Local Council Political Compositions

This page shows the composition of councils before the elections of May 2017. 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

Two 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 © 05/05/2017

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:
BNP = British National Party, ICHC = Independent Community & Health Concern, Lib = Liberal Pty, MK = Mebyon Kernow - the Party for Cornwall, RA = Residents Assns, SDP = Social Democratic Party, SSP = Scottish Socialist Party.
If not marked, they are "Ind", i.e. Independents and very local "parties"