Local Council Political Compositions after the elections of June 2001

This page shows the composition of councils after the elections of June 2001. Refer to the live compositions page for links to other preserved historical files.

There are five tables for the different types of council in England: County Councils, Unitary Authorities, London Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs, and District Councils; followed by tables for Scottish Unitary Authorities, and Welsh Unitary Authorities

Keith Edkins - recreated and © 14/05/2022

County Councils
	Control	Con	Labour	LibDem	Others
Bedfordshire	Con	26	13	10
Buckinghamshire	Con	40	5	9
Cambridgeshire	Con	34	9	16
Cheshire	Con	28	17	5	1
Cornwall		9	9	35	26
Cumbria		33	40	10	1
Derbyshire	Lab	13	43	7	1
Devon		22	5	21	6
Dorset	Con	23	4	14	1
Durham	Lab	2	53	4	2
East Sussex	Con	24	7	13
Essex	Con	49	19	10	1
Gloucestershire		27	19	16	1
Hampshire	Con	46	9	19
Hertfordshire	Con	40	26	10
Kent	Con	52	22	10
Lancashire	Lab	26	44	6	2
Leicestershire	Con	29	15	10
Lincolnshire	Con	49	21	4	3
Norfolk	Con	48	26	10
North Yorkshire	Con	41	12	17	4
Northamptonshire	Lab	33	39	1
Northumberland	Lab	17	38	9	3
Nottinghamshire	Lab	20	40	3
Oxfordshire		26	24	18	2
Shropshire		17	11	9	7
Somerset		24	5	29
Staffordshire	Lab	24	36	2
Suffolk		31	35	12	2
Surrey	Con	51	6	13	6
Warwickshire		20	28	13	1
West Sussex	Con	42	11	18
Wiltshire	Con	28	3	14	2
Worcestershire		26	14	8	9
County Totals		1020	708	405	81

Unitary Authorities
	Control	Con	Labour	LibDem	Others
Bath & N.E. Somerset		16	17	30	2
Blackburn with Darwen	Lab	19	37	6
Blackpool	Lab	16	24	4
Bournemouth		27	6	18	6
Bracknell Forest	Con	30	10
Brighton & Hove	Lab	27	45	3	3
Bristol	Lab	9	40	21
Darlington	Lab	15	35	2
Derby	Lab	9	29	6
East Riding of Yorkshire		27	12	22	6
Halton	Lab	1	45	6	3
Hartlepool		10	21	14	2
Herefordshire		21	4	21	14
Isle of Wight		12	5	19	12
Kingston upon Hull	Lab	2	44	10	4
Leicester	Lab	10	30	16
Luton	Lab	3	36	9
Medway Towns		38	25	15	2
Middlesbrough	Lab	4	41	7	1
Milton Keynes		8	22	20	1
North East Lincolnshire	Lab	11	22	5	4
North Lincolnshire	Lab	19	23
North Somerset	Con	32	13	11	5
Nottingham	Lab	11	40	4
Peterborough		26	23	3	5
Plymouth	Con	39	21
Poole		17	3	19
Portsmouth		16	15	8
Reading	Lab	3	36	6
Redcar & Cleveland	Lab	14	32	11	2
Rutland		1	2	4	13
Slough	Lab	8	26	1	6
South Gloucestershire	LDm	10	23	37
Southampton		7	22	16
Southend-on-Sea	Con	32	12	7
Stockton-on-Tees	Lab	12	38	5
Stoke-on-Trent	Lab	6	32	7	15
Swindon		23	28	8
Telford & Wrekin	Lab	15	30	4	5
Thurrock	Lab	10	37		2
Torbay	Con	31		5
Warrington	Lab	4	43	13
West Berkshire	LDm	25		28	1
Windsor & Maidenhead		29	1	21	7
Wokingham		27		27
York		3	25	24	1
Unitary Totals		735	1075	523	122

London Borough Councils
	Control	Con	Labour	LibDem	Others
Barking & Dagenham	Lab		46	2	3
Barnet		28	26	6
Bexley	Con	32	24	6
Brent	Lab	19	43	4
Bromley		30	7	23
Camden	Lab	11	42	6
Croydon	Lab	31	38	1
Ealing	Lab	16	52	3
Enfield	Lab	23	42		1
Greenwich	Lab	8	52	2
Hackney		10	30	17	3
Hammersmith & Fulham	Lab	14	35		1
Haringey	Lab	2	54	3
Harrow	Lab	20	32	9	2
Havering		12	31	3	16
Hillingdon		33	32	4
Hounslow	Lab	11	43	5	1
Islington	LDm		25	27
Kensington & Chelsea	Con	39	15
Kingston upon Thames		21	10	19
Lambeth	Lab	5	41	18
Lewisham	Lab	2	59	4	2
Merton	Lab	13	39	2	3
Newham	Lab		59		1
Redbridge		24	27	9	2
Richmond upon Thames	LDm	14	4	34
Southwark		4	31	27	2
Sutton	LDm	5	5	46
Tower Hamlets	Lab		41	9
Waltham Forest	Lab	14	30	12	1
Wandsworth	Con	50	11
Westminster	Con	47	13
London Totals		538	1039	301	38

Metropolitan Borough Councils
	Control	Con	Labour	LibDem	Others
Barnsley	Lab	3	52	3	8
Birmingham	Lab	28	66	18	5
Bolton	Lab	15	34	11
Bradford		37	41	11	1
Bury	Lab	13	32	3
Calderdale	Con	28	10	15	1
Coventry	Lab	15	35	1	3
Doncaster	Lab	6	40	9	8
Dudley	Lab	18	43	11
Gateshead	Lab		47	18	1
Kirklees		15	25	29	3
Knowsley	Lab		62	4
Leeds	Lab	16	61	19	3
Liverpool	LDm		20	69	10
Manchester	Lab		78	21
Newcastle upon Tyne	Lab		62	16
North Tyneside	Lab	17	35	8
Oldham		2	25	30	3
Rochdale	Lab	8	31	21
Rotherham	Lab	4	59	1	2
St Helens	Lab	4	35	15
Salford	Lab	3	52	5
Sandwell	Lab	6	55	10	1
Sefton		19	22	25
Sheffield	LDm	1	37	47	1
Solihull	Con	29	14	8
South Tyneside	Lab		50	6	4
Stockport	LDm	6	22	32	3
Sunderland	Lab	8	64	3
Tameside	Lab	6	47	2	2
Trafford	Lab	27	33	3
Wakefield	Lab	6	55	1	1
Walsall		26	27	7
Wigan	Lab	1	68	3
Wirral	Lab	20	34	12
Wolverhampton	Lab	24	33	3
Metropolitan Totals		411	1506	500	60

District Councils
	Control	Con	Labour	LibDem	Others
Adur		15	13	9	2
Allerdale	Lab	8	33	7	5
Alnwick		2	2	13	13
Amber Valley	Con	32	12		1
Arun	Con	36	8	10	2
Ashfield	Lab	1	29	1	2
Ashford		24	11	10	4
Aylesbury Vale		25	1	25	7
Babergh		10	5	13	14
Barrow-in-Furness		16	18		4
Basildon		18	20	4
Basingstoke & Deane		24	15	15	3
Bassetlaw	Lab	14	31	3	2
Bedford		13	18	16	6
Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDm	3	1	18	7
Blaby	Con	25	6	8
Blyth Valley	Lab	2	36	9	3
Bolsover	Lab		32		5
Boston		13	10	3	6
Braintree	Lab	16	31	4	9
Breckland	Con	34	14	2	3
Brentwood	LDm	10	2	25
Bridgnorth		4	4	4	21
Broadland	Con	32	7	9	1
Bromsgrove	Con	30	7		2
Broxbourne	Con	35	3
Broxtowe	Lab	11	26	11	1
Burnley		3	24	9	12
Cambridge	LDm	3	15	23	1
Cannock Chase	Lab	8	27	7
Canterbury		18	13	18
Caradon		1	2	19	19
Carlisle	Con	30	15	5	2
Carrick	LDm	9	2	28	6
Castle Morpeth		4	10	7	12
Castle Point	Lab	15	24
Charnwood		21	24	6	1
Chelmsford		23	5	26	2
Cheltenham	Con	23	2	11	5
Cherwell	Con	33	13	4	2
Chester		18	21	19	2
Chester-le-Street	Lab	1	30	1	1
Chesterfield	Lab		28	19
Chichester	Con	29		19	2
Chiltern	Con	29		19	2
Chorley		15	24	7	2
Christchurch	Con	17		5	3
Colchester		22	14	23	1
Congleton	LDm	14	2	32
Copeland	Lab	18	30	1	2
Corby	Lab	1	27	1
Cotswold		14	1	8	22
Craven	Con	18		4	12
Crawley	Lab	6	24	2
Crewe & Nantwich	Lab	21	29	4
Dacorum	Con	28	20	4
Dartford	Lab	14	28		5
Daventry	Con	20	13	3	2
Derbyshire Dales	Con	21	5	9	4
Derwentside	Lab		46		9
Dover		26	28	1	1
Durham	Lab		33	13	3
Easington	Lab		45	1	5
East Cambridgeshire	LDm	1	4	20	12
East Devon	Con	38	1	15	6
East Dorset	Con	26		9	1
East Hampshire	Con	22		17	3
East Hertfordshire	Con	32	7	9	2
East Lindsey		6	9	8	36
East Northamptonshire	Con	20	15		1
East Staffordshire	Lab	15	28	3
Eastbourne	Con	18		12
Eastleigh	LDm	9	7	28
Eden		1	1	5	31
Ellesmere Port & Neston	Lab	6	36	1
Elmbridge		22	1	9	28
Epping Forest		20	12	16	11
Epsom & Ewell	Residents		3	9	27
Erewash	Lab	16	29	3	4
Exeter	Lab	6	25	5	4
Fareham	Con	29	2	11
Fenland	Con	29	6	1	3
Forest Heath	Con	21	1	2	1
Forest of Dean	Lab	1	30	6	12
Fylde		21	2	3	23
Gedling	Con	29	18	7	3
Gloucester		11	19	8	1
Gosport		13	11	6
Gravesham	Lab	15	29
Great Yarmouth	Con	27	21
Guildford		17	6	20	2
Hambleton	Con	35	2	4	6
Harborough		16	3	14	4
Harlow	Lab	8	26	8
Harrogate	LDm	18	1	40
Hart		17		12	6
Hastings	Lab	6	18	8
Havant		20	11	8	3
Hertsmere	Con	22	12	5
High Peak	Lab	10	27	5	2
Hinckley & Bosworth		11	9	14
Horsham	Con	24		16	3
Huntingdonshire	Con	37		13	3
Hyndburn	Con	31	16
Ipswich	Lab	15	31	2
Kennet	Con	22	4	4	10
Kerrier		4	11	10	19
Kettering		18	22	1	4
King's Lynn & W. Norfolk		26	27	5	3
Lancaster		9	16	7	28
Lewes	LDm	16		30	2
Lichfield	Con	29	25	2
Lincoln	Lab	4	29
Macclesfield	Con	36	6	15	3
Maidstone		16	12	22	5
Maldon	Con	17	6		7
Malvern Hills		21		12	9
Mansfield	Lab	5	39	2
Melton		9	11		6
Mendip		18	10	16	2
Mid Bedfordshire	Con	35	7	6	5
Mid Devon		2	1	18	19
Mid Suffolk		15	6	14	5
Mid Sussex	Con	29	2	21	2
Mole Valley		19	1	14	7
New Forest	Con	30		25	3
Newark & Sherwood		21	26	5	2
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab	9	30	16	1
North Cornwall		3		11	24
North Devon	LDm	5		26	13
North Dorset		16		10	6
North East Derbyshire	Lab	9	38	3	3
North Hertfordshire	Con	28	19	2
North Kesteven		16	6	9	9
North Norfolk		14	10	12	10
North Shropshire		9	4	3	24
North Warwickshire	Lab	9	22	2	1
North West Leicestershire	Lab	8	31		1
North Wiltshire		20	4	26	2
Northampton	Lab	8	28	11
Norwich	Lab	1	26	21
Nuneaton & Bedworth	Lab	10	35
Oadby & Wigston	LDm	4		22
Oswestry		4	6	4	15
Oxford	LibDem + Grn	1	21	21	8
Pendle		9	23	19
Penwith		10	3	7	14
Preston		17	25	11	4
Purbeck	Con	18		2	4
Redditch	Lab	10	17	2
Reigate & Banstead	Con	33	8	4	6
Restormel		13	1	17	13
Ribble Valley		19		18	2
Richmondshire		6		9	19
Rochford		19	9	9	3
Rossendale	Con	24	12
Rother	Con	28	5	8	4
Rugby		14	18	9	7
Runnymede	Con	33	3		6
Rushcliffe	Con	30	11	12	1
Rushmoor	Con	24	10	10	1
Ryedale		11	1	5	6
St Albans		19	15	23	1
St Edmundsbury	Con	23	16	2	3
Salisbury		28	11	16	3
Scarborough		18	11	6	14
Sedgefield	Lab		43	2	4
Sedgemoor	Con	30	16	3	1
Selby		15	19	2	5
Sevenoaks	Con	33	9	9	2
Shepway	Con	29	11	16
Shrewsbury & Atcham		16	18	11	3
South Bedfordshire		26	7	17	3
South Bucks	Con	28		2	10
South Cambridgeshire		20	5	15	15
South Derbyshire	Lab	9	24		1
South Hams	Con	29	3	4	4
South Holland		19	3	1	15
South Kesteven	Con	30	11	3	14
South Lakeland		15	9	23	5
South Norfolk	LDm	16	2	27	2
South Northamptonshire	Con	28	7	3	4
South Oxfordshire		20	7	20	3
South Ribble		18	21	12	3
South Shropshire				16	24
South Somerset	LDm	13		41	6
South Staffordshire	Con	37	9	2	2
Spelthorne	Con	27	9	4
Stafford		23	28	8	1
Staffordshire Moorlands		13	15	9	19
Stevenage	Lab	3	33	3
Stratford-on-Avon	Con	28	2	18	7
Stroud		24	18	5	8
Suffolk Coastal	Con	36	8	10	1
Surrey Heath	Con	22	7	7
Swale		15	12	22
Tamworth	Lab	13	16		1
Tandridge	Con	29	3	10
Taunton Deane		21	5	23	5
Teesdale		2	9		20
Teignbridge		20	1	17	20
Tendring		16	23	9	12
Test Valley	Con	28		15	1
Tewkesbury		13	8	4	11
Thanet	Lab	18	33		3
Three Rivers	LDm	15	7	26
Tonbridge & Malling		27	7	21
Torridge		1	2	12	21
Tunbridge Wells	Con	31	5	11	1
Tynedale		23	12	11	6
Uttlesford		15	1	18	8
Vale of White Horse	LDm	15	2	33	1
Vale Royal	Lab	16	33	8
Wansbeck	Lab		25	20
Warwick		10	16	13	6
Watford		8	18	10
Waveney	Lab	13	28	4	3
Waverley	Con	31	2	24
Wealden	Con	34		22	2
Wear Valley	Lab		30	5	5
Wellingborough	Lab	15	20		1
Welwyn Hatfield	Lab	23	25
West Devon		9		8	13
West Dorset		21	4	15	14
West Lancashire	Lab	22	31		2
West Lindsey		9	3	16	9
West Oxfordshire	Con	26	2	13	8
West Somerset	Con	19	5	1	6
West Wiltshire	LDm	11	2	26	4
Weymouth & Portland		5	13	12	5
Winchester	LDm	10	4	36	5
Woking		15	5	15	1
Worcester		16	15	1	4
Worthing	Con	20		16
Wychavon	Con	30	4	11	4
Wycombe	Con	42	9	7	2
Wyre	Con	35	19	2
Wyre Forest		5	11	4	22
District Totals		4052	3052	2390	1258

Scottish Unitary Authorities
	Control	Con	Labour	LibDem	SNP	Others
Aberdeen City	Lab	6	22	12	3
Aberdeenshire		7		28	23	10
Angus	SNP	2	1	2	21	3
Argyll & Bute		3	1	6	4	22
Clackmannanshire	SNP	1	7		10
Dumfries & Galloway		8	13	6	5	15
Dundee		4	13		11
East Ayrshire	Lab	1	17		14
East Dunbartonshire		3	11	10
East Lothian	Lab	5	16		2
East Renfrewshire		8	9	2		1
Edinburgh	Lab	13	31	13	1
Falkirk		2	14		10	6
Fife	Lab	2	42	21	10	3
Glasgow	Lab	1	74	1	2	1
Highland			11	10	8	51
Inverclyde		1	10	9
Midlothian	Lab		17	1
Moray		1	6	2	2	15
North Ayrshire	Lab	2	25		2	1
North Lanarkshire	Lab		56		12	2
Orkney						21
Perth & Kinross		11	6	6	16	2
Renfrewshire	Lab	1	21	3	15	0
Scottish Borders		1	1	14	4	14
Shetland				8		14
South Ayrshire	Lab	13	17
South Lanarkshire	Lab	2	53	1	11
Stirling		10	11		1
West Dunbartonshire	Lab		14		7	1
West Lothian	Lab	1	20		11
Western Isles			5		3	22
Scotland Totals		109	544	155	208	204

Welsh Unitary Authorities
	Control	Con	Labour	LibDem	Pl.Cym	Others
Blaenau Gwent	Lab		34	1		7
Bridgend	Lab	1	40	6	2	5
Caerphilly	PlC		29	3	38	3
Cardiff	Lab	5	50	18	1	1
Carmarthenshire			28	1	15	30
Ceredigion			1	7	14	22
Conwy		5	20	13	8	13
Denbighshire		2	14	1	8	22
Flintshire	Lab	1	42	7		20
Gwynedd	PlC		12	6	44	21
Isle of Anglesey		1	4		9	26
Merthyr Tydfil			16		4	13
Monmouthshire		19	18	1		4
Neath & Port Talbot	Lab		40	2	10	11
Newport	Lab	5	40			2
Pembrokeshire		4	13	3	2	38
Powys		1	6	6		60
Rhondda Cynon Taff	PlC		26	2	42	5
Swansea	Lab	5	46	10	2	9
Torfaen	Lab	1	39	1		3
Vale of Glamorgan		22	18	1	6
Wrexham		4	24	8		19
Wales Totals		76	560	97	205	334

England, Scotland & Wales Totals	Con	Labour	LibDem	SNP	Pl.Cym	Others
	6941	8484	4371	208	205	2097

Local Council Political Compositions after the elections of June 2001

County Councils

Unitary Authorities

London Borough Councils

Metropolitan Borough Councils

District Councils

Scottish Unitary Authorities

Welsh Unitary Authorities

England, Scotland & Wales Totals