1997 United Kingdom local elections

none April 2022 1997 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1996 United Kingdom local elections 1996 1998 United Kingdom local elections 1998 All 34 non-metropolitan counties, 21 out of 46 unitary authorities,1 out of 238 English districts, 1 sui generis authorityand all 26 Northern Irish districts 1 May 1997 (England)21 May 1997 (Northern Ireland) Projected vote shareVoteShare All vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares calculated by the BBC. Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Tony Blair 1997.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 40% 3 pp 1,299 1 Major PM full (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 John Major 27 November 1990Major resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party on 22 June 1995 to face critics in his party and government, and was re-elected as Leader on 4 July 1995 Conservative Party (UK) 29% 1,121 193 Paddy Ashdown (2005) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Paddy Ashdown 16 July 1988 Liberal Democrats (UK) 26% 741 177 United Kingdom local elections, 1997.svg 300px Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. The 1997 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 1 May 1997 in England, and Wednesday 21 May 1997 in Northern Ireland.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1997 Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1997-complete.pdf 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 Elections took place for all of the English country councils, some English unitary authorities and all of the Northern Ireland districts. The local elections were held on the same day as the 1997 general election. Results Party Councils Councillors Gain Loss Change Total Gain Loss Change Total Labour Party (UK)11,299 Liberal Democrats (UK)177741 Conservative Party (UK)1931,121 Other17131 No overall control———— 3 May 2019 http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP97-82/RP97-82.pdf Local Elections of 1 May 1997 - Parliament.uk Parliament UK 27 Jun 1997 researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/ While the results were overshadowed by the landslide election of a Labour government, they did provide some comfort to the Conservative Party. The Conservatives made some gains and were the largest party in the county council elections. It is likely that what helped the Conservatives gain some councils (Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and Kent) was the creation of unitary authorities and thus the abolition of county council divisions in these areas (in this case unitaries in Peterborough, Luton, Thurrock and Medway), in predominantly urbanised areas which are usually strong for the Labour Party in elections and indeed all four of those unitaries (and all of the parliamentary seats that they cover) were won/held by Labour at the point these elections took place. Buckinghamshire, the only county council that the Conservatives actually had a majority for the four years prior to these elections, will have also been helped by the creation of a unitary authority for Milton Keynes in 1996. The gains for the Conservatives in Lincolnshire, Surrey and West Sussex will likely have been helped by the fact that most parliamentary seats in these counties were seriously strong Conservative areas (indeed, every parliamentary seat in Surrey was retained by the Conservatives in the general election) and thus saw some genuine ground recovered compared with the 1993 local elections. The only seats that the Conservatives lost in the general election in these areas were Lincoln and Crawley, both of which were very easy seats for Labour to gain in the general election, while they came close to losing Boston & Skegness to Labour too, though this was far from enough to have made a difference to council control in their respective counties. England Non-metropolitan county councils In 34 non-metropolitan counties the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBedfordshire County Council No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBuckinghamshire County Council Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridgeshire County Council ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsCheshire County Council ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCornwall County Council Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCumbria County Council No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsDerbyshire County Council Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDevon County Council ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsDorset County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDurham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Sussex County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEssex County Council ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsGloucestershire County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHampshire County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHertfordshire County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKent County Council ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsLancashire County Council ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeicestershire County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsLincolnshire County Council No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsNorfolk County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Yorkshire County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorthamptonshire County Council Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorthumberland County Council Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNottinghamshire County Council ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOxfordshire County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsShropshire County Council ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSomerset County Council Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsStaffordshire County Council ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSuffolk County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSurrey County Council No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWarwickshire County Council No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Sussex County Council No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWiltshire County Council ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWorcestershire County Council † No overall control No overall control holdDetails † Elected as a "shadow authority" until 1 April 1998. ‡ Because areas of the county were due to become unitary authorities on 1 April 1998, the county councillors representing those areas had their terms extended by one year and no election was held. Unitary authorities Whole council These were the first elections to 19 more unitary authorities established by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). They acted as "shadow authorities" until 1 April 1998. Council Previous control Result DetailsBlackburn with Darwen ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsBlackpool Council ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsBracknell Forest Council NoneNew Council Conservative Party (UK)DetailsHalton Borough Council ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsHerefordshire Council ‡ NoneNew Council Liberal Democrats (UK)DetailsMedway Council ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsNottingham City Council NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsPeterborough City Council ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsPlymouth City Council NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsReading Borough Council NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsSlough Borough Council NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsSouthend-on-Sea Borough Council NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsTelford and Wrekin Council ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsThurrock Council ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsTorbay Council NoneNew Council Liberal Democrats (UK)DetailsWarrington Borough Council ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsWest Berkshire Council ‡ NoneNew Council Liberal Democrats (UK)DetailsWindsor and Maidenhead Borough Council NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsWokingham Borough Council NoneNew Council Conservative Party (UK)Details ‡ New ward boundaries from predecessor authorities Third of council In 2 unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBristol City Council Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails District council In 1 district the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsMalvern Hills District Council ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Sui generis Council Previous control Result DetailsCouncil of the Isles of Scilly Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetails Northern Ireland 1997 Northern Ireland local elections Council Previous control Result DetailsAntrim Borough Council No overall control No overall controlDetailsArds No overall control No overall controlDetailsArmagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsBallymena No overall control No overall controlDetailsBallymoney No overall control No overall controlDetailsBanbridge Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist PartyDetailsBelfast No overall control No overall controlDetailsCarrickfergus No overall control No overall controlDetailsCastlereagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsColeraine Ulster Unionist Party No overall controlDetailsCookstown No overall control No overall controlDetailsCraigavon No overall control No overall controlDetailsDerry Social Democratic and Labour Party No overall controlDetailsDown Social Democratic and Labour Party Social Democratic and Labour PartyDetailsDungannon No overall control No overall controlDetailsFermanagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsLarne No overall control No overall controlDetailsLimavady No overall control No overall controlDetailsLisburn Ulster Unionist Party No overall controlDetailsMagherafelt No overall control No overall controlDetailsMoyle No overall control No overall controlDetailsNewry and Mourne Social Democratic and Labour Party No overall controlDetailsNewtownabbey No overall control No overall controlDetailsNorth Down No overall control No overall controlDetailsOmagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsStrabane No overall control No overall controlDetails Notes References External links Local election results 1997 The local elections of 1 May 1997. House of Commons Library Research Paper 97/82. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2001 BBC News Local elections Category:Tony Blair