2001 United Kingdom local elections

none July 2022 September 2012 March 2025 2001 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 2000 United Kingdom local elections 2000 2002 United Kingdom local elections 2002 All 34 non-metropolitan counties, 11 out of 46 unitary authorities,1 sui generis authority and all 26 Northern Irish districts 7 June 2001 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- William Hague MP (3156637603) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 William Hague 19 June 1997 Conservative Party (UK) 40% 8% 18 5 1,093 120 Tony Blair in 2002.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 31% 1% 14 2 843 7 Charles Kennedy MP (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Charles Kennedy 9 August 1999 Liberal Democrats (UK) 25% 1% 0 2 449 80 United Kingdom local elections, 2001.svg 300px Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. The 2001 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 7 June 2001. Elections took place for all of the English shire counties, some English unitary authorities and all of the Northern Ireland districts. The elections were delayed from the usual date of the first Thursday in May due to the 2001 foot and mouth crisis and were held on the same day as the 2001 general election, which was also delayed for the same reason. While the results were overshadowed by the re-election of the Labour government, they did provide some comfort to the Conservative Party. The Conservatives consolidated their position as the largest party on the English county councils. Results The results of the English local elections saw the Conservative Party make significant progress, gaining control of a further five councils. The Labour Party lost control of Cumbria and Warwickshire county councils, while the Liberal Democrats suffered losses of both of their councils and councillors. The results in a number of these councils were mostly in line with the general election results. The Conservatives gain of Cheshire county council coincided with their gain of the Tatton constituency, while their gain of Norfolk county council coincided with a gain in North West Norfolk and a big swing to them in South West Norfolk (although there was a Lib Dem gain in North Norfolk but only on a small swing). The Lib Dem loss of Somerset coincided with them narrowly losing Taunton to the Conservatives, and falling back in key target seats such as Wells and Bridgwater, which fall under the county council's area. Some bucked trends, however. Labour lost Cumbria despite holding up relatively well in their four parliamentary seats in the county, though the Conservative majority was eroded by the Lib Dems in Westmorland and Lonsdale, which the Lib Dems eventually won in 2005 and have held ever since. Warwickshire was lost by Labour, which was admittedly on a knife-edge, though this was despite swings in their favour in key Conservative targets such as Rugby & Kenilworth and Warwick & Leamington. The Conservatives gained Dorset. Despite the fact in 1997 when they won every constituency in Dorset (some by small margins admittedly), the council remained in no overall control. Whereas this time when they gained control of it, they lost two parliamentary seats: Dorset South to Labour and Mid-Dorset & Poole North to the Lib Dems by small margins. Despite those gains and some swings to the Lib Dems in other seats in Dorset, there was a big swing to the Conservatives in Christchurch. The Lib Dem loss of Devon county council coincided with the Lib Dems actually gaining Teignbridge from the Conservatives and significantly increasing their majority in Torbay, a key Conservative target. There were smaller swings away in the Conservatives' favour in their marginal seats such as Tiverton & Honiton and Totnes, and they achieved a small swing in one of their targets, Devon West & Torridge. Party Councils Councillors Gain Loss Change Total Gain Loss Change Total Conservative Party (UK)+518+1201,093 Labour Party (UK)-214+7843 Liberal Democrats (UK)-20-80449 Independent (politician)0-2567 Other000-128 No overall control-113———— England Non-metropolitan county councils In all 34 English county councils the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBuckinghamshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridgeshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCheshire ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsCornwall No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCumbria ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsDerbyshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDevon Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsDorset No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsDurham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Sussex No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsEssex Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucestershire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHampshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHertfordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsKent Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLancashire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeicestershire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsLincolnshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorfolk No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsNorth Yorkshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorthamptonshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorthumberland ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNottinghamshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOxfordshire No overall control No overall control hold (Con/Lib Dem coalition)https://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/former-council-leader-keith-mitchell-cbe-1946--2020/ Former Council Leader Keith Mitchell CBE (1946–2020)DetailsShropshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSomerset ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsStaffordshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSuffolk No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSurrey Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWarwickshire Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWest Sussex Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWiltshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcestershire No overall control No overall control holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Unitary authorities In two English unitary authorities the whole council was up for election while a further nine unitary authorities had one third of the council up for election. Whole council Council Previous control Result DetailsIsle of Wight ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council Council Previous control Result DetailsBlackburn with Darwen Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBristol Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWarrington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWokingham No overall control No overall control holdDetails Sui generis Council Previous control Result Details Isles of ScillyDetails Northern Ireland 2001 Northern Ireland local elections In all 26 Northern Ireland districts the whole council was up for election. They were elected by Single transferable vote. They saw the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin make gains at the expense of the other parties. Council Previous control Result DetailsAntrim 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 Democratic Unionist PartyDetailsBanbridge Ulster Unionist Party No overall controlDetailsBelfast No overall control No overall controlDetailsCarrickfergus No overall control No overall controlDetailsCastlereagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsColeraine No overall control No overall controlDetailsCookstown No overall control No overall controlDetailsCraigavon No overall control No overall controlDetailsDerry No overall control No overall controlDetailsDown Social Democratic and Labour Party 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 No overall controlDetailsMoyle 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 No overall controlDetails References External links Vote 2001 BBC News The local elections of 7 June 2001. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/71. Northern Ireland local election results Local elections Category:June 2001 in the United Kingdom Category:Premiership of Tony Blair