1996 United Kingdom local elections

none 1996 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1995 United Kingdom local elections 1995 1997 United Kingdom local elections 1997 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 14 out of 25 unitary authoritiesand 100 out of 262 English districts 2 May 1996 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Tony Blair in 1995.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 43% 4% 10,929 468 Paddy Ashdown (2005) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Paddy Ashdown 16 July 1988 Liberal Democrats (UK) 26% 3% 5,078 136 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% 4% 4,276 607 Results of the United Kingdom 1996 local elections Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the table of results. The 1996 United Kingdom local elections were held on 2 May 1996.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1996 Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1996-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 They were the last local elections until 2010 to show a decline in the number of Conservative councillors and an increase in the number of Labour councillors. The main opposition Labour Party gained 468 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 10,929. Their share of the vote was projected to be 43%, 4% down on the 1995 local elections. The governing Conservative Party lost 607 seats and were left with 4,276 councillors - still in third place behind the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives' projected share of the vote was 29%, a 4% increase since the previous local elections in 1995. The Liberal Democrats gained 136 seats and had 5,078 councillors after the elections. Results Party Councils Councillors Gain Loss Change Total Gain Loss Change Total Labour Party (UK)+1187+4661,744 Liberal Democrats (UK)+523+150641 Conservative Party (UK)-13-577518 Other00+33-39127 No overall control+1-16-1534———— Source: Parliamentary Research Briefing on 1996 Local ElectionParliamentary Research Briefing on 1996 Local Election http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP96-59/RP96-59.pdf England Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochdale No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Unitary authorities Whole council These were the first elections to 13 more unitary authorities established by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). They acted as "shadow authorities" until 1 April 1997. Council Previous control Result DetailsBournemouth NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsBrighton and Hove NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsDarlington NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsDerby NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsLeicester NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsLuton NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsMilton Keynes ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsPoole NoneNew Council Liberal Democrats (UK)DetailsPortsmouth NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsRutland NoneNew Council Independent (politician)DetailsSouthampton NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsStoke-on-Trent NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsThamesdown NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)Details ‡ New ward boundaries from predecessor authorities Third of council In 1 unitary authority one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails District councils In 100 districts one third of the council was up for election. These were the last elections to the district councils of Blackburn, Halton, Peterborough, Reading, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock and Wokingham before they became unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). These were also the last elections to the district councils of Gillingham, Hereford, Leominster and South Herefordshire before they were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsAmber Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBasingstoke and Deane No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBedford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBlackburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBrentwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsBroadland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCarlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCherwell No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChorley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsColchester Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCongleton Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCraven No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDaventry No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEastbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEpping Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsExeter Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsFareham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGillingham Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsGloucester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGosport Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHastings No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsHavant No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHereford Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsHertsmere No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeominster No overall control Independent (politician) gainDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRochford Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRushmoor No overall control No overall control holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSt Albans Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStroud No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTamworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsThree Rivers No overall control No overall control holdDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWest Oxfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWoking No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWokingham No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWorcester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWorthing Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetails References lower-alpha The local elections of 2 May 1996. House of Commons Library Research Paper 96/59. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Category:May 1996 in the United Kingdom Category:Tony Blair