Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom

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: 24 county councils and 181 district councils (two tiers of local government which share responsibility for the same physical area), 58 unitary authorities, 36 metropolitan borough councils and 32 London borough councils, plus the sui generis Council of the Isles of Scilly and City of London Corporation.[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 34 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]

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, (with the notable exception of 2020)[11] various local elections take place every year, with the next set scheduled for 5 May 2022. But changes in party representation arise frequently anyway due to resignations, deaths, by-elections, co-options and changes of affiliation.

In the tables below, the political control of each body is also indicated using two columns. The first column indicates the party with a majority, if any. In the second column, the affiliation of the directly elected executive mayor for 15 local authorities in England which currently have one is noted.[12] For those without a directly-elected executive mayor and 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. Information on political compositions below is drawn from official websites and various data aggregators.

Summary

Last full update: 28 April 2022.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Party Total England Wales Scotland Northern
Ireland
Two-tier London
borough		 Metropolitan
borough		 Unitary
authority		 sui
generis
County District
Conservative 7,429 1,048 3,576 502 474 1,410 163 256
Labour 5,717 207 1,271 1,076 1,492 981 5 445 240
Liberal Democrats 2,478 229 1,297 157 212 456 59 68
Green (E&W) 460 46 244 12 60 98
SNP 389 389
Plaid Cymru 202 202
DUP 117 117
Sinn Féin 104 104
UUP 76 76
SDLP 55 55
Alliance 51 51
Others[lower-alpha 1] 2,731 101 1,163 66 133 431 136 378 265 58
Vacancies 134 4 59 20 25 10 6 9 1
Total 19,943 1,635 7,610 1,833 2,396 3,386 141 1,253 1,227 462
  1. Other political parties and independents. For further detail, see below.

England: two-tier

County councils

Last full update: 29 April 2022.

County council Control Councillors Cycle Ref.
Total CON LDM LAB GRN Other Vacant
Cambridgeshire L+C LDM+LAB+IND 61 28 20 9 4 ALL URL OCDUK
Cumbria L+C LAB+LD 84 37 16 26 1 3 1 ALL URL OCDUK
Derbyshire L+C CON 64 44 4 14 1 1 ALL URL OCDUK
Devon L+C CON 60 39 9 7 2 3 ALL URL OCDUK
East Sussex L+C CON 50 27 11 5 4 3 ALL URL OCDUK
Essex L+C CON 75 52 8 5 1 9 ALL URL OCDUK
Gloucestershire L+C CON 53 27 16 5 4 1 ALL URL OCDUK
Hampshire L+C CON 78 56 17 3 2 ALL URL OCDUK
Hertfordshire L+C CON 78 46 23 7 1 1 ALL URL OCDUK
Kent L+C CON 81 61 6 7 4 3 ALL URL OCDUK
Lancashire L+C CON 84 48 2 32 2 ALL URL OCDUK
Leicestershire L+C CON 55 42 9 4 ALL URL OCDUK
Lincolnshire L+C CON 70 54 3 4 9 ALL URL OCDUK
Norfolk L+C CON 84 57 9 12 3 3 ALL URL OCDUK
North Yorkshire L+C CON 72 50 3 4 14 1 ALL URL OCDUK
Nottinghamshire L+C CON 66 36 1 15 14 ALL URL OCDUK
Oxfordshire L+C LDM/GRN[c 1]+LAB 63 21 21[c 1] 16 3[c 1] 2 ALL URL OCDUK
Somerset L+C CON 55 31 13 3 2 4 2 ALL URL OCDUK
Staffordshire L+C CON 62 56 4 2 ALL URL OCDUK
Suffolk L+C CON 75 55 4 5 9 2 ALL URL OCDUK
Surrey L+C CON 81 47 14 2 2 16 ALL URL OCDUK
Warwickshire L+C CON 57 42 5 6 3 1 ALL URL OCDUK
West Sussex L+C CON 70 47 11 9 1 2 ALL URL OCDUK
Worcestershire L+C 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.)

District councils

Last full update: 4 May 2019.

District council County council Control Web Total CON LAB LD GP Other Vacant
Adur West Sussex CON URL 29 19 7 1 2
Allerdale Cumbria IND+CON URL 49 15 14 20
Amber Valley Derbyshire CON URL 45 28 16 1
Arun West Sussex Con min URL 54 24 1 16 2 11
Ashfield Nottinghamshire IND URL 35 3 2 30
Ashford Kent CON URL 47 26 7 2 12
Babergh Suffolk CON+LD+IND URL 32 15 2 3 4 8
Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LAB URL 36 12 24
Basildon Hampshire CON URL 42 22 12 8
Basingstoke and Deane West Sussex CON URL 60 33 10 5 6
Bassetlaw Nottinghamshire LAB URL 48 5 37 1 5
Blaby Leicestershire CON URL 39 25 6 6 1 1
Bolsover Derbyshire LAB+9 IND URL 37 3 17 17
Boston Lincolnshire CON URL 30 16 2 12
Braintree Essex CON URL 49 34 2 6 7[d 1]
Breckland Norfolk CON URL 49 37 6 2 4
Brentwood Essex CON URL 37 22 2 13
Broadland Norfolk CON URL 47 32 2 12 1
Bromsgrove Worcestershire CON URL 31 17 5 3 6[d 2]
Broxbourne Hertfordshire CON URL 30 27 3
Broxtowe Nottinghamshire LAB+LD+IND URL 44 20 14 5 5
Burnley Lancastershire LAB... URL 45 9 18 8 5 5
Cambridge Cambridgeshire LAB URL 42 27 12 2 1
Cannock Chase Staffordshire CON URL 41 24 9 2 1 5
Canterbury Kent CON URL 39 23 10 6
Carlisle Cumbria CON min URL 52 19 13 1 1 5
Castle Point Essex CON URL 41 21 20
Charnwood Leicestershire CON URL 52 37 13 1 1
Chelmsford Essex LD URL 57 21 31 5
Cheltenham Gloucestershire LD URL 40 8 30 2
Cherwell Oxfordshire CON URL 48 31 9 3 1 4
Chesterfield Derbyshire LAB URL 48 28 17 3
Chichester West Sussex CON min URL 36 18 2 11 2 3
Chorley Lancashire LAB URL 47 13 29
Colchester Essex CON+IND URL 51 23 11 12 2 3
Copeland (M) Cumbria IND Mayor URL 33 10 19 4
Cotswold Gloucestershire LD URL 34 14 18 1 1
Craven North Yorkshire CON min URL 30 15 3 1 2 9
Crawley West Sussex CON... URL 36 18 17 1
Dacorum Hertfordshire CON URL 51 31 19 1
Dartford Kent CON URL 44 29 10 3
Derbyshire Dales Derbyshire CON URL 39 20 6 8 2 3
Dover Kent CON URL 32 19 12 1
East Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire CON URL 28 15 13
East Devon Devon EDA+IND+LD+GRN+LAB URL 60 22 2 7 2 27[d 3]
East Hampshire Hampshire CON URL 43 32 2 7 2
East Hertfordshire Hertfordshire CON URL 50 40 2 6 2
East Lindsey Lincolnshire CON URL 55 29 7 1 18
East Staffordshire Staffordshire CON URL 39 25 10 1 3
East Suffolk Suffolk CON URL 88 39 7 3 4 2
Eastbourne East Sussex LD URL 27 9 18
Eastleigh Hampshire LD URL 39 2 32 5
Eden Cumbria LD+LAB+IND URL 38 14 2 10 2 10
Elmbridge Surrey CON... URL 48 21 9 18 1
Epping Forest Essex CON URL 58 36 4 3 15[d 4]
Epsom and Ewell Surrey IND URL 38 1 3 2 32[d 5]
Erewash Derbyshire CON URL 47 27 19 1
Exeter Devon LAB URL 39 6 28 2 2 1
Fareham Hampshire CON URL 31 23 5 3
Fenland Cambridgeshire CON URL 39 26 2 1 10
Folkestone and Hythe Kent CON+GRN+LD+IND URL 30 13 5 2 6 4[d 6]
Forest of Dean Gloucestershire IND+GRN+LAB URL 48 9 5 2 6 15
Fylde Lancastershire CON URL 51 31 1 19
Gedling Nottinghamshire LAB URL 41 8 29 2 2
Gloucester Gloucestershire CON URL 39 26 3 10
Gosport Hampshire CON URL 34 19 1 14
Gravesham Kent LAB URL 44 18 24 2
Great Yarmouth Norfolk CON URL 39 20 15 4
Guildford Surrey LD+R4GV URL 48 9 2 17 1 19[d 7]
Hambleton North Yorkshire CON URL 28 24 1 1 2
Harborough Leicestershire CON URL 37 22 1 11
Harlow Essex CON URL 33 20 13
Harrogate North Yorkshire CON URL 40 31 7 2
Hart Hampshire LD+IND URL 33 12 10 11[d 8]
Hastings East Sussex LAB URL 32 12 19 1
Havant Hampshire CON URL 38 36 1 1
Hertsmere Herefordshire CON URL 39 29 7 3
High Peak Derbyshire LAB URL 43 16 22 3 2
Hinckley and Bosworth Leicestershire LD URL 34 11 2 21
Horsham West Sussex CON URL 44 32 13 2 1
Huntingdonshire Cambridgeshire CON URL 52 30 4 7 11
Hyndburn Lancastershire LAB URL 35 12 22 1
Ipswich Suffolk LAB URL 48 15 30 3
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Norfolk CON URL 62 28 10 1 1 15
Lancaster Lancastershire LAB+GRN+LD+IND URL 60 11 16 4 10 19
Lewes East Sussex LD+GRN+LAB+IND URL 41 19 3 9 8 2
Lichfield Staffordshire CON URL 47 34 10 1 2
Lincoln Lincolnshire LAB URL 33 10 22 1
Maidstone Kent CON URL 55 29 4 17 5
Maldon Essex CON URL 31 17 14
Malvern Hills Worcestershire IND+LD+GRN URL 38 13 1 9 5 10
Mansfield (M) Nottinghamshire LAB Mayor URL 36 2 15 19
Melton Leicestershire CON URL 28 22 1 5
Mendip Somerset LD min URL 47 10 22 10 5
Mid Devon Devon IND+LD URL 42 18 12 2 10
Mid Suffolk Suffolk CON+IND URL 34 16 5 12 1
Mid Sussex West Sussex CON URL 54 34 13 3 4
Mole Valley Surrey LD URL 41 12 22 7
New Forest Hampshire CON URL 60 46 13 1
Newark and Sherwood Nottinghamshire CON URL 39 27 7 2 3
Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire CON min URL 44 24 18 2
North Devon Devon LD URL 43 11 21 2 8
North East Derbyshire Derbyshire CON URL 53 30 18 3 2
North Hertfordshire Hertfordshire LAB+LD URL 49 23 15 11
North Kesteven Lincolnshire IND URL 43 20 23
North Norfolk Norfolk LD URL 40 10 25 5
North Warwickshire Warwickshire CON URL 35 21 14
North West Leicestershire Leicestershire CON URL 38 20 10 4 1 3
Norwich Norfolk LAB URL 39 26 3 10
Nuneaton and Bedworth Warwickshire CON URL 34 24 7 1 2
Oadby and Wigston Leicestershire LD URL 26 2 24
Oxford Oxfordshire LAB URL 48 34 9 3 2
Pendle Lancashire CON URL 33 18 10 5
Preston Lancashire LAB URL 48 11 30 7
Redditch Worcestershire CON URL 29 25 4
Reigate and Banstead Surrey CON URL 51 28 3 7 7
Ribble Valley Lancashire CON URL 40 28 10 2
Richmondshire North Yorkshire 9 IND+LD+GRN URL 34 10 3 1 10
Rochford Essex CON URL 39 27 3 1 8[d 9]
Rossendale Lancashire LAB... URL 36 15 18 3
Rother East Sussex IND+LD URL 38 14 3 7 1 13
Rugby Warwickshire CON URL 42 25 8 9
Runnymede Surrey CON URL 42 26 1 3 11
Rushcliffe Nottinghamshire CON URL 44 29 7 3 2 3
Rushmoor Hampshire CON URL 39 29 9 1
Ryedale North Yorkshire CON min URL 30 12 2 16
Scarborough North Yorkshire LAB+10 IND URL 46 12 13 2 19
Sedgemoor Somerset CON URL 48 28 12 7
Selby North Yorkshire CON URL 31 16 8 7
Sevenoaks Kent CON URL 54 46 1 3 4
Somerset West and Taunton Somerset LD URL 59 9 3 32 2 13
South Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire LD URL 45 11 2 30 2
South Derbyshire Derbyshire CON URL 36 22 14
South Hams Devon CON URL 31 16 10 3 2
South Holland Lincolnshire CON URL 37 24 13
South Kesteven Lincolnshire CON URL 56 40 3 2 11
South Lakeland Cumbria LD URL 51 14 3 33 1
South Norfolk Norfolk CON URL 46 35 1 10
South Oxfordshire Oxfordshire LD+GRN URL 36 10 3 13 6 4[d 10]
South Ribble Lancashire LAB min URL 50 22 22 5
South Somerset Somerset LD URL 60 15 41 4
South Staffordshire Staffordshire CON URL 49 35 1 3 10
Spelthorne Surrey CON min URL 39 17 2 7 2 10 1
St Albans Hertfordshire LD URL 58 23 2 30 1 2
Stafford Staffordshire CON URL 40 22 10 1 7
Staffordshire Moorlands Staffordshire CON min URL 56 25 13 1 17
Stevenage Hertfordshire LAB URL 39 11 22 6
Stratford-on-Avon Warwickshire CON URL 36 20 11 1 4
Stroud Gloucestershire LAB+GRN+LD URL 50 20 15 3 13
Surrey Heath Surrey CON URL 40 18 1 10 2 4
Swale Kent LAB+LD+10 IND URL 47 16 11 5 2 13
Tamworth Staffordshire CON URL 30 26 3 1[d 11]
Tandridge Surrey CON... URL 42 14 9 18[d 12]
Teignbridge Devon LD URL 46 12 26 9
Tendring Essex CON+UKIP+9 IND URL 48 18 6 2 22[d 13]
Test Valley Hampshire CON URL 48 24 12 7
Tewkesbury Gloucestershire CON URL 38 23 8 1 6[d 14]
Thanet Kent LAB min URL 56 26 17 4 9[d 15]
Three Rivers Hertfordshire LD URL 39 11 3 23 2
Tonbridge and Malling Kent CON URL 54 39 1 9 2 3[d 16]
Torridge Devon NOC URL 36 10 3 2 2 19
Tunbridge Wells Kent NOC URL 48 24 5 13 6[d 17]
Uttlesford Essex RFU URL 39 5 5 2 27[d 18]
Vale of White Horse Oxfordshire LD URL 38 7 30 1
Warwick Warwickshire NOC URL 44 19 5 9 8 3[d 19]
Watford Hertfordshire LD URL 36 10 24 2
Waverley Surrey NOC URL 57 21 2 15 2 17[d 20]
Wealden East Sussex CON URL 45 29 5 3 7[d 21] 1
Welwyn Hatfield Hertfordshire CON URL 48 28 9 11
West Devon Devon NOC URL 31 15 2 2 12
West Lancashire Lancashire NOC URL 54 20 26 8
West Lindsey Lincolnshire NOC URL 36 17 12 7[d 22]
West Oxfordshire Oxfordshire CON URL 49 28 8 10 1 2
West Suffolk Suffolk CON URL 64 40 4 1 19[d 23]
Winchester Hampshire LD URL 45 16 27 2
Woking Surrey NOC URL 30 13 3 12 2
Worcester Worcestershire CON URL 35 18 11 2 4
Worthing West Sussex NOC URL 37 17 17 2 1
Wychavon Worcestershire CON URL 45 36 6 2 1
Wyre Lancashire CON URL 50 37 8 5[d 24]
Wyre Forest Worcestershire NOC URL 33 13 2 3 1 14[d 25]
  1. 4 Halstead Residents' Association Party
  2. 1 Wythall Residents' Association
  3. 13 East Devon Alliance
  4. 13 Loughton Residents Association; 1 For Britain Movement
  5. 32 Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell
  6. 2 UKIP
  7. 15 Residents for Guildford and Villages, 4 Guildford Greenbelt Group
  8. 9 Community Campaign Hart
  9. 2 Rochford District Residents
  10. 3 Henley Residents Group
  11. 1 UKIP
  12. 8 Oxted & Limpsfield Residents Group
  13. 4 Tendring First, 3 Holland-on-Sea and Eastcliff Matters
  14. 2 Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents
  15. 6 Thanet Independents
  16. 3 Independent Alliance (Kent)
  17. 5 Tunbridge Wells Alliance
  18. 24 Residents for Uttlesford, 2 Uttlesford Independent Group
  19. 3 Whitnash Residents' Association
  20. 15 Farnham Residents
  21. 4 Independent Democrats
  22. 2 Gainsborough Independents; 2 Lincolnshire Independents
  23. 6 West Suffolk Independents
  24. 3 Wyre Alliance; 2 Wyre Residents' Group
  25. 9 Independent Community and Health Concern

England: unitary authorities
Further information: Unitary authorities of England

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 (: 2016, 2021, 2024...), two years after leap years (: 2018, 2022...) and three years after (: 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 (),
    • six elect in the year after leap years (: 2017, 2021...),
    • and 30 elect three years after leap years ().

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, 4 May 2023
Bedford (M) NOC LD Mayor URL 40 11 11 15 2 1 all, 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, 4 May 2023
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole NOC CON min URL 76 36 3 14 2 19[u 1] 2 all, 4 May 2023
Bracknell Forest CON maj URL 42 37 4 1 all, 4 May 2023
Brighton & Hove NOC GRN min URL 54 13 16 20 5[u 2] all, 4 May 2023
Bristol (M) LAB LAB Mayor URL 70 14 36 9 11 all, 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, 4 May 2023
Cheshire East NOC LAB+IND URL 82 32 24 4 21[u 3] 1 all, 4 May 2023
Cheshire West and Chester NOC LAB min URL 75 27 35 2 1 5 all, 4 May 2023
Cornwall NOC LD+IND URL 123 45 4 35 38[u 4] 1 all, 6 May 2021
Darlington NOC CON min URL 50 22 19 3 2 4 all, 4 May 2023
Derby NOC CON min URL 51 20 15 8 8[u 5] thirds 6 May 2021
Dorset CON maj URL 82 43 1 29 4 5 all, 4 May 2023
Durham LAB maj URL 126 10 74 14 28[u 6] all, 6 May 2021
East Riding of Yorkshire CON maj URL 67 48 9 10[u 7] all, 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 8] thirds 6 May 2021
Herefordshire NOC IND+OUR COUNTY+GRN URL 53 13 7 7 26[u 9] all, 4 May 2023
Isle of Wight CON maj URL 40 25 1 2 12[u 10] all, 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, 4 May 2023
Luton LAB maj URL 48 4 32 12 all, 4 May 2023
Medway CON maj URL 55 33 20 2 all, 4 May 2023
Middlesbrough (M) NOC IND Mayor URL 46 3 20 23 all, 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, 4 May 2023
North Northamptonshire CON maj URL 78 60 14 1 3 1 TBC TBC
North Somerset NOC IND+LD+GRN URL 50 13 6 11 3 17 all, 4 May 2023
Northumberland NOC CON min URL 67 33 24 3 7[u 11] all, 6 May 2021
Nottingham LAB maj URL 55 2 50 3 all, 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, 4 May 2023
Rutland CON min URL 27 9 1 4 1 11 1 all, 4 May 2023
Shropshire CON maj URL 74 48 6 12 1 6 1 all, 6 May 2021
Slough LAB maj URL 42 5 37 thirds 6 May 2021
South Gloucestershire CON maj URL 70 33 11 17 all, 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, 4 May 2023
Stoke-on-Trent NOC CON+11 IND URL 44 15 15 14 all, 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, 4 May 2023
Thurrock CON CON min URL 49 29 16 4 thirds 6 May 2021
Torbay NOC LD+IND[22] URL 36 14 12 10 all, 4 May 2023
Warrington LAB maj URL 58 1 44 12 1 all, 6 May 2021
West Berkshire CON maj URL 52 24 16 3 all, 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, 6 May 2021
Windsor & Maidenhead Royal CON maj URL 57 23 9 9[u 12] all, 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, 4 May 2023
  1. 5 Poole People; 1 Alliance for Local Living
  2. 1 Independent Councillor elected in 2019. 1 Councillor elected as a Conservative now sits as an Independent. Due to anti-semitic posts on social media, 1 Labour Councillor was suspended from the party in June 2020 while 2 others resigned shortly afterwards. These events lead to Labour allowing the Greens to form a minority administration in July 2020. Another Labour Councillor resigned the whip in protest at the lifting of the suspension of the 1st suspended councillor in August 2021 (she was fully reinstated as a Labour Councillor in Feb 2022). Hence there are now 3 ex-Labour Independents.
  3. 2 Real Independent Group; 2 independent - non grouped
  4. 4 Mebyon Kernow; 2 Standalone Independent
  5. 5 Brexit Party
  6. 7 Derwentside Independents; 5 Spennymoor Independents; 3 North East Party
  7. 2 Yorkshire Party
  8. 6 Independent Union; 4 Socialist Labour Party; 3 Putting Seaton First; 1 For Britain Movement; 1 Veterans and People's Party
  9. 12 Herefordshire Independents; 8 It's our County; 5 True Independents
  10. 8 Island Independents
  11. 3 Bedlington Independents
  12. 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 2021. All candidates stood independently.

Council Control Web Total IND Vacant Last change
Isles of Scilly IND IND URL 16 16 Election, 6 May 2021

England: metropolitan borough councils
Further information: Metropolitan borough

Of the 36 metropolitan borough councils:

  • three elect to all of their seats at once:
    • Rotherham in a leap year except 2020 (: 2016, 2021, 2024...),
    • Doncaster in the year after a leap year (: 2017, 2021...),
    • Birmingham two years after (: 2018, 2022...);
  • the other 33 boroughs hold elections for one third of their seats at a time, all with seats elected to either in , or 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, 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, 6 May 2021
Dudley 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, 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
      Further information: London boroughs

      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 Vacant
      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[23] 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. 1 ex-Labour, 1 ex-Conservative
      2. 1 Independent (ex-Labour)
      3. 2 Independents
      4. 1 Suspended from Conservative Party, 2 ex-Labour
      5. 22 various Residents Associations, 1 Independent
      6. Merton Park Independent Residents
      7. 3 Sutton Independent Residents
      8. 1 Aspire, 1 Independent (ex-Conservative)
      9. 1 Independent

      Scotland
      Further information: Local government in 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.).[24]

      Last update 29 January 2022.[25][26]

      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[27] URL 36 11 8 5 11 1
      Clackmannanshire NOC SNP min[28] 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[29] 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[30] URL 63 16 17 11 6 7 5 1
      Falkirk NOC SNP+IND co[31] URL 30 13 7 7 3
      Fife NOC SNP+LAB j.l.[32] URL 75 29 13 23 7 2 1
      Glasgow NOC SNP min[33] 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
      1. 9 Aberdeen Labour (Councillors suspended by Labour from party for their coalition with Conservatives).

      Wales
      Further information: Local government in 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.[34][35][36]

      Last update 14 November 2021.

      Council Control Web Total LAB PC CON LD GP Other Vacant
      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 1 20 8 13[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]
      1. 29 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid Cymru
      2. 18 Independents
      3. 6 Independents
      4. 1 Independent, 3 Propel
      5. 19 Independents
      6. 13 Independents
      7. 1 ex-Independent
      8. 23 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid, 2 ex-Conservative
      9. 11 Independents
      10. Includes 1 Independent who sits with the Lib Dems Group
      11. 24 Independents
      12. 33 Independents including 1 ex-Plaid
      13. 13 Independents including 1 ex-Lib Dem
      14. 18 Independents
      15. 5 Independents
      16. 8 Independents, 1 Welsh National Party (ex-Plaid),
      17. 13 Independents, 22 non-aligned
      18. 1 ex-Conservative
      19. 30 Independents, 1 Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party
      20. 7 Independents including 1 ex-Lib Dem, 1 Cynon Valley Party
      21. 7 Independents, 1 non-aligned
      22. 13 Independents
      23. 15 Independents
      24. 25 Independents, 1 non-aligned

      Northern Ireland
      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.[37] 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 1 March 2022.[38]

      Council Control Web Total DUP SF UUP SDLP APNI GP TUV PBP Aontú PUP ML Independent Vacant
      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 4 6 9 4 3 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 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 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 2 16 3 11 2 1 6
      Total 462 118 105 74 56 51 8 7 5 2 2 1 33

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