Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom
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This article documents the strengths of political parties in the 317 local authorities of England, 32 local authorities of Scotland, 22 principal councils of Wales and 11 local councils of Northern Ireland. England's 317 local authorities are made up of: 32 London borough councils, 21 county councils and 164 district councils (two tiers of local government which share responsibility for the same physical area), 36 metropolitan district councils, 62 unitary authorities, and 2 sui generis authorities, the City of London Corporation and Council of the Isles of Scilly. This article does not cover the Greater London Authority or the 15 combined authorities of England (and their respective mayors). It also doesn't cover the 35 police and crime commissioners or the four police, fire and crime commissioners in England and Wales. And it also doesn't include the thousands of parish/local councils of England, community councils of Scotland and community councils of Wales. English local authorities have a choice of executive arrangements out of a mayor and cabinet executive, a leader and cabinet executive, a committee system or alternative arrangements approved by the Secretary of State. Councils in England and Northern Ireland run on four year cycles, while councils in Scotland and, from 2022, in Wales run on five year cycles. An English local authority's councillors may be elected all at once, by halves or by thirds. Because of this disparate system, various local elections take place every year, but changes in party representation arise frequently regardless due to resignations, deaths, by-elections, co-options and changes of affiliation.
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| Party | Total | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | |
| Labour | 6,043 / 18,645 | 5,282 | 499 | 262 | ||
| Conservative | 4,321 / 19,107 | 4,036 | 106 | 179 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,202 / 18,645 | 3,050 | 65 | 87 | ||
| Reform UK | 874 / 18,645 | 841 | 16 | 17 | ||
| Green (E&W) | 866 / 17,483 | 857 | 9 | |||
| SNP | 417 / 1,226 | 417 | ||||
| Plaid Cymru | 201 / 1,234 | 201 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | 144 / 462 | 144 | ||||
| DUP | 120 / 462 | 120 | ||||
| Alliance | 66 / 462 | 66 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 52 / 462 | 52 | ||||
| Ashfield Independents | 42 / 101 | 42 | ||||
| SDLP | 37 / 462 | 37 | ||||
| Scottish Greens | 34 / 1,227 | 34 | ||||
| Canvey Island Independents | 34 / 116 | 34 | ||||
| Aspire | 24 / 45 | 24 | ||||
| Havering Residents Association | 23 / 55 | 23 | ||||
| TUV | 10 / 462 | 10 | ||||
| Mebyon Kernow | 5 / 87 | 5 | ||||
| Green (NI) | 5 / 462 | 5 | ||||
| Liberal | 5 / 18,645 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chislehurst Matters | 3 / 58 | 3 | ||||
| Yorkshire | 3 / 1,139 | 3 | ||||
| Merton Park Residents Association | 2 / 57 | 2 | ||||
| People Before Profit | 2 / 462 | 2 | ||||
| SDP | 2 / 18,645 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUP | 1 / 462 | 1 | ||||
| Other parties and independents | 2,317 / 19,107 | 1,894 | 335 | 224 | 25 | |
| Vacancies | 42 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 19,107 | 16,169 | 1,234 | 1,226 | 462 | |
| Party | NMC | UA + IS | MD | LB + CL | Total no. of councils | % of all councils | |
| LAB control | – | 27 | 31 | 21 | 79 | 51.6 | |
| LAB-led coalition | - | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | 2.6 | |
| LAB | - | 30 | 32 | 21 | 83 | 54.2 | |
| CON control | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 16.3 | |
| CON-led coalition | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0.7 | |
| CON | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 17.0 | |
| LDM control | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11.8 | |
| LDM-led coalition | 1 | 6 | – | – | 7 | 4.6 | |
| LDM | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16.4 | |
| RFM control | 9 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7.8 | |
| RFM-led coalition | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | |
| RFM | 9 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 7.8 | |
| OTHER control | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | 2.6 | |
| OTHER-led coalition | - | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 2.0 | |
| OTHER | - | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | 4.6 | |
| Total | 21 | 63 | 36 | 33 | 153 | 100.0 | |
| London borough councils | Control | Councillors | Cycle | mw- Ref. | ||||||||
| Total | LAB | CON | LDM | GRN | Other | Vacant | ||||||
| Barking and Dagenham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 47 | 1 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Barnet | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bexley | Leader and cabinet | CON | 45 | 12 | 30 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Brent | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 57 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bromley | Leader and cabinet | CON | 58 | 12 | 34 | 5 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Camden | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 55 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Croydon | Mayor and cabinet | CON | NOC | 71 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Ealing | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 70 | 59 | 4 | 7 | All | URL Archived 30 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine OCDUK | ||||
| Enfield | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 35 | 25 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Greenwich | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 55 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Hackney | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 57 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 50 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Haringey | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 57 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Harrow | Leader and cabinet | CON | 55 | 23 | 31 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Havering | Leader and cabinet | IND+LAB | 55 | 8 | 16 | 31 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Hillingdon | Leader and cabinet | CON | 53 | 17 | 31 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Hounslow | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 62 | 51 | 8 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Islington | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 44 | 3 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Kensington and Chelsea | Leader and cabinet | CON | 50 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Kingston upon Thames | Committee | LDM | 48 | 2 | 42 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Lambeth | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 55 | 3 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Lewisham | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 54 | 52 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Merton | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 57 | 30 | 7 | 17 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Newham | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 66 | 57 | 3 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Redbridge | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 54 | 5 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Richmond upon Thames | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 54 | 49 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Southwark | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 48 | 11 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Sutton | Committee system | LDM | 54 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Tower Hamlets | Mayor and cabinet | Aspire | Aspire | 45 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 26 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Waltham Forest | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 60 | 45 | 12 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Wandsworth | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 58 | 34 | 21 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Westminster | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 54 | 28 | 25 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Metropolitan district council | Control | Councillors | Cycle | Ref. | |||||||||
| Total | LAB | CON | LDM | GRN | RFM | Other | Vacant | ||||||
| Barnsley | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Birmingham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 101 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bolton | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 60 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 14 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Bradford | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 90 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bury | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 13 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Calderdale | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Coventry | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 54 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Doncaster | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | RFM | 55 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Dudley | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 72 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 7 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Gateshead | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 66 | 46 | 18 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Kirklees | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 69 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 16 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Knowsley | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 45 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 4 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Leeds | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 99 | 58 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Liverpool | Leader and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 85 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 8 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Manchester | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 96 | 86 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 78 | 37 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 15 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| North Tyneside | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 60 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Oldham | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 60 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Rochdale | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 60 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Rotherham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 59 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 11 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Salford | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | 60 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Sandwell | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 72 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Sefton | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 66 | 51 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Sheffield | Committee system | NOC | 84 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 7 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Solihull | Leader and cabinet | CON | 51 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| South Tyneside | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 54 | 27 | 9 | 18 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| St Helens | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 48 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Stockport | Leader and cabinet | LDM (minority) | 63 | 19 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 10 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Sunderland | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 75 | 50 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Tameside | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 57 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 9 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Trafford | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Wakefield | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 63 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Walsall | Leader and cabinet | CON | 60 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 11 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Wigan | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 75 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Wirral | Committee system | LAB (minority) | 66 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Wolverhampton | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 60 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| County council | Control | Councillors | Cycle | Ref. | ||||||||
| Total | CON | LDM | LAB | RFM | GRN | Other | Vacant | |||||
| Cambridgeshire | Committee | LDM | 61 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | RFM | 64 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK |
| Devon | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 60 | 7 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| East Sussex | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 50 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Essex | Leader and cabinet | CON | 75 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Gloucestershire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 55 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 78 | 49 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM (minority) | 78 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Kent | Leader and cabinet | RFM | 81 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | RFM | 84 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 9 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | RFM (minority) | 55 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | RFM | 70 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | CON | 84 | 53 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | RFM | 66 | 18 | 4 | 41 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Oxfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 69 | 10 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | RFM | 62 | 11 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Suffolk | Leader and cabinet | CON | 75 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK |
| Surrey | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 81 | 39 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Warwickshire | Leader and cabinet | RFM (minority) | 57 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | CON | 70 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | RFM (minority) | 57 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK |
| District council | County council | Control | Councillors | Cycle | Ref. | |||||||||
| Total | CON | LDM | LAB | GRN | RFM | Other | Vacant | |||||||
| Adur | West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 29 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 3 | Halves | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Amber Valley | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 42 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Arun | West Sussex | Committee system | NOC | 54 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Ashfield | Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | IND | 35 | 1 | 3 | 31 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Ashford | Kent | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 47 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 12 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Babergh | Suffolk | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Basildon | Essex | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 42 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 11 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Basingstoke and Deane | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 54 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 16 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||
| Bassetlaw | Nottinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 48 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Blaby | Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 36 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Bolsover | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 37 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 12 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Boston | Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Braintree | Essex | Leader and cabinet | CON | 49 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 11 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Breckland | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | CON | 49 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Brentwood | Essex | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 39 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Broadland | Norfolk | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 47 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Bromsgrove | Worcestershire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 31 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Broxbourne | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | CON | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Broxtowe | Nottinghamshire | Committee system | IND (minority) | 44 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Burnley | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 45 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |
| Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 42 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Cannock Chase | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 36 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Canterbury | Kent | Committee system | NOC | 39 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Castle Point | Essex | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 39 | 1 | 38 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| Charnwood | Leicestershire | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 52 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Chelmsford | Essex | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 57 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 40 | 36 | 3 | 1 | Halves | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Cherwell | Oxfordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 48 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Chesterfield | Derbyshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 40 | 12 | 28 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| Chichester | West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 36 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Chorley | Lancashire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 42 | 4 | 37 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Colchester | Essex | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 51 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Cotswold | Gloucestershire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 34 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Crawley | West Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 36 | 11 | 25 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| Dacorum | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM (minority) | 51 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 11 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Dartford | Kent | Leader and cabinet | CON | 42 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Derbyshire Dales | Derbyshire | Alternative arrangements | NOC | 34 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Dover | Kent | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| East Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | Alternative arrangements | CON (minority) | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| East Devon | Devon | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 60 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| East Hampshire | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 43 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| East Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 50 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| East Lindsey | Lincolnshire | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 55 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |
| East Staffordshire | Staffordshire | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 37 | 15 | 21 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| East Suffolk | Suffolk | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 55 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Eastbourne | East Sussex | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 27 | 8 | 19 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| Eastleigh | Hampshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 39 | 1 | 35 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Elmbridge | Surrey | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 48 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 17 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Unitary authority | Control | Councillors | Cycle | Ref. | |||||||||
| Total | CON | LAB | LDM | RFM | GRN | Other | Vacant | ||||||
| Bath and North East Somerset | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 59 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bedford | Mayor and cabinet | CON | NOC | 46 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Blackburn with Darwen | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 51 | 9 | 29 | 13 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Blackpool | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 42 | 12 | 28 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | NOC | 76 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 22 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Bracknell Forest | LAB (minority) | 41 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Brighton & Hove | LAB | 54 | 5 | 35 | 9 | 5 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Bristol | Committee system | NOC | 70 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 35 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Buckinghamshire | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 97 | 48 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 14 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Central Bedfordshire | IND (minority) | 63 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Cheshire East | Committee system | NOC | 82 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Cheshire West and Chester | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 70 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Cornwall | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 87 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 24 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Cumberland | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 46 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | All | OCDUK | |||
| Darlington | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 50 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Derby | LAB (minority) | 51 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Dorset | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 82 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 4 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Durham | Leader and cabinet | RFM | 98 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 63 | 2 | 13 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| East Riding of Yorkshire | CON (minority) | 67 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 12 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Halton | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 54 | 50 | 3 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Hartlepool | Committee system | LAB | 36 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 6 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Herefordshire | CON (minority) | 53 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Isle of Wight | Leader and cabinet | NOC | 39 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Kingston upon Hull | LDM | 57 | 24 | 29 | 4 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| Leicester | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 54 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Luton | LAB | 48 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Medway | LAB | 59 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 6 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Middlesbrough | Mayor and cabinet | LAB | LAB | 46 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 16 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Milton Keynes | LAB | 57 | 9 | 30 | 18 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||||
| North East Lincolnshire | CON (minority) | 42 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| North Lincolnshire | CON | 43 | 27 | 16 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||||
| North Northamptonshire | Leader and cabinet | RFM | 66 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| North Somerset | NOC | 50 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| North Yorkshire | CON (minority) | 90 | 43 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 17 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| Northumberland | Leader and cabinet | CON (minority) | 67 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 9 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Nottingham | Leader and cabinet | LAB | 55 | 47 | 1 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Peterborough | LAB (minority) | 60 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 21 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Plymouth | LAB | 57 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Portsmouth | LDM (minority) | 42 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 3 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Reading | LAB | 48 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 1 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Redcar & Cleveland | Leader and cabinet | LAB (minority) | 59 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Rutland | Leader and cabinet | LDM (minority) | 27 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | All | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Shropshire | Leader and cabinet | LDM | 74 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | All | URL OCDUK | ||
| Slough | NOC | 42 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Somerset | LDM | 110 | 32 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 4 | All | URL OCDUK | |||
| South Gloucestershire | NOC | 61 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 3 | All | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Southampton | LAB | 51 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 2 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||||
| Southend-on-Sea | NOC | 51 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | Thirds | URL OCDUK | |||
| Sui generis council | Control | Councillors | Cycle | Ref. | ||||
| Total | LAB | Other | Vacant | |||||
| City of London Corporation | 125 | 7 | 118 | URL | ||||
| Isles of Scilly | IND | 16 | 16 | URL OCDUK | ||||
| Council | Control | Web | Total | SNP | CON | LAB | LD | SGP | RFM | Other | Vacant | Upcoming by-elections | |
| Aberdeen | NOC | SNP+LD co | URL | 45 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Aberdeenshire | NOC | CON+LD+IND co | URL | 70 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Angus | NOC | CON+IND+LAB co | URL | 28 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Argyll & Bute | NOC | SNP+LD+IND+LAB+GRN co | URL | 36 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Clackmannanshire | NOC | SNP min | URL | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dumfries & Galloway | NOC | SNP+LAB+IND+LD co | URL | 43 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Dundee | SNP | SNP maj | URL | 29 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| East Ayrshire | NOC | SNP min | URL | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| East Dunbartonshire | NOC | LD+CON co | URL | 22 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| East Lothian | NOC | LAB min | URL | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| East Renfrewshire | NOC | LAB+IND co | URL | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Edinburgh | NOC | LAB min | URL | 63 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Falkirk | NOC | SNP min | URL | 30 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Fife | NOC | LAB min | URL | 75 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Glasgow | NOC | SNP min | URL | 85 | 37 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Highland | NOC | SNP+IND co | URL | 74 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Inverclyde | NOC | LAB min | URL | 22 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |||||
| Midlothian | NOC | SNP min | URL | 18 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Moray | NOC | CON min | URL | 26 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | IND | IND | URL | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | |||||
| North Ayrshire | NOC | SNP min | URL | 33 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| North Lanarkshire | NOC | LAB min | URL | 77 | 24 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Orkney | IND | IND | URL | 21 | 1 | 20 | |||||||
| Perth & Kinross | NOC | SNP min | URL | 40 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Renfrewshire | NOC | SNP min | URL | 43 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Scottish Borders | NOC | CON+IND co | URL | 34 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Shetland | IND | IND | URL | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| South Ayrshire | NOC | CON min | URL | 28 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| South Lanarkshire | NOC | LAB+LD+IND co | URL | 64 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Stirling | NOC | LAB min | URL | 23 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| West Dunbartonshire | NOC | LAB min | URL | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| West Lothian | NOC | LAB min | URL | 33 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Council | Control | Web | Total | LAB | PC | CON | LD | GRN | RFM | Other | Vacant | |
| Blaenau Gwent | LAB | maj | URL | 33 | 21 | 12 | ||||||
| Bridgend | LAB | maj | URL | 51 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | |||
| Caerphilly | LAB | maj | URL | 69 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Cardiff | LAB | maj | URL | 79 | 52 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Carmarthenshire | NOC | PC min | URL | 75 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Ceredigion | PC | maj | URL | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| Conwy | NOC | IND+LAB+PC | URL | 55 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |
| Denbighshire | NOC | LAB+PC | URL | 48 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 14 | |||
| Flintshire | NOC | LAB min | URL | 67 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 34 | ||||
| Gwynedd | PC | maj | URL | 69 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| Isle of Anglesey | PC | maj | URL | 35 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Merthyr Tydfil | NOC | IND min | URL | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| Monmouthshire | NOC | LAB min | URL | 46 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Neath Port Talbot | NOC | IND+PC | URL | 58 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Newport | LAB | maj | URL | 51 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Pembrokeshire | NOC | IND+LAB+LD | URL | 60 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 36 | |||
| Powys | NOC | LD+LAB | URL | 68 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | LAB | maj | URL | 75 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Swansea | LAB | maj | URL | 75 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Torfaen | LAB | maj | URL | 40 | 28 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| Vale of Glamorgan | NOC | LAB+IND | URL | 54 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Wrexham | NOC | IND+CON | URL | 56 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | |||
| Council | Control | Web | Total | SF | DUP | APNI | UUP | SDLP | TUV | GP | PBP | PUP | Ind. | Vacant | |
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Ards and North Down | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 41 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Belfast | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 60 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Causeway Coast and Glens | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Derry City and Strabane | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 40 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Fermanagh and Omagh | SF | SF largest party | URL | 40 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Mid and East Antrim | NOC | DUP largest party | URL | 40 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Mid-Ulster | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 40 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Newry, Mourne and Down | NOC | SF largest party | URL | 41 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 462 | 144 | 120 | 66 | 52 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | ||||
| Council | Control | Web | Total | SF | DUP | APNI | UUP | SDLP | TUV | GP | PBP | PUP | Ind. | Vacant | |
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