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

Total number of councillors by political party

Last full update: 2 May 2024[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Party Total[lower-alpha 1] England[lower-alpha 2] Wales[lower-alpha 3] Scotland[lower-alpha 4] Northern Ireland[lower-alpha 5]
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

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


    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


    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 90 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

    County councils


    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
    1. The Liberal Democrat and Green Party councillors formed a single group, the Liberal Democrat Green Alliance, in advance of wider coalition negotiations. (See: "Conservative/Labour coalition proposed for Oxfordshire County Council". Oxford Mail. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.)
    2. 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.)
    3. 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: 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 39 11 22 3 2 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


    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 OCDUK
    Darlington 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 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 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 LAB (minority) 59 13 23 11 12 All URL OCDUK
    Rutland 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 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


    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
    Further information: Local government in Scotland

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

    Political control may be held by minority governments (min), coalitions (co), joint leadership arrangements (j.l.) or partnership working arrangements (p.w.).[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
      Further information: Local government in Wales

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

      Last update 9 June 2022.

      Council Control Web Total LAB PC CON LD GP Other Vacant
      Blaenau Gwent LAB maj URL 33 21 12[w 1]
      Bridgend LAB maj URL 51 27 2 1 21[w 2]
      Caerphilly LAB maj URL 69 45 18 6[w 3]
      Cardiff LAB maj URL 79 55 11 10 3[w 4]
      Carmarthenshire PC maj URL 75 23 38 14[w 5]
      Ceredigion PC maj URL 38 1 20 7 10[w 6]
      Conwy NOC IND+LAB+PC URL 55 11 7 10 4 1 22[w 7]
      Denbighshire NOC LAB+PC URL 48 19 8 6 1 2 12[w 1]
      Flintshire NOC LAB min URL 67 31 2 4 30[w 8]
      Gwynedd PC maj URL 69 1 44 1 23[w 9]
      Isle of Anglesey PC maj URL 35 3 21 1 10[w 10]
      Merthyr Tydfil 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]
      1. 12 Independents
      2. 21 Independents
      3. 6 Independents
      4. 2 Common Ground, 1 Propel
      5. 11 Independents, 3 New Independents
      6. 9 Independents, 1 Gwlad
      7. 22 Independents
      8. 30 Independents
      9. 23 Independents
      10. 10 Independents
      11. 16 Independents
      12. 5 Independents
      13. 18 Independents
      14. 4 Independents, 3 Newport Independents Party
      15. 13 Independents, 22 non-aligned
      16. 17 Independents
      17. 5 Independents, 4 Uplands Party, 2 Independents@Swansea
      18. 4 Independents, 4 Llantwit First Independents

      Northern Ireland
      Further information: Local government in Northern Ireland

      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]

      Council Control Web Total SF DUP APNI UUP SDLP TUV GP PBP PUP Ind. Vac-ant
      Antrim and Newtownabbey NOC DUP largest party URL 40 9 13 8 6 1 3
      Ards and North Down NOC DUP largest party URL 40 14 12 8 1 2 3
      Armagh City,
      Banbridge and
      Craigavon      		 NOC SF largest party URL 41 15 13 4 6 1 1 1
      Belfast NOC SF largest party URL 60 22 14 11 2 5 1 3 1 1
      Causeway Coast and Glens NOC DUP/SF largest parties URL 40 12 12 5 4 3 2 1 1
      Derry City and Strabane NOC SF largest party URL 40 18 5 3 8 1 5
      Fermanagh and Omagh SF SF largest party URL 40 21 6 2 7 3 1
      Lisburn and Castlereagh NOC DUP largest party URL 40 4 14 13 6 2 1
      Mid and East Antrim NOC DUP largest party URL 40 4 13 7 8 6 2
      Mid-Ulster NOC SF largest party URL 40 19 11 2 5 3
      Newry, Mourne and Down 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

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        Notes
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        2. Last updated on 6 May 2023
        3. Last updated on 6 May 2023
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