Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom
This article documents the strengths of political parties in the 317 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 317 local authorities are made up of: 32 London borough councils, 21 county councils and 164 district councils (two tiers of local government which share responsibility for the same physical area), 36 metropolitan district councils, 62 unitary authorities, and 2 sui generis authorities, the 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]Total number of councillors by political party
[edit]Last full update: 2 May 2024[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
| Party | Total[a] | England[b] | Wales[c] | Scotland[d] | Northern Ireland[e] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 6,562 / 18,646
|
5,610 | 526 | 282 | ||
| Conservative | 5,148 / 19,228
|
4,824 | 111 | 213 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,095 / 18,646
|
2,909 | 68 | 87 | ||
| Green (E&W) | 842 / 17,546
|
757 | 9 | |||
| SNP | 427 / 1,227
|
453 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru | 205 / 1,231
|
200 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | 144 / 462
|
144 | ||||
| DUP | 121 / 462
|
121 | ||||
| Alliance | 67 / 462
|
67 | ||||
| Ashfield Independents | 42 / 101
|
42 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 54 / 462
|
54 | ||||
| SDLP | 37 / 462
|
37 | ||||
| Scottish Greens | 36 / 1,227
|
36 | ||||
| Canvey Island Independents | 34 / 116
|
34 | ||||
| Aspire | 24 / 45
|
24 | ||||
| Havering Residents Association | 23 / 55
|
23 | ||||
| Reform UK | 10 / 18,646
|
10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TUV | 10 / 462
|
10 | ||||
| Mebyon Kernow | 5 / 87
|
5 | ||||
| Green (NI) | 5 / 462
|
5 | ||||
| Liberal | 5 / 18,646
|
5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chislehurst Matters | 3 / 3
|
3 | ||||
| Yorkshire | 3 / 1,139
|
3 | ||||
| Merton Park Residents Association | 2 / 57
|
2 | ||||
| People Before Profit | 2 / 462
|
2 | ||||
| SDP | 2 / 18,646
|
2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUP | 1 / 462
|
1 | ||||
| Other parties and independents | 2,316 / 19,228
|
1638 | 318 | 188 | 21 | |
| Vacancies | 55 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 19,228 | 16,249 | 1,236 | 1,226 | 462 | |
Political control of local government in England
[edit]The table below shows who has political control of each of the 21 non-metropolitan county councils (NMC), the 62 unitary authorities (UA), the 36 metropolitan districts (MD), the 32 London boroughs (LB) as well as the 2 sui generis entities: the City of London (CL) and the Isles of Scilly (IS). In total, 153 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.
| Party | NMC | UA + IS | MD | LB + CL | Total no. of councils | % of all councils | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON control | 20 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 36.8 | |
| CON-led coalition | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0.7 | |
| CON | 20 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 37.5 | |
| LAB control | – | 15 | 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 | |
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 | 40 | 21 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Bexley | Leader and cabinet | CON | 45 | 12 | 32 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Brent | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 57 | 49 | 5 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Bromley | Leader and cabinet | CON | 58 | 12 | 34 | 5 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Camden | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 55 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Croydon | Mayor and cabinet | CON | NOC | 71 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Ealing | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 70 | 59 | 5 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Enfield | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 37 | 25 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Greenwich | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 55 | 52 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Hackney | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 57 | 49 | 6 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 50 | 39 | 10 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Haringey | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 57 | 46 | 7 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Harrow | Leader and cabinet | CON | 55 | 23 | 31 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Havering | Leader and cabinet | IND+LAB | 55 | 9 | 16 | 30 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Hillingdon | Leader and cabinet | CON | 53 | 22 | 30 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Hounslow | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 62 | 50 | 9 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Islington | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 46 | 3 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Kensington and Chelsea | Leader and cabinet | CON | 50 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Kingston upon Thames | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 48 | 2 | 43 | 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 | 30 | 7 | 17 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Newham | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 66 | 61 | 2 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Redbridge | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 56 | 5 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Richmond upon Thames | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 54 | 49 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Southwark | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 52 | 11 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Sutton | Committee system[18] | LDM | 54 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Tower Hamlets | Mayor and cabinet | IND | IND | 45 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 26 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Waltham Forest | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 60 | 46 | 13 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Wandsworth | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 58 | 34 | 23 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Westminster | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 54 | 31 | 23 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
England: metropolitan district councils
[edit]Last full update: 5 May 2024
| Metropolitan district council | Control | Councillors | Cycle | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | LAB | CON | LDM | GRN | Other | Vacant | ||||||
| Barnsley | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Birmingham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 101 | 65 | 22 | 12 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bolton | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 60 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 12 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Bradford | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 90 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 13 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Bury | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 32 | 10 | 9 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Calderdale | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Coventry | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 54 | 39 | 12 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Doncaster | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 55 | 41 | 11 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Dudley | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 72 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Gateshead | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 66 | 48 | 18 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Kirklees | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 69 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 9 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Knowsley | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 45 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 4 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Leeds | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 99 | 61 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 12 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Liverpool | Leader and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 85 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 6 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Manchester | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 96 | 87 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 78 | 45 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 7 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| North Tyneside | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 60 | 51 | 8 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Oldham | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 60 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 16 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Rochdale | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 60 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 4 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Rotherham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 59 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Salford | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | 60 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Sandwell | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 72 | 64 | 5 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Sefton | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 66 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Sheffield | Committee system | NOC | 84 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 8 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Solihull | Leader and cabinet | CON | 51 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| South Tyneside | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 54 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 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 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 7 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Sunderland | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 75 | 53 | 10 | 12 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Tameside | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 57 | 48 | 7 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Trafford | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 6 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Wakefield | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Walsall | Leader and cabinet | CON | 60 | 14 | 37 | 9 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Wigan | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 75 | 64 | 1 | 10 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Wirral | Committee system | LAB (minority) | 66 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 14 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Wolverhampton | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 60 | 47 | 12 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
England: two-tier county and district councils
[edit]County councils
[edit]Last full update: 14 May 2023
| County council | Control | Councillors | Cycle | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | CON | LDM | LAB | GRN | Other | Vacant | |||||
| Cambridgeshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM+LAB+IND | 61 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 64 | 41 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Devon | Leader and cabinet | CON | 60 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| East Sussex | Leader and cabinet | CON | 50 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Essex | Leader and cabinet | CON | 75 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK |
| Gloucestershire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 53 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 78 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 78 | 45 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Kent | Leader and cabinet | CON | 81 | 59 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 84 | 48 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 55 | 41 | 10 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 70 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 9 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | CON | 84 | 54 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 66 | 35 | 15 | 16 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Oxfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM/GRN[c 1]+LAB | 63 | 22 | 19[c 2] | 14 | 3[c 3] | 4 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK |
| Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 62 | 55 | 5 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Suffolk | Leader and cabinet | CON | 75 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Surrey | Leader and cabinet | CON | 81 | 45 | 16 | 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 | 46 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK |
| Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 57 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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 | LAB | 29 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 2 | Halves | URL OCDUK | |||
| Amber Valley | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 42 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Arun | West Sussex | Committee system | LDM+LAB+GRN | 54 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Ashfield | Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | IND | 35 | 2 | 1 | 32 | All | URLOCDUK | ||||
| Ashford | Kent | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 47 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 11 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Babergh | Suffolk | Alternative arrangements | IND+LDM+GRN | 32 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | URL OCDUK | |||
| Basildon | Essex | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 42 | 13 | 18 | 11 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Basingstoke and Deane | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | IND+LAB+LDM+GRN | 54 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 14 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Bassetlaw | Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 48 | 8 | 38 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Blaby | Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 39 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bolsover | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 37 | 3 | 31 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Boston | Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | IND | 30 | 5 | 25 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Braintree | Essex | Leader and cabinet | CON | 49 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Breckland | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | CON | 49 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Brentwood | Essex | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 37 | 19 | 17 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Broadland | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 47 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bromsgrove | Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 31 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Broxbourne | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 30 | 27 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Broxtowe | Nottinghamshire | Committee system | LAB | 44 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Burnley | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | LAB+LDM | 45 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 10 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 42 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Cannock Chase | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB+GRN | 41 | 10 | 21 | 5 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Canterbury | Kent | Committee system | NOC | 39 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Castle Point | Essex | Leader and cabinet | IND | 39 | 39 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| Charnwood | Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 52 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Chelmsford | Essex | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 57 | 21 | 33 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 40 | 36 | 3 | 1 | Halves | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Cherwell | Oxfordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 48 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Chesterfield | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 40 | 12 | 28 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Chichester | West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 36 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Chorley | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 42 | 3 | 39 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Colchester | Essex | Leader and cabinet | LDM+LAB+GRN | 51 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Cotswold | Gloucestershire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 34 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Crawley | West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 36 | 11 | 25 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Dacorum | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 51 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Dartford | Kent | Leader and cabinet | CON | 42 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Derbyshire Dales | Derbyshire | Alternative arrangements | LDM+LAB+GRN | 39 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Dover | Kent | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| East Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | Alternative arrangements | CON | 28 | 15 | 13 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| East Devon | Devon | Leader and cabinet | IND+LDM+GRN | 60 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 20 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| East Hampshire | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 43 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| East Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 50 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 19 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| East Lindsey | Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 55 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| East Staffordshire | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 39 | 15 | 21 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| East Suffolk | Suffolk | NOC | 55 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Eastbourne | East Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 27 | 8 | 19 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Eastleigh | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 39 | 1 | 35 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Elmbridge | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | IND+LDM | 48 | 9 | 23 | 16 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Epping Forest | Essex | Leader and cabinet | CON | 58 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Epsom and Ewell | Surrey | Alternative arrangements | IND | 38 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Erewash | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 47 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Exeter | Devon | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 39 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Fareham | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 31 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Halves | URL OCDUK | |||
| Fenland | Cambridgeshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 43 | 35 | 2 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Folkestone and Hythe | Kent | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 30 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Forest of Dean | Gloucestershire | Leader and cabinet | IND+GRN | 38 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Fylde | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 37 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 14 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Gedling | Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 41 | 9 | 4 | 28 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Gloucester | Gloucestershire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 39 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Gosport | Hampshire | Alternative arrangements | LDM | 28 | 10 | 15 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Gravesham | Kent | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 39 | 17 | 22 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 39 | 19 | 18 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Guildford | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 48 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Harborough | Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 34 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Harlow | Essex | Alternative arrangements | CON | 33 | 21 | 12 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Hart | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | IND+LDM | 33 | 11 | 11 | 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 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Hertsmere | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 39 | 16 | 9 | 14 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| High Peak | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 43 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Hinckley and Bosworth | Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 34 | 10 | 22 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Horsham | West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 48 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 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) | 35 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Ipswich | Suffolk | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 48 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 55 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 18 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Lancaster | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | GRN+IND | 61 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Lewes | East Sussex | Leader and cabinet | GRN+LDM+LAB | 41 | 15 | 9 | 17 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Lichfield | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 47 | 23 | 7 | 17 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Lincoln | Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Maidstone | Kent | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 55 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 10 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Maldon | Essex | Leader and cabinet | CON+IND+LDM | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 14 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Malvern Hills | Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | IND+LDM | 31 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 36 | 5 | 25 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Melton | Leicestershire | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 28 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Mid Devon | Devon | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 42 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Mid Suffolk | Suffolk | Leader and cabinet | GRN | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Mid Sussex | West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 48 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Mole Valley | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 39 | 3 | 30 | 6 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| New Forest | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 60 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Newark and Sherwood | Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 39 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 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 | 42 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| North East Derbyshire | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 53 | 19 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| North Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB+LDM | 49 | 15 | 15 | 19 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| North Kesteven | Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 43 | 25 | 2 | 16 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| North Norfolk | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 40 | 12 | 25 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| North Warwickshire | Warwickshire | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 35 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| North West Leicestershire | Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 38 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Norwich | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 39 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 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 | 7 | 19 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Oxford | Oxfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 48 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 10 | Halves | URL OCDUK | |||
| Pendle[19] | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | IND+LDM | 33 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Preston | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 48 | 10 | 7 | 31 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Redditch | Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 29 | 16 | 13 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Reigate and Banstead | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 45 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Ribble Valley | Lancashire | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 40 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Rochford | Essex | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 39 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 15 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Rossendale | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 36 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 4 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Rother | East Sussex | Leader and cabinet | IND+LDM+LAB | 38 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Rugby | Warwickshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Runnymede | Surrey | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 41 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Rushcliffe | Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 44 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Rushmoor | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 39 | 23 | 2 | 14 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Sevenoaks | Kent | Leader and cabinet | CON | 54 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| South Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 45 | 8 | 37 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| South Derbyshire | Derbyshire | Alternative arrangements | LAB | 36 | 9 | 23 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| South Hams | Devon | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 31 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| South Holland | Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 37 | 19 | 18 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| South Kesteven | Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 56 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| South Norfolk | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | CON | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| South Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 36 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| South Ribble | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 50 | 16 | 5 | 29 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| South Staffordshire | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 42 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Spelthorne | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 39 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| St Albans | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 56 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Stafford | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 40 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Staffordshire Moorlands | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 56 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 8 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Stevenage | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 39 | 9 | 6 | 24 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Stratford-on-Avon | Warwickshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 36 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Stroud | Gloucestershire | Committee System | GRN+IND | 50 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Surrey Heath | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 35 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Swale | Kent | Committee system | LAB+IND+LDM+GRN | 47 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 12 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Tamworth | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 30 | 16 | 10 | 6 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Tandridge | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | Third | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Teignbridge | Devon | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 47 | 9 | 26 | 12 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Tendring | Essex | Leader and cabinet | CON+IND | 48 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 17 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Test Valley | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 43 | 26 | 17 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | Committee system | NOC | 38 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 9 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Thanet | Kent | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 56 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Three Rivers | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM (minority) | 39 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Tonbridge and Malling | Kent | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 54 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Torridge | Devon | Alternative arrangements | IND | 36 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 16 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Tunbridge Wells | Kent | Leader and cabinet | LDM+IND+LAB | 48 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 12 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Uttlesford | Essex | Leader and cabinet | IND | 39 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Vale of White Horse | Oxfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 38 | 34 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Warwick | Warwickshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 44 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 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 | 50 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Wealden | East Sussex | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 45 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 48 | 22 | 14 | 12 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| West Devon | Devon | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| West Lancashire | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 54 | 15 | 26 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| West Lindsey | Lincolnshire | Alternative arrangements | LDM (minority) | 36 | 14 | 18 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| West Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM+LAB+GRN | 49 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| West Suffolk | Suffolk | NOC | 64 | 27 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 18 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Winchester | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 45 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Woking | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 30 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Worcester | Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 35 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 10 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Worthing | West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 37 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Wychavon | Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 45 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Wyre | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 50 | 30 | 15 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Wyre Forest | Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 33 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
England: unitary authorities
[edit]Last full update: 5 May 2024
| Unitary authority | Control | Councillors | Cycle | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | CON | LAB | LDM | GRN | Other | Vacant | ||||||
| Bath and North East Somerset | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 59 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Bedford | Mayor and cabinet | CON | NOC | 46 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Blackburn with Darwen | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 9 | 29 | 13 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Blackpool | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 42 | 14 | 28 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | NOC | 76 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 20 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Bracknell Forest | LAB | 41 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Brighton & Hove | LAB | 54 | 6 | 38 | 7 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Bristol | Committee system | NOC | 70 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 34 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Buckinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 147 | 111 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 12 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Central Bedfordshire | NOC | 63 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 28 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Cheshire East | Committee system | NOC | 82 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 18 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Cheshire West and Chester | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 70 | 23 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Cornwall | Leader and cabinet | CON | 87 | 45 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 23 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Cumberland | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 46 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 3 | All | [1] OCDUK | ||
| Darlington | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 50 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Derby | NOC | 51 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 9 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Dorset | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 82 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 4 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Durham | Leader and cabinet | IND+CON+LDM | 126 | 22 | 56 | 17 | 1 | 30 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| East Riding of Yorkshire | NOC | 67 | 28 | 4 | 22 | 13 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Halton | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 54 | 1 | 50 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Hartlepool | Committee system | LAB | 36 | 6 | 24 | 6 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Herefordshire | NOC | 53 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Isle of Wight | Leader and cabinet | IND+GRN | 39 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Kingston upon Hull | LDM | 57 | 26 | 31 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| Leicester | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 54 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Luton | LAB | 48 | 3 | 30 | 15 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Medway | LAB | 59 | 22 | 33 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Middlesbrough | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 46 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 16 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Milton Keynes | LAB | 57 | 9 | 30 | 18 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| North East Lincolnshire | NOC | 42 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| North Lincolnshire | CON | 43 | 27 | 16 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| North Northamptonshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 78 | 53 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| North Somerset | NOC | 50 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| North Yorkshire | CON (minority) | 90 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 18 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Northumberland | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 67 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 9 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Nottingham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 55 | 50 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Peterborough | LAB (minority) | 60 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 17 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Plymouth | LAB | 57 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 6 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Portsmouth | LDM (minority) | 42 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 11 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Reading | LAB | 48 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Redcar & Cleveland | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 59 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 12 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Rutland | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 27 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Shropshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 74 | 39 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Slough | NOC | 42 | 21 | 18 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Somerset | LDM | 110 | 34 | 5 | 61 | 5 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| South Gloucestershire | NOC | 70 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Southampton | LAB | 51 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Southend-on-Sea | NOC | 51 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Stockton-on-Tees | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 56 | 26 | 22 | 8 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Stoke-on-Trent | LAB | 44 | 14 | 29 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Swindon | LAB | 57 | 15 | 41 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Telford and Wrekin | LAB | 54 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Thurrock | LAB | 49 | 13 | 27 | 9 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Torbay | CON (minority) | 36 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Warrington | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 58 | 1 | 42 | 12 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| West Berkshire | LDM | 43 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| West Northamptonshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 93 | 62 | 20 | 6 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Westmorland and Furness | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 65 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Wiltshire | CON | 98 | 60 | 3 | 29 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Windsor and Maidenhead | LDM | 41 | 7 | 22 | 12 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Wokingham | NOC | 54 | 19 | 8 | 27 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| York | LAB | 47 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 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]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.).[20]
Last update 6 May 2022.[21][22]
| Council | Control | Web | Total | SNP | CON | LAB | LD | SGP | Alba | Other | Vacant | Upcoming by-elections | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | NOC | SNP+LD co | URL | 45 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Aberdeenshire | NOC | CON+LD+IND co | URL | 70 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 12 | |||||
| Angus | NOC | CON+IND+LD co | URL | 28 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Argyll & Bute | NOC | CON+LD+IND+ISP co[23] | URL | 36 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Clackmannanshire | NOC | SNP min[24] | URL | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dumfries & Galloway | NOC | CON+LD+IND co | URL | 43 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 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[25] | 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[26] | URL | 63 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Falkirk | NOC | SNP+IND co[27] | URL | 30 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Fife | NOC | SNP+LAB j.l.[28] | URL | 75 | 29 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Glasgow | NOC | SNP min[29] | 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 | CON min | URL | 28 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
Wales
[edit]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 | IND | IND | URL | 30 | 14 | 16[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] | ||
- ^ a b 12 Independents
- ^ 21 Independents
- ^ a b 6 Independents
- ^ 2 Common Ground, 1 Propel
- ^ 11 Independents, 3 New Independents
- ^ 9 Independents, 1 Gwlad
- ^ 22 Independents
- ^ 30 Independents
- ^ a b 23 Independents
- ^ a b 10 Independents
- ^ 16 Independents
- ^ 5 Independents
- ^ 18 Independents
- ^ 4 Independents, 3 Newport Independents Party
- ^ 13 Independents, 22 non-aligned
- ^ 17 Independents
- ^ 5 Independents, 4 Uplands Party, 2 Independents@Swansea
- ^ 4 Independents, 4 Llantwit First Independents
Northern Ireland
[edit]Elections were most recently held for 11 councils in Northern Ireland in May 2023. They are held every four years, with the next elections due in May 2027. 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 21 May 2024.[30]
Key to abbreviations below
- NOC = No Overall Control, i.e. no single party has more than half the seats
- DUP = Democratic Unionist Party
- UUP = Ulster Unionist Party
- TUV = Traditional Unionist Voice
- PUP = Progressive Unionist Party
- SF = Sinn Féin (Irish republicans)
- SDLP = Social Democratic and Labour Party
Others:
- APNI = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- GP = Green Party Northern Ireland
- PBP = People Before Profit
- Ind. = Independent
| Council | Control | Web | Total | SF | DUP | APNI | UUP | SDLP | TUV | GP | PBP | PUP | Ind. | Vac-ant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | Committee system | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Ards and North Down | Committee system | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon |
Committee system | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 41 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Belfast | Committee system | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 60 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Causeway Coast and Glens | Committee system | NOC | DUP/SF largest parties | URL | 40 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Derry City and Strabane | Committee system | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 40 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Fermanagh and Omagh | Committee system | SF | SF largest party | URL | 40 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | Committee system | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Mid and East Antrim | Committee system | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Mid-Ulster | Committee system | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 40 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Newry, Mourne and Down | Committee system | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 41 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 462 | 144 | 120 | 67 | 53 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | |||||
| Council | Control | Web | Total | SF | DUP | APNI | UUP | SDLP | TUV | GP | PBP | PUP | Ind. | Vac-ant | ||
See also
[edit]- List of political parties in the United Kingdom by representation
- History of local government in England
- Local government in the United Kingdom
- Local government in England
- Local government in Scotland
- Local government in Wales
- Local government in Northern Ireland
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