This page shows the composition of councils before the elections of May 2011. 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 AuthoritiesTwo other bodies, the Corporation of the City of London (25 aldermen, 130 councillors), and the Scilly Islands Council (21 councillors), do not fit in any of these classes and have no political groups, so they are not listed.
Councils in Northern Ireland are composed almost entirely of members of Northern Irish or pan-Irish parties and are not included in this tabulation.
Keith Edkins - last updated and © 28/04/2011
Parties shown in the Others column:
BNP = British National Pty,
ICHC = Independent Community & Health Concern,
Lib = Liberal Pty,
MK = Mebyon Kernow,
PV = People's Voice,
RA = Residents Assns,
Resp = RESPECT,
SA = Socialist Alliance,
SDP = Social Democratic Pty,
SSP = Scottish Socialist Pty,
UKIP = UK Independence Pty.
If not marked, they are "Ind", i.e. Independents and very local "parties"
County Councils
Exec Control
Con Labour
LibDem
Green
Others
Buckinghamshire
LC
Con
46
11
Cambridgeshire
LC
Con
42
2
23
1
UKIP 1
Cumbria
LC
Con + Lab + Ind
38
24
16
6
Derbyshire
LC
Con
33
22
8
1
Devon
LC
Con
41
4
14
1
2
Dorset
LC
Con
28
16
1
East Sussex
LC
Con
29
4
13
3
Essex
LC
Con
60
1
12
2
Gloucestershire
LC
Con
41
5
13
1
3
Hampshire
LC
Con
51
1
25
1
Hertfordshire
LC
Con
55
3
17
1
BNP 1
Kent
LC
Con
73
3
7
1
Lancashire
LC
Con
51
17
9
2
BNP 1, Ind 4
Leicestershire
LC
Con
36
4
14
BNP 1
Lincolnshire
LC
Con
60
4
5
8
Norfolk
LC
Con
60
3
13
7
UKIP 1
North Yorkshire
LC
Con
48
1
11
Lib 1, Ind 11
Northamptonshire
LC
Con
56
6
9
2
Nottinghamshire
LC
Con
34
15
9
UKIP 1, Ind 8
Oxfordshire
LC
Con
52
9
10
2
1
Somerset
LC
Con
35
2
21
Staffordshire
LC
Con
49
3
4
UKIP 4, Ind 2
Suffolk
LC
Con
55
4
11
2
UKIP 1, Ind 2
Surrey
LC
Con
56
1
13
RA 9, Ind 1
Warwickshire
LC
Con
38
10
13
1
West Sussex
LC
Con
48
2
21
Worcestershire
LC
Con
41
3
8
ICHC 2, Lib 1, Ind 2
County Totals
1256
153
346
17
86
Unitary Authorities
Exec Control
Con Labour
LibDem
Green
Others
Bath & N.E. Somerset
LC
Con (minority)
31
5
27
2
Bedford
MC
LD Mayor
9
7
13
7
Blackburn with Darwen
LC
19
31
9
5
Blackpool
LC
Con
27
12
3
Bournemouth
LC
Con
41
3
7
3
Bracknell Forest
LC
Con
39
3
Brighton & Hove
LC
Con (minority)
25
13
2
13
1
Bristol
LC
LDm
14
17
38
1
Central Bedfordshire
LC
Con
54
11
1
Cheshire East
LC
Con
59
6
12
4
Cheshire West & Chester
LC
Con
53
13
4
2
Cornwall
LC
Con + Ind
47
1
39
Ind 32, MK 4
Darlington
LC
Lab
18
29
6
Derby
LC
Con (minority)
18
17
15
1
Durham
LC
Lab
10
67
27
22
East Riding of Yorkshire
LC
Con
46
3
13
Ind 4, SDP 1
Halton
LC
Lab
6
37
13
Hartlepool
MC
Lab
4
24
5
UKIP 1, Ind 13
Herefordshire
LC
Con
30
2
10
1
15
Hull
LC
LDm
2
22
33
2
Isle of Wight
LC
Con
25
1
4
10
Leicester
LC
Lab
8
39
6
1
Luton
LC
Lab
5
26
17
Medway
LC
Con
33
10
8
4
Middlesbrough
MC
Ind Mayor
6
25
5
12
Milton Keynes
LC
LD (minority)
17
9
24
1
North East Lincolnshire
LC
LD (minority)
15
10
15
2
North Lincolnshire
LC
Lab
19
22
1
1
North Somerset
LC
Con
46
3
5
1
6
Northumberland
LC
LD (minority)
17
17
26
7
Nottingham
LC
Lab
7
42
6
Peterborough
LC
Con
39
3
3
Lib 1, Ind 11
Plymouth
LC
Con
36
20
1
Poole
LC
Con
25
17
Portsmouth
LC
LDm
16
2
24
Reading
LC
Con + LD
17
19
9
1
Redcar & Cleveland
LC
Lab/Ind
11
27
16
5
Rutland
LC
Con
18
2
6
Shropshire
LC
Con
53
7
12
2
Slough
LC
Lab
8
24
3
Lib 2, Ind 4
South Gloucestershire
LC
Con (minority)
33
9
28
Southampton
LC
Con
28
15
5
Southend-on-Sea
LC
Con
27
2
14
8
Stockton-on-Tees
LC
Lab + Con
13
22
5
16
Stoke-on-Trent
LC
Lab/Con/LD/Ind
8
26
4
BNP 5, Ind 17
Swindon
LC
Con
40
14
4
1
Telford & Wrekin
LC
Con (minority)
27
17
2
8
Thurrock
LC
Lab (minority)
23
22
BNP 1, Ind 3
Torbay
MC
Con
23
10
3
Warrington
LC
6
28
23
West Berkshire
LC
Con + LD
36
16
Wiltshire
LC
Con
61
2
24
11
Windsor & Maidenhead
LC
Con
36
16
Ind 3, RA 2
Wokingham
LC
Con
43
11
York
LC
LD (minority)
7
18
20
2
Unitary Totals
1384
793
672
19
274
London Borough Councils
Exec Control
Con Labour
LibDem
Green
Others
Barking & Dagenham
LC
Lab
51
Barnet
LC
Con
39
21
3
Bexley
LC
Con
52
11
Brent
LC
Lab
6
40
17
Bromley
LC
Con
53
3
4
Camden
LC
Lab
10
30
10
1
Croydon
LC
Con
37
33
Ealing
LC
Lab
24
40
5
Enfield
LC
Lab
27
36
Greenwich
LC
Lab
11
40
Hackney
MC
Lab
4
50
3
Hammersmith & Fulham
LC
Con
31
15
Haringey
LC
Lab
34
23
Harrow
LC
Lab
27
34
1
1
Havering
LC
Con
33
5
RA 12, Ind 4
Hillingdon
LC
Con
46
19
Hounslow
LC
Lab
25
35
Islington
LC
Lab
34
14
Kensington & Chelsea
LC
Con
42
9
3
Kingston upon Thames
LC
LDm
21
27
Lambeth
LC
Lab
4
44
15
Lewisham
MC
Lab
2
39
12
1
Merton
LC
Lab (minority)
27
28
2
RA 3
Newham
MC
Lab
60
Redbridge
LC
Con + LD
30
26
7
Richmond upon Thames
LC
Con
30
24
Southwark
LC
Lab
3
34
25
1
Sutton
LC
LDm
11
43
Tower Hamlets
LC
Lab
8
40
1
Resp 2
Waltham Forest
LC
Lab
18
37
5
Wandsworth
LC
Con
47
13
Westminster
LC
Con
48
12
London Totals
716
873
244
2
23
Metropolitan Borough Councils
Exec Control
Con Labour
LibDem
Green
Others
Barnsley
LC
Lab
6
36
1
20
Birmingham
LC
Con + LD
45
41
31
Resp 3
Bolton
LC
Lab (minority)
22
30
8
Bradford
LC
Lab (minority)
32
39
14
3
BNP 2
Bury
LC
Con (minority)
23
20
8
Calderdale
LC
LD + Lab
21
10
17
BNP 1, Ind 2
Coventry
LC
Lab
22
30
1
SA 1
Doncaster
MC
Lab
9
33
10
11
Dudley
LC
Con
44
26
1
UKIP 1
Gateshead
LC
Lab
45
20
Lib 1
Kirklees
LC
Lab (minority)
19
24
20
4
2
Knowsley
LC
Lab
53
10
Leeds
LC
Lab/Green
22
48
21
2
6
Liverpool
LC
Lab
49
36
2
Lib 3
Manchester
LC
Lab
1
62
33
Newcastle upon Tyne
LC
LDm
34
42
2
North Tyneside
MC
24
29
7
Oldham
LC
LD/Con
5
27
27
1
Rochdale
LC
LD + Con
11
22
19
8
Rotherham
LC
Lab
10
50
BNP 1, Ind 2
St Helens
LC
Lab
5
28
15
Salford
LC
Lab
13
39
5
3
Sandwell
LC
Lab
11
57
4
Sefton
LC
All party
15
23
28
Sheffield
LC
39
42
2
1
Solihull
LC
23
7
19
1
1
South Tyneside
LC
Lab
3
36
2
13
Stockport
LC
LDm
9
13
37
RA 3, Ind 1
Sunderland
LC
Lab
18
52
1
4
Tameside
LC
Lab
9
46
2
Trafford
LC
Con
37
21
5
Wakefield
LC
Lab
24
33
1
5
Walsall
LC
Con
32
18
6
3
Wigan
LC
Lab
7
52
3
13
Wirral
LC
Con + LD
27
24
15
Wolverhampton
LC
Con (minority)
25
30
5
Metropolitan Totals
574
1226
514
15
115
District Councils
Exec Control
Con Labour
LibDem
Green
Others
Adur
AA
Con
25
2
2
Allerdale
LC
Con/Ind/LD
18
22
4
12
Amber Valley
LC
Con
29
14
BNP 2
Arun
LC
Con
42
3
9
2
Ashfield
LC
LD (minority)
2
9
13
9
Ashford
LC
Con
28
2
8
5
Aylesbury Vale
LC
Con
37
21
1
Babergh
AA
Con/LD/Ind
18
17
8
Barrow-in-Furness
AA
11
16
9
Basildon
LC
Con
29
10
3
Basingstoke & Deane
LC
Con
34
9
14
3
Bassetlaw
LC
23
22
3
Blaby
LC
Con
27
4
7
1
Bolsover
LC
Lab
27
Ind 7, RA 2, Resp 1
Boston
LC
Ind
6
BNP 1, Ind 25
Braintree
LC
Con
42
9
1
2
RA 5, Ind 1
Breckland
LC
Con
48
3
3
Brentwood
AA
Con
27
1
8
1
Broadland
LC
Con
33
12
2
Bromsgrove
LC
Con
27
6
Ind 4, RA 2
Broxbourne
AA
Con
35
3
Broxtowe
LC
LD + Lab
17
9
15
3
Burnley
LC
LDm
5
15
23
BNP 2
Cambridge
LC
LDm
10
29
2
1
Cannock Chase
LC
10
14
15
2
Canterbury
LC
Con
29
2
19
Carlisle
LC
22
23
5
2
Castle Point
AA
Con
25
16
Charnwood
LC
Con
32
13
5
BNP 1, Ind 1
Chelmsford
LC
Con
31
26
Cheltenham
LC
LDm
12
25
3
Cherwell
LC
Con
44
2
4
Chesterfield
LC
LDm
11
37
Chichester
LC
Con
34
11
3
Chiltern
LC
Con
30
9
1
Chorley
LC
Con
27
15
3
2
Christchurch
AA
Con
17
4
3
Colchester
LC
24
7
26
3
Copeland
LC
Lab
18
30
3
Corby
AA
Lab
8
16
5
Cotswold
AA
Con
37
5
2
Craven
AA
Con
18
4
8
Crawley
LC
Con
25
12
Dacorum
LC
Con
43
2
6
Dartford
LC
Con
26
12
RA 6
Daventry
AA
Con
35
1
2
Derbyshire Dales
AA
Con
26
4
8
1
Dover
LC
Con
28
15
2
East Cambridgeshire
AA
Con
24
13
2
East Devon
LC
Con
43
11
5
East Dorset
AA
Con
25
11
East Hampshire
LC
Con
30
14
East Herts
LC
Con
41
5
4
East Lindsey
LC
Con + Ind
29
8
2
1
20
East Northamptonshire
AA
Con
39
1
East Staffordshire
LC
Con
25
12
2
Eastbourne
LC
LDm
7
20
Eastleigh
LC
LDm
4
1
39
Eden
AA
13
6
19
Elmbridge
LC
Con
33
7
RA 18, Ind 2
Epping Forest
LC
Con
35
1
8
RA 11, BNP 1, Ind 2
Epsom & Ewell
AA
Ind
3
1
10
RA 24
Erewash
LC
Con
29
19
2
1
Exeter
LC
LD (minority)
11
13
13
Lib 3
Fareham
LC
Con
21
10
Fenland
LC
Con
39
1
Forest Heath
AA
Con
20
4
3
Forest of Dean
LC
Con
29
8
3
8
Fylde
AA
Con
27
3
Ind 17, RA 4
Gedling
LC
Con
28
9
9
4
Gloucester
LC
17
8
11
Gosport
AA
Con
22
3
8
1
Gravesham
LC
Con
27
17
Great Yarmouth
LC
Con
24
15
Guildford
LC
Con
27
21
Hambleton
LC
Con
39
2
3
Harborough
LC
Con
25
12
Harlow
AA
Con
18
10
5
Harrogate
LC
Con
28
22
4
Hart
LC
Con
20
10
RA 5
Hastings
LC
Lab
13
17
1
Havant
LC
Con
34
1
3
Hertsmere
LC
Con
34
3
2
High Peak
LC
Con
23
9
7
4
Hinckley & Bosworth
LC
LDm
13
2
19
Horsham
LC
Con
30
12
2
Huntingdonshire
LC
Con
37
12
UKIP 1, Ind 2
Hyndburn
LC
17
14
4
Ipswich
LC
18
23
7
Kettering
LC
Con
28
6
2
King's Lynn & W. Norfolk
LC
Con
52
4
4
2
Lancaster
LC
Lab/Con/Grn/Ind/LD
12
14
5
12
17
Lewes
LC
LDm
17
23
1
Lichfield
LC
Con
44
7
4
1
Lincoln
LC
16
16
1
Maidstone
LC
Con
28
23
4
Maldon
LC
Con
26
5
Malvern Hills
LC
Con
28
6
1
3
Mansfield
MC
Ind
1
15
4
Ind 23, UKIP 1
Melton
AA
Con
20
3
5
Mendip
LC
Con
25
22
Mid Devon
AA
19
9
14
Mid Suffolk
LC
Con
21
10
3
6
Mid Sussex
LC
Con
30
1
23
Mole Valley
AA
17
18
6
New Forest
LC
Con
45
14
1
Newark & Sherwood
LC
Con
26
7
4
9
Newcastle-under-Lyme
LC
LD/Con
23
14
18
UKIP 5
North Devon
LC
Con
22
17
4
North Dorset
LC
Con
17
13
3
North East Derbyshire
LC
Lab
11
29
7
6
North Hertfordshire
LC
Con
33
7
9
North Kesteven
LC
Con
25
4
14
North Norfolk
LC
LDm
16
31
1
North Warwickshire
AA
Con
20
15
North West Leicestershire
LC
Con
27
5
3
BNP 2, Ind 1
Northampton
LC
LDm
15
5
26
1
Norwich
LC
Lab (minority)
4
16
5
14
Nuneaton & Bedworth
LC
15
17
BNP 1, Ind 1
Oadby & Wigston
AA
LDm
5
21
Oxford
LC
Lab
26
16
5
1
Pendle
LC
17
13
16
BNP 2, Ind 1
Preston
LC
22
25
7
Purbeck
AA
10
12
2
Redditch
LC
Con
18
8
3
Reigate & Banstead
LC
Con
39
1
3
RA 6, Ind 2
Ribble Valley
AA
Con
30
9
1
Richmondshire
AA
Con (minority)
13
6
15
Rochford
AA
Con
32
5
1
1
Rossendale
AA
Con
20
12
3
1
Rother
LC
Con
28
8
2
Rugby
LC
Con
28
11
9
Runnymede
AA
Con
36
RA 6
Rushcliffe
LC
Con
35
3
10
2
Rushmoor
LC
Con
30
6
6
Ryedale
AA
12
7
Ind 6, Lib 3, RA 2
St Albans
LC
LDm
24
3
29
1
St Edmundsbury
LC
Con
36
3
3
3
Scarborough
LC
Con (minority)
22
4
5
3
16
Sedgemoor
LC
Con
36
10
4
Selby
AA
Con
30
9
2
Sevenoaks
LC
Con
41
4
7
BNP 1, Ind 1
Shepway
LC
Con
38
6
2
South Bucks
LC
Con
36
2
2
South Cambridgeshire
LC
Con
29
1
20
7
South Derbyshire
AA
Con
20
15
1
South Hams
LC
Con
27
10
3
South Holland
LC
Con
26
11
South Kesteven
LC
Con
35
2
6
15
South Lakeland
LC
LDm
17
1
33
South Norfolk
LC
Con
39
7
South Northamptonshire
LC
Con
35
1
6
South Oxfordshire
LC
Con
38
1
6
Ind 2, RA 1
South Ribble
LC
Con
43
9
1
UKIP 1, Ind 1
South Somerset
LC
LDm
17
38
5
South Staffordshire
LC
Con
42
1
1
5
Spelthorne
LC
Con
31
8
Stafford
LC
Con
40
13
4
2
Staffordshire Moorlands
LC
Con
29
5
6
Ind 11, RA 3, BNP 1, UKIP 1
Stevenage
LC
Lab
9
27
3
Stratford-on-Avon
LC
Con
30
20
3
Stroud
LC
Con
27
7
7
6
4
Suffolk Coastal
LC
Con
45
1
9
Surrey Heath
LC
Con
30
2
7
1
Swale
LC
Con
33
10
3
1
Tamworth
LC
Con
25
4
1
Tandridge
AA
Con
33
8
1
Taunton Deane
LC
LD (minority)
25
1
26
4
Teignbridge
LC
LD + Ind
19
21
6
Tendring
LC
Con + Ind
28
8
6
Ind 16, RA 2
Test Valley
LC
Con
33
15
Tewkesbury
AA
19
16
3
Thanet
LC
Con
32
20
4
Three Rivers
LC
LDm
14
3
30
BNP 1
Tonbridge & Malling
LC
Con
46
7
Torridge
AA
14
5
Lib 4, Ind 13
Tunbridge Wells
LC
Con
41
7
Uttlesford
AA
Con
27
14
3
Vale of White Horse
LC
LDm
18
33
Warwick
LC
Con
24
9
9
4
Watford
MC
LDm
4
4
25
3
Waveney
LC
Con
29
15
2
1
1
Waverley
LC
Con
51
3
3
Wealden
LC
Con
33
13
2
7
Wellingborough
AA
Con
31
4
1
Welwyn Hatfield
LC
Con
40
5
3
West Devon
AA
Con + Ind
12
9
10
West Dorset
LC
Con
26
16
6
West Lancashire
LC
Con
31
22
1
West Lindsey
AA
Con
21
14
2
West Oxfordshire
LC
Con
40
1
7
1
West Somerset
LC
Ind
13
1
1
16
Weymouth & Portland
AA
18
5
11
2
Winchester
LC
LDm
26
29
2
Woking
LC
18
17
1
Worcester
LC
17
13
3
2
Worthing
LC
Con
25
12
Wychavon
LC
Con
34
11
Wycombe
LC
Con
48
4
6
2
Wyre
LC
Con
45
9
1
Wyre Forest
LC
Con
23
3
2
ICHC 8, Lib 5, Ind 1
District Totals
5131
1113
1824
58
786
Scottish Unitary Authorities
Control
Con Labour
LibDem
Green
SNP
Others
Aberdeen
LD + SNP
4
10
14
13
2
Aberdeenshire
LD + Con
13
23
2
22
8
Angus
Ind/Con/LD/Lab
5
2
3
12
7
Argyll & Bute
Ind + SNP
3
8
10
15
Clackmannanshire
Lab (minority)
1
8
1
7
1
Dumfries & Galloway
Con + LD (minority)
18
14
3
10
2
Dundee
SNP (minority)
3
9
2
14
1
East Ayrshire
SNP (minority)
3
15
14
East Dunbartonshire
Lab + Con (minority)
4
6
4
8
2
East Lothian
SNP + LD
2
7
4
9
1
East Renfrewshire
Lab/SNP/Ind/LD
7
7
1
3
2
Edinburgh
LD + SNP
11
15
17
3
12
Eilean Siar
Ind
2
4
25
Falkirk
Lab + Con + Ind
2
14
13
3
Fife
SNP + LD
5
24
21
23
5
Glasgow
Lab
1
47
5
5
21
Highland
Ind + LD + Lab
7
22
18
33
Inverclyde
Lab (minority)
1
9
4
5
1
Midlothian
Lab
9
3
6
Moray
Ind + Con
2
2
10
12
North Ayrshire
Lab (minority)
3
12
2
8
5
North Lanarkshire
Lab
1
41
1
22
5
Orkney
Ind
21
Perth & Kinross
SNP + LD
12
3
8
18
Renfrewshire
SNP + LD
2
18
4
16
Scottish Borders
Con + LD + Ind
11
10
6
7
Shetland
Ind
22
South Ayrshire
Con (minority)
12
6
8
4
South Lanarkshire
Lab + Con
8
32
2
22
3
Stirling
SNP (minority)
4
8
3
7
West Dunbartonshire
SNP + Ind
10
9
Ind 2, SSP 1
West Lothian
SNP + Other
1
14
13
4
Scotland Totals
139
351
165
10
363
194
Welsh Unitary Authorities
Control
Con Labour
LibDem
Green
Plaid
Others
Blaenau Gwent
Ind
15
2
PV 5, Ind 20
Bridgend
Lab (minority)
6
27
5
1
14
Caerphilly
Plaid + Ind
33
32
8
Cardiff
LD + Plaid
17
14
35
6
3
Carmarthenshire
12
1
32
29
Ceredigion
1
9
20
12
Conwy
21
7
5
12
14
Denbighshire
18
7
1
8
13
Flintshire
9
22
12
1
26
Gwynedd
3
5
36
31
Isle of Anglesey
Ind
2
5
2
8
23
Merthyr Tydfil
Ind
10
4
UKIP 2, Ind 17
Monmouthshire
Con
27
6
5
1
4
Neath Port Talbot
Lab
37
4
11
SDP 3, Ind 9
Newport
Con + LD
17
22
9
1
1
Pembrokeshire
Ind
5
5
2
5
43
Powys
Ind
9
4
15
45
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Lab
1
47
3
19
5
Swansea
5
30
22
1
14
Torfaen
Lab (minority)
5
19
2
3
PV 3, Ind 13
Vale of Glamorgan
Con
25
13
6
3
Wrexham
5
11
12
4
20
Wales Totals
172
350
155
0
207
379
England, Scotland & Wales Totals
Con Labour
LibDem
Green
SNP
Plaid
Others
9372
4859
3920
121
363
207
1857
Others comprise: Ind 1625, RA 126, BNP 28, Lib 24, UKIP 21, ICHC 10, PV 8, Resp 6, MK 4, SDP 4, SA 1, SSP 1