Local Council Political Compositions after the elections of May 2011

This page shows the composition of councils after 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 Authorities

Keith Edkins - last updated and © 07/05/2011

Executive types shown for England (Local Government Act 2000):
LC = Leader & Cabinet    MC = Mayor & Cabinet
AA = Alternative Arrangements under Section 31 (councils with less than 85,000 population at 30 June 1999).

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, SSP = Scottish Socialist Pty, UKIP = UK Independence Pty. If not marked, they are "Ind", i.e. Independents or very local "parties"

County Councils

 ExecControl  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

 ExecControl  Con   Labour  LibDem  Green  Others 
Bath & N.E. Somerset LC   29 5 29   2
Bedford MC LD Mayor 12 12 12   4
Blackburn with Darwen LC Lab 17 37 6   4
Blackpool LC Lab 14 27 1    
Bournemouth LC Con 45 3 3   3
Bracknell Forest LC Con 40 2      
Brighton & Hove LC   18 13   23  
Bristol LC   14 21 33 2  
Central Bedfordshire LC Con 49 1 5   4
Cheshire East LC Con 52 15 4   11
Cheshire West & Chester LC Con 42 32 1    
Cornwall LC Con + Ind 47 1 39   Ind 32, MK 4
Darlington LC Lab 14 34 5    
Derby LC   16 22 12   1
Durham LC Lab 10 67 27   22
East Riding of Yorkshire LC Con 53 6 3   5
Halton LC Lab 3 44 6   3
Hartlepool MC Lab 4 29 2   12
Herefordshire LC Con 30 1 3 1 23
Hull LC Lab 2 34 22   1
Isle of Wight LC Con 25 1 4   10
Leicester LC Lab 1 52 1    
Luton LC Lab 4 36 8    
Medway LC Con 35 15 3   2
Middlesbrough MC Lab 4 30 1 1 12
Milton Keynes LC   21 9 18   3
North East Lincolnshire LC   14 19 9    
North Lincolnshire LC Con 23 20      
North Somerset LC Con 42 5 6 1 7
Northumberland LC LD (minority) 17 17 26   7
Nottingham LC Lab 5 50      
Peterborough LC Con 38 6 3   10
Plymouth LC Con 32 25      
Poole LC   21   18   3
Portsmouth LC LDm 17 2 23    
Reading LC   16 22 5 2 1
Redcar & Cleveland LC Lab 6 32 16   5
Rutland LC Con 16 2     8
Shropshire LC Con 53 7 12   2
Slough LC Lab 9 27 2   3
South Gloucestershire LC   34 15 21    
Southampton LC Con 26 19 3    
Southend-on-Sea LC Con 28 4 10   9
Stockton-on-Tees LC   12 27 4   13
Stoke-on-Trent LC Lab 2 34     8
Swindon LC Con 38 17 4    
Telford & Wrekin LC Lab 17 33 3   1
Thurrock LC   22 24     3
Torbay MC Con 22 1 9   UKIP 1, Ind 3
Warrington LC Lab 6 34 17    
West Berkshire LC Con 39   13    
Wiltshire LC Con 61 2 24   11
Windsor & Maidenhead LC Con 51   1   5
Wokingham LC Con 45   9    
York LC Lab 10 26 8 2 1
Unitary Totals  1323 1019 494 32 259

London Borough Councils

 ExecControl  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 13 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  716 873 247 2 23

Metropolitan Borough Councils

 ExecControl  Con   Labour  LibDem  Green  Others 
Barnsley LC Lab 6 43     14
Birmingham LC   39 55 24   2
Bolton LC Lab 20 35 5    
Bradford LC   29 44 11 3 BNP 2, Ind 1
Bury LC Lab 20 26 5    
Calderdale LC   21 13 14   BNP 1, Ind 2
Coventry LC Lab 17 35 1   1
Doncaster MC Lab 9 43 6   5
Dudley LC Con 43 28     UKIP 1
Gateshead LC Lab   51 14   1
Kirklees LC   21 27 14 4 3
Knowsley LC Lab   59 4    
Leeds LC Lab 21 55 16 2 5
Liverpool LC Lab   62 22 2 4
Manchester LC Lab   75 20   1
Newcastle upon Tyne LC Lab   43 32   3
North Tyneside MC Lab 19 35 6    
Oldham LC Lab 4 34 21   1
Rochdale LC   14 29 13   4
Rotherham LC Lab 7 54     BNP 1, Ind 1
St Helens LC Lab 4 35 9    
Salford LC Lab 11 44 3   2
Sandwell LC Lab 9 58 3   2
Sefton LC   14 28 23   UKIP 1
Sheffield LC Lab   49 32 2 1
Solihull LC Con 29 6 12 3 1
South Tyneside LC Lab 1 39 1   13
Stockport LC   11 16 31   5
Sunderland LC Lab 14 56 1   4
Tameside LC Lab 8 48     1
Trafford LC Con 37 22 4    
Wakefield LC Lab 21 39     3
Walsall LC   28 26 5   1
Wigan LC Lab 5 58 2   10
Wirral LC   27 29 10    
Wolverhampton LC Lab 22 35 3    
Metropolitan Totals  531 1434 367 16 97

District Councils

 ExecControl  Con   Labour  LibDem  Green  Others 
Adur AA Con 25   2   2
Allerdale LC   12 28     16
Amber Valley LC Con 28 15     BNP 2
Arun LC Con 48 3 4   1
Ashfield LC Lab   24 6   3
Ashford LC Con 25 4 5   9
Aylesbury Vale LC Con 38 2 17   UKIP 2
Babergh AA   18 3 12   10
Barrow-in-Furness AA Lab 7 29      
Basildon LC Con 29 11 2    
Basingstoke & Deane LC Con 34 11 13   2
Bassetlaw LC Lab 18 27     3
Blaby LC Con 28 6 5    
Bolsover LC Lab   32   1 4
Boston LC Con 19 3     10
Braintree LC Con 47 9   2 2
Breckland LC Con 47 4     3
Brentwood AA Con 28 1 7   1
Broadland LC Con 34 1 12    
Bromsgrove LC Con 27 10     2
Broxbourne AA Con 35 3      
Broxtowe LC   18 17 9    
Burnley LC   5 18 21   BNP 1
Cambridge LC LDm   14 25 2 1
Cannock Chase LC   13 17 11    
Canterbury LC Con 36 3 11    
Carlisle LC   22 24 4   2
Castle Point AA Con 25       16
Charnwood LC Con 33 16 1   BNP 1, Ind 1
Chelmsford LC Con 40 1 15   1
Cheltenham LC LDm 12   25   3
Cherwell LC Con 43 4 3    
Chesterfield LC Lab   34 14    
Chichester LC Con 38   8   2
Chiltern LC Con 33   5   2
Chorley LC   23 20 2   2
Christchurch AA Con 21   1   2
Colchester LC   24 7 26   3
Copeland LC Lab 15 34     2
Corby AA Lab 4 22 3    
Cotswold AA Con 27   12   5
Craven AA Con 18   4   8
Crawley LC Con 24 13      
Dacorum LC Con 43 2 6    
Dartford LC Con 31 9     4
Daventry AA Con 34 2 2    
Derbyshire Dales AA Con 28 5 4   2
Dover LC Con 26 19      
East Cambridgeshire AA Con 25   10   4
East Devon LC Con 43   10   6
East Dorset AA Con 30   6    
East Hampshire LC Con 39   5    
East Herts LC Con 46   2   2
East Lindsey LC   30 10 2   18
East Northamptonshire AA Con 35 2     3
East Staffordshire LC Con 22 16 1    
Eastbourne LC LDm 12   15    
Eastleigh LC LDm 4   38   2
Eden AA   16   9   13
Elmbridge LC Con 35   5   20
Epping Forest LC Con 37 1 6   BNP 1, Ind 13
Epsom & Ewell AA Ind 3 3 6   26
Erewash LC Con 26 25      
Exeter LC   11 19 9   1
Fareham LC Con 21   10    
Fenland LC Con 34   2   4
Forest Heath AA Con 23 1 2   1
Forest of Dean LC   19 17 1   11
Fylde AA Con 26   3   22
Gedling LC Lab 15 32 3    
Gloucester LC Con 19 7 10    
Gosport AA Con 22 3 8   1
Gravesham LC Lab 19 25      
Great Yarmouth LC Con 24 15      
Guildford LC Con 34 2 12    
Hambleton LC Con 39   2   3
Harborough LC Con 27   9   1
Harlow AA Con 17 14 2    
Harrogate LC Con 34   17   3
Hart LC Con 20   10   5
Hastings LC Lab 13 17 1    
Havant LC Con 35 1 2    
Hertsmere LC Con 35 4      
High Peak LC   15 21 3   4
Hinckley & Bosworth LC LDm 15 1 18    
Horsham LC Con 34   8   2
Huntingdonshire LC Con 41   8   UKIP 2, Ind 1
Hyndburn LC Lab 14 18     3
Ipswich LC Lab 16 28 4    
Kettering LC Con 26 9     1
King's Lynn & W. Norfolk LC Con 42 13 3 1 3
Lancaster LC   15 23   8 14
Lewes LC Con 22   18   1
Lichfield LC Con 46 10      
Lincoln LC Lab 15 17 1    
Maidstone LC Con 30   21   4
Maldon LC Con 28       3
Malvern Hills LC Con 21   11 2 4
Mansfield MC Lab   25     11
Melton AA Con 20 7     1
Mendip LC Con 31   15   1
Mid Devon AA Con 24   6   12
Mid Suffolk LC Con 22 1 6 4 7
Mid Sussex LC Con 45 1 8    
Mole Valley AA   17   18   6
New Forest LC Con 54   6    
Newark & Sherwood LC   22 15 3 6  
Newcastle-under-Lyme LC   20 24 12   UKIP 3, Ind 1
North Devon LC   18   14   11
North Dorset LC Con 23   6   4
North East Derbyshire LC Lab 17 34     2
North Hertfordshire LC Con 34 7 8    
North Kesteven LC Con 27   3   13
North Norfolk LC Con 28   18   UKIP 1, Ind 1
North Warwickshire AA Lab 17 18      
North West Leicestershire LC Con 21 16 1    
Northampton LC Con 26 15 4    
Norwich LC   2 18 4 15  
Nuneaton & Bedworth LC   15 17     BNP 1, Ind 1
Oadby & Wigston AA LDm 3   23    
Oxford LC Lab   26 16 5 1
Pendle LC   18 16 12   BNP 2, Ind 1
Preston LC Lab 21 29 6   1
Purbeck AA   11   11   2
Redditch LC Con 17 11 1    
Reigate & Banstead LC Con 38   3 2 8
Ribble Valley AA Con 33   6   1
Richmondshire AA   14   4   16
Rochford AA Con 32   4 1 2
Rossendale AA   16 17 2   1
Rother LC Con 27 2 5   4
Rugby LC Con 29 11 8    
Runnymede AA Con 36       6
Rushcliffe LC Con 34 5 6 2 3
Rushmoor LC Con 32 6 4    
Ryedale AA Con 20   2   8
St Albans LC   29 3 24 1 1
St Edmundsbury LC Con 38 3     4
Scarborough LC   25 6 3 2 14
Sedgemoor LC Con 31 13 2   2
Selby AA Con 29 10     2
Sevenoaks LC Con 47 4 2   1
Shepway LC Con 44       2
South Bucks LC Con 38   1   1
South Cambridgeshire LC Con 31 1 18   7
South Derbyshire AA Con 19 17      
South Hams LC Con 30 1 5 3 1
South Holland LC Con 25       12
South Kesteven LC Con 39 6 1   12
South Lakeland LC LDm 18 1 32    
South Norfolk LC Con 38   8    
South Northamptonshire LC Con 33 1 2   6
South Oxfordshire LC Con 33 4 4   7
South Ribble LC Con 33 21 1    
South Somerset LC LDm 25   31   4
South Staffordshire LC Con 42 2     5
Spelthorne LC Con 32   6   1
Stafford LC Con 38 17 2 1 1
Staffordshire Moorlands LC   26 7 4   UKIP 1, Ind 18
Stevenage LC Lab 9 27 3    
Stratford-on-Avon LC Con 34   16   3
Stroud LC   25 11 6 6 3
Suffolk Coastal LC Con 44 4 5   2
Surrey Heath LC Con 36 2     2
Swale LC Con 32 13 1   1
Tamworth LC Con 23 6     1
Tandridge AA Con 34   6   2
Taunton Deane LC   28 3 23   2
Teignbridge LC Con 26   13   7
Tendring LC Con 33 9 2   16
Test Valley LC Con 36   12    
Tewkesbury AA Con 24   11   3
Thanet LC   27 26     3
Three Rivers LC LDm 14 4 29   1
Tonbridge & Malling LC Con 48 1 4    
Torridge AA   18 1 6 1 10
Tunbridge Wells LC Con 39 1 6   UKIP 1, Ind 1
Uttlesford AA Con 34   8   2
Vale of White Horse LC Con 31 1 19    
Warwick LC Con 25 8 9   4
Watford MC LDm 2 6 24 3 1
Waveney LC   23 23   1 1
Waverley LC Con 56       1
Wealden LC Con 47   3   5
Wellingborough AA Con 27 9      
Welwyn Hatfield LC Con 37 9 2    
West Devon AA Con 19   3   9
West Dorset LC Con 32   11   5
West Lancashire LC Con 33 21      
West Lindsey AA Con 21 2 11   3
West Oxfordshire LC Con 44 1 4    
West Somerset LC Con 19 2     7
Weymouth & Portland AA   17 7 10   2
Winchester LC   27 1 27   2
Woking LC Con 20   16    
Worcester LC Con 19 11 3   2
Worthing LC Con 25   11   1
Wychavon LC Con 38 1 5   1
Wycombe LC Con 42 7 8   UKIP 1, Ind 2
Wyre LC Con 40 15      
Wyre Forest LC Con 24 6     12
District Totals  5292 1537 1318 69 685

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 
  9429 5717 3092 146 363 207 1723
Others comprise: Ind 1639, UKIP 24, RA 24, BNP 15, PV 8, MK 4, SDP 3, Lib 2, ICHC 2, Resp 2, SSP 1