Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom

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    This article documents the strengths of political parties in the 333 local authorities of England,[1] 32 local authorities of Scotland,[2] 22 principal councils of Wales[3] and 11 local councils of Northern Ireland.[4]

    England's 333 local authorities are made up of: 32 London borough councils, 24 county councils and 181 district councils (two tiers of local government which share responsibility for the same physical area), 36 metropolitan district councils and 58 unitary authorities, plus the sui generis City of London Corporation and Council of the Isles of Scilly.[1]

    This article does not cover the Greater London Authority or the 10 combined authorities of England (and their respective mayors).[1] It also doesn't cover the 35 police and crime commissioners or the four police, fire and crime commissioners in England and Wales.[5] And it also doesn't include the thousands of parish/local councils of England,[6] community councils of Scotland[7] and community councils of Wales.[3]

    English local authorities have a choice of executive arrangements out of a mayor and cabinet executive, a leader and cabinet executive, a committee system or alternative arrangements approved by the Secretary of State.[1] Councils in England[1] and Northern Ireland[8] run on four year cycles, while councils in Scotland[9] and, from 2022, in Wales[10] run on five year cycles. An English local authority's councillors may be elected all at once, by halves or by thirds.[1] Because of this disparate system, various local elections take place every year, but changes in party representation arise frequently regardless due to resignations, deaths, by-elections, co-options and changes of affiliation.

    Summary[edit]

    Last full update: 22 June 2022[11][12][13][14][15]

    Party Total England Wales Scotland Northern
    Ireland
    Conservative 6,777 6,453 111 213
    Labour 5,879 5,073 524 282
    Liberal Democrats 2,554 2,399 68 87
    Green (E&W) 525 516 9
    SNP 453 453
    Plaid Cymru 200 200
    DUP 114 114
    Sinn Féin 104 104
    UUP 77 77
    SDLP 55 55
    Alliance 51 51
    Others[n 1] 2,326 1,762 318 188 58
    Vacancies 56 46 4 3 3
    Total 19,171 16,249 1,234 1,226 462

    Political control of the Local Government in England[edit]

    The table below shows who has political control of each of the 24 non-metropolitan county councils (NMC), the 58 unitary authorities (UA), the 36 metropolitan districts (MD), the 32 London boroughs (LB) as well as the two sui generis entities: the City of London (CL) and the Isles of Scilly (IS). In total, 152 local government councils.

    The table differentiates between councils fully controlled by one party and others where a certain party leads a coalition that governs the council. All parties apart from the Conservatives (CON), Labour (LAB) and Liberal Democrats (LDM); as well as independents, are grouped in the category: OTHER.

    Map showing political control of the 152 Local authorities in England (doesn't show non-metropolitan districts or the Isles of Scilly). Bright colours represents control of a single party, pastel colours represent the leading party in a coalition government. Blue is for CON, red for LAB, orange for LDM, green for GRN and grey for IND/OTHER.
    Party NMC UA + IS MD LB + CL Total no. of councils % of all councils
    CON control 20 26 4 6 56 36.8
    CON-led coalition – 1 – – 1 0.7
    CON 20 27 4 6 57 37,5
    LAB control – 14 30 21 65 42.8
    LAB-led coalition 1 2 1 – 4 2.6
    LAB 1 16 31 21 69 45.4
    LDM control 1 3 1 3 8 5.3
    LDM-led coalition 1 4 – – 5 3.3
    LDM 2 7 1 3 13 8.6
    OTHER control – 4 – 2 6 3.9
    OTHER-led coalition 1 4 – 1 6 3.9
    OTHER 1 8 – 3 12 7.9
    LAB + GRN tie – 1 – – 1 0.7
    Total 24 59 36 33 152 100.0
    1. ^ Other political parties and independents

    England: London borough councils[edit]

    Last full update: 22 June 2022

    London borough councils Control Councillors Cycle Ref.
    Total LAB CON LDM GRN Other Vacant
    Barking and Dagenham Leader and cabinet LAB 51 50 1 All URL OCDUK
    Barnet Leader and cabinet LAB 63 41 22 All URL OCDUK
    Bexley Leader and cabinet CON 45 12 33 All URL OCDUK
    Brent Leader and cabinet LAB 57 49 5 3 All URL OCDUK
    Bromley Leader and cabinet CON 58 12 36 5 5 All URL OCDUK
    Camden Leader and cabinet LAB 55 46 3 4 1 1 All URL OCDUK
    Croydon Mayor and cabinet CON NOC 71 34 32 1 2 1 All URL OCDUK
    Ealing Leader and cabinet LAB 70 59 5 6 All URL OCDUK
    Enfield Leader and cabinet LAB 63 38 25 All URL OCDUK
    Greenwich Leader and cabinet LAB 55 52 3 All URL OCDUK
    Hackney Mayor and cabinet LAB LAB 57 50 5 2 All URL OCDUK
    Hammersmith and Fulham Leader and cabinet LAB 50 40 10 All URL OCDUK
    Haringey Leader and cabinet LAB 57 49 7 1 All URL OCDUK
    Harrow Leader and cabinet CON 55 24 31 All URL OCDUK
    Havering Leader and cabinet IND+LAB 55 9 23 23 All URL OCDUK
    Hillingdon Leader and cabinet CON 53 23 30 All URL OCDUK
    Hounslow Leader and cabinet LAB 62 52 10 All URL OCDUK
    Islington Leader and cabinet LAB 51 48 3 All URL OCDUK
    Kensington and Chelsea Leader and cabinet CON 50 13 35 2 All URL OCDUK
    Kingston upon Thames Leader and cabinet LDM 45 3 41 1 3 All URL OCDUK
    Lambeth Leader and cabinet LAB 63 58 3 2 All URL OCDUK
    Lewisham Mayor and cabinet LAB LAB 54 54 All URL OCDUK
    Merton Leader and cabinet LAB 57 31 7 17 2 All URL OCDUK
    Newham Mayor and cabinet LAB LAB 66 63 2 1 All URL OCDUK
    Redbridge Leader and cabinet LAB 63 58 5 All URL OCDUK
    Richmond upon Thames Leader and cabinet LDM 54 1 48 5 All URL OCDUK
    Southwark Leader and cabinet LAB 63 52 11 All URL OCDUK
    Sutton Leader and cabinet LDM 54 3 20 29 3 All URL OCDUK
    Tower Hamlets Mayor and cabinet IND IND 45 19 1 1 24 All URL OCDUK
    Waltham Forest Leader and cabinet LAB 60 47 13 All URL OCDUK
    Wandsworth Leader and cabinet LAB 58 34 22 1 1 All URL OCDUK
    Westminster Leader and cabinet LAB 54 31 23 All URL OCDUK

    England: two-tier county and district councils[edit]

    County councils[edit]

    Last full update: 6 June 2022

    County council Control Councillors Cycle Ref.
    Total CON LDM LAB GRN Other Vacant
    Cambridgeshire Leader and cabinet LDM+LAB+IND 61 28 20 9 4 All URL OCDUK
    Cumbria Leader and cabinet LAB+LDM 84 38 16 26 1 2 1 All URL OCDUK
    Derbyshire Leader and cabinet CON 64 45 4 14 1 1 All URL OCDUK
    Devon Leader and cabinet CON 60 39 9 7 2 3 All URL OCDUK
    East Sussex Leader and cabinet CON 50 27 11 5 4 3 All URL OCDUK
    Essex Leader and cabinet CON 75 52 8 5 1 9 All URL OCDUK
    Gloucestershire Leader and cabinet CON 53 28 16 5 4 All URL OCDUK
    Hampshire Leader and cabinet CON 78 55 17 3 3 All URL OCDUK
    Hertfordshire Leader and cabinet CON 78 46 23 7 1 1 All URL OCDUK
    Kent Leader and cabinet CON 81 61 6 7 4 3 All URL OCDUK
    Lancashire Leader and cabinet CON 84 48 2 32 2 All URL OCDUK
    Leicestershire Leader and cabinet CON 55 42 9 4 All URL OCDUK
    Lincolnshire Leader and cabinet CON 70 57 1 6 6 All URL OCDUK
    Norfolk Leader and cabinet CON 84 58 9 12 3 2 All URL OCDUK
    North Yorkshire Leader and cabinet CON 72 54 3 4 11 All URL OCDUK
    Nottinghamshire Leader and cabinet CON 66 37 1 15 13 All URL OCDUK
    Oxfordshire Leader and cabinet LDM/GRN[c 1]+LAB 63 21 21[c 2] 16 3[c 2] 2 All URL OCDUK
    Somerset Leader and cabinet LD 110 36 61 5 5 3 All URL OCDUK
    Staffordshire Leader and cabinet CON 62 57 4 1 All URL OCDUK
    Suffolk Leader and cabinet CON 75 55 4 5 9 2 All URL OCDUK
    Surrey Leader and cabinet CON 81 47 14 2 2 16 All URL OCDUK
    Warwickshire Leader and cabinet CON 57 42 5 6 3 1 All URL OCDUK
    West Sussex Leader and cabinet CON 70 48 10 9 1 2 All URL OCDUK
    Worcestershire Leader and cabinet CON 57 45 4 3 3 2 All URL OCDUK
    1. ^ The Liberal Democrat and Green Party councillors formed a single group, the Liberal Democrat Green Alliance, in advance of wider coalition negotiations. (See: "Conservative/Labour coalition proposed for Oxfordshire County Council". Oxford Mail. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.)
    2. ^ a b The Liberal Democrat and Green Party councillors formed a single group, the Liberal Democrat Green Alliance, in advance of wider coalition negotiations. (See: "Conservative/Labour coalition proposed for Oxfordshire County Council". Oxford Mail. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.)

    District councils[edit]

    Last full update: 11 June 2022

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

    England: metropolitan district councils[edit]

    Last full update: 22 June 2022

    Metropolitan district council Control Councillors Cycle Ref.
    Total LAB CON LDM GRN Other Vacant
    Barnsley Leader and cabinet LAB 63 46 4 9 4 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Birmingham Leader and cabinet LAB 101 65 22 12 2 All URL OCDUK
    Bolton Leader and cabinet CON (minority) 60 19 23 5 13 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Bradford Leader and cabinet LAB 90 52 21 6 6 5 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Bury Leader and cabinet LAB 51 29 12 1 9 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Calderdale Leader and cabinet LAB 51 28 15 6 1 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Coventry Leader and cabinet LAB 54 38 15 1 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Doncaster Mayor and cabinet LAB LAB 55 40 11 4 All URL OCDUK
    Dudley Leader and cabinet CON 72 26 46 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Gateshead Leader and cabinet LAB 66 51 15 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Kirklees Leader and cabinet LAB 69 36 18 8 3 4 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Knowsley Leader and cabinet LAB 45 32 3 5 5 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Leeds Leader and cabinet LAB 99 58 21 7 3 10 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Liverpool Mayor and cabinet LAB LAB 90 59 11 4 15 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Manchester Leader and cabinet LAB 96 91 2 3 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Newcastle upon Tyne Leader and cabinet LAB 78 51 21 6 Thirds URL OCDUK
    North Tyneside Mayor and cabinet LAB LAB 60 50 9 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Oldham Leader and cabinet LAB 60 35 9 9 7 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Rochdale Leader and cabinet LAB 60 43 10 3 4 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Rotherham Leader and cabinet LAB 59 33 18 4 4 All URL OCDUK
    Salford Mayor and cabinet LAB 60 49 8 2 1 All URL OCDUK
    Sandwell Leader and cabinet LAB 72 61 9 2 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Sefton Leader and cabinet LAB 66 46 5 8 7 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Sheffield Committee system LAB+LDM+GRN 84 39 1 29 14 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Solihull Leader and cabinet CON 51 28 5 14 4 Thirds URL OCDUK
    South Tyneside Leader and cabinet LAB 54 41 1 6 6 Thirds URL OCDUK
    St Helens Leader and cabinet LAB 48 29 2 4 6 7 All URL OCDUK
    Stockport Leader and cabinet LDM (minority) 63 25 5 28 2 3 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Sunderland Leader and cabinet LAB 75 41 18 14 1 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Tameside Leader and cabinet LAB 57 48 8 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Trafford Leader and cabinet LAB 63 41 13 5 4 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Wakefield Leader and cabinet LAB 63 45 13 3 2 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Walsall Leader and cabinet CON 60 20 38 2 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Wigan Leader and cabinet LAB 75 61 7 7 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Wirral Committee system LAB (minority) 66 25 24 6 9 1 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Wolverhampton Leader and cabinet LAB 60 44 16 Thirds URL OCDUK

    England: unitary authorities[edit]

    Last full update: 22 June 2022

    Unitary authority Control Councillors Cycle Ref.
    Total CON LAB LDM GRN Other Vacant
    Bath and North East Somerset LDM 59 10 5 36 1 7 All URL OCDUK
    Bedford Mayor and cabinet LDM NOC 40 12 11 14 2 1 All URL OCDUK
    Blackburn with Darwen LAB 51 13 36 1 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Blackpool LAB (minority) 42 16 20 6 All URL OCDUK
    Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole CON 76 37 3 13 2 21 All URL OCDUK
    Bracknell Forest CON 42 37 4 1 All URL OCDUK
    Brighton & Hove GRN (minority) 54 12 16 20 6 All URL OCDUK
    Bristol Mayor and cabinet LAB NOC 70 14 24 5 25 2 All URL OCDUK
    Buckinghamshire Leader and cabinet CON 147 112 4 15 1 14 1 All URL OCDUK
    Central Bedfordshire CON 59 40 1 3 15 All URL OCDUK
    Cheshire East LAB+IND 82 30 25 4 23 All URL OCDUK
    Cheshire West and Chester LAB (minority) 75 29 34 2 1 4 All URL OCDUK
    Cornwall Leader and cabinet CON 87 47 5 12 1 22 All URL OCDUK
    Darlington CON (minority) 50 24 16 3 2 5 All URL OCDUK
    Derby CON (minority) 51 18 16 8 9 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Dorset CON 82 43 1 28 5 5 All URL OCDUK
    Durham Leader and cabinet IND+CON+LDM 126 23 55 17 1 30 All URL OCDUK
    East Riding of Yorkshire CON 67 43 11 11 2 All URL OCDUK
    Halton LAB 54 3 48 3 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Hartlepool CON+IND 36 14 12 9 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Herefordshire IND+GRN 53 14 7 7 25 All URL OCDUK
    Isle of Wight Leader and cabinet IND+GRN 39 18 1 1 2 17 All URL OCDUK
    Kingston upon Hull LDM 57 27 29 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Leicester Mayor and cabinet LAB LAB 54 1 51 1 1 All URL OCDUK
    Luton LAB 48 2 31 14 1 All URL OCDUK
    Medway CON 55 32 21 2 All URL OCDUK
    Middlesbrough Mayor and cabinet IND NOC 46 3 20 22 1 All URL OCDUK
    Milton Keynes LAB+LDM 57 23 19 14 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    North East Lincolnshire CON 42 30 8 3 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    North Lincolnshire CON 43 28 14 1 All URL OCDUK
    North Northamptonshire CON 78 58 14 1 3 2 All URL OCDUK
    North Somerset IND+LDM+LAB+GRN 50 13 6 10 4 17 All URL OCDUK
    Northumberland Leader and cabinet CON (minority) 67 33 20 4 2 8 All URL OCDUK
    Nottingham LAB 55 2 50 3 All URL OCDUK
    Peterborough CON (minority) 60 28 17 8 3 4 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Plymouth[16][17] CON (minority) 57 23 25 3 6 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Portsmouth LDM (minority) 42 13 9 17 3 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Reading LAB 48 6 32 3 7 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Redcar & Cleveland IND+LDM 59 6 14 14 25 All URL OCDUK
    Rutland CON+IND+GRN 27 6 1 5 1 13 1 All URL OCDUK
    Shropshire Leader and cabinet CON 74 42 9 13 4 5 1 All URL OCDUK
    Slough LAB 42 6 35 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    South Gloucestershire Committee system CON 70 33 11 17 All URL OCDUK
    Southampton LAB 48 21 26 1 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Southend-on-Sea LAB+IND+LDM 51 21 16 6 8 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Stockton-on-Tees LAB (minority) 56 16 24 1 15 All URL OCDUK
    Stoke-on-Trent CON (minority) 44 22 13 9 All URL OCDUK
    Swindon CON 57 34 23 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Telford and Wrekin LAB 54 14 35 4 1 All URL OCDUK
    Thurrock CON 49 30 14 5 Thirds URL OCDUK
    Torbay LDM+IND 36 14 12 10 All URL OCDUK
    Warrington Leader and cabinet LAB 58 11 35 8 4 All URL OCDUK
    West Berkshire CON 52 24 16 3 All URL OCDUK
    West Northamptonshire CON 93 65 20 5 3 All URL OCDUK
    Wiltshire CON 98 61 3 27 7 All URL OCDUK
    Windsor and Maidenhead Royal CON 41 22 10 9 All URL OCDUK
    Wokingham LDM+LAB+IND 54 26 3 23 2 Thirds URL OCDUK
    York LDM+GRN 47 2 17 21 3 4 All URL OCDUK

    England: sui generis councils[edit]

    Last full update: 22 June 2022

    Sui generis council Control Councillors Cycle Ref.
    Total LAB Other Vacant
    City of London Corporation 125 5 119 URL
    Isles of Scilly IND 16 16 URL OCDUK

    Scotland[edit]

    Further information: Local government in Scotland

    All 32 Scottish Councils had all their seats up for election by Single Transferable Vote in May 2022. Elections are on a five-year cycle and are next due in May 2027. Only two mainland councils are controlled by majority administrations: Dundee and West Dumbartonshire, who are controlled by Scottish Labour and the Scottish National Party, respectively. The three island councils (Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles) are each 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.).[18]

    Last update 6 May 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 SNP SNP maj URL 29 15 1 9 4
    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 9
    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 LAB LAB maj URL 22 9 12 1
    West Lothian NOC LAB min URL 33 14 7 11 1
    1. ^ a b 9 Aberdeen Labour (Councillors suspended by Labour from party for their coalition with Conservatives).

    Wales[edit]

    Further information: Local government in Wales

    All 22 Welsh unitary authorities had all of their seats up for election in May 2022, and the next elections are expected in May 2027.

    Last update 9 June 2022.

    Council Control Web Total LAB PC CON LD GP Other Vacant
    Blaenau Gwent LAB maj URL 33 21 12[w 1]
    Bridgend LAB maj URL 51 27 2 1 21[w 2]
    Caerphilly LAB maj URL 69 45 18 6[w 3]
    Cardiff LAB maj URL 79 55 11 10 3[w 4]
    Carmarthenshire PC maj URL 75 23 38 14[w 5]
    Ceredigion PC maj URL 38 1 20 7 10[w 6]
    Conwy NOC IND+LAB+PC URL 55 11 7 10 4 1 22[w 7]
    Denbighshire NOC LAB+PC URL 48 19 8 6 1 2 12[w 1]
    Flintshire NOC LAB min URL 67 31 2 4 30[w 8]
    Gwynedd PC maj URL 69 1 44 1 23[w 9]
    Isle of Anglesey PC maj URL 35 3 21 1 10[w 10]
    Merthyr Tydfil NOC IND min URL 30 15 15[w 11]
    Monmouthshire NOC LAB min URL 46 22 18 1 5[w 12]
    Neath Port Talbot NOC IND+PC URL 58 25 12 2 1 18[w 13]
    Newport LAB maj URL 51 35 7 1 1 7[w 14]
    Pembrokeshire NOC IND+LAB+PC+LD URL 60 10 2 11 2 35[w 15]
    Powys NOC LD+LAB URL 68 9 3 14 24 1 17[w 16]
    Rhondda Cynon Taf LAB maj URL 75 59 8 2 6[w 3]
    Swansea LAB maj URL 75 45 7 11 1 11[w 17]
    Torfaen LAB maj URL 40 30 10[w 10]
    Vale of Glamorgan NOC LAB+IND URL 54 25 8 13 8[w 18]
    Wrexham NOC IND+CON URL 56 14 9 9 1 23[w 9]
    1. ^ a b 12 Independents
    2. ^ 21 Independents
    3. ^ a b 6 Independents
    4. ^ 2 Common Ground, 1 Propel
    5. ^ 11 Independents, 3 New Independents
    6. ^ 9 Independents, 1 Gwlad
    7. ^ 22 Independents
    8. ^ 30 Independents
    9. ^ a b 23 Independents
    10. ^ a b 10 Independents
    11. ^ 15 Independents
    12. ^ 5 Independents
    13. ^ 18 Independents
    14. ^ 4 Independents, 3 Newport Independents Party
    15. ^ 13 Independents, 22 non-aligned
    16. ^ 17 Independents
    17. ^ 5 Independents, 4 Uplands Party, 2 Independents@Swansea
    18. ^ 4 Independents, 4 Llantwit First Independents

    Northern Ireland[edit]

    Further information: Local government in 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, with the next scheduled to be held in May 2023.[28] 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 14 February 2023.[29]

    Key to abbreviations below

    Unionists:

    Nationalists:

    Others:

    Council Control Web Total DUP SF UUP SDLP APNI GP TUV PBP Aontú PUP ML Ind. Vac-ant
    Antrim and Newtownabbey NOC DUP largest party URL 40 14 5 9 4 7 1
    Ards and North Down NOC DUP largest party URL 40 13 7 1 10 3 6
    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 4 6 9 4 3 1
    Causeway Coast and Glens NOC DUP largest party URL 40 12 9 6 4 2 1 6
    Derry City and Strabane NOC SF/SDLP largest parties URL 40 6 11 2 11 2 2 1 5
    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 3 9 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 5 16 2 11 3 1 3
    Total 462 120 105 72 57 53 7 6 5 2 2 1 32
    Council Control Web Total DUP SF UUP SDLP APNI GP TUV PBP Aontú PUP ML Ind. Vac-ant


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