1979 United Kingdom local elections

none 1979 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1978 United Kingdom local elections 1978 1980 United Kingdom local elections 1980 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 296 English districts and all 37 Welsh districts 3 May 1979 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher(cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 6 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 6 12,222 423 Prime Minister James Callaghan (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 James Callaghan 5 April 1976 Labour Party (UK) 12 7,410 766 David Steel 1985 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Steel 7 July 1976 Liberal Party (UK) 1 1,059 136 Map showing results of English local elections. Black represents No Overall Control, white represents areas that did not hold an election, blue represents the Conservative Party, red represents the Labour Party and gold represents the Liberals. Areas shown in grey are not part of England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1979Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1979 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3MEhTTXZLYXU2dkk/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 same day as the general election). The results provided some source of comfort to the Labour Party, who recovered some lost ground from local election reversals in previous years, despite losing the general election to the Conservative Party on the same day. The Liberals also gained councillors and a council. Labour gained 766 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 7,410. The Conservatives lost 423 seats, leaving them with 12,222 councillors. The Liberal Party gained 136 seats and finished with 1,059 councillors. Changes in council control were as follows; Labour gain from no overall control: Bassetlaw, Carlisle, Hartlepool, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Tyneside Labour gain from Conservative: Barrow-in-Furness, Coventry, Derby, Ipswich, Nottingham, Sandwell, Tameside, Welwyn Hatfield Labour lose to no overall control: Thurrock Conservative lose to no overall control: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Kirklees, Leeds, Pendle, Rochdale, Rugby, Warrington, Wyre Forest Conservative gain from no overall control: Adur, Stratford-on-Avon Conservative gain from Independent: Hart Conservative gain from Democratic Labour: Lincoln Liberal gain from no overall control: Medina Independent lose to no overall control: South Lakeland, West Lindsey England Metropolitan boroughs Whole council In 6 metropolitan boroughs the whole council was up for election, due to new ward boundaries, following electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBury ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSefton ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council 30 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBirmingham Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBolton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCoventry Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsLiverpool No overall control No overall control holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochdale Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsTrafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWolverhampton No overall control No overall control holdDetails District councils Whole council In 252 districts the whole council was up for election. In 153 districts there were new ward boundaries, following electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsAllerdale ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsAlnwick ‡ Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsAmber Valley ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsArun Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsAshfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsAshford Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsAylesbury Vale No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBabergh ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBasildon ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBassetlaw ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBeaconsfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBerwick-upon-Tweed Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBeverley ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBlaby Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBlackburn ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBlackpool Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBlyth Valley ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBolsover ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBoothferry Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBoston ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBournemouth ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBracknell ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBraintree ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBreckland ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBridgnorth ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBrighton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBristol Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBroadland ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBromsgrove ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxtowe Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCanterbury ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCaradon Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsCarlisle No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCarrick ‡ Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsCastle Morpeth No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCastle Point ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCharnwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChelmsford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCherwell ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChesterfield ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsChester-le-Street ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsChichester ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChiltern Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChristchurch ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCleethorpes ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCopeland ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCorby Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCotswold ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsCraven ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCrawley ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDacorum ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDarlington ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsDartford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDaventry ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDerby ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsDerwentside ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDover ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDurham ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEasington ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Cambridgeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsEast Devon ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Hampshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Hertfordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Lindsey Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsEast Northamptonshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Staffordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEden ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsEpping Forest ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEpsom and Ewell Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsErewash ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsExeter Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsFenland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsForest Heath ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsForest of Dean No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFylde Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGedling Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGillingham ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGlanford ‡ Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsGloucester ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGosport ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGravesham ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGrimsby ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGuildford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHambleton ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsHarborough Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHart Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHartlepool No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHastings ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHereford ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHigh Peak ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHinckley and Bosworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHolderness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsHorsham ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHove ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsIpswich ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsKennet Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKerrier ‡ Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsKettering ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKingswood No overall control No overall control holdDetailsLancaster ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLangbaurgh Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsLeicester Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsLeominster ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsLewes Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLichfield ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLincoln ‡ Lincoln Democratic Labour Association Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsLuton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaldon ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMalvern Hills ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMansfield ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMedina ‡ No overall control Liberal Party (UK) gainDetailsMedway ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMelton ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMendip ‡ No overall control Independent politician gainDetailsMid Bedfordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMid Devon ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMid Suffolk ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMid Sussex No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsMiddlesbrough ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNew Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNewark and Sherwood ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsNewbury Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsNorth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Cornwall ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth Devon Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth Dorset Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth East Derbyshire ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsNorth Hertfordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Kesteven ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth Norfolk ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth Shropshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth Warwickshire ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsNorth West Leicestershire No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsNorth Wiltshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Wolds Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsNorthampton ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorthavon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNottingham Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsNuneaton ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOadby and Wigston ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsOswestry Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsOxford ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsPenwith ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsPlymouth ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsPoole Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsPortsmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsReading No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRedditch Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRestormel Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRibble Valley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRichmondshire ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRother Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsRugby ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRushcliffe Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRutland ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRyedale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSalisbury No overall control No overall control holdDetailsScarborough ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsScunthorpe ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSedgefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSedgemoor ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSelby ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSevenoaks ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsShepway ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSlough Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Derbyshire ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Hams ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Holland ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Kesteven ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Lakeland ‡ Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsSouth Norfolk ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Northamptonshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Ribble Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Shropshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Staffordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Wight ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouthampton ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSpelthorne ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Albans ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Edmundsbury ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStafford ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStaffordshire Moorlands No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStevenage ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockton-on-Tees ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsStoke-on-Trent ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsStroud Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSuffolk Coastal Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSurrey Heath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSwale ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTaunton Deane ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTeesdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsTeignbridge ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsTendring Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTest Valley No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsTewkesbury Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsThanet ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThe Wrekin ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThurrock ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsTonbridge and Malling ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTorbay Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTorridge ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsTynedale Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsUttlesford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsVale of White Horse ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsVale Royal No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWansbeck Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWansdyke Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWarrington ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWarwick Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWaverley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWealden Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWear Valley No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWellingborough Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Derbyshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Devon ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Dorset Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Lindsey ‡ Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsWest Norfolk Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Somerset ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Wiltshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWeymouth and Portland ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWimborne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWindsor and Maidenhead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWokingham ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoodspring ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcester ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWychavon ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWycombe Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsYeovil Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsYork ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 44 districts one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBrentwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsChorley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsColchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCongleton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHavant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMilton Keynes Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPendle Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPreston Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTamworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThamesdown Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWinchester No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWoking Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Wales District councils Council Previous control Result DetailsAberconwy Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsAfan Independent politician Welsh Labour gainDetailsAlyn and Deeside No overall control No overall control holdDetailsAnglesey - Ynys Môn Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsArfon Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsBlaenau Gwent Welsh Labour Welsh Labour holdDetailsBrecknock Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsCardiff Welsh Conservatives Welsh Labour gainDetailsCarmarthen Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsCeredigion Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsColwyn No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCynon Valley Welsh Labour Welsh Labour holdDetailsDelyn Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsDinefwr Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsDwyfor Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsGlyndŵr Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsIslwyn No overall control Welsh Labour gainDetailsLlanelli Welsh Labour Welsh Labour holdDetailsLliw Valley Welsh Labour Welsh Labour holdDetailsMeirionnydd Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMerthyr Tydfil Plaid Cymru Welsh Labour gainDetailsMonmouth Welsh Conservatives Welsh Conservatives holdDetailsMontgomery Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNeath Welsh Labour Welsh Labour holdDetailsNewport Welsh Conservatives Welsh Labour gainDetailsOgwr No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPreseli Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRadnor Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRhondda Welsh Labour Welsh Labour holdDetailsRhuddlan Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRhymney Valley No overall control Welsh Labour gainDetailsSouth Pembrokeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSwansea Independent politician Welsh Labour gainDetailsTaff-Ely No overall control Welsh Labour gainDetailsTorfaen Welsh Labour Welsh Labour holdDetailsVale of Glamorgan Welsh Conservatives Welsh Conservatives holdDetailsWrexham Maelor No overall control No overall control holdDetails References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Local elections