1976 United Kingdom local elections

none April 2022 1976 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1975 United Kingdom local elections 1975 1977 United Kingdom local elections 1977 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 296 English districts and all 37 Welsh districts 6 May 1976 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Margaret Thatcher 1976.jpg 160 120 160 0 22 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 8,087 1,745 James Callaghan 1976.jpg 140 120 160 0 6 James Callaghan 5 April 1976 Labour Party (UK) 4,467 1,309 Liberal Party (UK) Jeremy Thorpe 18 January 1967 Liberal Party (UK) 827 223 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.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1976 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3QnpvdENWSzhtNDA/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 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.Tories seize cities but fail to achieve expected landslide, The Times, May 7, 1976Tories gain most in big towns: Liberals ousted in Liverpool, The Times, May 7, 1976Heavy Labour losses in district polls, The Times, May 8, 1976Conservatives control 17 metropolitan councils, The Times, May 8, 1976Another loss for Labour in local elections, The Times, May 11, 1976Protest on poll by Kent Conservatives, The Times, May 12, 1976 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.Tory winners plan to sell council houses, The Times, May 8, 1976 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.New recruiting drive by Taverne group, The Times, May 8, 1976 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.Former MP views result as sign of personal following, The Times, May 8, 1976 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 Ecology Party won its first elected representation on Rother District Council. 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.Labour beaten after decades of rule in Welsh heartlands, The Times, May 8, 1976 England Metropolitan boroughs DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsBarnsleySouth Yorkshire139 (-4)5 (+3)0Ratepayers 11 Independent Labour 4 (+1)Labour holdDetailsBirminghamWest Midlands66 (+11)52 (-11)800Conservative gain from LabourDetailsBoltonGreater Manchester43 (+3)20 (-3)2 (-1)4 (+1)0Conservative holdDetailsBradfordWest Yorkshire61 (+4)27 (-1)5 (-3)00Conservative holdDetailsBuryGreater Manchester36 (+8)11 (-5)1 (-3)00Conservative holdDetailsCalderdaleWest Yorkshire34 (+6)13 (-5)4 (-1)00Conservative holdDetailsCoventryWest Midlands26 (+5)28 (-5)000Labour holdDetailsDoncasterSouth Yorkshire17 (+2)35 (-5)04 (+1)Ratepayers 3 (+2) Democratic Labour 1Labour holdDetailsDudleyWest Midlands37 (+8)26 (-9)2 (+1)0Independent Socialist 1Conservative gain from LabourDetailsGatesheadTyne and Wear13 (+2)59 (-4)4 (+1)1 (+1)Rent and Ratepayers 1Labour holdDetailsKirkleesWest Yorkshire38 (+10)25 (-11)9 (+2)0 (-1)0Conservative gain from LabourDetailsKnowsleyMerseyside17 (+5)42 (-4)2 (-1)0Kirkby Householders Federation 2Labour holdDetailsLeedsWest Yorkshire50 (+7)38 (-3)8 (-4)00Conservative gain from NOCDetailsLiverpoolMerseyside17 (+3)4240 (-3)00NOCDetailsManchesterGreater Manchester4554000Labour holdDetailsNewcastle upon TyneTyne and Wear29 (+2)44 (-3)3 +120Labour holdDetailsNorth TynesideTyne and Wear28 (+4)44 (-2)8 (-2)40Labour holdDetailsOldhamGreater Manchester28 (+13)20 (-10)8 (-3)10Labour lose to NOCDetailsRochdaleGreater Manchester31 (+7)19 (-8)10 (+1)00Conservative gain from NOCDetailsRotherhamSouth Yorkshire645030Labour holdDetailsSt HelensMerseyside19 (+4)25 (-4)100Labour holdDetailsSalfordGreater Manchester24 (+3)38 (-4)20Tenants & Ratepayers 2 (+1)LabourDetailsSandwellWest Midlands39 (+7)51 (-7)000Labour holdDetailsSeftonMerseyside432131Ratepayers 1Conservative holdDetailsSheffieldSouth Yorkshire22 (+2)63 (-3)5 (+1)00LabourDetailsSolihullWest Midlands34 (+4)12 (-1)1Independent Resident 4 (-3)0Conservative holdDetailsSouth TynesideTyne and Wear434 (-1)30Progressive 24 (+1)Labour holdDetailsStockportGreater Manchester39 (+5)11 (-1)7 (-3)3 (-1)0Conservative holdDetailsSunderlandTyne and Wear26 (+3)49 (-3)210Labour holdDetailsTamesideGreater Manchester29 (+5)22 (-5)20Independent Labour 1Conservative gain from LabourDetailsTraffordGreater Manchester47 (+5)12 (-1)4 (-4)00Conservative holdDetailsWakefieldWest Yorkshire15 (+4)42 (-6)0 2Ratepayer 7 (+2)Labour holdDetailsWalsallWest Midlands2028 (-3)13 (+1)Ratepayers 7 (+2) Independent Labour 1Labour lose to NOCDetailsWiganGreater Manchester14 (+4)56 (-5)11 (+1)0Labour holdDetailsWirralMerseyside4218600Conservative holdDetailsWolverhamptonWest Midlands24 (+3)34 (-4)00Ratepayers 2 (+1)Labour holdDetailsTotals1064 (+149)1199 (-141)154 (-19)30(0)68 (+10) District councils A DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsAdurWest Sussex16 (+4)2 (-1)17 (-3)20Liberals lose to NOCDetailsAllerdaleCumbria10 (+5)23 (-3)023 (-2)0Conservative - Independent holdDetailsAlnwickNorthumberland8 (+2)3 (-2)1 (+1)21 (-1)Independent Labour 0 (-1) 1 vacancyIndependent holdDetailsAmber ValleyDerbyshire218 (-13)14 (+11)26 (+2)0Labour lose to NOCDetailsArunWest Sussex51 (+17)1 (-3)5 (+1)2 (-9)Ratepayers 1 (-6)Conservative holdDetailsAshfield†Nottinghamshire22201Ratepayers 8Labour holdDetailsAshford†Kent30783Ratepayers 1 True Liberals 14 vacanciesConservative holdDetailsAylesbury Vale†Buckinghamshire289218Ratepayers 1Independent lose to NOCDetails † New ward boundaries B DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsBaberghSuffolk7110200IndependentDetailsBarrow-in-FurnessCumbria19 (+14)12 (-14)020Conservative gain from LabourDetailsBasildonEssex17 (+6)23 (-6)006Labour holdDetailsBasingstoke†Hampshire3514190Conservative gain from NOCDetailsBassetlawNottinghamshire24 (+12)18 (-11)0 7 (-3)Ratepayers 2 (+2)Labour lose to NOCDetailsBath†Avon3513000Conservative gain from NOCDetailsBeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire32 (+7)0 (-2)0 (-3)55 (-2)Conservative holdDetailsBerwick-upon-Tweed†Northumberland033210Independent holdDetailsBeverleyHumberside44 (+28)1 (-4)312 (-24)0Conservative gain from IndependentDetailsBlabyLeicestershire21 (+7)01 (-4)12 (-4)Ratepayers 3 (+1)Conservative gain from IndependentDetailsBlackburnLancashire27 (+8)17 (-10)8 (-3)0Ratepayers 6 (+3) National Party 2 (+2)NOCDetailsBlackpool†Lancashire356300Conservative holdDetailsBlyth ValleyNorthumberland6231212Independent Labour 11 5 vacanciesLabour holdDetailsBolsoverNottinghamshire4 (+3)25 (-4)07 (+1)0Labour holdDetailsBoothferry†Humberside123019Ratepayers 1Independent holdDetailsBostonLincolnshire13 (+3)3 (-2)3 (-1)13 (-1)Independent with Ratepayer support 2 (+1)NOC (Independent-Conservative)DetailsBournemouthDorset43 (+5)6 (-7)26 (+2)0Conservative holdDetailsBracknellBerkshire27 (+14)3 (-12)1 (-2)00Conservative gain from LabourDetailsBraintreeEssex39 (+19)8 (-14)1 (-2)0Ratepayers 10 (-3)Conservative gain from NOCDetailsBrecklandNorfolk21 (+2)9 (-1)020 (-2)Ratepayers 1 (+1)NOCDetailsBrentwood†Lincolnshire344100Conservative holdDetailsBridgnorthSalop2 (+2)24 (+1)24 (-3)0Independent holdDetailsBrightonEast Sussex44 (+12)15 (-12)000Conservative holdDetailsBristolAvon34 (+9)47 (-9)300Labour holdDetailsBroadlandNorfolk29 (+8)1 (-5)2 (+1)17 (-3)Ratepayers 0 (-1)Conservative gain from NOCDetailsBromsgroveHereford and Worcester32 (+7)8 (-5)00Ratepayers 2 (-2)Conservative holdDetailsBroxbourne†Hertfordshire366000Conservative holdDetailsBroxtowe †Nottinghamshire3711010Conservative holdDetailsBurnley†Lancashire1239120Labour holdDetails † New ward boundaries C DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsCambridgeCambridgeshire24 (+13)16 (-10)2 (-3)00Conservative gain from LabourDetailsCannock Chase†Staffordshire1824000Labour holdDetailsCanterburyKent46 (+9)1 (-6)01 (-2)2 (-1)Conservative holdDetailsCaradonCornwall01 (+1)039 (-2)Mebyon Kernow 1 (+1)Independent holdDetailsCarlisleCumbria22 (+4)22 (-2)13 (-2)0Labour lose to NOCDetailsCarrickCornwall9 (+4)4 (-1)428 (-3)0Independent holdDetailsCastle Morpeth†Northumberland952150NOCDetailsCastle PointEssex35 (+16)3 (-15)00 (-1)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsCharnwoodLeicestershire42 (+8)13 (-1)2 (-3)1 (-4)0Conservative holdDetailsChelmsford†Essex463920Conservative holdDetailsCheltenhamGloucestershire22 (+1)2 (-5)41Ratepayers Association 6 (+4)Conservative holdDetailsCherwellOxfordshire26 (+10)10 (-6)08 (-4)1 VacancyConservative gain from NOCDetailsChester Cheshire44 (+3)10 (-5)2 (+1)1 (-3)Ratepayers 5 (+4)Conservative holdDetailsChesterfieldDerbyshire14 (+6)36 (-7)21 (+1)Independent Labour 1Labour holdDetailsChester-le-StreetDurham022 (-2)65 (+2)0Labour holdDetailsChichesterWest Sussex33 (+18)01 (-5)11 (-11)Residents 5 (+2)Conservative holdDetailsChiltern†Buckinghamshire396140Conservative holdDetailsChorley†Lancashire331102Independent Labour 1Conservative gain from NOCDetailsChristchurchDorset18 (+1)400 (-1)0Conservative holdDetailsCleethorpesHumberside13 (+4)135 (-2)15 (-2)Ratepayers 1 Independent Socialist 1NOCDetailsColchesterEssex391801Ratepayers 2Conservative gain from NOCDetailsCongletonCheshire30527Ratepayers 1Conservative gain from NOCDetailsCopelandCumbria15 (+6)22 (-10)07Tenants and Ratepayers Association 3 (+3) Community Association 1 (+1)Labour lose to NOCDetailsCorby†Northamptonshire1610010Conservative gain from LabourDetailsCotswoldGloucestershire4 (+3)0 (-1)041 (-2)0Independent holdDetailsCravenNorth Yorkshire21 (+7)2 (-3)5 (-4)6Independent Socialist 1Conservative gain from NOCDetailsCrawleyWest Sussex11 (+11)14 (-11)000Labour holdDetailsCreweCheshire28 (+21)24 (-9)0 (-2)4 (-14)Ratepayers and Residents 4 (+4)Labour lose to NOCDetails † New ward boundaries D DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsDacorumHertfordshire38 (+11)21 (-10)0 (-1)30Conservative gain from LabourDetailsDarlingtonDurham30 (+22)15 (-13)0 (-8)4 (-1)0Conservative gain from LabourDetailsDartford†Kent2025000Labour holdDetailsDaventryNorthamptonshire24 (+8)2 (-6)09 (-2)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsDerbyDerbyshire28 (+14)26 (-8)0 (-6)00Conservative gain from LabourDetailsDerwentsideDurham2 (+1)39 (-6)5 (+2)9 (+3)0Labour holdDetailsDoverKent36 (+5)17 (-5)020Conservative holdDetailsDurhamDurham034 (-7)10 (+3)16 (+3)Independent Labour 1 (+1)Labour holdDetails † New ward boundaries E DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsEasingtonDurham1 (+1)45 (-8)4 (+4)5 (+3)Independent Labour 5Labour holdDetailsEast CambridgeshireCambridgeshire3 (+2)1 (-1)029 (-1)Independent Socialist 1 Independent Conservative 2Independent holdDetailsEast DevonDevon44 (+31)1013 (-31)0Conservative gain from IndependentDetailsEast HampshireHampshire31 (+14)0 (-5)011 (-9)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsEast HertfordshireHertfordshire28 (+12)1 (-9)00 (-5)Ratepayers 8 (+2)Conservative gain from NOCDetailsEast LindseyLincolnshire10 (+5)12 (-2)45 (-3)0Independent holdDetailsEast NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire28 (+8)6 (-9)03 (+1)0Conservative holdDetailsEast StaffordshireStaffordshire37 (+17)12 (-14)1 (+1)10 (-4)0Conservative gain from Conservative-IndependentDetailsEastbourne†East Sussex254100NOCDetailsEastleighHampshireConservative gainDetailsEdenCumbria00026 (-5)Ratepayers 10 (+5) 1 vacancyIndependent holdDetailsEllesmere Port†Cheshire1722110Labour holdDetailsElmbridge†Surrey3673140Conservative holdDetailsEpping ForestEssex53 (+7)1 (-9)05 (+2)0Conservative holdDetailsEpsom and Ewell†Surrey0300Ratepayers 36Ratepayers holdDetailsErewashDerbyshire37 (+28)4 (-32)55 (+1)Independent Labour 3 (+3)Conservative gain from LabourDetailsExeterDevon24 (+7)9 (-2)6 (-4)1 (-1)0Conservative gain from NOCDetails † New ward boundaries F DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsFareham†Hampshire2121210Conservative gain from NOCDetailsFenland†Cambridgeshire278140Conservative gain from NOCDetailsForest HeathSuffolk13 (+3)019 (-5)Ratepayers 2 (+2)Conservative gain from IndependentDetailsForest of DeanGloucestershire7 (+1)12226 (-1)0Independent holdDetailsFylde†Lancashire25157Others 9Conservative holdDetails † New ward boundaries G DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsGedling†Nottinghamshire421000Independent Ratepayers 3Conservative holdDetailsGillinghamKent32 (+19)3 (-11)0 (-8)00Conservative gain from NOCDetailsGlanfordHumberside16 (+10)0 (-1)018 (-9)0Independent holdDetailsGloucesterGloucestershire26 (+6)6 (-7)1 (+1)00Conservative holdDetailsGosportHampshire18 (+9)8 (-11)02Ratepayers 5 (+2)Conservative gain from LabourDetailsGraveshamKent26 (+9)17 (-9)010Conservative gain from LabourDetailsGreat YarmouthNorfolk32 (+6)13 (-4)21 (-2)0Conservative holdDetailsGrimsbyHumberside23 (+9)13 (-7)5 (-2)10Conservative gain from NOCDetailsGuildford†Surrey 356220Conservative holdDetails † Ward boundary changes H DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsHalton†Cheshire1726130Labour holdDetailsHambletonNorth Yorkshire401430Independent holdDetailsHarboroughLeicestershire31 (+2)1 (-2)1 (+1)4 (-1)0Conservative holdDetailsHarlow†Essex335400Labour holdDetailsHarrogateNorth Yorkshire42 (+7)2 (-11)312 (+4)Whig 1Conservative holdDetailsHart†Hampshire142016Ratepayers 3Independent lose to NOCDetailsHartlepool†Cleveland151702Ratepayers Association 13Labour lose to NOCDetailsHastingsEast Sussex20 (+8)8 (-3)4 (-5)10Conservative gain from NOCDetailsHavant†Hampshire18930Ratepayers 12NOCDetailsHerefordHereford and Worcester8 (+8)4 (-5)7 (-1)4 (-2)Others 1NOCDetailsHertsmere†Hertfordshire2510400Conservative gain from NOCDetailsHigh PeakDerbyshire27 (+5)8 (-3)2 (-1)8 (-1)Ratepayers 1Conservative gain from Conservative-IndependentDetailsHinckley and BosworthLeicestershire29 (+24)2 (-13)2 (-6)1 (-5)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsHolderness†Humberside400270Independent holdDetailsHorshamWest Sussex31 (+15)0 (-1)0 (-2)11 (-13)Ratepayers and Residents Association 1 (+1)Conservative gain from IndependentDetailsHoveEast Sussex33 (+5)2 (-4)00Ratepayers 1 (-1)Conservative holdDetailsHuntingdon†Cambridgeshire3210200Conservative gain from NOCDetailsHyndburnLancashire3314100Conservative gain from NOCDetails † New ward boundaries I DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsIpswichSuffolk26 (+13)21 (-13)000Conservative gain from LabourDetails K DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsKennet†Wiltshire922251 vacancyIndependent holdDetailsKerrierCornwall931 (+1)28 (-2)1 (+1)Independent holdDetailsKetteringNorthamptonshire20 (+6)14 (-2)5 (-2)6 (-2)0NOCDetailsKingston upon HullHumberside19 (+10)44 (-10)000Labour holdDetailsKingswood†Avon2218340NOCDetails † New ward boundaries L DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsLancasterLancashire43 (+9)11 (-6)15 (+1)0Conservative holdDetailsLangbaurgh†Cleveland3319080Conservative gain from LabourDetailsLeicesterLeicestershire27 (+16)21 (-16)000Conservative gain from LabourDetailsLeominsterHereford and Worcester3 (+1)2 (-1)2 (-1)28Independent Liberal 1 (+1)Independent holdDetailsLewesEast Sussex37 (+10)6 (-4)04 (-6)Ratepayers 5Conservative holdDetailsLichfieldStaffordshire46 (+24)4 (-20)06 (-4)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsLincolnLincolnshire13 (+7)0 (-3)00 (-4)Democratic Labour 17Democratic Labour holdDetailsLuton†Bedfordshire3710100Conservative again from LabourDetails † New ward boundaries M DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsMacclesfieldCheshire34530Ratepayers and Independents 17 5 vacanciesConservative gain from NOCDetailsMaidstoneKent39 (+25)7 (-4)7 (-11)7 (-10)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsMaldonEssex20 (+6)11 (-3)9 (-2)14 (-1)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsMalvern HillsHereford and Worcester1233290Independent holdDetailsMansfieldNottinghamshire10 (+3)34 (-4)1 (+1)00Labour holdDetailsMedinaIsle of Wight11 (+8)6 (-4)6 (+2)8 (-5)Ratepayers 2 (-1)NOC holdDetailsMedwayKent45 (+22)11 (-20)03 (-2)0Conservative gain from LabourDetailsMeltonLeicestershire18 (+2)1 (-1)01 (-1)3 1 vacancyConservative holdDetailsMendipSomerset20 (+11)3 (-4)318 (-7)0NOCDetailsMid BedfordshireBedfordshire19 (+11)3 (-5)1 (-1)26 (-5)0Independent holdDetailsMid SuffolkSuffolk13 (+3)7 (-2)2 (-1)18 (-2)0Conservative-Independent holdDetailsMid SussexWest Sussex39 (+13)0 (-4)1 (-4)14 (-5)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsMiddlesbroughCleveland1738 (-1)01 (+1)0Labour holdDetailsMilton Keynes†Buckinghamshire3312010Conservative gain from LabourDetailsMole Valley†Surrey18123Ratepayers 9NOCDetails † New ward boundaries N DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsNew Forest†Hampshire30057Ratepayers 5Conservative gain from IndependentDetailsNewarkNottinghamshire29 (+9)17 (-11)03 (-1)Ratepayers 2 (+2) Independent Labour 1 (+1)Conservative gain from LabourDetailsNewburyBerkshire30 (+18)115 (-8)11 (-10)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsNewcastle-under-LymeStaffordshire20 (+4)29 (-3)2 (+1)12 (-2)0Labour lose to NOCDetailsNorth BedfordshireBedfordshire34 (+14)9 (-14)6 (+4)7 (-4)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsNorth CornwallCornwall003 (+2)39 (-2)2 vacanciesIndependent holdDetailsNorth DevonDevon5 (+5)0 (-1)12 (-2)27 (-2)0Independent holdDetailsNorth DorsetDorset002 (-3)29 (+3)0Independent holdDetailsNorth East DerbyshireDerbyshire15 (+5)19 (-14)0 9 (+1)Ratepayers 6 (+6) Independent Labour 2 (+2)Labour lose to NOCDetailsNorth HertfordshireHertfordshire30 (+6)11 (-6)05 (-1)Ratepayers 2 (+1)Conservative gain from NOCDetailsNorth KestevenLincolnshire4 (+3)2030 (-3)0Independent holdDetailsNorth NorfolkNorfolk7 (+1)1 (-3)034 (-3)Ratepayers 5 (+5)Independent holdDetailsNorth Shropshire†Shropshire221350Independent holdDetailsNorth WarwickshireWarwickshire13 (+5)16 (-2)04 (-3)0Labour lose to NOCDetailsNorth West LeicestershireLeicestershire13 (+5)10 (-6)0101 (+1)Labour lose to NOCDetailsNorth WiltshireWiltshire37 (+12)5 (-3)3 (-5)5 (-4)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsNorth Wolds†Humberside1002310Independent holdDetailsNorthamptonNorthamptonshire32 (+9)16 (-9)000Conservative gain from LabourDetailsNorthavon†Avon3914040Conservative holdDetailsNorwichNorfolk12 (+1)36 (-1)000Labour holdDetailsNottingham†Nottinghamshire401400Ratepayers 1Labour holdDetailsNuneatonWarwickshire14 (+7)18 (-8)3 (+1)00Labour holdDetails O DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsOadby and WigstonLeicestershire25 (+5)1 (-2)4 (-3)00Conservative holdDetailsOswestry†Shropshire3231902 vacanciesIndependent holdDetailsOxfordOxfordshire30 (+18)15 (-15)0 (-1)0 (-2)0Conservative gain from LabourDetails † New ward boundaries P DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsPendleLancashire2717610Conservative gain from NOCDetailsPenwithCornwall011380Independent holdDetailsPeterborough†Cambridgeshire2522100Conservative gain from LabourDetailsPlymouthDevon39 (+2)27 (-2)000Conservative holdDetailsPooleDorset26 (+4)2 (-1)8 (-1)0Ratepayers 0 (-2)Conservative holdDetailsPortsmouthHampshire3114 (+1)0 (-1)3 (+1)Independent Conservative 0 (-1)Conservative holdDetailsPrestonLancashire †4313100Conservative gain from LabourDetailsPurbeckDorset7 (+2)0 (-3)012 (-1)Ratepayers 2 (+2)Independent holdDetails † New ward boundaries R DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsReadingBerkshire21 (+5)14 (-2)11 (-3)0NOCDetailsRedditchHereford and Worcester16 (+10)7 (-12)02 (+2)0Conservative gain from LabourDetailsReigate and BansteadSurrey45 (+4)13 (-1)2 (-3)00Conservative holdDetailsRestormelCornwall006 (+4)32 (-4)0Independent holdDetailsRibble Valley †Lancashire29206Independent Conservative 1Conservative holdDetailsRichmondshireNorth Yorkshire000350Independent holdDetailsRochford †Essex291280Conservative holdDetailsRossendale †Lancashire294300Conservative gain from NOCDetailsRotherEast Sussex14 (+4)4 (-1)0 (-1)20 (-2)Ratepayers 6 (-1) Ecology Party 1 (+1)NOCDetailsRugbyWarwickshire22 (+7)18 (-7)12 (-1)Ratepayers 6 (+1)Conservative gain from NOCDetailsRunnymede †Surrey317130Conservative holdDetailsRushcliffe †Nottinghamshire48 (+6)302 (-1)Ratepayers 1Conservative holdDetailsRushmoorHampshire30 (+8)5 (-4)4 (-3)0Cove Ratepayers Association 4 (-3)Conservative gain from NOCDetailsRutlandLeicestershire010190Independent holdDetailsRyedaleNorth Yorkshire5 (+1)1 (-3)037 (+2)0IndependentDetails † New ward boundaries S DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsSt AlbansHertfordshire45 (+12)6 (-8)1 (-6)2 (+2)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsSt EdmundsburySuffolk30 (+3)9 (-2)05 (-1)0Conservative holdDetailsSalisbury †Wiltshire219717Ratepayers 4NOCDetailsScarboroughNorth Yorkshire28 (+7)3 (-1)5 (-5)13 (-1)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsScunthorpeHumberside13 (+8)27 (-8)000Labour holdDetailsSedgefieldDurham136 (-7)1 (-1)15 (+8)0Labour holdDetailsSedgemoorSomerset25 (+6)12 (-2)1 (-2)10 (-2)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsSelbyNorth Yorkshire197 (-1)022 (+1)0NOCDetailsSevenoaksKent36 (+7)2 (-3)4 (-4)120DetailsConservative holdShepwayKent33 (+1)9 (-3)4 (+3)8 (-1)0Conservative holdDetailsShrewsbury †Shropshire2313570NOCDetailsSloughBerkshire27 (+25)11 (-23)2 (-2)00Conservative gain from LabourDetailsSouth Bedfordshire †Bedfordshire405620Conservative gain from NOCDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire †Cambridgeshire463420Independent holdDetailsSouth DerbyshireDerbyshire7 (+3)13 (-5)3 (+3)11 (-2)Ind Conservative 1 (+1)NOC gain from LabourDetailsSouth HamsDevon3 (+1)0038 (-1)0Independent holdDetailsSouth HerefordshireHereford and Worcester00035 (-1)Ratepayers 1 (+1)Independent holdDetailsSouth HollandLincolnshire8 (+1)1 (-1)022 (-4)Ratepayers 4 (+4)Independent holdDetailsSouth KestevenLincolnshire178 (-4)013 (-1)17 (+5)NOCDetailsSouth LakelandCumbria14 (+5)46 (-3)30 (-2)0Independent holdDetailsSouth NorfolkNorfolk23 (+17)0 (-7)2 (+1)21 (-12)Ind Conservative 1 (+1)NOC gain from IndependentDetailsSouth Northamptonshire †Northamptonshire2011180NOCDetailsSouth OxfordshireOxfordshire3574160Conservative gain from NOCDetailsSouth Ribble †Lancashire449010Conservative holdDetailsSouth Shropshire †Shropshire02233Ratepayers 3Independent holdDetailsSouth StaffordshireStaffordshire265 (-4)1 (-1)15 (+5)Christian Action 2Conservative holdDetailsSouth WightIsle of Wight7 (+6)02 (+1)14 (-7)Ratepayers 1Independent holdDetailsSouthamptonHampshire2031000LabourDetailsEssex29 (+5)4 (-9)6 (-5)00Conservative gain from NOCDetailsSpelthorneSurrey45 (+6)7 (-6)000Conservative holdDetailsStaffordStaffordshire15 (-1)134 (+3)25 (-2)0NOCDetailsStaffordshire MoorlandsStaffordshireConservative & Independent 4411100Conservative and Independent holdDetailsStevenageHertfordshire6 (+3)28 (-3)000Labour holdDetailsStockton-on-TeesCleveland31 (+4)25 (-7)04 (+3)0Conservative gain from LabourDetailsStoke-on-TrentStaffordshire20 (+11)49 (-11)300Labour holdDetailsStratford-on-AvonWarwickshire25 (+3)0 (-1)4 (-2)22 (-3)Ratepayers 3 (+3)Independent lose to NOCDetailsStroudGloucestershire33 (+13)9 (-3)5 (-4)8 (-6)Independent Liberal 1Conservative gain from Conservative and IndependentDetailsSuffolk CoastalSuffolk38 (+16)3 (-3)1 (-4)13 (-7)0 (-2)Conservative gain from NOCDetailsSurrey Heath †Surrey312030Conservative holdDetailsSwaleKent27 (+10)19 (-6)3 (-1)1 (-3)0Conservative gain from LabourDetails † New ward boundaries T DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsTamworth †Staffordshire101300Independent Ratepayers 4Labour lose to NOCDetailsTandridge †Surrey382110Conservative holdDetailsTaunton DeaneSomerset26 (+3)11 (-3)0110Conservative gain from NOCDetailsTeesdaleDurham04 (+2)025 (-2)0Independent holdDetailsTeignbridgeDevon7 (+7)1 (-7)3 (+2)45 (-2)Ratepayers 1Independent holdDetailsTendring †Essex39458Ratepayers 4Conservative holdDetailsTest Valley †Hampshire193117Ratepayers 1NOCDetailsGloucestershire211 (+1)222 (-5)5 (+5)NOCDetailsThamesdown †Wiltshire2221120Labour lose to NOCDetailsThanetKent39 (+4)110 (-4)11Ratepayers Association 2Conservative holdDetailsThree Rivers †Hertfordshire3210500Conservative gain from NOCDetailsThurrockEssex11 (+7)25 (-7)030Labour holdDetailsTivertonDevon00 (-5)535 (+5)0Independent holdDetailsTonbridge and MallingKent42 (+13)4 (-6)4 (-6)3 (-1)0Conservative holdDetailsTorbayDevon34 (+3)0 (-4)00Ratepayers Association 2 (+1)Conservative holdDetailsTorridgeDevon2 (+1)27 (+1)25 (-2)0Independent holdDetailsTunbridge Wells †Kent364080Conservative holdDetailsTynedale †Northumberland8114231NOCDetails † New ward boundaries U DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsUttlesford †Essex293460Conservative holdDetails † New ward boundaries V DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsVale of White HorseOxfordshire40 (+11)4 (-4)1 (-2)3 (-5)0Conservative holdDetailsVale Royal †Cheshire2514413Ratepayers 3NOCDetails † New ward boundaries W DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsWansbeck †Northumberland04320Independent Labour 1Labour holdDetailsWansdyke †Avon2513080Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWarringtonCheshire39 (+7)10 (-3)0 (-3)2 (-1)0Conservative holdDetailsWarwickWarwickshire41 (+15)14 (-11)3 (-4)00Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWatford †Hertfordshire1917000Conservative gain from LabourDetailsWaveneySuffolk39 (+15)13 (-12)4 (-1)1 (-2)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWaverleySurrey45 (+16)3 (+1)7 (-17)6 0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWealdenEast Sussex41 (+19)0 (-1)0 (-3)15 (-15)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWear ValleyDurham2 (+2)17 (-6)11 (+2)6 (+2)5Labour lose to NOCDetailsWellingboroughNorthamptonshire19 (+3)9 (-5)1 (+1)3 (+1)Ratepayers 1Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWelwyn Hatfield †Hertfordshire2419000Conservative gain from LabourDetailsWest DerbyshireDerbyshire29 (+10)2 (-4)32 (-5)4 (-1)Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWest DevonDevon4 (+4)0026 (-4)0Independent holdDetailsWest DorsetDorset2 (+2)1 (-1)7 (-2)45 (+1)0Independent holdDetailsWest Lancashire †Lancashire3415150Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWest LindseyLincolnshire7 (+6)4 (-1)4 (-2)22 (-3)0Independent holdDetailsWest NorfolkNorfolk36 (+19)12 (-8)012 (-11)0Conservative gain from Independent-ConservativeDetailsWest OxfordshireOxfordshire19 (+19)4 (-4)022 (-15)0Independent lose to NOCDetailsWest SomersetSomerset501251 vacancyIndependent holdDetailsWest WiltshireWiltshire19 (+6)7 (-3)1 (-1)15 (-2)0NOCDetailsWeymouth and PortlandDorset20 (+3)13 (-9)04 (+4)Ratepayers 2 (+2)Conservative gain from LabourDetailsWimborneDorset19 (+18)03 (-7)8 (-13)Ratepayers Association 3 (+2)Conservative gain from IndependentDetailsWinchester †Hampshire244323Independent lose to NOCDetailsWindsor and MaidenheadBerkshire55 (+2)0 (-3)1 (+1)30Conservative holdDetailsWoking †Surrey278000Conservative holdDetailsWokinghamBerkshire36 (+10)08 (-4)8 (-6)0Conservative gain from NOCDetailsWoodspringAvon50 (+11)7 (-3)0 (-4)4 (-4)0Conservative holdDetailsWorcesterHereford and Worcester24 (+5)12 (-5)000Conservative holdDetailsWorthingWest Sussex26 (+4)0 (-1)10Ratepayers 3 (-3)Conservative holdDetailsWrekinShropshire13 (+3)30 (-1)012 (-2)0Labour holdDetailsWychavonHereford and Worcester8 (+4)4231 (-4)0Independent holdDetailsWycombeBuckinghamshire53 (+23)0 (-12)0 (-3)3 (-7)Ratepayers 3 (-1)ConservativeDetailsWyreLancashire48 (+2)0 (-2)2 (+2)4 (-3)Ratepayers 1 (+1)Conservative holdDetailsWyre ForestHereford and Worcester28 (+14)7 (-12)9 (-2)10Conservative gain from NOCDetails † New ward boundaries Y DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlDetailsYeovilSomerset2871240NOCDetailsYorkNorth Yorkshire26 (+9)10 (-7)3 (-2)00Conservative gain from NOCDetails Totals DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalIndependentOtherControlTotal Council Seats6812 (+1523)2843 (-1003)607 (-203)2838 (-406)441(+63) Wales District councils DistrictCountyConservativeLabourLiberalPlaid CymruIndependentOtherControlAberconwyGwynedd6 (+3)23030 (-3)0Independent holdAlyn and DeesideClwyd822 (-2)607Ratepayers 2 (+2)Labour lose to NOCAfanWest Glamorgan011 (-10)001 (+1)Tenants Association 6 (+3) Ratepayers 12 (+6)Labour lose to NOCArfonGwynedd05 (-3)013 (+8)23 (-5)0Independent holdBlaenau GwentGwent1265396Labour holdBrecknockPowys81610290Independent holdCardiffSouth Glamorgan44 (+12)29 (-14)000Ratepayers 2 (+2)Conservative gain from LabourCarmarthenDyfed061 (+1)029 (-1)0Independent holdCeredigionDyfed03 (-1)7 (-1)2 (+1)30 (+1)1 vacancyIndependent holdColwynClwyd16 (+13)06 (-4)011 (-9)0Conservative gain from IndependentCynon ValleyMid Glamorgan0023 (+1)9 (-3)2 (+1)Communist 1 Others 3Labour holdDelynClwyd2 (+1)15 (-1)1 (+1)2 (-1)16Ratepayers 4NOCDinefwrDyfed013 (-3)02 (+2)17 (+1)0Independent gain from LabourDwyforGwynedd1006 (+1)22 (-1)0Independent holdGlyndŵrClwyd0300300Independent holdIslwynGwent016 (-14)07 (+5)9 (+5)Ratepayers 6 (+2) Independent Socialist 1 (+1) Others 1 (+1)Labour lose to NOCLlanelliDyfed024 (-5)2 (+2)1 (+1)6 (+2)0Labour holdLliw ValleyWest Glamorgan019 (-8)05 (+3)8 (+5)0Labour holdMeirionnyddGwynedd03 (-1)08 (+8)28 (-7)0Independent holdMerthyr TydfilMid Glamorgan08 (-17)0 21 (+17)1Ratepayers 2 (-1) Independent Labour 1 (+1)Plaid Cymru gain from LabourMonmouthGwent30 (+1)7 (-1)0020Conservative holdMontgomeryPowys1131 (+1)44 (-1)1 vacancyIndependent holdNeathWest Glamorgan017 (-10)03 (+1)4Ratepayers 9 (+9)Labour holdNewportGwent26 (+18)22 (-14)0 (-2)03 (-2)0Conservative gain from LabourOgwrMid Glamorgan13 (+8)29 (-14)113 (+1)Ratepayers 10 (+5)Labour holdPreseliDyfed0000430Independent holdRadnorPowys0000310Independent holdRhonddaMid Glamorgan1 (+1)21 (-9)02 (+1)3 (+3)Ratepayers 5 (+4)Communist 1Labour holdRhuddlanClwyd1 (-2)01133 (+3)0Independent holdRhymney ValleyMid Glamorgan019 (-15)023 (+15)2Ratepayers 4Labour lose to NOCSouth PembrokeshireDyfed0000 (-1)31 (+1)0Independent holdSwanseaWest Glamorgan117013Ratepayers 29Ratepayers gain from LabourTaff-ElyMid Glamorgan1 (+1)24 (-5)4 (+1)8 (+6)5 (-4)Tenants and Residents 3 Ratepayers 2 (+1)Labour lose to NOCTorfaenGwent1240110Ratepayers 6 Communist 1Labour holdVale of GlamorganSouth Glamorgan33 (+14)10 (-14)0060Conservative gain from NOCWrexham MaelorClwyd7 (+3)20 (-4)22 (+1)140Labour lose to NOCYnys Môn (Anglesey)Gwynedd0501 (+1)39 (-1)0Independent holdTotals211 (+73)427 (-165)66 (-1)123 (+67)584 (-10)116 (+36) References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Local elections Local elections