Local Council Political Compositions after the elections of May 2016

This page shows the composition of councils after the elections of May 2016. 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 © 09/05/2022

Executive types shown for England (Local Government Act 2000):
LC = Leader & Cabinet   MC = Mayor & Cabinet
AA = Alternative Arrangements under Section 31 (option for councils with less than 85,000 population at 30 June 1999), or Schedule 2 of the Localism Act 2011.

Parties shown in the Others column:
ICHC = Independent Community & Health Concern, Lib = Liberal Pty, MK = Mebyon Kernow - the Party for Cornwall, RA = Residents Assns, SSP = Scottish Socialist Pty.
If not marked, they are "Ind", i.e. Independents and very local "parties"


County Councils

 ExecControl  Con   Labour  LibDem UKIP Green  Others 
Buckinghamshire LC Con 36 1 5 6   1
Cambridgeshire LC   32 8 14 11   4
Cumbria LC   26 36 16     6
Derbyshire LC Lab 18 43 3      
Devon LC Con 38 7 9 4 1 3
Dorset LC Con 27 4 12 1 1  
East Sussex LC   20 7 10 7   5
Essex LC Con 44 9 9 7 2 RA 1, Ind 3
Gloucestershire LC   24 9 14 3 1 2
Hampshire LC Con 45 4 17 10   2
Hertfordshire LC Con 46 15 16      
Kent LC Con 45 13 7 17 1 RA 1
Lancashire LC   35 39 6   1 3
Leicestershire LC Con 30 10 13 2    
Lincolnshire LC   35 12 4 16   10
Norfolk LC   41 15 10 13 4 1
North Yorkshire LC Con 45 7 8 2   Lib 2, Ind 8
Northamptonshire LC Con 35 11 6 3   2
Nottinghamshire LC Lab 21 34 8     4
Oxfordshire LC   31 15 11   2 4
Somerset LC Con 30 3 17 3   2
Staffordshire LC Con 34 24   2   2
Suffolk LC Con 38 15 7 10 2 3
Surrey LC Con 60 1 8 2 1 RA 9
Warwickshire LC   26 22 9   2 3
West Sussex LC Con 46 6 8 10   1
Worcestershire LC Con 32 11 3 2 2 Ind 3, ICHC 2, Lib 1, RA 1
County Totals  940 381 250 131 20 89


Unitary Authorities

 ExecControl  Con   Labour  LibDem UKIP Green  Others 
Bath & N.E. Somerset LC Con 37 6 15   2 5
Bedford MC   15 14 9     2
Blackburn with Darwen LC Lab 16 45 3      
Blackpool LC Lab 13 29        
Bournemouth LC Con 51     1 1 1
Bracknell Forest LC Con 41 1        
Brighton & Hove LC   20 23     11  
Bristol MC Lab 14 37 8   11  
Central Bedfordshire LC Con 53 2 1     3
Cheshire East LC Con 53 16 2     11
Cheshire West & Chester LC Lab 36 38       1
Cornwall LC Con + Ind 32 8 38 4 1 Ind 36, MK 4
Darlington LC Lab 17 29 3     1
Derby LC Lab 17 26 5 3    
Durham LC Lab 4 96 9     17
East Riding of Yorkshire LC Con 50 6 2 3   6
Halton LC Lab 2 52 2      
Hartlepool AA Lab 3 21   5   4
Herefordshire LC Con 29   2   2 20
Hull LC Lab 2 39 17     1
Isle of Wight LC   15 2 1 2   20
Leicester LC Lab 1 52 1      
Luton LC Lab 5 35 8      
Medway LC Con 36 15   4    
Middlesbrough MC Lab 4 33       9
Milton Keynes LC   22 22 13      
North East Lincolnshire LC   11 18 5 5   2
North Lincolnshire LC Con 26 17        
North Somerset LC Con 36 3 4   1 6
Northumberland LC   20 32 12     3
Nottingham LC Lab 3 52        
Peterborough LC Con 31 14 7 2   Lib 3, Ind 3
Plymouth LC   27 27   3    
Poole LC Con 32   6 1   3
Portsmouth LC   19 3 15 4   1
Reading LC Lab 10 31 2   3  
Redcar & Cleveland LC   10 29 11 1   8
Rutland LC Con 16   2 1   7
Shropshire LC Con 46 9 13   1 5
Slough LC Lab 8 33   1    
South Gloucestershire AA Con 40 14 16      
Southampton LC Lab 19 25       4
Southend-on-Sea LC   24 10 2 2   13
Stockton-on-Tees LC Lab 13 32 1     10
Stoke-on-Trent LC   7 21   2   14
Swindon LC Con 30 25 2      
Telford & Wrekin LC   23 27 3     1
Thurrock LC   17 14   17   1
Torbay MC Con 25   7 1   3
Warrington LC Lab 2 45 11      
West Berkshire LC Con 48   4      
Wiltshire LC Con 59 4 26 1   8
Windsor & Maidenhead LC Con 54   1     2
Wokingham LC Con 48 1 5      
York LC   14 15 12   4 2
Unitary Totals  1306 1148 306 63 37 240


London Borough Councils

 ExecControl  Con   Labour  LibDem UKIP Green  Others 
Barking & Dagenham LC Lab   51        
Barnet LC Con 32 30 1      
Bexley LC Con 45 15   3    
Brent LC Lab 6 56 1      
Bromley LC Con 51 7   2    
Camden LC Lab 12 40 1   1  
Croydon LC Lab 30 40        
Ealing LC Lab 12 53 4      
Enfield LC Lab 22 41        
Greenwich LC Lab 8 43        
Hackney MC Lab 4 50 3      
Hammersmith & Fulham LC Lab 20 26        
Haringey LC Lab   48 9      
Harrow LC Lab 26 34 1     2
Havering LC   22 2   6   RA 24
Hillingdon LC Con 42 23        
Hounslow LC Lab 11 49        
Islington LC Lab   47     1  
Kensington & Chelsea LC Con 37 12 1      
Kingston upon Thames LC Con 28 2 18      
Lambeth LC Lab 3 59     1  
Lewisham MC Lab   53     1  
Merton LC Lab 20 36 1     RA 3
Newham MC Lab   60        
Redbridge LC Lab 24 36 3      
Richmond upon Thames LC Con 38   16      
Southwark LC Lab 2 48 13      
Sutton LC LDm 9   45      
Tower Hamlets LC Lab 5 23       17
Waltham Forest LC Lab 16 44        
Wandsworth LC Con 41 19        
Westminster LC Con 44 16        
London Totals  610 1063 117 11 4 46


Metropolitan Borough Councils

 ExecControl  Con   Labour  LibDem UKIP Green  Others 
Barnsley LC Lab 4 55       4
Birmingham LC Lab 29 80 10     1
Bolton LC Lab 15 37 3 5    
Bradford LC Lab 21 49 10 1 3 6
Bury LC Lab 16 32 3      
Calderdale LC   22 23 5     1
Coventry LC Lab 15 39        
Doncaster MC Lab 8 41   2   4
Dudley LC   29 35   8    
Gateshead LC Lab   54 12      
Kirklees LC   20 34 9   3 3
Knowsley LC Lab   42 3      
Leeds LC Lab 19 63 9   3 5
Liverpool MC Lab   80 4   4 Lib 2
Manchester LC Lab   95 1      
Newcastle upon Tyne LC Lab   55 20     3
North Tyneside MC Lab 7 51 1     1
Oldham LC Lab 2 45 9 2   2
Rochdale LC Lab 10 48 2      
Rotherham LC Lab   48   14   1
St Helens LC Lab 3 42 3      
Salford LC Lab 8 51       1
Sandwell LC Lab   71   1    
Sefton LC Lab 7 38 17     4
Sheffield LC Lab   57 19 4 4  
Solihull LC Con 32 1 6 2 10  
South Tyneside LC Lab   53       1
Stockport LC   14 23 21     5
Sunderland LC Lab 6 67 1     1
Tameside LC Lab 6 51        
Trafford LC Con 34 26 3      
Wakefield LC Lab 7 53   2   1
Walsall LC   25 28 2 3   2
Wigan LC Lab 5 65       5
Wirral LC Lab 21 39 5   1  
Wolverhampton LC Lab 10 49   1    
Metropolitan Totals  395 1720 178 45 28 53


District Councils

 ExecControl  Con   Labour  LibDem UKIP Green  Others 
Adur LC Con 16 3   8   2
Allerdale LC   16 28   3   9
Amber Valley LC Con 23 22        
Arun LC Con 42 1 5 4   2
Ashfield LC Lab 4 22 5     4
Ashford LC Con 35 3 1 1   3
Aylesbury Vale LC Con 43 2 9 4   1
Babergh AA Con 31 1 3     8
Barrow-in-Furness AA Lab 8 28        
Basildon LC   18 9   10   5
Basingstoke & Deane LC Con 33 19 6     2
Bassetlaw LC Lab 12 33       3
Blaby LC Con 29 6 4      
Bolsover LC Lab   32       5
Boston LC   13 2   13   2
Braintree LC Con 44 2     1 RA 2
Breckland LC Con 42 2   4   1
Brentwood AA Con 24 2 10     1
Broadland LC Con 42   5      
Bromsgrove LC Con 18 7       6
Broxbourne LC Con 26 3   1    
Broxtowe LC Con 27 12 4     1
Burnley LC Lab 4 28 12 1    
Cambridge LC Lab   26 13   1 2
Cannock Chase LC Lab 13 21 1 4 1 1
Canterbury LC Con 31 3 3 2    
Carlisle LC Lab 20 27 1     4
Castle Point LC Con 22     3   16
Charnwood LC Con 43 7 1     1
Chelmsford LC Con 52   5      
Cheltenham LC LDm 7   29     4
Cherwell LC Con 38 8       2
Chesterfield LC Lab   38 9 1    
Chichester LC Con 42   3     3
Chiltern LC Con 36   2     2
Chorley LC Lab 14 31       2
Christchurch AA Con 21     1   2
Colchester LC   22 11 15     3
Copeland MC Lab 17 29       5
Corby AA Lab 5 24        
Cotswold LC Con 24   10      
Craven AA Con 18 3 1 1   7
Crawley LC Lab 17 20        
Dacorum LC Con 46 2 3      
Dartford LC Con 34 7       3
Daventry AA Con 30 3 1 2    
Derbyshire Dales AA Con 29 5 3     2
Dover LC Con 25 17   3    
East Cambridgeshire AA Con 36   2     1
East Devon LC Con 37   6     16
East Dorset AA Con 24   3     2
East Hampshire LC Con 42   2      
East Herts LC Con 49         1
East Lindsey LC Con 33 4 1 8   9
East Northamptonshire AA Con 37 1       2
East Staffordshire LC Con 25 11 1 1   UKIP 1
Eastbourne LC LDm 9   18      
Eastleigh LC LDm 6   38      
Eden LC Con 21   7     10
Elmbridge LC   22   7     RA 13, Ind 6
Epping Forest LC Con 35   3 2 2 RA 13, Ind 3
Epsom & Ewell AA Ind 4 3       RA 31
Erewash LC Con 30 17        
Exeter LC Lab 8 30 1      
Fareham LC Con 24 4   2   1
Fenland LC Con 34   2     3
Forest Heath AA Con 19     3   5
Forest of Dean LC   21 13   7 1 6
Fylde LC Con 32 1 2     Ind 14, RA 2
Gedling LC Lab 15 25 1      
Gloucester LC Con 22 10 7      
Gosport AA Con 20 4 9 1    
Gravesham LC Con 23 21        
Great Yarmouth LC   14 11   12   2
Guildford LC Con 34 2 9     3
Hambleton LC Con 27     1    
Harborough LC Con 29   8      
Harlow AA Lab 12 19   2    
Harrogate LC Con 37   14     3
Hart LC   16   8     9
Hastings LC Lab 8 24        
Havant LC Con 31 2 1 4    
Hertsmere LC Con 37 2        
High Peak LC Con 23 17 2     1
Hinckley & Bosworth LC Con 21 1 12      
Horsham LC Con 39   4     1
Huntingdonshire LC Con 34 2 6 3   7
Hyndburn LC Lab 7 26   2    
Ipswich LC Lab 13 33 2      
Kettering LC Con 26 9       1
King's Lynn & W. Norfolk LC Con 50 10       2
Lancaster LC   18 30     9 3
Lewes LC Con 24   11 1 3 2
Lichfield LC Con 41 4 1 1    
Lincoln LC Lab 6 27        
Maidstone LC   23 2 22 3   5
Maldon LC Con 28     1   2
Malvern Hills LC Con 23   5   3 7
Mansfield MC Lab   19   2   15
Melton AA Con 25 1       2
Mendip LC Con 32   11   3 1
Mid Devon LC Con 28   5 2   Ind 6, Lib 1
Mid Suffolk LC Con 29   4   5 2
Mid Sussex LC Con 54          
Mole Valley LC Con 23   12     6
New Forest LC Con 58   2      
Newark & Sherwood LC Con 24 12       3
Newcastle-under-Lyme LC   21 27 3 2 1 6
North Devon LC   19   12 1   11
North Dorset LC Con 27   4     2
North East Derbyshire LC Lab 18 34       1
North Hertfordshire LC Con 34 12 3      
North Kesteven LC Con 28         15
North Norfolk LC Con 33   15      
North Warwickshire AA Con 22 13        
North West Leicestershire LC Con 25 10 1     2
Northampton LC Con 26 17 2      
Norwich LC Lab   26 3   10  
Nuneaton & Bedworth LC Lab 6 25     2 1
Oadby & Wigston AA LDm 6 1 19      
Oxford LC Lab   35 8   4 1
Pendle LC Lab + LD 21 17 10     BNP 1
Preston LC Lab 19 33 5      
Purbeck AA Con 20   4     1
Redditch LC Lab 13 15   1    
Reigate & Banstead LC Con 39   2 1 2 RA 7
Ribble Valley AA Con 35 1 4      
Richmondshire AA Con 21   1     12
Rochford LC Con 21   4 4 3 7
Rossendale LC Lab 13 22       1
Rother LC Con 30 1 3     4
Rugby LC   21 9 9     3
Runnymede AA Con 36         6
Rushcliffe LC Con 34 4 2   2 2
Rushmoor LC Con 26 11   2    
Ryedale AA Con 19   2     Ind 5, Lib 4
St Albans LC Con 31 7 17   1 2
St Edmundsbury LC Con 35 2   5 1 2
Scarborough LC Con 26 14   5 2 3
Sedgemoor LC Con 35 10 1 2    
Selby LC Con 22 8       1
Sevenoaks LC Con 49 1 2 1   1
Shepway LC Con 22 1   7    
South Bucks LC Con 27         1
South Cambridgeshire LC Con 36 1 14     6
South Derbyshire AA Con 24 12        
South Hams LC Con 25 1 2   3  
South Holland LC Con 28     2   7
South Kesteven LC Con 45 3   1   7
South Lakeland LC LDm 16 2 32     1
South Norfolk LC Con 40   6      
South Northamptonshire LC Con 35   4     3
South Oxfordshire LC Con 33 1 1     1
South Ribble LC Con 29 19 2      
South Somerset LC   28   29     3
South Staffordshire LC Con 43 1   1   4
Spelthorne LC Con 35 1 3      
Stafford LC Con 29 9       2
Staffordshire Moorlands LC Con 35 7 2 2   10
Stevenage LC Lab 7 29 3      
Stratford-on-Avon LC Con 30 1 4     1
Stroud LC   23 18 2   8  
Suffolk Coastal LC Con 37 1 2     2
Surrey Heath LC Con 36 1 1     2
Swale LC Con 32 4   9   2
Tamworth LC Con 20 7   3    
Tandridge AA Con 33   7     2
Taunton Deane LC Con 36 2 14 1   3
Teignbridge LC Con 29   11     6
Tendring LC   23 4 1 22   Ind 7, RA 3
Test Valley LC Con 38   9     1
Tewkesbury LC Con 33   3     2
Thanet LC   18 5   32   1
Three Rivers LC   17 3 19      
Tonbridge & Malling LC Con 48   4     2
Torridge AA Con 19 1 1 7 2 6
Tunbridge Wells LC Con 43 2 2     1
Uttlesford LC Con 23   6     10
Vale of White Horse LC Con 29   9      
Warwick LC Con 31 9 2   1 3
Watford MC LDm   11 25      
Waveney LC Con 27 20     1  
Waverley LC Con 53         4
Wealden LC Con 49   1     5
Wellingborough AA Con 27 9        
Welwyn Hatfield LC Con 28 15 5      
West Devon AA Con 21         10
West Dorset LC Con 30   12      
West Lancashire LC Lab 22 31       1
West Lindsey AA Con 24 3 7     2
West Oxfordshire LC Con 41 4 4      
West Somerset LC Con 21 1   3   3
Weymouth & Portland AA   14 12 6 1 1 2
Winchester LC Con 25   20      
Woking LC Con 17 3 7     3
Worcester LC   17 16     2  
Worthing LC Con 32   2 2   1
Wychavon LC Con 39   5 1    
Wycombe LC Con 47 6 1 1   5
Wyre LC Con 36 14        
Wyre Forest LC Con 22 4 2     ICHC 2, Ind 3
District Totals  5236 1595 841 244 75 579


Scottish Unitary Authorities

 Control  Con   Labour  LibDem UKIP Green    SNP   Others 
Aberdeen   2 17 5     16 3
Aberdeenshire   14 2 11   1 29 11
Angus SNP 4 1 1     15 8
Argyll & Bute Ind 3 1 4     9 19
Clackmannanshire   1 8       8 1
Dumfries & Galloway   15 14 1     10 7
Dundee SNP 1 10 1     16 1
East Ayrshire   2 14       15 1
East Dunbartonshire   2 8 3     8 3
East Lothian   3 10       9 1
East Renfrewshire   6 8       4 2
Edinburgh   11 21 3   6 17  
Eilean Siar Ind   2       6 23
Falkirk   2 14       13 3
Fife   3 35 10     26 4
Glasgow Lab 1 44 1   4 28 1
Highland     8 15     21 36
Inverclyde   1 10 2     6 1
Midlothian     8     1 8 1
Moray   3 3       10 10
North Ayrshire   1 11       12 6
North Lanarkshire Lab   41       26 3
Orkney Ind             21
Perth & Kinross   11 4 5     18 3
Renfrewshire Lab 1 22 1     15 1
Scottish Borders   10   6     9 9
Shetland Ind             22
South Ayrshire   10 9       9 2
South Lanarkshire Lab 3 36 1     25 2
Stirling   4 8     1 9  
West Dunbartonshire Lab   12       6 Ind 3, SSP 1
West Lothian   1 16       15 1
Scotland Totals  115 397 70 0 13 418 210


Welsh Unitary Authorities

 Control  Con   Labour  LibDem UKIP Green  Plaid  Others 
Blaenau Gwent Lab   33         9
Bridgend Lab 1 40 3     1 9
Caerphilly Lab   50       20 3
Cardiff Lab 7 46 16     2 4
Carmarthenshire     22       28 24
Ceredigion     1 7     19 15
Conwy   13 10 5     12 19
Denbighshire   9 18 1     7 12
Flintshire   8 30 7     1 24
Gwynedd     5 2     37 31
Isle of Anglesey Ind   2       12 16
Merthyr Tydfil Lab   25         8
Monmouthshire   19 11 3       10
Neath Port Talbot Lab   50       8 Ind 5, SDP 1
Newport Lab 10 37 1       2
Pembrokeshire Ind 3 9 1     5 42
Powys Ind 9 7 9       48
Rhondda Cynon Taff Lab 1 60 1     9 4
Swansea Lab 4 48 11       9
Torfaen Lab 4 30       2 8
Vale of Glamorgan   12 21   1   7 6
Wrexham   5 22 5     1 19
Wales Totals  105 577 72 1 0 171 328


England, Scotland & Wales Totals

ConLabour LibDemUKIPGreen SNPPlaid Others
  8707 6881 1834 495 177 418 171 1545
Others comprise: Ind 1411, RA 110, Lib 13, ICHC 4, MK 4, BNP 1, SSP 1, SDP 1