Local elections RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 21 May 2012

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1 w Local elections 2012 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 21 May 2012 Local elections took place in 181 local authorities on 3 May Almost 4,900 council seats were up for election in 128 local authorities in England, 32 unitary authorities in Scotland and 21 unitary authorities in Wales. Labour made net gains of 32 councils and over 800 council seats. The Conservatives had a net loss of twelve councils and 400 seats. The Liberal Democrats had a net loss of more than 300 seats and one council. Labour won 39% of the national equivalent share of the vote, compared to 33% for the Conservatives and 15% for the Liberal Democrats. Turnout was estimated to be 32%. There were inaugural mayoral elections in Liverpool and Salford. Ten cities held referendums on whether to introduce directly elected mayors, with only Bristol voting in favour. In Doncaster, voters decided to retain the office of mayor in a referendum on whether the mayoral system should continue. Feargal McGuinness Edmund Tetteh

2 Recent Research Papers 12/18 Financial Services Bill: Committee Stage Report /19 Civil Aviation Bill: Committee Stage Report /20 Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [HL] [Bill 335 of ] 12/21 Social Indicators /22 Economic Indicators, May /23 Financial Services Bill: Committee Stage and Report Stage(Day One) Report 12/24 Local Government Finance Bill [Bill 4 of ] /25 Unemployment by Constituency, May /26 Electoral Administration Bill [Bill 6 of ] Research Paper 12/27 Contributing Authors: Feargal McGuinness, Social & General Statistics Edmund Tetteh, Statistics Resource Unit Mark Taylor, Statistics Resource Unit Richard Cracknell, Social & General Statistics This information is provided to Members of Parliament in support of their parliamentary duties and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual. It should not be relied upon as being up to date; the law or policies may have changed since it was last updated; and it should not be relied upon as legal or professional advice or as a substitute for it. A suitably qualified professional should be consulted if specific advice or information is required. This information is provided subject to our general terms and conditions which are available online or may be provided on request in hard copy. Authors are available to discuss the content of this briefing with Members and their staff, but not with the general public. We welcome comments on our papers; these should be ed to papers@parliament.uk. ISSN

3 Contents Summary 1 1 Introduction 2 2 Results of council elections Council control Councillor numbers 5 3 National equivalent share of the vote 6 4 Post-election composition 7 5 Mayoral elections 10 6 Mayoral referendums 11 7 Reference tables and maps 11

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5 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 Summary Elections were held on 3 May 2011 to 4,900 seats in 128 local authorities in England, all 32 unitary authorities in Scotland and 21 unitary authorities in Wales. Labour won or retained control of 75 councils, a net gain of 32. Labour won control of six councils from the Conservatives (Dudley, Great Yarmouth, Harlow, Plymouth, Redditch and Southampton) and two Welsh councils from Independents (Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil). They won 25 councils from no overall control (NOC), but lost overall control of Midlothian. Labour gained 823 seats in net terms. The Conservatives won or retained control of 42 councils, a net loss of twelve. The party lost seven councils to no overall control and six to Labour, but gained Winchester from no overall control. The Conservatives had a net loss of 403 seats. The Liberal Democrats retained control of six councils but lost Cambridge to no overall control. The party lost 330 seats in net terms. The estimated national equivalent share of the vote for Labour was 39%, compared to 33% for the Conservatives and 15% for the Liberal Democrats. Turnout was projected to be 32%. Ten cities held referendums on whether to change the council leadership system to have an elected mayor. Bristol was the only city to vote in favour of an elected mayor. A referendum was also held in Doncaster on whether to abolish the office of mayor, but voters chose to keep the mayoral system. Liverpool and Salford held their first ever elections for new directly-elected mayors. The Labour candidate was successful in both cities: Joe Anderson was elected in Liverpool and Ian Stewart in Salford. Elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly were also held on 3 May The Conservative candidate Boris Johnson was re-elected as Mayor while Labour became the largest party in the London Assembly, winning 12 of the 25 seats. The London elections are analysed in detail in Library Research Paper RP12/28 London Elections

6 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 1 Introduction Members of councils - councillors - are elected for terms of four years. There are a variety of electoral cycles (times when elections are held) so not all councillors are elected at the same time. In some authorities, including London boroughs and all county councils, elections are held every four years. Others elect a proportion of members each year. In England and Wales, councillors are elected using the First Past the Post system, while in Scotland the Single Transferrable Vote (STV) system is used. There are three methods of holding elections to local councils: by whole council; by thirds; and by halves. By whole: All councillors are elected once every four years, in whole council elections. By thirds: At each election, a third of the councillors are elected. Elections are held every year except in years when there are county council elections in the rest of England. By halves: At each election, half of the councillors are elected. Elections are held every two years. Elections were held to 4,900 seats in 181 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales on 3 May 2012, comprising: 36 metropolitan borough councils (one third of seats) 18 English unitary authorities: one third of seats in 16 councils and all seats in 2 councils 74 shire district councils: one third of seats in 63 councils; half of seats in 7 councils; and all seats in 4 councils 32 Scottish unitary authorities (all seats) 21 Welsh unitary authorities (all seats) In Wales all authorities held elections except the Isle of Anglesey, where elections have been postponed until 2013 pending a review of electoral arrangements at the council; in the meantime the council is being run by commissioners. This paper is intended as a provisional summary of the results. It is based on media reports, data supplied by the BBC s Political Research Unit and local authorities. The compilation of the final results, including votes cast at ward- and authority-level, shares of the vote, and turnout will be published later in the year by Professors Rallings and Thrasher of the University of Plymouth in their Local Elections Handbook Comparisons of net gains and losses are based on council composition immediately prior to the elections. Council control is attributed on a simple numerical basis minority administrations and coalitions are not taken into account; they are regarded as the authority being under no overall (single party) control (NOC). 2

7 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 2 Results of council elections 2.1 Council control Labour won or retained control of 75 councils, a net gain of 32. In England, Labour made six gains from the Conservatives: Dudley metropolitan borough council; Great Yarmouth, Harlow and Redditch shire district councils; and Plymouth and Southampton unitary authorities. The party also gained sixteen councils from NOC. In Wales, Labour gained six councils from NOC and gained Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil unitary authorities from Independents; Labour now controls ten councils in Wales. They made three gains from NOC in Scotland (Glasgow, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire) but lost Midlothian to NOC. The Conservatives won or retained control of 42 councils, a net loss of twelve. The party gained Winchester from NOC but lost six councils to Labour and seven to NOC: Gloucester; Hart; Southend-on-Sea; Worcester and Wyre Forest, as well as Monmouthshire and Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. The Liberal Democrats retained control of six councils. Cambridge was lost to NOC but the Liberal Democrats remain the largest party on the council. The party lost 333 councillors in net terms, including half of council seats in Wales and Scotland. The Scottish National Party won control of two councils, Angus and Dundee. The party did not control any councils prior to the elections. The SNP won the most council seats of any party in Scotland. In Wales, Plaid Cymru lost Gwynedd to NOC and lost 41 seats in net terms. The Green Party won or retained 40 seats, a net gain of ten. Nine councillors were elected for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), but the party did not make a net gain in seats. Council control: All local authorities, Great Britain Pre-election Post-election Change CON LAB LD Others NOC Summary: changes in council control All local authorities in England, Wales & Scotland that had elections in May 2012 Pre-election Post-election Change CON LAB LD Others NOC

8 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 Changes in council control Conservative (net -12) Labour (net +32) Liberal Democrat (net -1) Gains (1) Gains (33) Gains (0) From NOC (1) From Conservatives (6) Winchester Dudley Great Yarmouth Harlow Plymouth Redditch Southampton From NOC (25) Birmingham Bridgend Burnley Caerphilly Cannock Chase Cardiff Carlisle Chorley Derby Exeter Glasgow Newcastle under Lyme Newport North East Lincolnshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Reading Renfrenshire Rossendale Sefton Swansea Thurrock Torfaen West Dunbartonshire Wirral From IND (2) Blaenau Gwent Merthyr Tydfil Losses (13) Losses (1) Losses (1) To Labour (6) To NOC (1) To NOC (1) Dudley Midlothian Cambridge Harlow Great Yarmouth Plymouth Redditch Southampton To NOC (7) Gloucester Hart Monmouthshire Southend on Sea Vale of Glamorgan Worcester Wyre Forest 4

9 RESEARCH PAPER 12/ Councillor numbers Seats won and net gains Seats contested on 3 May Councils Councillors Party Total Net gain Total Net gain Labour , Conservative , Liberal Democrat Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Green Residents Association UK Independence Party Others No overall control Source: BBC Labour won or retained 2,158 seats, 44% of those contested and a net gain of 823 seats. The party gained 263 seats in net terms on metropolitan borough councils, including 13 seats in Dudley to win the council from the Conservatives and 20 in Birmingham to gain the council from NOC. Labour won 577 of the 1,223 Welsh council seats up for election, a net gain of 232. The party now controls ten Welsh unitary authorities, compared to two immediately before the election. The Conservatives won or retained just over 1,000 seats, or one in five of those contested. This represented a net loss of 403 seats. The party lost 129 seats in net terms across metropolitan boroughs and continues to be without representation on six metropolitan borough councils (Gateshead, Knowsley, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield). In shire districts the Conservatives had a net loss of 141 seats, but won overall control of Winchester. On Welsh councils where there had been a significant Conservative presence prior to the election, the party incurred heavy losses including the loss of more than half its seats in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan. The Conservatives remain the largest party in Monmouthshire despite losing overall control of the council. The Liberal Democrats won or retained 431 seats, a net loss of 333. They lost about half their councillors in Wales and Scotland, including net losses of 18 councillors in Cardiff and 13 councillors in Edinburgh where they had been the largest party before the elections. The party lost more than 100 seats in metropolitan boroughs, including heavy losses in Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield for the second year running. In Scotland, the SNP won 424 council seats, a net gain of 57, and gained overall control in Angus and Dundee. Labour won 394 seats, a net gain of 58, but controls four councils. Most of the seats contested in 2012 had been last up for election in 2008, when the Conservatives performed very strongly with net gains of 257 seats and 12 councils. Labour on the other hand lost 334 seats and nine councils in net terms. 5

10 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 3 National equivalent share of the vote The estimated share of the vote each party would have received had elections been held across the whole of Great Britain is 39% for Labour, 33% for the Conservatives and 15% for the Liberal Democrats. 1 Trends are shown in the table and chart below. Where general elections were held simultaneously, the general election vote share is used. Estimated national equivalent share of vote at local elections, Great Britain CON LAB LD Others % 38% 14% 3% % 42% 13% 5% % 41% 17% 4% % 29% 27% 4% % 36% 20% 5% % 37% 21% 4% % 39% 26% 3% % 37% 26% 3% % 32% 27% 3% % 38% 18% 5% % 42% 19% 3% % 44% 17% 6% % 38% 22% 5% % 30% 20% 4% % 39% 25% 5% % 40% 27% 5% % 47% 23% 5% % 43% 24% 4% % 44% 17% 8% % 37% 25% 5% % 36% 25% 5% % 30% 26% 6% % 42% 19% 6% % 33% 25% 8% % 30% 27% 8% % 26% 27% 10% % 36% 23% 8% % 26% 25% 10% % 26% 24% 10% % 24% 23% 10% % 22% 25% 18% % 30% 24% 10% % 37% 16% 9% % 39% 15% 13% Local elections in 1979, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2010 w ere held on same day as a general election, and in these years general election vote shares are show n in bold. Sources: Rallings and Thrasher, British Electoral Facts Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections Handbook, various The Sunday Times, 6 May National equivalent share of the vote as estimated by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (The Elections Centre, Plymouth University) 6

11 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 Estimated national equivalent share of the vote at local elections since 1979 Great Britain 50% 45% 40% LAB 35% 30% CON 25% 20% 15% LD 10% 5% Others 0% Post-election composition Estimated post-election council composition and control: Great Britain Councillors Number % total CON LAB LD SNP/PC OTH CON LAB LD SNP/PC OTH London boroughs # 38% 47% 13% 1% Metropolitan boroughs 400 1, # 16% 70% 10% 3% Counties 1, # 68% 8% 18% 5% Unitary authorities 1,262 1, # 41% 35% 15% 9% Shire districts 5,141 1,741 1, # 58% 20% 14% 4% England 8,781 5,582 2,555 1,240 # 48% 31% 14% 7% Welsh unitary authorities # 8% 46% 6% 13% 26% Scottish unitary authorities # 9% 32% 6% 35% 17% Great Britain 9,004 6,559 2, ,787 # 44% 32% 13% 3% 9% Councils controlled CON LAB LD SNP/PC NOC/IND CON LAB LD SNP/PC NOC/IND London boroughs # 34% 53% 6% 6% Metropolitan boroughs # 6% 81% 0% 14% County councils # 96% 0% 0% 4% Unitary authorities # 36% 42% 2% 20% Shire districts # 65% 15% 4% 15% England # 54% 28% 3% 14% Welsh unitary authorities # 0% 45% 0% 0% 55% Scottish unitary authorities # 0% 13% 0% 6% 81% Great Britain # 47% 28% 3% 0% 21% Source: Rallings & Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle, 10 May

12 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 The Conservatives have 9,000 councillors, 44% of the Great Britain total. The fall in Conservative councillor numbers at this year s local elections follows on from a small increase last year. Conservative councillor numbers peaked in 1978 when half of all councillors were Conservative, before falling during the party s time in government from 1979 to Numbers rose consistently between 1997, when the Conservatives held 20% of council seats in Great Britain, and 2008 by which time their proportion stood at 44%. The Conservatives control 190 councils, 47% of authorities in Great Britain, including 26 out of 27 county councils and just under two thirds of shire districts. The party controls no councils in Scotland and, following the loss of Vale of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire to NOC, controls no councils in Wales. Labour has almost 6,600 councillors, 32% of the Great Britain total. The number of Labour councillors fell consistently from the mid-1990s to a low of 4,400 in 2009, but since then the party has been gaining council seats. Labour has about the same number of councillors now as it did following the 2005 local elections. Labour controls 114 councils, 28% of the total. They control 81% of metropolitan boroughs and just over half (53%) of London boroughs, but only 15% of shire districts. There are currently no county councils under Labour control. The Liberal Democrats have just over 2,700 councillors, 13% of the Great Britain total. The four hundred council seats lost in 2012 follows on from the loss of more than eight hundred seats in 2011, and for the first time since the creation of the Liberal Democrats, the party has fewer than 3,000 councillors. Liberal Democrat councillor numbers peaked at over 5,000 in 1996, having been slowly increasing since Between 1997 and 2010 the proportion of council seats held by the party was relatively stable. The Liberal Democrats control 12 councils, 3% of the total number. Two London boroughs, one unitary authority and nine shire districts are under Liberal Democrat control. Councillors 14,000 Party affiliation of councillors since 1973 Great Britain 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 CON LAB 4,000 2,000 LD Others PC/SNP

13 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 Party affiliation of councillors Great Britain Number % total CON LAB LD PC/SNP Others Total CON LAB LD PC/SNP Others ,709 9,781 1, ,183 24,165 32% 40% 6% 0% 21% ,102 10,325 1, ,664 25,710 32% 40% 6% 1% 22% ,301 10,117 1, ,685 25,710 32% 39% 6% 1% 22% ,077 8,213 1, ,132 25,758 43% 32% 4% 1% 20% ,370 7, ,965 25,749 48% 28% 4% 1% 19% ,645 6, ,920 25,481 50% 26% 4% 1% 19% ,222 7,410 1, ,388 25,380 48% 29% 4% 1% 17% ,738 8,011 1, ,325 25,409 46% 32% 5% 1% 17% ,545 8,999 1, ,208 25,379 42% 35% 6% 1% 17% ,447 8,774 1, ,099 25,347 41% 35% 7% 1% 16% ,557 8,782 2, ,570 25,255 42% 35% 9% 1% 14% ,393 8,870 2, ,515 25,288 41% 35% 9% 1% 14% ,191 8,746 2, ,432 25,179 40% 35% 10% 1% 14% ,216 8,759 2, ,364 24,501 38% 36% 12% 1% 14% ,141 8,525 3, ,974 24,483 37% 35% 15% 1% 12% ,150 8,601 3, ,968 24,491 37% 35% 14% 1% 12% ,242 8,636 3, ,958 24,437 38% 35% 14% 1% 12% ,020 8,920 3, ,968 24,437 37% 37% 13% 1% 12% ,985 9,504 3, ,997 24,450 33% 39% 15% 1% 12% ,288 9,102 3, ,977 24,429 34% 37% 15% 1% 12% ,802 9,213 4, ,948 24,444 32% 38% 17% 1% 12% ,286 9,257 4, ,941 24,427 30% 38% 19% 2% 12% ,883 10,461 4, ,157 22,737 21% 46% 22% 1% 9% ,276 10,929 5, ,157 22,738 19% 48% 22% 1% 9% ,449 10,608 4, ,076 22,188 20% 48% 21% 1% 9% ,772 10,411 4, ,083 22,199 21% 47% 21% 1% 9% ,144 9,134 4, ,973 22,180 28% 41% 20% 2% 9% ,785 8,529 4, ,071 22,289 30% 38% 20% 2% 9% ,941 8,487 4, ,091 22,319 31% 38% 20% 2% 9% ,178 8,117 4, ,094 22,183 32% 37% 20% 2% 9% ,768 7,207 4, ,125 22,039 35% 33% 21% 2% 10% ,038 6,669 4, ,213 21,989 37% 30% 21% 2% 10% ,193 6,518 4, ,233 22,044 37% 30% 22% 2% 10% ,495 6,176 4, ,273 22,031 39% 28% 21% 2% 10% ,431 5,483 4, ,173 22,044 43% 25% 20% 2% 10% ,721 5,122 4, ,225 22,104 44% 23% 20% 3% 10% ,553 4,436 4, ,060 20,702 46% 21% 20% 3% 10% ,406 4,831 3, ,962 20,711 45% 23% 19% 3% 9% ,445 5,707 3, ,855 20,679 46% 28% 15% 3% 9% ,004 6,559 2, ,787 20,645 44% 32% 13% 3% 9% Note: LD includes predecessor parties Sources: Rallings and Thrasher, British Electoral Facts Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections Handbook Local Government Chronicle, 10 May

14 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 5 Mayoral elections Inaugural mayoral elections were held in Liverpool and Salford. In Liverpool, Labour candidate and former council leader Joe Anderson was elected with a majority of first preference votes. 59% of voters selected him as their first choice, giving him a majority of 51% of the vote over his nearest challenger. Labour candidate Ian Stewart was elected in Salford after second preference votes were redistributed. He won 46% of first preference votes. Ian Stewart was MP for Eccles between 1997 and 2010, when his constituency was abolished. Results of Mayoral elections, 3 May 2012 Turnout (%) First vote Second vote Total vote number % number % number % Liverpool 30.8 Joe Anderson LAB 58, % Liam Fogarty IND 8, % Richard Kemp LD 6, % John Coyne Green 5, % Tony Mulhearn TUSC 4, % Steve Radford LIB 4, % Tony Caldeira CON 4, % Adam Heatherington UKIP 2, % Paul Duane Rimmer ED 1, % Jeffrey Berman LIP 1, % Mike Whitby BNP 1, % Peter Tierney NF % Total 98, % Salford 25.7 Ian Stewart LAB 20, % 2, % 23, % Karen Margaret Garrido CON 8, % 2, % 10, % Bernard Gill UKIP 3, % Pat Ward IND 2, % Norman Owen LD 2, % Eddy O'Sullivan BNP 2, % Paul Massey IND 1, % Mike Felse ED 1, % Joe O'Neill Green 1, % Michael Moulding CAP 1, % Total 44, % 4, % 33, % Party abbreviations CAP Community Action Party - Exposing Political Fraudsters LIP Liverpool Independent Party ED English Democrats "Putting England First" NF National Front LIB Liberal Party TUSC Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Source: Results published online by local authorities 10

15 RESEARCH PAPER 12/27 6 Mayoral referendums Ten cities held referendums on whether to change their council leadership model to have a directly elected mayor. Only one city, Bristol, voted in favour. The other cities were Birmingham, Bradford, Coventry, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield. In Doncaster, a referendum was held on whether the office of directly elected mayor should continue. Voters decided to retain the mayoral system. Turnout in the referendums ranged from 35.2% in Bradford to 23.8% in Nottingham. In Bristol, 24.1% of voters turned out to vote. Results of Mayoral Referendums Yes' votes are those in favour of a directly elected mayor Result Yes No % Yes % No % Turnout Electorate Birmingham No 88, , % 57.8% 27.7% 754,765 Bradford No 53,949 66, % 55.1% 35.2% 341,126 Bristol Yes 41,032 35, % 46.7% 24.1% 318,893 Coventry No 22,619 39, % 63.6% 26.2% 236,818 Leeds No 62, , % 63.3% 30.3% 562,598 Manchester No 42,677 48, % 53.2% 24.7% 369,376 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne No 24,630 40, % 61.9% 32.0% 202,527 Nottingham No 20,943 28, % 57.5% 23.8% 206,555 Sheffield No 44,571 82, % 65.0% 32.1% 397,510 Wakefield No 27,610 45, % 62.2% 28.3% 257,530 Doncaster Yes 42,196 25, % 38.0% 30.1% 225,796 Source: data supplied by local authorities. 7 Reference tables and maps The following tables show the 2012 local election results for the 181 authorities which held elections, including council composition following the elections and share of seats. The maps show the party in control (post-election) in the authorities that held elections, and councils gained by party. 11

16 Metropolitan, unitary authority and shire district council election results Council composition and share of seats Council composition share of seats (%) Net seats Control CON LAB LD GRN Others TOTAL CON LAB LD GRN Others TOTAL CON LAB LD GRN Others Metropolitan boroughs Barnsley Third LAB No Change % 83% 0% 0% 10% 100% Birmingham Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 64% 13% 0% 0% 100% Bolton Third LAB No Change % 68% 5% 0% 0% 100% Bradford Third NOC No Change % 50% 9% 3% 11% 100% Bury Third LAB No Change % 71% 4% 0% 2% 100% Calderdale Third NOC No Change % 39% 24% 0% 4% 100% Coventry Third LAB No Change % 80% 0% 0% 0% 100% Doncaster Third LAB No Change % 79% 5% 0% 2% 100% Dudley Third LAB Lab gain from Con % 57% 0% 1% 0% 100% Gateshead Third LAB No Change % 83% 17% 0% 0% 100% Kirklees Third NOC No Change % 46% 14% 7% 6% 100% Knowsley Third LAB No Change % 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% Leeds Third LAB No Change % 64% 10% 2% 5% 100% Liverpool Third LAB No Change % 82% 11% 2% 5% 100% Manchester Third LAB No Change % 91% 9% 0% 0% 100% Newcastle-upon-Tyne Third LAB No Change % 65% 33% 0% 1% 100% North Tyneside Third LAB No Change % 73% 7% 0% 0% 100% Oldham Third LAB No Change % 73% 24% 0% 0% 100% Rochdale Third LAB No Change % 70% 8% 0% 0% 100% Rotherham Third LAB No Change % 92% 0% 0% 2% 100% Salford Third LAB No Change % 87% 0% 0% 0% 100% Sandwell Third LAB No Change % 94% 0% 0% 3% 100% Sefton Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 55% 30% 0% 3% 100% Sheffield Third LAB No Change % 70% 27% 2% 0% 100% Solihull Third CON No Change % 12% 22% 10% 2% 100% South Tyneside Third LAB No Change % 89% 0% 0% 9% 100% St Helens Third LAB No Change % 83% 10% 0% 0% 100% Stockport Third NOC No Change % 33% 44% 0% 6% 100% Sunderland Third LAB No Change % 85% 0% 0% 4% 100% Tameside Third LAB No Change % 91% 0% 0% 0% 100% Trafford Third CON No Change % 40% 6% 0% 0% 100% Wakefield Third LAB No Change % 83% 0% 0% 0% 100% Walsall Third NOC No Change % 47% 8% 0% 5% 100% Wigan Third LAB No Change % 84% 3% 0% 12% 100% Wirral Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 56% 11% 0% 0% 100% Wolverhampton Third LAB No Change % 73% 5% 0% 0% 100% Metropolitan boroughs Total 398 1, ,442 16% 70% 10% 1% 3% 100% Unitary authorities Blackburn with Darwen Thirds LAB No Change % 70% 8% 0% 0% 100% Derby Thirds LAB Lab gain from NOC % 55% 18% 0% 0% 100% Halton Thirds LAB No Change % 89% 7% 0% 0% 100% * Hartlepool All-up LAB No Change % 64% 0% 0% 27% 100% Kingston upon Hull Thirds LAB No Change % 66% 29% 0% 2% 100% Milton Keynes Thirds NOC No Change % 31% 29% 0% 0% 100%

17 Council composition share of seats (%) Net seats Control CON LAB LD GRN Others TOTAL CON LAB LD GRN Others TOTAL CON LAB LD GRN Others North East Lincolnshire Thirds LAB Lab gain from NOC % 60% 10% 0% 2% 100% Peterborough Thirds CON No Change % 19% 7% 0% 16% 100% Plymouth Thirds LAB Lab gain from Con % 54% 0% 0% 0% 100% Portsmouth Thirds LD No Change % 10% 62% 0% 0% 100% Reading Thirds LAB Lab gain from NOC % 57% 9% 7% 2% 100% Slough Thirds LAB No Change % 85% 2% 0% 0% 100% Southampton Thirds LAB Lab gain from Con % 63% 4% 0% 0% 100% Southend-on-Sea Thirds NOC Con lose to NOC % 12% 20% 0% 20% 100% * Swindon All-up CON No Change % 42% 7% 0% 0% 100% Thurrock Thirds LAB Lab gain from NOC % 53% 0% 0% 6% 100% Warrington Thirds LAB No Change % 72% 21% 0% 0% 100% Wokingham Thirds CON No Change % 0% 19% 0% 2% 100% Unitary authorities Total % 50% 14% 0% 4% 100% Shire districts Adur one-half CON No Change % 3% 3% 0% 7% 100% Amber Valley Third CON No Change % 47% 0% 0% 0% 100% Basildon Third CON No Change % 33% 5% 0% 0% 100% Basingstoke and Deane Third CON No Change % 23% 18% 0% 5% 100% Bassetlaw Third LAB No Change % 71% 0% 0% 6% 100% Brentwood Third CON No Change % 5% 22% 0% 3% 100% * Broxbourne All-up CON No Change % 10% 0% 0% 0% 100% Burnley Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 58% 31% 0% 0% 100% Cambridge Third NOC LD lose to NOC % 45% 50% 0% 2% 100% Cannock Chase Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 59% 12% 0% 0% 100% Carlisle Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 53% 4% 0% 4% 100% Castle Point Third CON No Change % 0% 0% 0% 39% 100% Cheltenham one-half LD No Change % 0% 63% 0% 10% 100% Cherwell Third CON No Change % 12% 6% 0% 0% 100% Chorley Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 51% 2% 0% 4% 100% Colchester Third NOC No Change % 13% 45% 0% 5% 100% Craven Third CON No Change % 0% 13% 0% 33% 100% Crawley Third CON No Change % 43% 0% 0% 0% 100% * Daventry All-up CON No Change % 17% 3% 0% 0% 100% Eastleigh Third LD No Change % 0% 91% 0% 0% 100% Elmbridge Third CON No Change % 0% 10% 0% 37% 100% ** Epping Forest Third CON No Change % 2% 7% 0% 24% 100% Exeter Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 60% 13% 0% 0% 100% Fareham one-half CON No Change % 0% 20% 0% 0% 100% Gloucester Third NOC Con lose to NOC % 25% 25% 0% 0% 100% Gosport one-half CON No Change % 15% 15% 0% 0% 100% Great Yarmouth Third LAB Lab gain from Con % 54% 0% 0% 0% 100% Harlow Third LAB Lab gain from Con % 61% 0% 0% 0% 100% Harrogate Third CON No Change % 0% 31% 0% 7% 100% Hart Third NOC Con lose to NOC % 0% 29% 0% 26% 100% Hastings one-half LAB No Change % 72% 0% 0% 0% 100% Havant Third CON No Change % 8% 3% 0% 0% 100% Hertsmere Third CON No Change % 13% 0% 0% 0% 100%

18 Council composition share of seats (%) Net seats Control CON LAB LD GRN Others TOTAL CON LAB LD GRN Others TOTAL CON LAB LD GRN Others Huntingdonshire Third CON No Change % 2% 13% 0% 10% 100% Hyndburn Third LAB No Change % 66% 0% 0% 9% 100% Ipswich Third LAB No Change % 67% 8% 0% 0% 100% Lincoln Third LAB No Change % 73% 0% 0% 3% 100% Maidstone Third CON No Change % 2% 35% 0% 9% 100% Mole Valley Third NOC No Change % 0% 46% 0% 15% 100% Newcastle-under-Lyme Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 53% 19% 0% 0% 100% North Hertfordshire Third CON No Change % 20% 12% 0% 0% 100% Norwich Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 54% 8% 38% 0% 100% Nuneaton and Bedworth one-half LAB Lab gain from NOC % 74% 0% 3% 0% 100% Oxford one-half LAB No Change % 60% 27% 10% 2% 100% Pendle Third NOC No Change % 37% 24% 0% 2% 100% Preston Third LAB No Change % 54% 9% 0% 4% 100% Purbeck Third NOC No Change % 0% 42% 0% 8% 100% Redditch Third LAB Lab gain from Con % 52% 0% 0% 0% 100% Reigate and Banstead Third CON No Change % 0% 4% 6% 18% 100% Rochford Third CON No Change % 0% 10% 5% 5% 100% Rossendale Third LAB Lab gain from NOC % 67% 3% 0% 6% 100% * Rugby All-up CON No Change % 24% 14% 0% 2% 100% Runnymede Third CON No Change % 0% 0% 0% 14% 100% * Rushmoor All-up CON No Change % 28% 0% 0% 8% 100% St Albans Third NOC No Change % 14% 33% 2% 2% 100% South Cambridgeshire Third CON No Change % 2% 28% 0% 12% 100% South Lakeland Third LD No Change % 6% 67% 0% 0% 100% Stevenage Third LAB No Change % 77% 8% 0% 0% 100% Stratford-on-Avon Third CON No Change % 0% 30% 0% 8% 100% Stroud Third NOC No Change % 31% 12% 10% 4% 100% Tamworth Third CON No Change % 37% 0% 0% 3% 100% Tandridge Third CON No Change % 0% 14% 0% 5% 100% Three Rivers Third LD No Change % 13% 58% 0% 0% 100% Tunbridge Wells Third CON No Change % 4% 10% 0% 8% 100% Watford Third LD No Change % 22% 64% 8% 0% 100% Welwyn Hatfield Third CON No Change % 23% 4% 0% 2% 100% West Lancashire Third CON No Change % 48% 0% 0% 0% 100% West Oxfordshire Third CON No Change % 8% 8% 0% 0% 100% Weymouth and Portland Third NOC No Change % 31% 22% 0% 8% 100% Winchester Third CON Con gain from NOC % 4% 44% 0% 2% 100% Woking Third CON No Change % 0% 42% 0% 0% 100% Worcester Third NOC Con lose to NOC % 43% 6% 3% 0% 100% Worthing Third CON No Change % 0% 32% 0% 3% 100% Wyre Forest Third NOC Con lose to NOC % 19% 0% 0% 33% 100% Shire districts Total 1, ,190 49% 26% 18% 1% 6% 100% England total 2,260 2, ,547 35% 46% 15% 1% 4% 100% * Boundary changes ** Slight boundary changes

19 Council composition share of seats (%) Net seats Control CON LAB LD PC Others TOTAL CON LAB LD PC Others TOTAL CON LAB LD PC Others Welsh unitary authorities Blaenau Gwent All-up LAB Lab gain from Ind % 79% 0% 0% 21% 100% Bridgend All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 72% 6% 2% 19% 100% Caerphilly All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 68% 0% 27% 4% 100% Cardiff All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 61% 21% 3% 5% 100% Carmarthenshire All-up NOC No Change % 31% 0% 38% 31% 100% Ceredigion All-up NOC No Change % 2% 17% 45% 36% 100% Conwy All-up NOC No Change % 17% 8% 20% 32% 100% Denbighshire All-up NOC No Change % 38% 2% 15% 26% 100% Flintshire All-up NOC No Change % 43% 10% 1% 34% 100% Gwynedd All-up NOC PC lose to NOC % 5% 3% 50% 42% 100% Merthyr Tydfil All-up LAB Lab gain from Ind % 70% 0% 0% 30% 100% Monmouthshire All-up NOC Con lose to NOC % 26% 7% 0% 23% 100% Neath Port Talbot All-up LAB No Change % 81% 0% 13% 6% 100% Newport All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 74% 2% 0% 4% 100% Pembrokeshire All-up IND No Change % 15% 2% 8% 70% 100% Powys All-up IND No Change % 10% 11% 0% 66% 100% Rhondda Cynon Taff All-up LAB No Change % 80% 1% 12% 5% 100% Swansea All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 68% 17% 0% 10% 100% Torfaen All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 68% 0% 5% 18% 100% Vale of Glamorgan All-up NOC Con lose to NOC % 47% 0% 13% 17% 100% Wrexham All-up NOC No Change % 44% 8% 2% 37% 100% Welsh total ,223 9% 47% 6% 13% 26% 100%

20 Council composition share of seats (%) Net seats Control CON LAB LD SNP Others TOTAL CON LAB LD SNP Others TOTAL CON LAB LD SNP Others Scottish unitary authorities Aberdeen All-up NOC No Change % 40% 12% 35% 7% 100% Aberdeenshire All-up NOC No Change % 3% 18% 41% 18% 100% Angus All-up SNP SNP gain from NOC % 3% 3% 52% 28% 100% Argyll & Bute All-up NOC No Change % 0% 12% 36% 39% 100% Clackmannanshire All-up NOC No Change % 44% 0% 44% 6% 100% Dumfries & Galloway All-up NOC No Change % 32% 2% 21% 15% 100% Dundee All-up SNP SNP gain from NOC % 34% 3% 55% 3% 100% East Ayrshire All-up NOC No Change % 44% 0% 47% 3% 100% East Dunbartonshire All-up NOC No Change % 33% 13% 33% 13% 100% East Lothian All-up NOC No Change % 43% 0% 39% 4% 100% East Renfrewshire All-up NOC No Change % 40% 0% 20% 10% 100% Edinburgh All-up NOC No Change % 34% 5% 31% 10% 100% Eilean Siar All-up IND No Change % 10% 0% 23% 68% 100% Falkirk All-up NOC No Change % 44% 0% 41% 9% 100% Fife All-up NOC No Change % 45% 13% 33% 5% 100% Glasgow All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 56% 1% 34% 8% 100% Highland All-up NOC No Change % 10% 19% 28% 44% 100% Inverclyde All-up NOC No Change % 50% 10% 30% 5% 100% Midlothian All-up NOC Lab lose to NOC % 44% 0% 44% 11% 100% Moray All-up NOC No Change % 12% 0% 38% 38% 100% North Ayrshire All-up NOC No Change % 37% 0% 40% 20% 100% North Lanarkshire All-up LAB No Change % 59% 0% 37% 4% 100% Orkney All-up IND No Change % 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% Perth & Kinross All-up NOC No Change % 10% 12% 44% 10% 100% Renfrewshire All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 55% 3% 38% 3% 100% Scottish Borders All-up NOC No Change % 0% 18% 26% 26% 100% Shetland All-up IND No Change % 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% South Ayrshire All-up NOC No Change % 30% 0% 30% 7% 100% South Lanarkshire All-up NOC No Change % 49% 1% 42% 3% 100% Stirling All-up NOC No Change % 36% 0% 41% 5% 100% West Dunbartonshire All-up LAB Lab gain from NOC % 55% 0% 27% 18% 100% West Lothian All-up NOC No Change % 48% 0% 45% 3% 100% Scottish total ,220 9% 32% 6% 35% 18% 100%

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