2017 United Kingdom local elections

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2017 United Kingdom local elections
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34 English councils
All 32 Scottish councils
All 22 Welsh councils
8 directly elected mayors in England
Turnout 35%[1]
  160x160px 160x160px Tim Farron
Leader Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn Tim Farron
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat
Leader since 11 July 2016 12 September 2015 16 July 2015
Popular vote[n 1] 38% 27% 18%
Swing[n 2] Increase8% Decrease4% Increase3%
Councils 28 9 0
Councils +/– Increase11 Decrease7 Steady
Councillors 1,899 1,152 441
Councillors +/– Increase563 Decrease382 Decrease42
  Nicola Sturgeon 160x160px
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Leanne Wood
Party SNP Plaid Cymru
Leader since 14 November 2014 16 March 2012
Councils 0 1
Councils +/– Decrease1 Increase1
Councillors 431 208
Councillors +/– Decrease 7[2] Increase38
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Map showing council control (left) and largest party by ward or division (right) following the election.

     Conservative      Labour      Liberal Democrats   

     Scottish National Party         Plaid Cymru      UKIP

     Majority of independent councillors      No overall control      No election on 4 May 2017

The 2017 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2017. Local elections were held across Great Britain, with elections to 35 English local authorities and all councils in Scotland and Wales.

Newly created combined authority mayors were directly elected in six areas of England: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, the West Midlands, and the West of England.[3] In addition, Doncaster and North Tyneside re-elected local authority mayors.[3] Local by-elections for 107 council seats also took place on 4 May.[4]

The Conservative Party led under Prime Minister Theresa May enjoyed the best local election performance in a decade, making significant gains at the expense of the Labour Party.[5] The UK Independence Party lost every seat they were defending, but gained just one seat at the expense of the Labour Party.[5] The Liberal Democrats lost 41 seats, despite their vote share increasing.[6][7][8] The Conservatives won four out of six metro-mayoral areas,[9] including in the traditionally Labour-voting Tees Valley and West Midlands.

The local elections were followed by a general election on 8 June.

Eligibility to vote

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over (or aged 16 or over in Scotland)[10] on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.[11] A person who had two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) could register to vote at both addresses as long as they were not in the same electoral area, and could vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.[12]

Individuals had to be registered to vote by midnight twelve working days before polling day (13 April 2017 in England and Wales; 17 April 2017 in Scotland).[13][14] Anyone qualifying as an anonymous elector had until midnight on 25 April 2017 to register.[15]

Seats held prior to the election

In total, 4,851 council seats were up for election in 88 councils; additionally six new mayors were directly elected.[16] Approximately 10,000 people were candidates for election.[17] All 32 councils in Scotland (1,227 seats) and all 22 councils in Wales (1,254 seats) were up for election; an additional 34 councils (2,370 seats) in England were up for election.[16] Of the 35 English councils up for election, 27 were county councils, seven were unitary authorities, and one was the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.[18]

According to a BBC News estimate, taking into account boundary changes, the major political parties were effectively defending the following notional results in council seats on election day:

  • Labour – 1,535 seats
  • Conservatives – 1,336 seats
  • Lib Dems – 484 seats
  • SNP – 438 seats
  • Plaid Cymru – 170 seats
  • UKIP – 146 seats
  • Green Party – 34 seats

There were also 687 independent councillors and 4 Mebyon Kernow councillors. The remaining 217 seats were held by residents' associations and minor parties.[19] A by-election for the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Gorton (caused by the death of Sir Gerald Kaufman, the sitting MP) was due to be held on the same day as the local election, but the by-election was cancelled after the general election was called for the following month.[17]

Results

File:United Kingdom local elections, 2017 - Control Change.svg
Overview map of council election results      Conservative hold      Conservative gain from No overall control      Conservative gain from Labour      Labour hold      Labour lose to Independent majority or No overall control      Scottish National Party lose to No overall control (Dundee City)      Plaid Cymru hold      Majority of independent councillors, no change      Majority of independent councillors lose to No overall control      No overall control, no change      No election on 4 May 2017

Overall results - Great Britain

Party Councils[20] Councillors
Number Change Number Change
style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative 28 Increase11 1,899 Increase563
style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour 9 Decrease7 1,152 Decrease382
style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent 6 Increase1 656 Decrease13
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | Liberal Democrat 0 Steady 441 Decrease42
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | SNP 0 Decrease1 431 Decrease7
style="width: 5px; background-color: #008142;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | Plaid Cymru 1 Increase1 208 Increase38
style="width: 5px; background-color: #6AB023;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | Green 0 Steady 21 Increase1
style="width: 5px; background-color: Template:Scottish Greens/meta/color;" data-sort-value="Scottish Greens" | [[Scottish Greens|Template:Scottish Greens/meta/shortname]] 0 Steady 19 Increase5
style="width: 5px; background-color: #666666;" data-sort-value="Residents' association" | RA 0 Steady 11 Decrease2
style="width: 5px; background-color: #006400;" data-sort-value="Llais Gwynedd" | Llais Gwynedd 0 Steady 6 Decrease7
style="width: 5px; background-color: #CCCC00;" data-sort-value="Mebyon Kernow" | Mebyon Kernow 0 Steady 4 Steady
style="width: 5px; background-color: hotpink;" data-sort-value="Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern" | Health Concern 0 Steady 2 Decrease1
style="width: 5px; background-color: #70147A;" data-sort-value="UK Independence Party" | UKIP 0 Steady 1 Decrease145
style="width: 5px; background-color: #ff7300;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)" | Liberal 0 Steady 0 Decrease3
Others 0 Steady 0 Steady
style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control 44 Decrease4 n/a n/a
Total 4,851

As elections were not held throughout the country, the BBC calculated a Projected National Vote Share (PNV), which aims to assess what the council results indicate the UK-wide vote would be "if the results were repeated at a general election". The BBC's preliminary Projected National Vote Share was 38% for the Conservatives, 27% for Labour, 18% for the Liberal Democrats and 5% for the UK Independence Party, with others on around 12%.[21]

This is the highest vote share for the Conservatives in local elections since 2008, when they faced Labour a decade into government and suffering from the financial crisis. The Liberal Democrats have performed better than at any election since 2010, whilst Labour has not performed so badly since 2010.[citation needed]

UKIP lost 145 of their 146 seats. Prominent former UKIP members talked of the party being finished and that it should disband.[22][23][24]

Results by nation

England

Party Votes[25] Vote % +/- Councils[26] +/- Seats +/-
style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative 3,036,709 46.5% Increase12.2% 27 Increase10 1,439 Increase319
style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour 1,299,846 19.9% Decrease1.6% 2 Decrease1 418 Decrease142
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | Liberal Democrat 1,164,779 17.8% Increase4.2% 0 Steady 312 Decrease28
style="width: 5px; background-color: #70147A;" data-sort-value="UK Independence Party" | UKIP 302,368 4.6% Decrease15.6% 0 Steady 1 Decrease143
style="width: 5px; background-color: #6AB023;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | Green 284,735 4.4% Increase0.8% 0 Steady 20 Steady
Others 438,985 6.7% Decrease0.2% 0 Steady 199 Decrease6
style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control n/a n/a n/a 5 Decrease9 n/a n/a
Total 6,545,055 100 34 2,389

Note that unlike in Scotland and Wales, where all local authorities were up for election, the England results are for only 34 councils out of 353, and should not be taken as reflective of the whole of England.

Wales

Party Votes[27]  % +/- Councils +/- Seats +/-
style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour 294,989 30.4% Decrease4.5% 7 Decrease3 468 Decrease112
style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent 218,817 22.5% Decrease1.3% 3 Increase1 309 Increase2
style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative 182,520 18.8% Increase6.3% 1 Increase1 184 Increase79
style="width: 5px; background-color: #008142;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | Plaid Cymru 160,519 16.5% Increase0.5% 1 Increase1 208 Increase38
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | Liberal Democrat 66,022 6.8% Decrease1.2% 0 Steady 63 Decrease10
style="width: 5px; background-color: #6AB023;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | Green 12,441 1.3% Increase0.2% 0 Steady 1 Increase1
style="width: 5px; background-color: #70147A;" data-sort-value="UK Independence Party" | UKIP 11,006 1.1% Increase0.3% 0 Steady 0 Decrease2
Others 24,594 2.5% Decrease0.3% 0 Steady 21 Decrease7
style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control n/a n/a n/a 10 Increase1 n/a n/a
Total 970,908 100 22 1,254

For comparative purposes, the table above shows changes since 2012 across 21 local authorities and the 2013 result from Anglesey Council.

Scotland

Following boundary changes:

Summary of the 4 May 2017 Scottish council election results[28][29]
Party First-preference votes Councils +/- 2012 seats 2017 seats Seat change
Seats won Notional Seats won Seat % vs Notional
Scottish National Party 610,454 32.3% Steady0.0 0 Decrease1 425 438 431 35.1% Decrease7
Conservative 478,073 25.3% Increase12.0% 0 Steady 115 112 276 22.5% Increase164
Labour 380,957 20.2% Decrease11.4% 0 Decrease3 394 395 262 21.4% Decrease133
Independents 196,438 10.4% Decrease1.4% 3 Steady 196 198 168 14.1% Decrease30
Liberal Democrats 130,243 6.9% Increase0.3% 0 Steady 71 70 67 5.5% Decrease3
Green 77,682 4.1% Increase1.8% 0 Steady 14 14 19 1.6% Increase5
Orkney Manifesto Group 894 0.0% 0 Steady 2 0.1% New
West Dunbartonshire Community 2,413 0.1% 0 Steady 1 0.1% New
The Rubbish Party 784 0.0% 0 Steady 1 0.1% New
UK Independence Party 2,920 0.2% Decrease0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire 2,823 0.2% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
TUSC 1,403 0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
A Better Britain – Unionist Party 1,196 0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Socialist 928 0.0% Decrease0.3% 0 Steady 1 0 0.0% Decrease1
Solidarity 883 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Libertarian 776 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
RISE 186 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Independent Network 145 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Unionist 129 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Social Democratic 112 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Christian 104 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Socialist Labour 76 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
National Front 39 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
No Overall Control — — — 29 Increase4 — — — — —
Total 1,889,658 100.0 ±0.0 32 Steady 1,223 1,227 1,227 100.00 Steady

The table has been arranged according to popular vote, not the number of seats won.

There were boundary changes in many of these councils, with an increase in council seats across the country from 1,223 to 1,227, making direct comparisons with the 2012 results problematic. Notional seats and seat change are based on a notional 2012 result calculated by the BBC.[30][31]

Maps

Council control
(voting areas only)		 Council control
(whole UK)
Before elections After elections Before elections After elections
150px 150px 150px 150px
  Majority of Independents
  No overall control
  No council election on 4 May 2017
Largest party by popular vote
(including mayoral elections)
Conservative
Labour
SNP
Plaid Cymru
Independents
0 10 20 30 40  %
and its vote share and the size of its majority
150px 150px
  No election on 4 May 2017

England

File:United Kingdom local elections, 2017 - Previous Control.svg
Map of previous control of councils up for election.
     Conservative      Labour      Scottish National Party      Majority of independent councillors      No overall control      No election on 4 May 2017

Non-metropolitan county councils

All 27 county councils for areas with a two-tier structure of local governance had all of their seats up for election. These were first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member electoral divisions.[citation needed]

These were the last elections to Dorset and Northamptonshire county councils.

Council Previous control Result Details
Buckinghamshire style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Cambridgeshire ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. plurality) style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Cumbria style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Lab. and Lib. Dem. coalition) style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Lab. and Lib. Dem. coalition) Details
Derbyshire style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Devon ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Dorset ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
East Sussex ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. plurality) style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Essex style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Gloucestershire ‡[32] style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. plurality) style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Hampshire ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Hertfordshire ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Kent ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Lancashire ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Lab. plurality w. Lib. Dem. support) style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Leicestershire ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Lincolnshire ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. and Lib. Dem. coalition) style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Norfolk style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. plurality)† style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
North Yorkshire style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Northamptonshire style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Nottinghamshire ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. and independent coalition)[33][34] Details
Oxfordshire ‡[35] style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. plurality) style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. and independent coalition)[36][37] Details
Somerset style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Staffordshire style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Suffolk style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. plurality) style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Surrey style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Warwickshire ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control[38] (Cons. plurality) style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
West Sussex ‡ style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Worcestershire style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
‡ New electoral division boundaries [39]
† The Conservatives lost control in 2013, and were replaced by a Labour/UKIP/Lib Dem coalition with Independent/Green support. The Conservatives regained the council leadership in May 2016 after the Green Party abstained in the annual Council leadership election, and by-elections and defections later brought the Conservative total to 42 seats, giving them exactly 50% of the seats.[40]

Unitary authorities

Seven single-tier unitary authorities held elections, with all of their seats up for election. These were first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member electoral divisions or wards.[citation needed]

Council Council
seats up
for election		 Previous control Result Details
Cornwall All style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control[41] (Lib. Dem. and independents coalition) style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Lib. Dem. and independents coalition)[42][43] Details
Durham All style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details
Isle of Wight All style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. plurality) style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Isles of Scilly All style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | Independent style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | Independent Details
Northumberland All style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Lab. plurality) style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control (Cons. plurality)[44] Details
Shropshire All style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Wiltshire All style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details

Metropolitan boroughs

One metropolitan borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, had all of its seats up for election, after moving to whole council elections in 2015.[45] This was a first-past-the-post election in a mixture of two-member and three-member wards.

Council Previous control Result Details
Doncaster style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details

Mayoral elections

File:United Kingdom local elections, 2017 - Mayoral Elections.svg
Map of the regional combined authority mayoralties up for election in 2017.

Combined authority mayors

Six elections were held for directly elected regional mayors. These newly established positions lead combined authorities set up by groups of local councils, as part of devolution deals giving the combined authorities additional powers and funding.

Combined authority Interim mayor/chair Result Details
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Robin Howe (Con) James Palmer (Con) Details
Greater Manchester style="background-color: #DC241f; " data-sort-value="Tony Lloyd | Tony Lloyd (Lab) style="background-color: #DC241f; " data-sort-value="Andy Burnham | Andy Burnham (Lab) Details
Liverpool City Region style="background-color: #DC241f; " data-sort-value="Joe Anderson | Joe Anderson (Lab) style="background-color: #DC241f; " data-sort-value="Steve Rotheram | Steve Rotheram (Lab) Details
Tees Valley Sue Jeffrey (Lab) style="background-color: #0087DC; " data-sort-value="Ben Houchen | Ben Houchen (Con) Details
West of England Matthew Riddle (Con) style="background-color: #0087DC; " data-sort-value="Tim Bowles | Tim Bowles (Con) Details
West Midlands Bob Sleigh (Con) style="background-color: #0087DC; " data-sort-value="Andy Street | Andy Street (Con) Details

Other planned mayoralties have been postponed or cancelled.[46] The election of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority mayor was postponed in January 2017[47] and, following legal action, did not occur until the 2018 local elections.[48] The North East Combined Authority deal was scrapped as several councils in the region voted down the proposal,[49] however the smaller North of Tyne combined authority was approved by the councils and by parliament for the 2019 local elections.[50] The other devolution deals that were scrapped were for the Norfolk and Suffolk,[51] Greater Lincolnshire[52] and the Solent.[53]

There were concerns at the low turnout recorded.[54][7]

Local authority mayors

Two elections for directly elected local district mayors will be held. These Mayors act as council leaders in their local authorities.

Local Authority Incumbent mayor Result Details
Doncaster style="background-color: #DC241f; " data-sort-value="Ros Jones | Ros Jones (Lab) style="background-color: #DC241f; " data-sort-value="Ros Jones | Ros Jones (Lab) Details
North Tyneside style="background-color: #DC241f; " data-sort-value="Norma Redfearn | Norma Redfearn (Lab) style="background-color: #DC241f; " data-sort-value="Norma Redfearn | Norma Redfearn (Lab) Details

Scotland

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Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections
File:2017 Scottish local elections - Ward and Council Control.svg
Map of the Scottish results.
Council Previous control Result Details
Aberdeen City style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Aberdeenshire style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | SNP style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Angus style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Argyll and Bute style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Clackmannanshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Dumfries and Galloway style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Dundee City style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | SNP style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
East Ayrshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
East Dunbartonshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
East Lothian style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
East Renfrewshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
City of Edinburgh style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Falkirk style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Fife style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Glasgow City style="width: 5px; background-color: Template:Scottish Labour/meta/color;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour" | [[Scottish Labour|Template:Scottish Labour/meta/shortname]] style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Highland style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Inverclyde style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Midlothian style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Moray style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Na h-Eileanan Siar style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent Details
North Ayrshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
North Lanarkshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Orkney style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent Details
Perth and Kinross style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Renfrewshire style="width: 5px; background-color: Template:Scottish Labour/meta/color;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour" | [[Scottish Labour|Template:Scottish Labour/meta/shortname]] style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Scottish Borders style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Shetland style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent Details
South Ayrshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
South Lanarkshire style="width: 5px; background-color: Template:Scottish Labour/meta/color;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour" | [[Scottish Labour|Template:Scottish Labour/meta/shortname]] style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Stirling style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
West Dunbartonshire style="width: 5px; background-color: Template:Scottish Labour/meta/color;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour" | [[Scottish Labour|Template:Scottish Labour/meta/shortname]] style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
West Lothian style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details

Wales

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Main article: 2017 Welsh local elections
File:2017 Welsh Local Elections - Ward and Council Control.svg
Map of the Welsh results.
Council Previous control Result Details
Isle of Anglesey style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Blaenau Gwent style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | Independent Details
Bridgend style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Caerphilly style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details
Cardiff style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details
Carmarthenshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Ceredigion style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Conwy style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control
(PC, Lab., Lib. Dem., and independents coalition) †		 style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Denbighshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control
(PC, independents, and Cons. coalition) ‡		 style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Flintshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Gwynedd style="width: 5px; background-color: #008142;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | Plaid Cymru†† style="width: 5px; background-color: #008142;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | Plaid Cymru Details
Merthyr Tydfil style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent Details
Monmouthshire style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | Conservative Details
Neath Port Talbot style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details
Newport style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details
Pembrokeshire style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent Details
Powys style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | Independent style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Rhondda Cynon Taff style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details
Swansea style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details
Torfaen style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | Labour Details
Vale of Glamorgan style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
Wrexham style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | No overall control Details
† In 2014, the only Welsh Liberal Democrat cabinet member defected to Welsh Labour; thus the Liberal Democrats left the coalition.[55]
In 2015, several Independent councillors created their own group within the council called Conwy First. This group later on went to support the council[clarification needed] instead of the remaining five independent councillors, so that the coalition was then made up of Plaid Cymru, Welsh Labour and Conwy First.[56]
‡ The Welsh Liberal Democrats later lost their only seat on the Council, thereby leaving the coalition.[57][58]
†† At the original election Plaid Cymru won exactly half the seats; they later took control of the council by winning a by-election.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ All vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares calculated by the BBC.
  2. ↑ Swing figures are between the BBC national projected vote share extrapolation from 2016 local elections, and the BBC equivalent vote share projection from these local elections held in different areas.

References

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