5 Poole People; 1 Alliance for Local Living

[50] 1 Independent Councillor elected in 2019. 1 Labour Councillor lost the whip and became an independent in 2020, whilst 2 others resigned the whip shortly thereafter; all three now sit as Independents. These events lead to Labour allowing the Greens to form a minority administration in July 2020.

[51] 2 Real Independent Group; 2 independent - non grouped

[52] 4 Mebyon Kernow; 2 Standalone Independent

[53] 5 Brexit Party

[54] 7 Derwentside Independents; 5 Spennymoor Independents; 3 North East Party

[55] 2 Yorkshire Party

[56] 6 Independent Union; 4 Socialist Labour Party; 3 Putting Seaton First; 1 For Britain Movement; 1 Veterans and People's Party

[57] 12 Herefordshire Independents; 8 It's our County; 5 True Independents

[58] 8 Island Independents

[59] 3 Bedlington Independents

[61] 3 West Windsor Residents Association (WWRA); 3 tBf - the Borough first; 2 Old Windsor Residents Association; 1 National Flood Prevention Party

[auto3-62] 1 ex-Labour, 1 ex-Conservative

[auto2-63] 1 Independent (ex-Labour)

[64] 2 Independents

[65] 1 Suspended from Conservative Party, 2 ex-Labour

[66] 22 various Residents Associations, 1 Independent

[67] Merton Park Independent Residents

[68] 3 Sutton Independent Residents

[69] 1 Aspire, 1 Independent (ex-Conservative)

[70] 1 Independent

[:0-74] 9 Aberdeen Labour (Councillors suspended by Labour from party for their coalition with Conservatives).

[85] 29 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid Cymru

[86] 18 Independents

[87] 6 Independents

[88] 1 Independent, 3 Propel

[89] 19 Independents

[90] 14 Independents including 1 ex-Labour

[:0-91] 1 ex-Independent

[92] 23 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid, 2 ex-Conservative

[93] 11 Independents

[94] Includes 1 Independent who sits with the Lib Dems Group

[95] 24 Independents

[96] 33 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid

[97] 13 Independents including 1 ex-Lib Dem

[98] 18 Independents

[:1-99] 5 Independents

[100] 8 Independents, 1 Welsh National Party (ex-Plaid),

[101] 13 Independents, 22 non-aligned

[:2-102] 1 ex-Conservative

[103] 30 Independents, 1 Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party

[104] 7 Independents including 1 ex-Lib Dem, 1 Cynon Valley Party

[105] 7 Independents, 1 non-aligned

[106] 13 Independents

[107] 15 Independents

[108] 25 Independents, 1 non-aligned

[1] "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[2] "Coronavirus Act 2020". legislation.gov.uk. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[3] "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.

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

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

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

[:0-7] "Political control | COSLA". www.cosla.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

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

[9] "England local elections 2021". BBC News. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[11] "Elections | nidirect". nidirect. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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

[13] "Conservative/Labour coalition proposed for Oxfordshire County Council". Oxford Mail. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[15] "Labour plans legal challenge to result in one Oxfordshire County Council seat in Banbury after 'administrative error'". Banbury Guardian. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[18] "About the Shadow Authority". Buckinghamshire Council Shadow Authority. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[20] "Local elections postponed in three English counties". BBC News (in British English). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[21] "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[60] Ayers, John (17 May 2019). "Lib Dems and Independents take control of council". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[71] "Temple and Farringdon Together". Temple and Farringdon Together (in American English). Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[72] "Councils". 24 January 2020.

[73] "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections".

[75] "Economic growth and education priorities in Argyll | Press and Journal". Press and Journal (in American English). Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[76] "Cooperation and collaboration on the agenda at Clacks Council". Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

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

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

[79] "Council control - Falkirk". Falkirk Council. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

[80] "Fife Council agree to SNP and Labour joint partnership". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[81] Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (18 May 2017). "Councillor Eva Bolander chosen as Glasgow's Lord Provost". Retrieved 25 March 2018.

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

[83] Deans, David (2 May 2017). "Pretty vacant - the seat no-one wants". BBC News. BBC.

[84] "Final seat on council goes to Tories". Brecon & Radnor Express. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[109] "Fianna Fail to stand for elections in Northern Ireland". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk (in British English). ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[110] "Open Council Data UK | Northern Ireland". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

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Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom

Contents

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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