United Kingdom local elections, 1976
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Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 6 May 1976. Elections were for one third of the seats on Metropolitan borough
councils and for all seats on Non-Metropolitan district councils in England
; and for all seats on the Welsh district
councils.
The elections were the first electoral test for the new Prime Minister
James Callaghan
, and were a major reverse for the ruling Labour Party
. The opposition Conservative party
made large gains of seats and control of councils at the expense of both Labour and the Liberal Party
.
The Conservatives easily gained control of their principal target council, Birmingham. The new administration in the city pledged to reintroduce the sale of council houses, which had been stopped by the previous Labour-controlled council. Control of another five metropolitan borough councils were gained by the Conservatives at Labour's expense. The party also gained numerous non-metropolitan districts , including large towns and cities such as Derby, Exeter, Ipswich, Leicester, Luton, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Peterborough and York.
Major English councils held by Labour included Manchester, Norwich, Nottingham and Stoke on Trent.
Break-away groups from the official Labour Party achieved success in two districts. The Lincoln Democratic Labour Association
retained control of the city council. The association had been formed following the expulsion of local member of parliament
, Dick Taverne from the party. In Blyth Valley the Independent Labour Party gained nine seats from the official Labour candidates. The ILP were supporters of Eddie Milne
, former MP for Blyth. Milne had been expelled from Labour in April 1974. Labour lost control of North East Derbyshire, where all the party's seats in Clay Cross
passed to Ratepayer candidates. The town had been the scene of a dispute between the former urban district council and the government over the Housing Finance Act.
The Liberals lost control of their only local authority, Liverpool City Council. Labour became the largest party on the council, which was under no overall control.
In Wales
, the dominant position of Labour was overturned. Major Labour losses were Cardiff and Newport to the Conservatives, Swansea to Ratepayers and Merthyr Tydfil to Plaid Cymru
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Metropolitan borough
A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts, however all of them have been granted or regranted...
councils and for all seats on Non-Metropolitan district councils in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
; and for all seats on the Welsh district
Districts of Wales
In 1974, Wales was re-divided for local government purposes into thirty-seven districts. Districts were the second tier of local government introduced by the Local Government Act 1972, being subdivisions of the eight counties introduced at the same time...
councils.
The elections were the first electoral test for the new Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
James Callaghan
James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...
, and were a major reverse for the ruling Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
. The opposition Conservative party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
made large gains of seats and control of councils at the expense of both Labour and the Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
.
The Conservatives easily gained control of their principal target council, Birmingham. The new administration in the city pledged to reintroduce the sale of council houses, which had been stopped by the previous Labour-controlled council. Control of another five metropolitan borough councils were gained by the Conservatives at Labour's expense. The party also gained numerous non-metropolitan districts , including large towns and cities such as Derby, Exeter, Ipswich, Leicester, Luton, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Peterborough and York.
Major English councils held by Labour included Manchester, Norwich, Nottingham and Stoke on Trent.
Break-away groups from the official Labour Party achieved success in two districts. The Lincoln Democratic Labour Association
Democratic Labour Party
The Democratic Labour Party is a name used by many political parties:* Democratic Labour Party * Democratic Labour Party * Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania* Democratic Labour Party...
retained control of the city council. The association had been formed following the expulsion of local member of parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, Dick Taverne from the party. In Blyth Valley the Independent Labour Party gained nine seats from the official Labour candidates. The ILP were supporters of Eddie Milne
Eddie Milne
Edward James "Eddie" Milne was a British Labour politician, who was elected as independent candidate after deselection by his party....
, former MP for Blyth. Milne had been expelled from Labour in April 1974. Labour lost control of North East Derbyshire, where all the party's seats in Clay Cross
Clay Cross
Clay Cross is a former mining town and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, about six miles south of Chesterfield. It is directly on the A61, the former Roman road Ryknield Street...
passed to Ratepayer candidates. The town had been the scene of a dispute between the former urban district council and the government over the Housing Finance Act.
The Liberals lost control of their only local authority, Liverpool City Council. Labour became the largest party on the council, which was under no overall control.
In Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, the dominant position of Labour was overturned. Major Labour losses were Cardiff and Newport to the Conservatives, Swansea to Ratepayers and Merthyr Tydfil to Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru
' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...
.
Metropolitan Boroughs
| District | County | Conservative | Labour | Liberal | Independent | Other | Control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, England. Its main town is Barnsley.... |
South Yorkshire South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield... |
1 | 39 (-4) | 5 (+3) | 0 | Ratepayers 11 Independent Labour 4 (+1) |
Labour hold |
| Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
West Midlands West Midlands (county) The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The... |
66 (+11) | 52 (-11) | 8 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough of Bolton The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Bolton, but covers a far larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley and Westhoughton, and a suburban and rural element from the West Pennine... |
Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the... |
43 (+3) | 20 (-3) | 2 (-1) | 4 (+1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Bradford City of Bradford The City of Bradford is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden and... |
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.... |
61 (+4) | 27 (-1) | 5 (-3) | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough of Bury The Metropolitan Borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Lying to the north of the City of Manchester, the borough is composed of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich, and has a population of 181,900... |
Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the... |
36 (+8) | 11 (-5) | 1 (-3) | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Calderdale Calderdale The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name... |
West Yorkshire | 34 (+6) | 13 (-5) | 4 (-1) | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
West Midlands | 26 (+5) | 28 (-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England.In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley.... |
South Yorkshire | 17 (+2) | 35 (-5) | 0 | 4 (+1) | Ratepayers 3 (+2) Democratic Labour 1 |
Labour hold |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough of Dudley The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley... |
West Midlands | 37 (+8) | 26 (-9) | 2 (+1) | 0 | Independent Socialist 1 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. It is named after its largest town, Gateshead, but also spans the towns of Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon and Ryton; suburban areas include Felling, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell.It is bordered... |
Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972... |
13 (+2) | 59 (-4) | 4 (+1) | 1 (+1) | Rent and Ratepayers 1 | Labour hold |
| Kirklees Kirklees The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 401,000 and includes the settlements of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite... |
West Yorkshire | 38 (+10) | 25 (-11) | 9 (+2) | 0 (-1) | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Knowsley Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It comprises the towns of Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood and Cronton; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres... |
Merseyside Merseyside Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool... |
17 (+5) | 42 (-4) | 2 (-1) | 0 | Kirkby Householders Federation 2 | Labour hold |
| Leeds City of Leeds The City of Leeds is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Leeds City Council, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. The metropolitan district includes Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell,... |
West Yorkshire | 50 (+7) | 38 (-3) | 8 (-4) | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
Merseyside | 17 (+3) | 42 | 40 (-3) | 0 | 0 | NOC |
| Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
Greater Manchester | 45 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Tyne and Wear | 29 (+2) | 44 (-3) | 3 +1 | 2 | 0 | Labour hold |
| North Tyneside | Tyne and Wear | 28 (+4) | 44 (-2) | 8 (-2) | 4 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough of Oldham The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 219,600, and spans . The borough is named after its largest town, Oldham, but also includes the outlying towns of Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton and Shaw and Crompton, the village of... |
Greater Manchester | 28 (+13) | 20 (-10) | 8 (-3) | 1 | 0 | Labour lose to NOC |
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Rochdale, but spans a far larger area which includes the towns of Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough and Milnrow, and the village of Wardle.The borough was... |
Greater Manchester | 31 (+7) | 19 (-8) | 10 (+1) | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. It is named for its largest town, Rotherham, but also spans the outlying towns of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne, as well as a suburban and rural element composed of hills, escarpments and... |
South Yorkshire | 6 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Sandwell Sandwell Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands with a population of around 289,100, and an area of . The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns of Blackheath,... |
West Midlands | 39 (+7) | 51 (-7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| St Helens Metropolitan Borough of St Helens The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It is named after its largest town St Helens, and covers an area which includes the settlements of Newton-le-Willows, Earlestown, Haydock, Rainhill, Eccleston, Clock Face, Billinge and... |
Merseyside | 19 (+4) | 25 (-4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Salford City of Salford The City of Salford is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Salford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton-Pendlebury, Walkden and Irlam which apart from Irlam each have a population of over... |
Greater Manchester | 24 (+3) | 38 (-4) | 2 | 0 | Tenants & Ratepayers 2 (+1) | Labour |
| Sefton | Merseyside | 43 | 21 | 3 | 1 | Ratepayers 1 | Conservative hold |
| Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely... |
South Yorkshire | 22 (+2) | 63 (-3) | 5 (+1) | 0 | 0 | Labour |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough of Solihull The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in west-central England. It is named after its largest town, Solihull, from which Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is based. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary... |
West Midlands | 34 (+4) | 12 (-1) | 1 | Independent Resident 4 (-3) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| South Tyneside South Tyneside South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England.It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. The border county of Northumberland lies further north... |
Tyne and Wear | 4 | 34 (-1) | 3 | 0 | Progressive 24 (+1) | Labour hold |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough of Stockport The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England, centred around the town of Stockport. It has a population of about 280,600 and includes the outyling areas of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley... |
Greater Manchester | 39 (+5) | 11 (-1) | 7 (-3) | 3 (-1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Sunderland City of Sunderland The City of Sunderland is a local government district of Tyne and Wear, in North East England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough... |
Tyne and Wear | 26 (+3) | 49 (-3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Tameside Tameside The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after the River Tame which flows through the borough and spans the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. Its western... |
Greater Manchester | 29 (+5) | 22 (-5) | 2 | 0 | Independent Labour 1 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Trafford Trafford The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 211,800, covers , and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston... |
Greater Manchester | 47 (+5) | 12 (-1) | 4 (-4) | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Wakefield City of Wakefield The City of Wakefield is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. Wakefield is the district's administrative centre. The district includes the "Five Towns" of Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford and Knottingley. Other... |
West Yorkshire | 15 (+4) | 42 (-6) | 0 | 2 | Ratepayer 7 (+2) | Labour hold |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough of Walsall The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a local government district in the Black Country part of the West Midlands, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes the towns of Aldridge, Brownhills,... |
West Midlands | 20 | 28 (-3) | 1 | 3 (+1) | Ratepayers 7 (+2) Independent Labour 1 |
Labour lose to NOC |
| Wigan Metropolitan Borough of Wigan The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is named after its largest component town, Wigan and also includes the towns of Leigh, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Ince-in-Makerfield, and Hindley. The borough was formed in 1974 and is an... |
Greater Manchester | 14 (+4) | 56 (-5) | 1 | 1 (+1) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Wirral Metropolitan Borough of Wirral The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 311,200, and encompasses of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. The city of... |
Merseyside | 42 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 24 (+3) | 34 (-4) | 0 | 0 | Ratepayers 2 (+1) | Labour hold |
Welsh Districts
| District | County | Conservative | Labour | Liberal | Plaid Cymru | Independent | Other | Control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberconwy Aberconwy (district) The Borough of Aberconwy was one of five districts of Gwynedd, north-west Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974 from parts of the administrative counties of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire.... |
Gwynedd Gwynedd Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated... |
6 (+3) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 (-3) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Alyn and Deeside Alyn and Deeside (district) Alyn and Deeside was one of six districts of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales from 1974 to 1996. There is still a parliamentary constituency of the same name.... |
Clwyd Clwyd Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east, bordering England with Cheshire to its east, Shropshire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Gwynedd to its immediate west and Powys to the south. It additionally shares a maritime border with the metropolitan county of... |
8 | 22 (-2) | 6 | 0 | 7 | Ratepayers 2 (+2) | Labour lose to NOC |
| Afan Port Talbot (district) Port Talbot was one of the four local government districts of the county of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996.The district was formed as Afan on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reorganisation of local government in England and Wales under the Local Government Act 1972... |
West Glamorgan West Glamorgan West Glamorgan is a preserved county and former administrative county of Wales, one of the divisions of the ancient county of Glamorgan.West Glamorgan was created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the county borough of Swansea, the municipal boroughs of Neath and Port Talbot,... |
0 | 11 (-10) | 0 | 0 | 1 (+1) | Tenants Association 6 (+3) Ratepayers 12 (+6) |
Labour lose to NOC |
| Arfon Arfon Arfon was one of five districts of Gwynedd, Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was created by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974 from part of the administrative county of Caernarfonshire, namely the municipal boroughs of Bangor and Caernarfon, the Bethesda urban district, the rural districts... |
Gwynedd | 0 | 5 (-3) | 0 | 13 (+8) | 23 (-5) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in South Wales, sharing its name with a parliamentary constituency. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and... |
Gwent Gwent (county) Gwent is a preserved county and a former local government county in south-east Wales. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent.... |
1 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | Labour hold |
| Brecknock Brecknock (borough) The Borough of Brecknock was one of the three local government districts of the county of Powys, Wales from 1974 to 1996. The district comprised the majority of the historic county of Brecknockshire.... |
Powys Powys Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is... |
8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Cardiff Cardiff (district) The Cardiff district was one of the two local government districts of South Glamorgan in Wales from 1974 to 1996.The district comprised the county borough of Cardiff and several surrounding parishes. Letters patent continuing the city status of the county borough were granted on April 1, 1974... |
South Glamorgan South Glamorgan South Glamorgan is a preserved county of Wales.It was originally formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a county council area... |
44 (+12) | 29 (-14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ratepayers 2 (+2) | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Carmarthen Carmarthen (district) Carmarthen was one of six local government districts of the county of Dyfed, west Wales, from 1974 to 1996. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:... |
Dyfed Dyfed Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974 under the terms of the Local Government Act 1972, and covered approximately the same geographic extent as the ancient Principality of Deheubarth, although excluding the Gower Peninsula and the area west of the River Tawe... |
0 | 6 | 1 (+1) | 0 | 29 (-1) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Ceredigion Ceredigion Ceredigion is a county and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. As Cardiganshire , it was created in 1282, and was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to Ceredigion a day later... |
Dyfed | 0 | 3 (-1) | 7 (-1) | 2 (+1) | 30 (+1) | 1 vacancy | Independent hold |
| Colwyn Colwyn The Borough of Colwyn was one of six districts of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the administrative county of Denbighshire:... |
Clwyd | 16 (+13) | 0 | 6 (-4) | 0 | 11 (-9) | 0 | Conservative gain from Independent |
| Cynon Valley Cynon Valley The Cynon Valley , is a famous former coal mining valley within the South Wales Valleys of Wales. The Cynon Valley lies between the other mining Valley of Rhondda and the iron industrial Valley of the Merthyr Valley. Its main towns are Aberdare located North of the Valley and Mountain Ash located... |
Mid Glamorgan | 0 | 0 | 23 (+1) | 9 (-3) | 2 (+1) | Communist 1 Others 3 |
Labour hold |
| Delyn Delyn (district) Delyn is an area in north Wales. From 1974 to 1996 it was a district of Clwyd, but is now included in the county of Flintshire. Delyn is twinned with Menden, Germany.... |
Clwyd | 2 (+1) | 15 (-1) | 1 (+1) | 2 (-1) | 16 | Ratepayers 4 | NOC |
| Dinefwr Dinefwr Dinefwr was a local government district of Dyfed, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was named after Dinefwr Castle which was the royal capital of the Principality of Deheubarth and one of the three principal royal courts of Wales.... |
Dyfed | 0 | 13 (-3) | 0 | 2 (+2) | 17 (+1) | 0 | Independent gain from Labour |
| Dwyfor Dwyfor Dwyfor was one of the five local government districts of Gwynedd, Wales from 1974 to 1996, covering the Llŷn peninsula. Its council was based in Pwllheli.... |
Gwynedd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 (+1) | 22 (-1) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Glyndŵr Glyndwr Glyndŵr was one of six districts of Clwyd between 1974 and 1996.It was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from parts of the administrative counties of Denbighshire and Merionethshire.... |
Clwyd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Islwyn Islwyn The Borough of Islwyn was one of five local government districts of Gwent from 1983 to 2011.The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from part of the administrative county of Monmouthshire, namely the urban districts of Abercarn, Mynyddislwyn and Risca, and the Bedwellty urban... |
Gwent | 0 | 16 (-14) | 0 | 7 (+5) | 9 (+5) | Ratepayers 6 (+2) Independent Socialist 1 (+1) Others 1 (+1) |
Labour lose to NOC |
| Llanelli Llanelli (district) The Borough of Llanelli was one of thirty-seven local government districts in Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was the smallest of six districts in the newly-created county of Dyfed, and was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Llanelli and Kidwelly, Burry... |
Dyfed | 0 | 24 (-5) | 2 (+2) | 1 (+1) | 6 (+2) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Lliw Valley Lliw Valley The Borough of Lliw Valley was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996... |
West Glamorgan | 0 | 19 (-8) | 0 | 5 (+3) | 8 (+5) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Meirionydd | Gwynedd | 0 | 3 (-1) | 0 | 8 (+8) | 28 (-7) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of... |
Mid Glamorgan | 0 | 8 (-17) | 0 | 21 (+17) | 1 | Ratepayers 2 (-1) Independent Labour 1 (+1) |
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour |
| Monmouth Monmouth (district) The Monmouth district was one of five districts of Gwent in Wales between 1974 and 1996. In 1988 the district was granted a charter conferring borough status, becoming the Borough of Monmouth .The district was created by the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the... |
Gwent | 30 (+1) | 7 (-1) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Montgomery Montgomeryshire (district) Montgomeryshire was, from 1974 to 1996, one of three districts of the county of Powys, Wales. The district had an identical area to the previous administrative county of Montgomeryshire.... |
Powys | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 (+1) | 44 (-1) | 1 vacancy | Independent hold |
| Neath Neath (district) Neath was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was formed from the municipal borough of Neath, along with all of Neath Rural District apart from Rhigos parish, which went to Cynon Valley district.... |
West Glamorgan | 0 | 17 (-10) | 0 | 3 (+1) | 4 | Ratepayers 9 (+9) | Labour hold |
| Newport Newport (district) The Newport district was one of the five local government districts of Gwent from 1974 to 1996. The district comprised the county borough of Newport and several surrounding parishes... |
Gwent | 26 (+18) | 22 (-14) | 0 (-2) | 0 | 3 (-2) | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Ogwr Ogwr The Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the urban districts of Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore and Garw and Porthcawl, along with Penybont Rural District from the administrative county... |
Mid Glamorgan | 13 (+8) | 29 (-14) | 1 | 1 | 3 (+1) | Ratepayers 10 (+5) | Labour hold |
| Preseli Preseli Pembrokeshire Preseli Pembrokeshire was one of six local government districts of Dyfed in West Wales from 1974 to 1996. Until 1987 the name of the district was Preseli... |
Dyfed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Radnor Radnorshire (district) Radnorshire was one of three districts of the county of Powys, Wales, from 1974 - 1996. The district had an identical area to the previous administrative county of Radnorshire.... |
Powys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Rhondda Rhondda (district) Rhondda was a local government district based around the geographical area of the Rhondda Valley, south Wales.The district was initially created as Ystradyfodwg Local Government District from parts of Ystradyfodwg, Llanwonno and Llantrisant parishes, Glamorgan, in 1877, when the Local Government... |
Mid Glamorgan | 1 (+1) | 21 (-9) | 0 | 2 (+1) | 3 (+3) | Ratepayers 5 (+4) Communist 1 |
Labour hold |
| Rhuddlan Rhuddlan (district) The Borough of Rhuddlan was one of six districts of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from part of the administrative county of Flintshire, namely the urban districts of Prestatyn and Rhyl and St Asaph Rural District.The... |
Clwyd | 1 (-2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 (+3) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Rhymney Valley Rhymney Valley (district) Rhymney Valley was one of six local government districts in Mid Glamorgan from 1974 to 1996.The district was formed from areas in the administrative counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire... |
Mid Glamorgan | 0 | 19 (-15) | 0 | 23 (+15) | 2 | Ratepayers 4 | Labour lose to NOC |
| South Pembrokeshire South Pembrokeshire South Pembrokeshire was one of six local government districts of Dyfed, Wales from 1974 to 1996.It was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the following parts of the administrative county of Pembrokeshire:... |
Dyfed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (-1) | 31 (+1) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Swansea Swansea (district) The Swansea district was one of the four local government districts of West Glamorgan, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was formed from the areas of the county borough of Swansea and Gower Rural District, from the administrative county of Glamorgan.... |
West Glamorgan | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Ratepayers 29 | Ratepayers gain from Labour |
| Taff-Ely Taff-Ely Taff-Ely was a local government district in Wales from 1974 to 1996.It was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the urban district of Pontypridd, along with Llantrisant and Llantwit Farde Rural District, the Taff's Well ward of Caerphilly urban district, the... |
Mid Glamorgan | 1 (+1) | 24 (-5) | 4 (+1) | 8 (+6) | 5 (-4) | Tenants and Residents 3 Ratepayers 2 (+1) |
Labour lose to NOC |
| Torfaen Torfaen Torfaen is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a unitary authority.-Education:... |
Gwent | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 10 | Ratepayers 6 Communist 1 |
Labour hold |
| Vale of Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in the southern part of Glamorgan, South Wales... |
South Glamorgan | 33 (+14) | 10 (-14) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Wrexham Maelor Wrexham Maelor Wrexham Maelor was one of six local government districts of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed from parts of the administrative counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire.... |
Clwyd | 7 (+3) | 20 (-4) | 2 | 2 (+1) | 14 | 0 | Labour lose to NOC |
| Ynys Môn Anglesey Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales... (Anglesey) |
Gwynedd | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 (+1) | 39 (-1) | 0 | Independent hold |
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| Adur | West Sussex West Sussex West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming... |
16 (+4) | 2 (-1) | 17 (-3) | 2 | 0 | Liberals lose to NOC |
| Allerdale Allerdale Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census.... |
Cumbria Cumbria Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in... |
10 (+5) | 23 (-3) | 0 | 23 (-2) | 0 | Conservative - Independent hold |
| Alnwick Alnwick (district) Alnwick was a local government district of Northumberland, England. Its council was based in Alnwick town and the district had a population of 31,029 according to the 2001 census.... |
Northumberland Northumberland Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region... |
8 (+2) | 3 (-2) | 1 (+1) | 21 (-1) | Independent Labour 0 (-1) 1 vacancy |
Independent hold |
| Amber Valley Amber Valley Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It takes its name from the River Amber and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering... |
Derbyshire Derbyshire Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx... |
2 | 18 (-13) | 14 (+11) | 26 (+2) | 0 | Labour lose to NOC |
| Arun Arun Arun is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It contains the towns of Arundel, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, and takes its name from the River Arun, which runs through the centre of the district.-History:... |
West Sussex | 51 (+17) | 1 (-3) | 5 (+1) | 2 (-9) | Ratepayers 1 (-6) | Conservative hold |
| Ashfield Ashfield Ashfield is a local government district in western Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, it has a population of 111,387. The district is mostly urban, with a tradition of coal mining. There are three towns in the district; the largest being Sutton-in-Ashfield... † |
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west... |
2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | Ratepayers 8 | Labour hold |
| Ashford Ashford, Kent Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. In 2005 it was voted the fourth best place to live in the United Kingdom. It lies on the Great Stour river, the M20 motorway, and the South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways. Its agricultural market is one of the most... † |
Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... |
30 | 7 | 8 | 3 | Ratepayers 1 True Liberals 1 4 vacancies |
Conservative hold |
| Aylesbury Vale Aylesbury Vale The Aylesbury Vale is a large area of flat land mostly in Buckinghamshire, England. Its boundary is marked by Milton Keynes to the north, Leighton Buzzard and the Chiltern Hills to the east and south, Thame to the south and Bicester and Brackley to the west.The vale is named after Aylesbury, the... † |
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe.... |
28 | 9 | 2 | 18 | Ratepayers 1 | Independent lose to NOC |
† New ward boundaries
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| Babergh Babergh Babergh is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council headquarters is based in Hadleigh, whilst its largest town is Sudbury.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Sudbury, Hadleigh urban district, Cosford Rural District, Melford Rural District and... |
Suffolk Suffolk Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east... |
7 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | Independent |
| Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness (borough) Barrow-in-Furness is a local government district with borough status in Cumbria, England. It is named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements include Dalton-in-Furness, Roose and Askam-in-Furness. It is the smallest borough in the county, but is the most densely populated, with... |
Cumbria | 19 (+14) | 12 (-14) | 0 | 2 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Basildon Basildon (district) Basildon is a local government district in south Essex in the East of England, centred around the town of Basildon. The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974 from the former area of Basildon Urban District and the part of Thurrock Urban District that was within the... |
Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west... |
17 (+6) | 23 (-6) | 0 | 0 | 6 | Labour hold |
| Basingstoke Basingstoke and Deane Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its primary settlement is Basingstoke. Other settlements include Bramley, Tadley, Kingsclere, Overton, Oakley, Whitchurch and the hamlet of Deane, some from Basingstoke.... † |
Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force... |
35 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Bassetlaw Bassetlaw Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107,713. The borough is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop, site of the borough offices, and Retford... |
Nottinghamshire | 24 (+12) | 18 (-11) | 0 | 7 (-3) | Ratepayers 2 (+2) | Labour lose to NOC |
| Bath† | Avon Avon (county) Avon was, from 1974 to 1996, a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England.The county was named after the River Avon, which runs through the area. It was formed from parts of the historic counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset, together with the City of Bristol... |
35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Beaconsfield South Bucks South Bucks is one of four local government districts in the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire, in South East England.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, by the amalgamation of the area of Beaconsfield Urban District with part of Eton Rural District... |
Buckinghamshire | 32 (+7) | 0 (-2) | 0 (-3) | 5 | 5 (-2) | Conservative hold |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (borough) Berwick-upon-Tweed was a local government district and borough in Northumberland in the north-east of England, on the border with Scotland. The district had a resident population of 25,949 according to the 2001 census, which also notes that it is the most ethnically homogeneous in the country, with... † |
Northumberland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Beverley Beverley (borough) Beverley was a local government district and borough of Humberside, England, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the previous borough of Beverley, with Beverley Rural District and Haltemprice Urban District... |
Humberside Humberside Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire... |
44 (+28) | 1 (-4) | 3 | 12 (-24) | 0 | Conservative gain from Independent |
| Blaby Blaby (district) Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England.The district is named after the village of Blaby. It covers the civil parish of Blaby and 23 others. Among these are Cosby, Countesthorpe, Enderby, Huncote, Narborough , Sapcote, Stoney Stanton, and Wigston Parva... |
Leicestershire Leicestershire Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire... |
21 (+7) | 0 | 1 (-4) | 12 (-4) | Ratepayers 3 (+1) | Conservative gain from Independent |
| Blackburn Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of Blackburn, the small town of Darwen to the south of it, and the surrounding countryside.-Formation:... |
Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... |
27 (+8) | 17 (-10) | 8 (-3) | 0 | Ratepayers 6 (+3) National Party National Party (UK, 1976) The National Party was a short-lived British far right political party formed on 6 January 1976 and which dissolved before the 1979 general election... 2 (+2) |
NOC |
| Blackpool Blackpool Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... † |
Lancashire | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Blyth Valley Blyth Valley Blyth Valley was a Local government district and borough in south-east Northumberland, England, bordering the North Sea and Tyne and Wear. The two principal towns were Blyth and Cramlington... |
Northumberland | 6 | 23 | 12 | 12 | Independent Labour 11 5 vacancies |
Labour hold |
| Bolsover Bolsover (district) Bolsover is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. Its main town is Bolsover.There are fourteen town and parish councils within the district.In addition to the town councils of Old Bolsover and Shirebrook, there are the parish councils of:... |
Nottinghamshire | 4 (+3) | 25 (-4) | 0 | 7 (+1) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Boothferry† | Humberside Humberside Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire... |
12 | 3 | 0 | 19 | Ratepayers 1 | Independent hold |
| Boston Boston (borough) Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Boston. It lies around N53°0'0" W0°0'0".... |
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders... |
13 (+3) | 3 (-2) | 3 (-1) | 13 (-1) | Independent with Ratepayer support 2 (+1) | NOC (Independent-Conservative) |
| Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth... |
Dorset Dorset Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974... |
43 (+5) | 6 (-7) | 2 | 6 (+2) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Bracknell Bracknell Forest Bracknell Forest is a unitary authority and borough in Berkshire in southern England. It covers the towns of Bracknell, North Ascot, Sandhurst, Crowthorne and surrounding villages and hamlets.-History:... |
Berkshire Berkshire Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and... |
27 (+14) | 3 (-12) | 1 (-2) | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Braintree Braintree (district) Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex. Its main town is Braintree.The main centres of population are Braintree, Witham and Halstead.... |
Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west... |
39 (+19) | 8 (-14) | 1 (-2) | 0 | Ratepayers 10 (-3) | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Breckland Breckland (district) Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in East Dereham.Breckland District derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk... |
Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county... |
21 (+2) | 9 (-1) | 0 | 20 (-2) | Ratepayers 1 (+1) | NOC |
| Brentwood Brentwood (borough) Brentwood is a local government district and borough in Essex in the East of England.-History & Geography:The borough is named after the town of Brentwood which is the main development in the area. There are still large areas of woodland including Shenfield Common, Hartswood , Weald Country Park,... † |
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders... |
34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Bridgnorth Bridgnorth (district) Bridgnorth District was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in Shropshire, England. Its main town was Bridgnorth and other towns in its area were Much Wenlock, Shifnal and Broseley. The villages of Albrighton and Sheriffhales as well as RAF Cosford were also in the district.The... |
Salop | 2 (+2) | 2 | 4 (+1) | 24 (-3) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Brighton Brighton Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain... |
East Sussex East Sussex East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:... |
44 (+12) | 15 (-12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... |
Avon Avon (county) Avon was, from 1974 to 1996, a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England.The county was named after the River Avon, which runs through the area. It was formed from parts of the historic counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset, together with the City of Bristol... |
34 (+9) | 47 (-9) | 3 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Broadland Broadland Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew, which is a suburb of the City of Norwich.-History:The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of St... |
Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county... |
29 (+8) | 1 (-5) | 2 (+1) | 17 (-3) | Ratepayers 0 (-1) | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Bromsgrove Bromsgrove (district) Bromsgrove is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Bromsgrove.It borders the built up area of Birmingham to the north... |
Hereford and Worcester Hereford and Worcester Hereford and Worcester was an English county created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the area of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire and the county borough of Worcester.It bordered Shropshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands to the... |
32 (+7) | 8 (-5) | 0 | 0 | Ratepayers 2 (-2) | Conservative hold |
| Broxbourne Broxbourne (borough) Broxbourne is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Cheshunt, other towns include Broxbourne, Hoddesdon and Waltham Cross. The eastern boundary of the district is the River Lea... † |
Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and... |
36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Broxtowe Broxtowe Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the City of Nottingham. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area... † |
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west... |
37 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Burnley Burnley (borough) Burnley is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a non-metropolitan district and borough. It has an area of and a population of , and is named for its largest town, Burnley. The borough is bounded by Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Pendle, Rossendale — all in Lancashire... † |
Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... |
12 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Labour hold |
† New ward boundaries
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| Cannock Chase Cannock Chase Cannock Chase is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Chase gives its name to the Cannock Chase local government district.... † |
Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders... |
18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Canterbury City of Canterbury The City of Canterbury is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. The main settlement in the district is Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.-History:... |
Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... |
46 (+9) | 1 (-6) | 0 | 1 (-2) | 2 (-1) | Conservative hold |
| Caradon Caradon Caradon was a local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It contained five towns: Callington, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint, and over 80 villages and hamlets within 41 civil parishes... |
Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of... |
0 | 1 (+1) | 0 | 39 (-2) | Mebyon Kernow 1 (+1) | Independent hold |
| Carlisle City of Carlisle The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages... |
Cumbria | 22 (+4) | 22 (-2) | 1 | 3 (-2) | 0 | Labour lose to NOC |
| Carrick Carrick, Cornwall Carrick was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council was based in Truro. The main centres of population, industry and commerce were the city of Truro and the towns of Falmouth/Penryn.... |
Cornwall | 9 (+4) | 4 (-1) | 4 | 28 (-3) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Castle Morpeth Castle Morpeth Castle Morpeth was a local government district and borough in Northumberland, England. Its administrative centre was the town of Morpeth.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Morpeth and Morpeth Rural District, along with part of Castle Ward Rural District.The... † |
Northumberland | 9 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | NOC |
| Castle Point Castle Point Castle Point is a local government district and borough in south Essex. The borough comprises the towns of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley which also provides the site of the council headquarters.-History:... |
Essex | 35 (+16) | 3 (-15) | 0 | 0 (-1) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Charnwood Charnwood (borough) Charnwood is a borough of northern Leicestershire, England. It is named after Charnwood Forest, which it contains. Loughborough is the largest town in the district and serves as the borough's administrative and commercial centre.-History:... |
Leicestershire | 42 (+8) | 13 (-1) | 2 (-3) | 1 (-4) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Chelmsford Chelmsford (borough) Chelmsford is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after its main settlement, Chelmsford, which is also the county town of Essex.-History:... † |
Essex | 46 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Cheltenham Cheltenham Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held... |
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.... |
22 (+1) | 2 (-5) | 4 | 1 | Ratepayers Association 6 (+4) | Conservative hold |
| Cherwell Cherwell (district) Cherwell is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England. The district takes its name from the River Cherwell, which drains south through the region to flow into the River Thames at Oxford.... |
Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire .... |
26 (+10) | 10 (-6) | 0 | 8 (-4) | 1 Vacancy | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Chester City of Chester Chester was a non-metropolitan local government district of Cheshire, England, with the status of a city and a borough.Apart from Chester itself, which was the principal settlement, the district covered a large rural area... |
Cheshire Cheshire Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow... |
44 (+3) | 10 (-5) | 2 (+1) | 1 (-3) | Ratepayers 5 (+4) | Conservative hold |
| Chesterfield Chesterfield Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town... |
Derbyshire | 14 (+6) | 36 (-7) | 2 | 1 (+1) | Independent Labour 1 | Labour hold |
| Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street (district) Chester-le-Street was a local government district in County Durham, England. Its council was based in Chester-le-Street. Other places in the district included Great Lumley and Sacriston.- Formation :... |
Durham County Durham County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington... |
0 | 22 (-2) | 6 | 5 (+2) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Chichester Chichester (district) Chichester is a largely rural local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in the city of Chichester.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Chichester and the Rural Districts of... |
West Sussex | 37 (+10) | 0 | 1 (-7) | 7 (-5) | Ratepayers Association 5 (+2) | Conservative hold |
| Chiltern Chiltern (district) Chiltern is one of four local government districts of Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is named after the Chiltern Hills on which the region sits.The main towns in the district are Amersham and Chesham... † |
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe.... |
39 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Chorley Chorley (borough) Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Chorley.-Creation:... † |
Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... |
33 | 11 | 0 | 2 | Independent Labour 1 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Christchurch Christchurch, Dorset Christchurch is a borough and town in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974 and is the most easterly borough in... |
Dorset Dorset Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974... |
18 (+1) | 4 | 0 | 0 (-1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Cleethorpes Cleethorpes (borough) Cleethorpes was a local government district in Humberside, England from 1974 to 1996. It was granted borough status in 1975.It was formed on April 1, 1974, and covered Cleethorpes itself along with a wider area including Humberston, Laceby, Stallingborough, New Waltham, and Immingham... |
Humberside Humberside Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire... |
13 (+4) | 13 | 5 (-2) | 15 (-2) | Ratepayers 1 Independent Socialist 1 |
NOC |
| Colchester Colchester Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the... |
Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west... |
39 | 18 | 0 | 1 | Ratepayers 2 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Copeland Copeland, Cumbria Copeland is a local government district and borough in western Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Whitehaven. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Whitehaven, Ennerdale Rural District and Millom Rural District.... |
Cumbria Cumbria Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in... |
15 (+6) | 22 (-10) | 0 | 7 | Tenants and Ratepayers Association 3 (+3) Community Association 1 (+1) |
Labour lose to NOC |
| Corby Corby Corby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure... † |
Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,... |
16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Cotswold Cotswold (district) Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region. Its main town is Cirencester.... |
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.... |
4 (+3) | 0 (-1) | 0 | 41 (-2) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Craven Craven Craven is a local government district in North Yorkshire, England that came into being in 1974, centred on the market town of Skipton. In the changes to British local government of that year this district was formed as the merger of Skipton urban district, Settle Rural District and most of Skipton... |
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest... |
21 (+7) | 2 (-3) | 5 (-4) | 6 | Independent Socialist 1 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Crawley Crawley Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has... |
West Sussex West Sussex West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming... |
11 (+11) | 14 (-11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Crewe Crewe and Nantwich Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population of 111,007... |
Cheshire Cheshire Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow... |
28 (+21) | 24 (-9) | 0 (-2) | 4 (-14) | Ratepayers and Residents 4 (+4) | Labour lose to NOC |
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| Dacorum Dacorum The Borough of Dacorum is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England that includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and Kings Langley. The district, which was formed in 1974, had a population of 137,799 in 2001... |
Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and... |
38 (+11) | 21 (-10) | 0 (-1) | 3 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Darlington Darlington (borough) Darlington is a local government district and borough in North East England. In 2008 it had a resident population of 100,500 It borders County Durham to the north and west, North Yorkshire to the south along the line of the River Tees, and Stockton-on-Tees to the east.-Council:Traditionally part of... |
Durham County Durham County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington... |
30 (+22) | 15 (-13) | 0 (-8) | 4 (-1) | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Dartford Dartford (borough) Dartford is the name given to a local government district and borough in north west Kent, England, which takes its name from its administrative capital. It borders Thurrock, to the north across the River Thames; to the west lies the London Borough of Bexley; to the south Sevenoaks district; and the... † |
Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... |
20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Daventry Daventry (district) The Daventry district is the largest local government district of western Northamptonshire, England. The district is named after the town of Daventry which is the administrative headquarters and largest town... |
Northamptonshire | 24 (+8) | 2 (-6) | 0 | 9 (-2) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Derby Derby Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407... |
Derbyshire | 28 (+14) | 26 (-8) | 0 (-6) | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Derwentside Derwentside Derwentside was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in County Durham, England.The district took its name from the River Derwent, which made up part of the northern border of the district. Its main towns were Consett and Stanley, with the district council offices on Consett's Medomsley... |
Durham | 2 (+1) | 39 (-6) | 5 (+2) | 9 (+3) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Dover Dover (district) Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Deal, Dover, and Sandwich along with Dover Rural District and most of Eastry Rural District... |
Kent | 36 (+5) | 17 (-5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Durham | Durham | 0 | 34 (-7) | 10 (+3) | 16 (+3) | Independent Labour 1 (+1) | Labour hold |
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| Easington Easington (district) Easington was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in eastern County Durham, England. It contained the settlements of Easington, Seaham, Peterlee, Murton, Horden, Blackhall, Wingate and Castle Eden... |
Durham | 1 (+1) | 45 (-8) | 4 (+4) | 5 (+3) | Independent Labour 5 | Labour hold |
| East Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in Ely.... |
Cambridgeshire | 3 (+2) | 1 (-1) | 0 | 29 (-1) | Independent Socialist 1 Independent Conservative 2 |
Independent hold |
| East Devon East Devon East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Sidmouth, and the largest town is Exmouth.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Honiton with the urban districts of Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Ottery St. Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth... |
Devon Devon Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with... |
44 (+31) | 1 | 0 | 13 (-31) | 0 | Conservative gain from Independent |
| East Hampshire East Hampshire East Hampshire is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Petersfield. Other towns are Alton, Horndean and Whitehill-Bordon.... |
Hampshire | 31 (+14) | 0 (-5) | 0 | 11 (-9) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| East Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council has offices in Bishop's Stortford and Hertford .... |
Hertfordshire | 28 (+12) | 1 (-9) | 0 | 0 (-5) | Ratepayers 8 (+2) | Conservative gain from NOC |
| East Lindsey East Lindsey East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards.... |
Lincolnshire | 10 (+5) | 1 | 2 (-2) | 45 (-3) | 0 | Independent hold |
| East Northamptonshire East Northamptonshire East Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Thrapston and Rushden, which is the largest town in the area... |
Northamptonshire | 28 (+8) | 6 (-9) | 0 | 3 (+1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| East Staffordshire East Staffordshire East Staffordshire is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire in England. It has two main towns, Burton upon Trent, famous for its breweries, and Uttoxeter, for its racecourse.... |
Staffordshire | 37 (+17) | 12 (-14) | 1 (+1) | 10 (-4) | 0 | Conservative gain from Conservative-Independent |
| Eastbourne Eastbourne Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head... † |
East Sussex | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NOC |
| Eastleigh Eastleigh (borough) The Borough of Eastleigh is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, bordering the unitary authority of Southampton, Test Valley, the City of Winchester and the borough of Fareham. Eastleigh is separated from the New Forest by Southampton Water... |
Hampshire | Conservative gain | |||||
| Eden Eden, Cumbria Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle.... |
Cumbria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 (-5) | Ratepayers 10 (+5) 1 vacancy |
Independent hold |
| Elmbridge Elmbridge Elmbridge is a local government district and borough in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Esher. The district has only one civil parish, which is Claygate... † |
Surrey | 36 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port and Neston Ellesmere Port and Neston was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It covered the southern part of the Wirral Peninsula, namely that part which is not included in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.... † |
Cheshire | 17 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Epping Forest Epping Forest (district) Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. It is named after Epping Forest, of which the district contains a large part... |
Essex | 53 (+7) | 1 (-9) | 0 | 5 (+2) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Epsom and Ewell Epsom and Ewell Epsom and Ewell is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, covering the town of Epsom and the village of Ewell. The borough was formed as an urban district in 1894, and was known as Epsom until 1934. It was made a municipal borough in 1937... |
Surrey | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Ratepayers 37 | Ratepayers hold |
| Erewash Erewash Erewash is a local government district and borough in eastern Derbyshire, England, to the east of Derby and the west of Nottingham. It contains the towns of Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Sandiacre and fourteen civil parishes.... |
Derbyshire | 37 (+28) | 4 (-32) | 5 | 5 (+1) | Independent Labour 3 (+3) | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Exeter Exeter Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the... |
Devon | 24 (+7) | 9 (-2) | 6 (-4) | 1 (-1) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
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| Fareham Fareham The market town of Fareham lies in the south east of Hampshire, England, between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, roughly in the centre of the South Hampshire conurbation.It gives its name to the borough comprising the town and the surrounding area... † |
Hampshire | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Fenland Fenland Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in March, and covers the neighbouring market towns of Chatteris, Whittlesey, and Wisbech, often called the "capital of the fens"... † |
Cambridgeshire | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Forest Heath Forest Heath Forest Heath is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Mildenhall. Other towns in the district include Newmarket.... |
Suffolk | 13 (+3) | 0 | 1 | 9 (-5) | Ratepayers 2 (+2) | Conservative gain from Independent |
| Forest of Dean Forest of Dean The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. The forest is a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.The... |
Gloucestershire | 7 (+1) | 12 | 2 | 26 (-1) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Fylde† | Lancashire | 26 | 1 | 4 | 11 | Others 7 | Conservative hold |
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| Gedling Gedling Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in Arnold. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area lying to the North and East of the City of Nottingham.... † |
Nottinghamshire | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Independent Ratepayers 3 | Conservative hold |
| Gillingham | Kent | 32 (+19) | 3 (-11) | 0 (-8) | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Glanford Glanford Glanford was, from 1974 to 1996, a local government district with borough status in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside, England.-Creation:... |
Humberside | 16 (+10) | 0 (-1) | 0 | 18 (-9) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham.... |
Gloucestershire | 26 (+6) | 6 (-7) | 1 (+1) | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Gosport Gosport Gosport is a town, district and borough situated on the south coast of England, within the county of Hampshire. It has approximately 80,000 permanent residents with a further 5,000-10,000 during the summer months... |
Hampshire | 18 (+9) | 8 (-11) | 0 | 2 | Ratepayers 5 (+2) | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Gravesham Gravesham Gravesham is a local government district and borough in North West Kent, England. It has borders with the River Thames to the north; the City of Rochester and Medway to the east; the borough of Tonbridge and Malling ; and the boroughs of Sevenoaks and Dartford to the west.Its council is based at... |
Kent | 26 (+9) | 17 (-9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth (borough) The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. It is named after its main town, Great Yarmouth.-History:... |
Norfolk | 32 (+6) | 13 (-4) | 2 | 1 (-2) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Grimsby | Humberside | 23 (+9) | 13 (-7) | 5 (-2) | 1 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Guildford Guildford (borough) Guildford is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. It is named after Guildford where its council is based.... † |
Surrey | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Conservative hold |
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| Halton Halton (borough) Halton is a local government district in North West England, with borough status and administered by a unitary authority. It was created in 1974 as a district of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998. It consists of the towns of Widnes and Runcorn and the civil parishes of... † |
Cheshire | 17 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Hambleton Hambleton Hambleton is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The main town and administrative centre is Northallerton, and includes the market towns and major villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley and Easingwold.... |
North Yorkshire | 4 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Harborough Harborough Harborough is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Covering , the District is by far the largest of the eight district authorities in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the County.... |
Leicestershire | 31 (+2) | 1 (-2) | 1 (+1) | 4 (-1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Harrogate Harrogate (borough) Harrogate is a local government district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Harrogate but it also includes surrounding towns and villages... |
North Yorkshire | 42 (+7) | 2 (-11) | 3 | 12 (+4) | Whig 1 | Conservative hold |
| Harlow Harlow Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889... † |
Essex | 3 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Hart Hart (district) Hart is a local government district in Hampshire, England, named after the River Hart. Its council is based in Fleet. It was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the urban district of Fleet, and the Hartley Wintney Rural District.Hart District is one of the... † |
Hampshire | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | Ratepayers 3 | Independent lose to NOC |
| Hartlepool Hartlepool (borough) Hartlepool is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of County Durham, north east England. In 2003 it had a resident population of 90,161. It borders the non-metropolitan county of County Durham to the north, Stockton-on-Tees to the south and Redcar and Cleveland to the south-east along the... † |
Cleveland | 15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | Ratepayers Association 13 | Labour lose to NOC |
| Hastings Hastings Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900.... |
East Sussex | 20 (+8) | 8 (-3) | 4 (-5) | 1 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Havant Havant (borough) Havant is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Havant. Other places within the Borough include Bedhampton, Cowplain, Emsworth, Hayling Island, Purbrook, Waterlooville and Widley... † |
Hampshire | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Ratepayers 12 | NOC |
| Hereford Hereford Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester... |
Hereford and Worcester | 8 (+8) | 4 (-5) | 7 (-1) | 4 (-2) | Others 1 | NOC |
| Hertsmere Hertsmere Hertsmere is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Borehamwood. Other towns in the borough include Bushey, Elstree, Radlett and Potters Bar.-History:... † |
Hertfordshire | 25 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| High Peak | Derbyshire | 27 (+5) | 8 (-3) | 2 (-1) | 8 (-1) | Ratepayers 1 | Conservative gain from Conservative-Independent |
| Hinckley and Bosworth Hinckley and Bosworth Hinckley and Bosworth is a local government district with borough status in south-western Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Its only towns are Hinckley, Earl Shilton and Market Bosworth... |
Leicestershire Leicestershire Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire... |
29 (+24) | 2 (-13) | 2 (-6) | 1 (-5) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Holderness Holderness (borough) Holderness was a local government district and borough in northern England, named for the Holderness peninsula.It was formed on 1 April 1974 along with the non-metropolitan county of Humberside in which it was situated... † |
Humberside | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Horsham Horsham (district) Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Horsham. The district borders those of Crawley, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Chichester, Arun and Adur.... |
West Sussex | 31 (+15) | 0 (-1) | 0 (-2) | 11 (-13) | Ratepayers and Residents Association 1 (+1) | Conservative gain from Independent |
| Hove Hove Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast... |
East Sussex | 33 (+5) | 2 (-4) | 0 | 0 | Ratepayers 1 (-1) | Conservative hold |
| Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right... † |
Cambridgeshire | 32 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Hyndburn Hyndburn Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington. The district is named after the River Hyndburn.... |
Lancashire | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
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| Ipswich | Suffolk | 26 (+13) | 21 (-13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
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| Kennet† | Wiltshire Wiltshire Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers... |
9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 vacancy | Independent hold |
| Kerrier Kerrier Kerrier was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly. Its council was based in Camborne .... |
Cornwall | 9 | 3 | 1 (+1) | 28 (-2) | 1 (+1) | Independent hold |
| Kettering Kettering (borough) Kettering is a local government district and borough in Northamptonshire, England. It is named after its main town Kettering where the council is based. It borders onto the District of Harborough in the neighbouring county of Leicestershire, the Borough of Corby, the District of East... |
Northamptonshire | 20 (+6) | 14 (-2) | 5 (-2) | 6 (-2) | 0 | NOC |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | Humberside | 19 (+10) | 44 (-10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Kingswood Kingswood (borough) Kingswood was, from 1974 to 1996, a non-metropolitan district of the County of Avon, England.It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Kingswood and Mangotsfield urban districts with Warmley Rural District from the administrative county of... † |
Avon | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | NOC |
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| Lancaster City of Lancaster The City of Lancaster , is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Morecambe, Heysham, and Carnforth, as well as... |
Lancashire | 43 (+8) | 11 (-6) | 1 | 2 (-2) | Ratepayers 3 | Conservative hold |
| Langbaurgh† | Cleveland | 33 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Leicester Leicester Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest... |
Leicestershire | 27 (+16) | 21 (-16) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Leominster Leominster (district) Leominster was a local government district in England from 1 April 1974 to 1 April 1998 with its administrative seat in the town of Leominster.... |
Hereford and Worcester | 3 (+1) | 2 (-1) | 2 (-1) | 28 | Independent Liberal 1 (+1) | Independent hold |
| Lewes Lewes (district) Lewes is a local government district in East Sussex in southern England covering an area of , with of coastline. It is named after its administrative centre, Lewes. Other towns in the district include Newhaven, Peacehaven, and Seaford. Plumpton racecourse is within the district... |
East Sussex | 37 (+10) | 6 (-4) | 0 | 4 (-6) | Ratepayers 5 | Conservative hold |
| Lichfield Lichfield (district) Lichfield is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. It is administered by Lichfield District Council, based in Lichfield.The dignity and privileges of the City of Lichfield are vested in the parish council of the 14 km² Lichfield civil parish... |
Staffordshire | 46 (+24) | 4 (-20) | 0 | 6 (-4) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Lincoln Lincoln, Lincolnshire Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779.... |
Lincolnshire | 13 (+7) | 0 (-3) | 0 | 0 (-4) | Democratic Labour 17 | Democratic Labour hold |
| Luton Luton Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000.... † |
Bedfordshire | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Conservative again from Labour |
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| Macclesfield Macclesfield (borough) Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It included the towns of Bollington, Knutsford, Macclesfield and Wilmslow and within its wider area the villages and hamlets of Adlington, Disley, Gawsworth, Kerridge, Pott Shrigley, Poynton,... |
Cheshire | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Ratepayers and Independents 17 5 vacancies |
Conservative gain from NOC |
| Maidstone Maidstone (borough) Maidstone is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Its administrative centre is Maidstone which is also the County town of Kent... |
Kent | 39 (+25) | 7 (-4) | 7 (-11) | 7 (-10) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Maldon Maldon (district) Maldon is a local government district in Essex, England. Its council is based in the town of Maldon, and the next largest centre of population is Burnham-on-Crouch. The district covers the Dengie peninsula as well as an area to the north of the Blackwater Estuary, a total area of... |
Essex | 20 (+6) | 11 (-3) | 9 (-20 | 14 (-1) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Malvern Hills Malvern Hills (district) Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Malvern, and its area covers most of the western half of the county that borders Herefordshire. It was originally formed in 1974 and was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1998... |
Hereford and Worcester | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Mansfield Mansfield (district) Mansfield is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, its population was 98,181.Unlike most English districts, its council is led by a directly elected mayor, currently Tony Egginton, an independent... |
Nottinghamshire | 10 (+3) | 34 (-4) | 1 (+1) | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Medway | Kent | 45 (+22) | 11 (-20) | 0 | 3 (-2) | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Melton | Leicestershire | 18 (+2) | 1 (-1) | 0 | 1 (-1) | 3 1 vacancy |
Conservative hold |
| Mendip Mendip Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England. The Mendip district covers a largely rural area of ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels. It has a population of approximately 110,000... |
Somerset | 20 (+11) | 3 (-4) | 3 | 18 (-7) | 0 | NOC |
| Mid Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire | 19 (+11) | 3 (-5) | 1 (-1) | 26 (-5) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Mid Suffolk Mid Suffolk Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Needham Market, and the largest town is Stowmarket.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Eye, Stowmarket urban district, Gipping Rural District, Hartismere Rural District and... |
Suffolk | 13 (+3) | 7 (-2) | 2 (-1) | 18 (-2) | 0 | Conservative-Independent hold |
| Mid Sussex Mid Sussex Mid Sussex is a local government district in the English county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill.... |
West Sussex | 39 (+13) | 0 (-4) | 1 (-4) | 14 (-5) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Middlesbrough Middlesbrough (borough) -External links:*... |
Cleveland | 17 | 38 (-1) | 0 | 1 (+1) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (borough) The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Region. For ceremonial purposes, it is in the county of Buckinghamshire... † |
Buckinghamshire | 33 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Mole Valley Mole Valley Mole Valley is a local government district in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Dorking.The district, named after the River Mole, was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the urban districts of Dorking and Leatherhead and most of the Dorking and Horley... † |
Surrey | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | NOC |
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| Newark Newark and Sherwood Newark and Sherwood is a local government district of eastern Nottinghamshire, England. The district is predominantly rural, with some large forestry plantations, and the towns of Newark-on-Trent, Southwell and Ollerton.... |
Nottinghamshire | 29 (+9) | 17 (-11) | 0 | 3 (-1) | Ratepayers 2 (+2) Independent Labour 1 (+1) |
Conservative gain from Labour |
| Newbury West Berkshire West Berkshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England, governed by a unitary authority . Its administrative capital is Newbury, located almost equidistantly between Bristol and London.-Geography:... |
Berkshire | 30 (+18) | 1 | 15 (-8) | 11 (-10) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944... |
Staffordshire | 20 (+4) | 29 (-3) | 2 (+1) | 12 (-2) | 0 | Labour lose to NOC |
| New Forest New Forest (district) New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. It is named after the New Forest.It was created on 1 April 1974, and was a merger of the borough of Lymington, New Forest Rural District and part of Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District.... † |
Hampshire | 30 | 0 | 5 | 7 | Ratepayers 5 | Conservative gain from Independent |
| Northampton Northampton Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is... |
Northamptonshire | 32 (+9) | 16 (-9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Northavon Northavon Northavon was a district in the English county of Avon from 1974 to 1996.The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974 as part of a reform of local authorities throughout England and Wales. Under the reorganisation, the area surrounding the cities of Bath and Bristol was... † |
Avon | 39 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| North Cornwall North Cornwall North Cornwall was the largest of the six local government districts of Cornwall, United Kingdom. Its council was based in Wadebridge . Other towns in the district included Bude, Bodmin, Launceston, Padstow, and Camelford.... |
Cornwall | 0 | 0 | 3 (+2) | 39 (-2) | 2 vacancies | Independent hold |
| North East Derbyshire North East Derbyshire North East Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire.... |
Derbyshire | 15 (+5) | 19 (-14) | 0 | 9 (+1) | Ratepayers 6 (+6) Independent Labour 2 (+2) |
Labour lose to NOC |
| North Bedfordshire Bedford (borough) Bedford is a unitary authority with the status of a borough in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based at Bedford, which is also the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains a single urban area, the 69th largest in the United Kingdom that comprises Bedford and... |
Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east.... |
34 (+14) | 9 (-14) | 6 (+4) | 7 (-4) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| North Devon North Devon North Devon is the northern part of the English county of Devon. It is also the name of a local government district in Devon. Its council is based in Barnstaple. Other towns and villages in the North Devon District include Braunton, Fremington, Ilfracombe, Instow, South Molton, Lynton and Lynmouth... |
Devon | 5 (+5) | 0 (-1) | 12 (-2) | 27 (-2) | 0 | Independent hold |
| North Dorset North Dorset North Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. It is largely rural, but includes the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset is in the River Stour valley and is called the Blackmore Vale... |
Dorset | 0 | 0 | 2 (-3) | 29 (+3) | 0 | Independent hold |
| North Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Letchworth.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the amalgamation of the urban districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth, and Royston and the Hitchin Rural District.From eastward clockwise,... |
Hertfordshire | 30 (+6) | 11 (-6) | 0 | 5 (-1) | Ratepayers 2 (+1) | Conservative gain from NOC |
| North West Leicestershire North West Leicestershire North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. Its main towns are Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Coalville.The district contains East Midlands Airport, which operates flights to the rest of Britain and to various places in Europe... |
Leicestershire | 13 (+5) | 10 (-6) | 0 | 10 | 1 (+1) | Labour lose to NOC |
| North Kesteven North Kesteven North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands. Just over north of London, it is east of Nottingham and south of Lincoln. North Kesteven is one of seven districts in Lincolnshire, England and is in the centre of the County... |
Lincolnshire | 4 (+3) | 2 | 0 | 30 (-3) | 0 | Independent hold |
| North Norfolk North Norfolk North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Cromer. The council headquarters can be found approximately out of the town of Cromer on the Holt Road.-History:... |
Norfolk | 7 (+1) | 1 (-3) | 0 | 34 (-3) | Ratepayers 5 (+5) | Independent hold |
| North Shropshire North Shropshire North Shropshire was a local government district in Shropshire, England. The district council was based at Edinburgh House, in Wem. Other settlements included the towns of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem and Whitchurch, as well as the large villages of Shawbury and Baschurch... † |
Shropshire | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 0 | Independent hold |
| North Warwickshire North Warwickshire North Warwickshire is a local government district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based... |
Warwickshire | 13 (+5) | 16 (-2) | 0 | 4 (-3) | 0 | Labour lose to NOC |
| North Wiltshire North Wiltshire North Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury along with Calne and Chippenham Rural District, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District and Malmesbury Rural District... |
Wiltshire | 37 (+12) | 5 (-3) | 3 (-5) | 5 (-4) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| North Wolds East Yorkshire (district) The Borough of East Yorkshire was one of nine local government districts of the county of Humberside, England from April 1, 1974 to April 1, 1996.... † |
Humberside | 10 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Norwich Norwich Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom... |
Norfolk | 12 (+1) | 36 (-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... † |
Nottinghamshire | 40 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Ratepayers 1 | Labour hold |
| Nuneaton Nuneaton and Bedworth Nuneaton and Bedworth is a local government district with borough status, in northern Warwickshire, England, consisting of the densely populated towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth, the village of Bulkington and the green belt land in between. It has a population of just over 120,000.It borders the... |
Warwickshire | 14 (+7) | 18 (-8) | 3 (+1) | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
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| Oadby and Wigston Oadby and Wigston Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in the English county of Leicestershire.-Geography:It is composed of the areas of Oadby, Wigston Magna and South Wigston. It is predominantly urban, and runs directly into Leicester, to the north-west... |
Leicestershire | 25 (+5) | 1 (-2) | 4 (-3) | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Oswestry† | Shropshire | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 2 vacancies |
Independent hold |
| Oxford Oxford The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through... |
Oxfordshire | 30 (+18) | 15 (-15) | 0 (-1) | 0 (-2) | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
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| Pendle Pendle Pendle is a local government district and borough of Lancashire, England. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble Valley, the North Yorkshire district of Craven and the West Yorkshire districts of Calderdale and the City of Bradford... |
Lancashire | 27 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Penwith Penwith Penwith was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council was based in Penzance. The district covered all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which included an area of land to the east that fell outside the... |
Cornwall | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea... † |
Cambridgeshire | 25 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound... |
Devon | 39 (+2) | 27 (-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Poole Poole Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council... |
Dorset | 26 (+4) | 2 (-1) | 8 (-1) | 0 | Ratepayers 0 (-2) | Conservative hold |
| Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island... |
Hampshire | 31 | 14 (+1) | 0 (-1) | 3 (+1) | Independent Conservative 0 (-1) | Conservative hold |
| Preston | Lancashire † | 43 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Purbeck | Dorset | 7 (+2) | 0 (-3) | 0 | 12 (-1) | Ratepayers 2 (+2) | Independent hold |
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| Reading Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London.... |
Berkshire | 21 (+5) | 14 (-2) | 11 (-3) | 0 | NOC | |
| Redditch Redditch Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry... |
Hereford and Worcester | 16 (+10) | 7 (-12) | 0 | 2 (+2) | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Reigate and Banstead Reigate and Banstead Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey England. It covers the towns of Reigate, Banstead, Redhill and Horley.... |
Surrey | 45 (+4) | 13 (-1) | 2 (-3) | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Restormel Restormel Restormel was a borough of Cornwall, United Kingdom, one of the six administrative divisions that made up the county. Its council was based in St Austell . Other towns included Newquay.... |
Cambridgeshire | 0 | 0 | 6 (+4) | 32 (-4) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Ribble Valley Ribble Valley Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Whalley, Longridge and Ribchester. The area is so called due to the River Ribble which flows in its final stages... † |
Lancashire | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Independent Conservative 1 | Conservative hold |
| Richmondshire Richmondshire Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. It covers a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with the prominent Scots' Dyke and Scotch Corner along the centre. Teesdale lies to the north... |
North Yorkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Rochford Rochford (district) Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named for one of its main settlements, Rochford, though the major centre of population in the district is the town of Rayleigh... † |
Essex | 29 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Rossendale Rossendale Rossendale is a local government district with borough status. It is made up of a number of small former mill towns in Lancashire, England centered around the valley of the River Irwell in the industrial North West... † |
Lancashire | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Rother Rother Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the River Rother which flows within its boundaries.-History:... |
East Sussex | 14 (+4) | 4 (-1) | 0 (-1) | 20 (-2) | Ratepayers 6 (-1) Ecology Party Green Party (UK) The Green Party was a Green political party in the United Kingdom. It has been succeeded by three political parties:* the Green Party of England and Wales* the Green Party in Northern Ireland* the Scottish Green Party- PEOPLE, 1973–1975 :... 1 (+1) |
NOC |
| Rugby Rugby (borough) Rugby is a local government district with borough status in eastern Warwickshire, England.The borough comprises the town of Rugby where the council has its headquarters, and the rural areas surrounding the town.... |
Warwickshire | 22 (+7) | 18 (-7) | 1 | 2 (-1) | Ratepayers 6 (+1) | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Runnymede Runnymede (borough) Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Surrey. It is a very prosperous part of the London commuter belt, with some of the most expensive housing in the United Kingdom outside of central London, such as the Wentworth Estate.Runnymede is entirely... † |
Surrey | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Rushmoor Rushmoor Rushmoor is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. It covers the towns of Aldershot and Farnborough.It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Aldershot and the Farnborough urban district.... |
Hampshire | 30 (+8) | 5 (-4) | 4 (-3) | 0 | Cove Ratepayers Association 4 (-3) | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Rutland Rutland Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire.... |
Leicestershire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Independent hold |
| Ryedale Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, and Terrington.-Derivation of name:... |
North Yorkshire | 5 (+1) | 1 (-3) | 0 | 37 (+2) | 0 | Independent |
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| St Albans St Albans St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt... |
Hertfordshire | 45 (+12) | 6 (-8) | 1 (-6) | 2 (+2) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| St Edmundsbury St Edmundsbury St Edmundsbury may refer to:* The old or poetic name for Bury St Edmunds* St Edmundsbury, a borough centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds* The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and St James's Cathedral, St Edmundsbury... |
Suffolk | 30 (+3) | 9 (-2) | 0 | 5 (-1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Salisbury Salisbury (district) Salisbury was a local government district in Wiltshire, England from 1974 to 2009. Its main urban area was the city of Salisbury.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the previous municipal boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, along with Amesbury... † |
Wiltshire | 21 | 9 | 7 | 17 | Ratepayers 4 | NOC |
| Scarborough | North Yorkshire | 28 (+7) | 3 (-1) | 5 (-5) | 13 (-1) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Scunthorpe Scunthorpe Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre,... |
Humberside | 13 (+8) | 27 (-8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Sedgefield | Durham | 1 | 36 (-7) | 1 (-1) | 15 (+8) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Sedgemoor Sedgemoor Sedgemoor is a low lying area of land in Somerset, England. It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills, historically largely marsh . The eastern part is known as King's Sedgemoor, and the western part West Sedgemoor. Sedgemoor is part of the area now known as the Somerset Levels... |
Somerset | 25 (+6) | 12 (-2) | 1 (-2) | 10 (-2) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Selby Selby (district) Selby is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The local authority, Selby District Council, is based in the town of Selby and provides services to an area which includes Tadcaster and a host of villages.... |
North Yorkshire | 19 | 7 (-1) | 0 | 22 (+1) | 0 | NOC |
| Sevenoaks Sevenoaks (district) Sevenoaks is a local government district covering the western most part of Kent in England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Sevenoaks Urban District, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford... |
Kent | 36 (+7) | 2 (-3) | 4 (-4) | 12 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Shepway Shepway Shepway is a local government district in Kent, England. It includes the towns of Folkestone and Hythe and the Romney Marsh. It is named after the Jutish lathe of Shepway; the Royal Court of Shepway, which met near Lympne at a place called Shepway Cross, was the principal court of the Cinque Ports... |
Kent | 33 (+1) | 9 (-3) | 4 (+3) | 8 (-1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Shrewsbury Shrewsbury and Atcham Shrewsbury and Atcham was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district with borough status in Shropshire, England.Shrewsbury was the only town in the borough; Atcham, although itself only a village, was included in the name as a reflection of the incorporation into the borough of the former... † |
Shropshire | 23 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | NOC |
| Slough Slough Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London... |
Berkshire | 27 (+25) | 11 (-23) | 2 (-2) | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Southampton Southampton Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest... |
Hampshire | 20 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour |
| South Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire was, from 1974 to 2009, a non-metropolitan district of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. Its main towns were Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Leighton Buzzard.-Creation:... † |
Bedfordshire | 40 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| South Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural local government district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by... † |
Cambridgeshire | 4 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 0 | Independent hold |
| South Hams South Hams South Hams is a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England with its headquarters in the town of Totnes. It contains the towns of Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Ivybridge, Salcombe — the largest of which is Ivybridge with a population of 16,056.... |
Devon | 3 (+1) | 0 | 0 | 38 (-1) | 0 | Independent hold |
| South Herefordshire South Herefordshire South Herefordshire was one of nine local government districts of the English county of Hereford and Worcester from 1974 to 1998.South Herefordshire District was formed on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reorganisation of local administration in England and Wales under the Local Government Act 1972... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 35 (-1) | Ratepayers 1 (+1) | Independent hold | |
| South Holland South Holland, Lincolnshire South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire. The district council is based in Spalding.It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Spalding urban district with East Elloe Rural District and Spalding Rural District... |
Lincolnshire | 8 (+1) | 1 (-1) | 0 | 22 (-4) | Ratepayers 4 (+4) | Independent hold |
| South Kesteven South Kesteven South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Grantham, Stamford, Bourne and Market Deeping.-History:... |
Lincolnshire | 17 | 8 (-4) | 0 | 13 (-1) | 17 (+5) | NOC |
| South Lakeland South Lakeland South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Kendal. It includes much of the Lake District.The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972... |
Cumbria | 14 (+5) | 4 | 6 (-3) | 30 (-2) | 0 | Independent hold |
| South Northamptonshire South Northamptonshire South Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Towcester.The district is rural and sparsely populated with just over 79,293 people in 2000 and 91,000 in 2008, a 14.8% increase. The largest town in the district is Brackley, which has a... † |
Northamptonshire | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | NOC |
| South Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England. Its council is based in Crowmarsh Gifford, just outside Wallingford.... |
Oxfordshire | 35 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| South Ribble South Ribble South Ribble is a non-metropolitan district and borough of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland.In May 2007, the council was officially declared "Excellent" by the Audit Commission, gaining its place among the best 5 district councils in the country,-Overview:On 4 October 2007, a... † |
Lancashire | 44 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| South Shropshire South Shropshire South Shropshire was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in south west Shropshire, England.South Shropshire was the most rural district of one of the UK's most rural counties, the population of the district was 40,410 in 2001 spread out over 1,027 km² of forest, mountains,... † |
Shropshire | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | Ratepayers 3 | Independent hold |
| South Staffordshire South Staffordshire South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of Wolverhampton and the West Midlands, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south... |
Staffordshire | 26 | 5 (-4) | 1 (-1) | 15 (+5) | Christian Action 2 | Conservative hold |
| South Wight South Wight South Wight was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995.The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of Sandown-Shanklin and Ventnor urban districts and Isle of Wight Rural District... |
Isle of Wight | 7 (+6) | 0 | 2 (+1) | 14 (-7) | Ratepayers 1 | Independent hold |
| Stafford | Staffordshire | 15 (-1) | 13 | 4 (+3) | 25 (-2) | 0 | NOC |
| Staffordshire Moorlands Staffordshire Moorlands Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, is based in Leek and is located between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the Peak District National Park. The 2001 census recorded the population as... |
Staffordshire | Conservative & Independent 44 |
11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Conservative and Independent hold |
| Stevenage Stevenage Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south.... |
Hertfordshire | 6 (+3) | 28 (-3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including... |
Cleveland | 31 (+4) | 25 (-7) | 0 | 4 (+3) | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area... |
Staffordshire | 20 (+11) | 49 (-11) | 3 | 0 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Stratford on Avon Stratford-on-Avon (district) Stratford-on-Avon is a local government district of southern Warwickshire in England.The district is named "Stratford-on-Avon" to distinguish it from its main town of Stratford-upon-Avon where the district council is based, although this name often causes confusion .The district is mostly rural and... |
Warwickshire | 25 (+3) | 0 (-1) | 4 (-2) | 22 (-3) | Ratepayers 3 (+3) | Independent lose to NOC |
| Stroud Stroud (district) Stroud is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. It is named after its largest town, Stroud, and has its administrative headquarters in Ebley Mill, in the Ebley area on the outskirts of the town.thumb |left |Ebley Mill... |
Gloucestershire | 33 (+13) | 9 (-3) | 5 (-4) | 8 (-6) | Independent Liberal 1 | Conservative gain from Conservative and Independent |
| Suffolk Coastal Suffolk Coastal Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Woodbridge. Other towns include Felixstowe.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe,... |
Suffolk | 38 (+16) | 3 (-3) | 1 (-4) | 13 (-7) | 0 (-2) | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Surrey Heath Surrey Heath Surrey Heath is a local government district with Borough status in Surrey, England. Its Council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt.... † |
Surrey | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Swale Swale Swale is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Its council is based in Sittingbourne. The borough is named after the narrow channel called The Swale, a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the central part of the... |
Kent | 27 (+10) | 19 (-6) | 3 (-1) | 1 (-3) | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
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| Tamworth Tamworth Tamworth is a town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located north-east of Birmingham city centre and north-west of London. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through the town, as does the River Anker... † |
Staffordshire | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Independent Ratepayers 4 | Labour lose to NOC |
| Tandridge † | Surrey | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Taunton Deane Taunton Deane Taunton Deane is a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council is based in Taunton.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Taunton, Wellington Urban District, Taunton Rural District,... |
Somerset | 26 (+3) | 11 (-3) | 0 | 11 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Teesdale Teesdale (district) Teesdale was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in County Durham, England. Its council was based in Barnard Castle and it was named after the valley of the River Tees.... |
Durham | 0 | 4 (+2) | 0 | 25 (-2) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Teignbridge Teignbridge Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Newton Abbot.Other towns in the district include Ashburton, Dawlish and Teignmouth... |
Devon | 7 (+7) | 1 (-7) | 3 (+2) | 45 (-2) | Ratepayers 1 | Independent hold |
| Tendring Tendring Tendring is a local government district in North East Essex, England. It extends from the River Stour in the north, to the coast and the River Colne in the south, with the coast to the East and the town of Colchester to the west. Its council is based in Clacton-on-Sea. Towns in the district... † |
Essex | 39 | 4 | 5 | 8 | Ratepayers 4 | Conservative hold |
| Test Valley Test Valley Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England, named after the valley of the River Test. Its council is based in Andover.... † |
Hampshire | 19 | 3 | 1 | 17 | Ratepayers 1 | NOC |
| Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | 21 | 1 (+1) | 2 | 22 (-5) | 5 (+5) | NOC |
| Thamesdown † | Wiltshire | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Labour lose to NOC |
| Thanet Thanet Thanet is a local government district of Kent, England which was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, and came into being on 1 April 1974... |
Kent | 39 (+4) | 11 | 0 (-4) | 11 | Ratepayers Association 2 | Conservative hold |
| Three Rivers Three Rivers (district) Three Rivers is a local government district in Hertfordshire in the East of England. Its council is based in Rickmansworth.It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Rickmansworth Urban District and Chorleywood Urban District with part of Watford Rural District... † |
Hertfordshire | 32 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Thurrock Thurrock Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the English ceremonial county of Essex. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The local authority is Thurrock Council.... |
Essex | 11 (+7) | 25 (-7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | Labour hold |
| Tiverton Mid Devon Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Tiverton.The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tiverton and Crediton urban district together with Tiverton Rural District, and Crediton Rural... |
Devon | 0 | 0 (-5) | 5 | 35 (+5) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Tonbridge and Malling Tonbridge and Malling Tonbridge and Malling is a local government district and borough in the English county of Kent.Tonbridge and Malling borough covers an area from the North Downs at Burham and Snodland in the north to the town of Tonbridge in the south... |
Kent | 42 (+13) | 4 (-6) | 4 (-6) | 3 (-1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Torbay Torbay Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Part of the ceremonial county of Devon, Torbay was made a unitary authority on 1 April 1998... |
Devon | 34 (+3) | 0 (-4) | 0 | 0 | Ratepayers Association 2 (+1) | Conservative hold |
| Torridge Torridge Torridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Bideford. Other towns and villages in the district include Holsworthy, Great Torrington, Hartland and Westward Ho!. The Island of Lundy is administratively part of the District... |
Devon | 2 (+1) | 2 | 7 (+1) | 25 (-2) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells (borough) Tunbridge Wells is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. It takes its name from its main town, Royal Tunbridge Wells.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, by the merger of the municipal borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells along with Southborough urban district, Cranbrook Rural... † |
Kent | 36 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Tynedale Tynedale Tynedale was a local government district in south-west Northumberland, England. It had a resident population of 58,808 according to the 2001 Census, and was named after the River Tyne . Its main towns were Hexham, Haltwhistle and Prudhoe... † |
Northumberland | 8 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 1 | NOC |
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| Uttlesford Uttlesford Uttlesford is a local government district in Essex, England. Its council is based in Saffron Walden.Its name is derived from the ancient Hundred of the same name.... † |
Essex | 29 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Conservative hold |
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| Vale of White Horse Vale of White Horse The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. The main town is Abingdon, other places include Faringdon and Wantage. There are 68 parishes within the district... |
Oxfordshire | 40 (+11) | 4 (-4) | 1 (-2) | 3 (-5) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Vale Royal Vale Royal Vale Royal was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It contained the towns of Northwich, Winsford and Frodsham.-Creation:... † |
Cheshire | 25 | 14 | 4 | 13 | Ratepayers 3 | NOC |
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| Wansbeck Wansbeck Wansbeck was a local government district in south-east Northumberland, England. Its main population centres were Ashington, Bedlington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.... † |
Northumberland | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | Independent Labour 1 | Labour hold |
| Wansdyke Wansdyke (district) Wansdyke was a non-metropolitan district within the County of Avon, in the west of England from 1974 to 1996.The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974 as part of a reform of local authorities throughout England and Wales... † |
Avon | 25 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Warrington Warrington Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens... |
Cheshire | 39 (+7) | 10 (-3) | 0 (-3) | 2 (-1) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Warwick Warwick (district) Warwick is a local government district of central Warwickshire in England. The current leader of the district council is Conservative Party member Michael Doody. The council is currently controlled by the Conservative group, who hold 23 of the 46 council seats... |
Warwickshire | 41 (+15) | 14 (-11) | 3 (-4) | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Watford Watford Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban... † |
Hertfordshire | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Waveney Waveney Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney that forms its north-west border. The district council is based in Lowestoft, the major settlement in Waveney, which is the only unparished area in the district... |
Suffolk | 39 (+15) | 13 (-12) | 4 (-1) | 1 (-2) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Waverley Waverley, Surrey Waverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming, with Farnham and Haslemere being the other large notable towns.... |
Surrey | 45 (+16) | 3 (+1) | 7 (-17) | 6 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Wealden Wealden For the stone, see Wealden GroupWealden is a local government district in East Sussex, England: its name comes from the Weald, the area of high land which occupies the centre of its area.-History:... |
East Sussex | 41 (+19) | 0 (-1) | 0 (-3) | 15 (-15) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Wear Valley Wear Valley Wear Valley was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in County Durham, England. Its council was based in Crook.The district covered much of the Weardale area. In the west it was parished and rural, whereas in the east it was more urban... |
Durham | 2 (+2) | 17 (-6) | 11 (+2) | 6 (+2) | 5 | Labour lose to NOC |
| Wellingborough Wellingborough (borough) Wellingborough is a Non-metropolitan district and borough in Northamptonshire, England. It is named after Wellingborough, its main town, but also includes surrounding rural areas.... |
Northamptonshire | 19 (+3) | 9 (-5) | 1 (+1) | 3 (+1) | Ratepayers 1 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Welwyn Hatfield Welwyn Hatfield The Borough of Welwyn Hatfield is a local government district in southern Hertfordshire, England.Its covers the two towns of Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, along with numerous smaller settlements from Woolmer Green in the north to Little Heath in the south. Each of the towns has a railway station... † |
Hertfordshire | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from Labour |
| West Derbyshire Derbyshire Dales Derbyshire Dales is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. Much of the district is situated in the Peak District, although most of its population lies along the River Derwent.... |
Derbyshire | 29 (+10) | 2 (-4) | 3 | 2 (-5) | 4 (-1) | Conservative gain from NOC |
| West Devon West Devon West Devon is a local government district and borough in Devon, England. Towns in the district include Chagford, Okehampton, Princetown, and Tavistock, where the council is based.... |
Devon | 4 (+4) | 0 | 0 | 26 (-4) | 0 | Independent hold |
| West Dorset West Dorset West Dorset is a local government district and parliamentary constituency in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Dorchester. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester and Lyme Regis, along with... |
Dorset | 2 (+2) | 1 (-1) | 7 (-2) | 45 (+1) | 0 | Independent hold |
| West Lancashire West Lancashire West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale.... † |
Lancashire | 34 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| West Lindsey West Lindsey West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District... |
Lincolnshire | 7 (+6) | 4 (-1) | 4 (-2) | 22 (-3) | 0 | Independent hold |
| West Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district and borough in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn.-History:... |
Norfolk | 36 (+19) | 12 (-8) | 0 | 12 (-11) | 0 | Conservative gain from Independent-Conservative |
| West Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire is a local government district in north west Oxfordshire, England including towns such as Woodstock, Burford, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, and Witney .... |
Oxfordshire | 19 (+19) | 4 (-4) | 0 | 22 (-15) | 0 | Independent lose to NOC |
| West Somerset West Somerset West Somerset is a local government district in the English county of Somerset. The council covers a largely rural area, with a population of 35,075 in an area of .... |
Somerset | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 vacancy | Independent hold |
| West Wiltshire West Wiltshire West Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, further to the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former urban districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury, along with Bradford and Melksham Rural District and... |
Wiltshire | 19 (+6) | 7 (-3) | 1 (-1) | 15 (-2) | 0 | NOC |
| Weymouth and Portland Weymouth and Portland Weymouth and Portland is a local government district and borough in Dorset, England. It consists of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Radipole, Nottington,... |
Dorset | 20 (+3) | 13 (-9) | 0 | 4 (+4) | Ratepayers 2 (+2) | Conservative gain from Labour |
| Wimborne East Dorset East Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Furzehill, near Wimborne Minster.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Wimborne Minster Urban District with part of the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District and the Wimborne and Cranborne... |
Dorset | 19 (+18) | 0 | 3 (-7) | 8 (-13) | Ratepayers Association 3 (+2) | Conservative gain from Independent |
| Winchester † | Hampshire | 24 | 4 | 3 | 23 | Independent lose to NOC | |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | Berkshire | 55 (+2) | 0 (-3) | 1 (+1) | 3 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Woking Woking Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station.... † |
Surrey | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Wokingham Wokingham (district) Wokingham is a local government district in Berkshire, United Kingdom. It is named after its main town, Wokingham. Other places in the district include Arborfield, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Hurst, Sonning, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Wargrave, Three Mile Cross, Winnersh,... |
Berkshire | 36 (+10) | 0 | 8 (-4) | 8 (-6) | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
| Woodspring North Somerset North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.... |
Avon | 50 (+11) | 7 (-3) | 0 (-4) | 4 (-4) | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Worcester Worcester The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the... |
Hereford and Worcester | 24 (+5) | 12 (-5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Conservative hold |
| Worthing Worthing Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester... |
West Sussex | 26 (+4) | 0 (-1) | 1 | 0 | Ratepayers 3 (-3) | Conservative hold |
| Wrekin | Shropshire | 13 (+3) | 30 (-1) | 0 | 12 (-2) | 0 | Labour hold |
| Wychavon Wychavon Wychavon is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in Pershore. Other towns in the district include Droitwich Spa, Evesham and Broadway. The district extends from the south-east corner of Worcestershire north and west... |
Hereford and Worcester | 8 (+4) | 4 | 2 | 31 (-4) | 0 | Independent hold |
| Wyre Wyre Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde.The district is named after the River Wyre, which runs through the district... |
Lancashire | 49 (+4) | 0 (-2) | 2 (+1) | 3 (-4) | Ratepayers 1 (+1) | Conservative hold |
| Wyre Forest Wyre Forest Wyre Forest is a large, semi-natural woodland and forest which straddles the borders of Worcestershire and Shropshire, England.The Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire takes its name from the forest, despite the fact that much of the woodland does not lie within the district's boundaries, but... |
Hereford and Worcester | 28 (+14) | 7 (-12) | 9 (-2) | 1 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |
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| Yeovil South Somerset South Somerset is a local government district in Somerset, England.The South Somerset district covers and area of ranging from the borders with Devon and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. It has a population of approximately 158,000... |
Somerset | 28 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | NOC |
| York York York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence... |
North Yorkshire | 26 (+9) | 10 (-7) | 3 (-2) | 0 | 0 | Conservative gain from NOC |