2005 United Kingdom local elections

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The 2005 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 2005, with various councils and local government seats being contested in England and Northern Ireland, and a local referendum taking place on the Isle of Wight on the issue of a directly elected mayor. These local elections were held in conjunction with the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom. Despite losing the general election held on the same day, the Conservatives made some gains at Labour's expense, providing some comfort to the party. Conservative leader Michael Howard resigned soon afterwards and was succeeded by David Cameron, who had a decent platform to build on in his challenge to lead the Conservatives to a general election victory; the party had increased its share of council seats and importantly its share of seats in parliament. Summary of results Party Councillors Councils Number Change Number Change Conservative Party (UK) 1,193 152 24 7 Labour Party (UK) 612 114 6 1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 493 40 3 3 Democratic Unionist Party 182 51 2 2 Sinn Féin 126 18 0 Ulster Unionist Party 115 39 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 101 16 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 30 2 0 Independent politician 20 14 0 Green Party of England and Wales 8 6 0 Residents Association 8 3 0 Green Party in Northern Ireland 3 3 0 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 2 3 0 Progressive Unionist Party 2 2 0 United Unionist 2 0 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern 1 5 0 Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1 0 Northern Ireland Women's Coalition 0 1 0 UK Independence Party 0 1 0 UK Unionist Party 0 2 0 Other 96 26 0 No overall control n/a n/a 4 9 BBC News Election 2005 Like in 2001, many results were in line with the general election on the same day. The Liberal Democrats gained Cornwall, whilst simultaneously winning Camborne & Falmouth from Labour, and thus holding every parliamentary seat in Cornwall. Similarly in Somerset too, where they regained Taunton from the Conservatives. The Conservative gain in Gloucestershire coincided with their gain of Forest of Dean from Labour, the swing towards them in Cheltenham where the previous Lib Dem MP had retired and their near-miss result where Labour narrowly held on to Stroud. Worcestershire's result coincided with reduced Labour majorities in Worcester and Redditch, whilst overtaking Labour for second place in Wyre Forest. The Isle of Wight was also in line with the general election, which saw a huge increase in the Conservative majority on the island. Northamptonshire coincided with Labour's losses in Kettering, Wellingborough and Northampton South, all of which were extremely marginal seats that the Conservatives narrowly lost in 1997 and where they failed to make any progress in 2001. Shropshire similarly coincided with 3 gains in the general elections for the Conservatives, where they took The Wrekin and Shrewsbury & Atcham from Labour and took Ludlow from the Liberal Democrats. Suffolk coincided with no actual seat gains in the general election, but swings to the Conservatives of at least 3% in all seven constituencies. The swings were larger in their own five constituencies, with a swing of almost 7% in Bury St Edmunds. The Liberal Democrat gain in Devon, however, happened despite a mixed bag of results in the general election. They lost Devon West & Torridge to the Conservatives, and in Torbay, the Conservatives reduced their majority. There were small swings to the Lib Dems in Totnes, Teignbridge and Devon North, though a big swing away from them in Tiverton and Honiton. England Non-metropolitan county councils In 34 shire county county councils, all seats were up for re-election. Council Previous control Result Details Bedfordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Buckinghamshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Cambridgeshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Cheshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Cornwall ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetails Cumbria No overall control No overall control holdDetails Derbyshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Devon ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetails Dorset ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Durham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails East Sussex ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Essex ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Gloucestershire ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Hampshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Kent ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Lancashire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Leicestershire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Lincolnshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Norfolk ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails North Yorkshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Northamptonshire Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Northumberland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Nottinghamshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Oxfordshire ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Shropshire ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Somerset No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetails Staffordshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Suffolk ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Surrey ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Warwickshire ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetails West Sussex ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Wiltshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Worcestershire ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails ‡ New electoral division boundaries Unitary authorities Whole council In two unitary authorities the whole council were up for election and one had a third of the council up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Isle of Wight No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Stockton-on-Tees ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council Council Previous control Result Details Bristol No overall control No overall control holdDetails Sui generis Council Previous control Result Details Isles of Scilly Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetails Mayoral elections Four direct mayoral elections were held. Local Authority Previous Mayor Mayor-elect Details Doncaster Labour Party (UK)Martin Winter (Labour) Labour Party (UK)Martin Winter (Labour) Hartlepool IndependentStuart Drummond (Independent) IndependentStuart Drummond (Independent) North Tyneside Conservative Party (UK)Linda Arkley (Conservative) Labour Party (UK)John Harrison (Labour)Details Stoke-on-Trent Independent (politician)Mike Wolfe (Independent) Labour Party (UK)Mark Meredith (Labour) Northern Ireland 2005 Northern Ireland local elections All seats were up for election in the 26 districts of Northern Ireland. The many parties and the use of the single transferable vote meant that most councils ended up in no overall control. The DUP gained majority control of three councils: Ards, Ballymena, and Castlereagh. Results summary Party Councillors Votes Change Total % share Total Democratic Unionist Party+5118230208,278 Sinn Féin+1812623163,205 Ulster Unionist Party-3911518126,317 Social Democratic and Labour Party-1610117121,991 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland+230535,149 Independent (politician)-1420427,677 Green Party in Northern Ireland+3315,703 Progressive Unionist Party-2214,591United Unionist020.32,064Newtownabbey Ratepayers010.31,897 Socialist Environmental Alliance000.21,321 Conservatives in Northern Ireland000.21,164 Workers' Party (Ireland)000.11,052 Socialist Party (Ireland)000.1828 Northern Ireland Women's Coalition-100.1738 UK Unionist Party-200.1734 Council Control Council Previous control Result DetailsAntrim No overall control No overall controlDetailsArds No overall control Democratic Unionist PartyDetailsArmagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsBallymena No overall control Democratic Unionist PartyDetailsBallymoney Democratic Unionist Party Democratic Unionist PartyDetailsBanbridge No overall control No overall controlDetailsBelfast No overall control No overall controlDetailsCarrickfergus No overall control No overall controlDetailsCastlereagh No overall control Democratic Unionist PartyDetailsColeraine No overall control No overall controlDetailsCookstown No overall control No overall controlDetailsCraigavon No overall control No overall controlDetailsDerry No overall control No overall controlDetailsDown No overall control No overall controlDetailsDungannon and South Tyrone No overall control No overall controlDetailsFermanagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsLarne No overall control No overall controlDetailsLimavady No overall control No overall controlDetailsLisburn No overall control No overall controlDetailsMagherafelt No overall control Sinn FéinDetailsMoyle No overall control No overall controlDetailsNewry and Mourne No overall control 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 Sinn FéinDetails Source: ARK research and knowledge groupLocal Government Elections 2005, Northern Ireland, ARK research and knowledge group References Local and Mayoral elections 2005. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/93 Local elections Category:Premiership of Tony Blair Category:Impacts of the Iraq War