United Kingdom local elections, 2017

4 May 2017

35 councils in England All 32 Scottish councils All 22 Welsh councils 9 directly elected mayors in England


Leader	Theresa May	Jeremy Corbyn	Tim Farron
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Leader since	13 July 2016	12 September 2015	16 July 2015


Leader	Nicola Sturgeon	Paul Nuttall	Leanne Wood
Party	SNP	UKIP	Plaid Cymru
Leader since	14 November 2014	28 November 2016	16 March 2012

Map showing the previous control of councils up for election. Local Authorities marked purple are not up for election.

The 2017 United Kingdom local elections will be held on Thursday 4 May 2017. Local elections will be held across Great Britain, with elections to English, Scottish, and Welsh councils, as well as elections for the newly created English Regional Mayors.^[1]

England

Non-metropolitan county councils

All 27 county councils for areas with a two-tier structure of local governance will have all of their seats up for election. These will be first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member electoral divisions.

Council		Details
Buckinghamshire	Conservative	Details
Cambridgeshire ‡	No overall control (Conservative Minority)	Details
Cumbria	No overall control (Labour/Lib Dem Coalition)	Details
Derbyshire	Labour	Details
Devon ‡	Conservative	Details
Dorset ‡	Conservative	Details
East Sussex	No overall control (Conservative Minority)	Details
Essex	Conservative	Details
Gloucestershire	No overall control (Conservative Minority)	Details
Hampshire	Conservative	Details
Hertfordshire ‡	Conservative	Details
Kent ‡	Conservative	Details
Lancashire ‡	No overall control (Labour Minority w/ Lib Dem Support)	Details
Leicestershire	Conservative	Details
Lincolnshire	No overall control (Conservative/Lib Dem Coalition)	Details
Norfolk	No overall control (Conservative Minority)†	Details
North Yorkshire	Conservative	Details
Northamptonshire	Conservative	Details
Nottinghamshire ‡	Labour	Details
Oxfordshire	No overall control (Conservative Minority)	Details
Somerset	Conservative	Details
Staffordshire	Conservative	Details
Suffolk	No overall control	Details
Surrey	Conservative	Details
Warwickshire ‡	No overall control^[2] (Conservative Minority)	Details
West Sussex	Conservative	Details
Worcestershire	Conservative	Details

‡ New electoral division boundaries

† Conservatives regained control of the council mid-term from Lab/UKIP/LD with Indy/Green support ^[3]

Unitary authorities

Seven single-tier unitary authorities will hold elections, with all of their seats up for election. These will be first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member wards.

Council	Proportion up for election		Details
Cornwall	All	No overall control^[4] (Lib Dem/Independent Coalition)	Details
Durham	All	Labour	Details
Isle of Wight	All	No overall control (Island Independents Minority)	Details
Isles of Scilly	All	Independent	Details
Northumberland	All	No overall control (Labour Minority)	Details
Shropshire	All	Conservative	Details
Wiltshire	All	Conservative	Details

Metropolitan boroughs

Whole metropolitan council

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Doncaster^[5]		Labour		Labour	Details

Mayoral elections

Map of the various English Mayoralties, all of which bar London are up for election.

Regional Mayors

Local Authority		Result	Details
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough			Details
Greater Manchester	Tony Lloyd (Labour)		Details
Liverpool City Region	Joe Anderson (Labour)		Details
North East	Simon Henig (Labour)	Cancelled	Details
Sheffield City Region	Stephen Houghton (Labour)		Details
Tees Valley	Sue Jeffrey (Labour)		Details
West of England			Details
West Midlands	Bob Sleigh (Conservative)		Details

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		Ros Jones (Labour)			Details
North Tyneside		Norma Redfearn (Labour)			Details

Scotland

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2017

Council		Details
Aberdeen City	No overall control	Details
Aberdeenshire	No overall control	Details
Angus	SNP	Details
Argyll and Bute	No overall control	Details
Clackmannanshire	No overall control	Details
Dumfries and Galloway	No overall control	Details
Dundee City	SNP	Details
East Ayrshire	No overall control	Details
East Dunbartonshire	No overall control	Details
East Lothian	No overall control	Details
East Renfrewshire	No overall control	Details
City of Edinburgh	No overall control	Details
Falkirk	No overall control	Details
Fife	No overall control	Details
Glasgow City	Labour	Details
Highland	No overall control	Details
Inverclyde	No overall control	Details
Midlothian	No overall control	Details
Moray	No overall control	Details
Na h-Eileanan Siar	Independent	Details
North Ayrshire	No overall control	Details
North Lanarkshire	Labour	Details
Orkney	Independent	Details
Perth and Kinross	No overall control	Details
Renfrewshire	Labour	Details
Scottish Borders	No overall control	Details
Shetland	Independent	Details
South Ayrshire	No overall control	Details
South Lanarkshire	No overall control	Details
Stirling	No overall control	Details
West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Details
West Lothian	No overall control	Details

Wales

Main article: Welsh local elections, 2017

Council		Details
Isle of Anglesey	No overall control	Details
Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Details
Bridgend	Labour	Details
Caerphilly	Labour	Details
Cardiff	Labour	Details
Carmarthenshire	No overall control	Details
Ceredigion	No overall control	Details
Conwy	No overall control	Details
Denbighshire	No overall control	Details
Flintshire	No overall control	Details
Gwynedd	No overall control	Details
Merthyr Tydfil	Labour	Details
Monmouthshire	No overall control	Details
Neath Port Talbot	Labour	Details
Newport	Labour	Details
Pembrokeshire	Independent	Details
Powys	Independent	Details
Rhondda Cynon Taff	Labour	Details
Swansea	Labour	Details
Torfaen	Labour	Details
Vale of Glamorgan	No overall control	Details
Wrexham	No overall control	Details

References

↑ Edkins, Keith. "Trailer - Local Elections May 2017". Keith Edkins Local Government Site. Keith Edkins. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
↑ Sian Grzeszczyk (2013-04-29). "BBC News - Warwickshire elections 2013: Conservatives lose control". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
↑ http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/conservatives_take_control_of_norfolk_county_council_as_greens_abstain_1_4527254
↑ "Cornwall Council". Cornwall.gov.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
↑ "The Borough of Doncaster (Scheme of Elections) Order 2013". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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Elections and referendums in England (1264–1705) Scotland (Pre-1707) Great Britain (1708–1796) Ireland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

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English mayoral elections	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Greater Lincolnshire Greater Manchester Liverpool City Region North East Sheffield City Region Solent Tees Valley West of England West Midlands

English county councils	Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Worcestershire

English unitary authorities	Cornwall Durham Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Northumberland Shropshire Wiltshire

English metropolitan borough	Doncaster

Scottish councils	Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Comhairle nan Eilean Siar North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian

Welsh councils	Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham

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