2016 United Kingdom local elections

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United Kingdom local elections, 2016

← 2015 5 May 2016 2017 →

124 councils in England
4 directly elected mayors in England
40 Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales[1]
  Jeremy Corbyn April 2016.jpg David Cameron
Leader Jeremy Corbyn David Cameron
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 12 September 2015 6 December 2005
Councils 58 38
Councils +/– Increase 0§ Decrease 1
Councillors 1,326 842
Councillors +/– Decrease 18 Decrease 48

  Tim Farron Nigel Farage
Leader Tim Farron Nigel Farage
Party Liberal Democrat UKIP
Leader since 16 July 2015 5 November 2010
Councils 4 0
Councils +/– Increase 1 Steady
Councillors 378 58
Councillors +/– Increase 45 Increase 25

The 2016 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 2016.[2][3]

England

Council control following the 2016 local elections in England.
  Labour
  No election in 2016

Full results as reported by BBC News:[4]

Party Councils +/- Seats +/-
Labour 58 0 1,326 −18
Conservative 38 −1 842 −48
Liberal Democrat 4 1 378 45
Independent 0 0 77 −3
UKIP 0 0 58 25
Green 0 0 45 −3
Residents Association 0 0 39 8
Liberal 0 0 4 −1
Respect 0 0 0 −5
No overall control 24 0 n/a n/a

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Metropolitan boroughs

Whole metropolitan council

3 of 36 metropolitan boroughs had all of their seats up for election.[5]

Council Previous control Result Details
Knowsley Labour Labour Details
Rotherham [6] Labour Labour Details
Sheffield Labour Labour Details

One-third of metropolitan council

32 of 36 metropolitan boroughs had one-third of their seats up for election.[5]

Council Previous control Result Details
Barnsley Labour Labour Details
Birmingham Labour Labour Details
Bolton Labour Labour Details
Bradford Labour Labour Details
Bury Labour Labour Details
Calderdale No overall control
(Con–Lib Dem coalition)
No overall control
Details
Coventry Labour Labour Details
Dudley Labour No overall control
Details
Gateshead Labour Labour Details
Kirklees No overall control
(Labour minority)
No overall control
(Labour minority)
Details
Leeds Labour Labour Details
Liverpool Labour Labour Details
Manchester Labour Labour Details
Newcastle upon Tyne Labour Labour Details
North Tyneside Labour Labour Details
Oldham Labour Labour Details
Rochdale Labour Labour Details
St Helens Labour Labour Details
Salford Labour Labour Details
Sandwell Labour Labour Details
Sefton Labour Labour Details
Solihull Conservative Conservative Details
South Tyneside Labour Labour Details
Stockport No overall control
(Lib Dem–Ind minority)
No overall control
(Labour minority)
Details
Sunderland Labour Labour Details
Tameside Labour Labour Details
Trafford Conservative Conservative Details
Wakefield Labour Labour Details
Walsall No overall control
(Con–UKIP–Ind)
No overall control
(Lab–Lib Dem)
Details
Wigan Labour Labour Details
Wirral Labour Labour Details
Wolverhampton Labour Labour Details

Unitary authorities

Whole unitary council

3 unitary authorities had all of their seats up for election.[5]

Council Previous control Result Details
Bristol No overall control
(Labour minority)
Labour Details
Peterborough No overall control
(Con minority)
Conservative Details
Warrington Labour Labour Details

One-third of unitary council

16 unitary authorities had one-third of their seats up for election.[5]

Council Previous control Result Details
Blackburn with Darwen Labour Labour Details
Derby Labour Labour Details
Halton Labour Labour Details
Hartlepool Labour Labour Details
Kingston upon Hull Labour Labour Details
Milton Keynes No overall control
(Lab minority)
No overall control

(Lab-LibDem Coalition)

Details
North East Lincolnshire No overall control
(Lab–Lib Dem coalition)
No overall control Details
Plymouth No overall control
(Lab–Con coalition)
No overall control

(Con-UKIP coalition)

Details
Portsmouth No overall control
(Con with UKIP support)
No overall control Details
Reading Labour Labour Details
Slough Labour Labour Details
Southampton Labour Labour Details
Southend-on-Sea No overall control
(Ind–Lab–Lib Dem coalition)
No overall control Details
Swindon Conservative Conservative Details
Thurrock No overall control
(Lab minority)
No overall control
Details
Wokingham Conservative Conservative Details

District Councils

Whole district council

12 District Councils had all of their seats up for election.[5]

Council Previous control Result Details
Cherwell Conservative Conservative Details
Colchester No overall control
(Lib Dem–Lab–Ind coalition)
No overall control Details
Elmbridge Conservative No overall control Details
Exeter Labour Labour Details
Gloucester Conservative Conservative Details
Lincoln Labour Labour Details
Rochford Conservative Conservative Details
Stroud No overall control
(Lab–Green–Lib Dem coalition)
No overall control Details
Watford No overall control
(Lib Dem minority)
Liberal Democrat Details
Welwyn Hatfield Conservative Conservative Details
Winchester Conservative Conservative Details
Woking Conservative Conservative Details

Half of council

7 non-metropolitan district councils had half of their seats up for election.[5]

Council Previous control Result Details
Adur Conservative Conservative Details
Cheltenham Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat Details
Fareham Conservative Conservative Details
Gosport Conservative Conservative Details
Hastings Labour Labour Details
Nuneaton and Bedworth Labour Labour Details
Oxford Labour Labour Details

One-third of district council

51 non-metropolitan district councils had one-third of their seats up for election.[5]

Council Previous control Result Details
Amber Valley Conservative Conservative Details
Basildon No overall control
(Con minority)
No overall control Details
Basingstoke and Deane Conservative Conservative Details
Brentwood Conservative Conservative Details
Broxbourne Conservative Conservative Details
Burnley Labour Labour Details
Cambridge Labour Labour Details
Cannock Chase Labour Labour Details
Carlisle Labour Labour Details
Castle Point Conservative Conservative Details
Chorley Labour Labour Details
Craven Conservative Conservative Details
Crawley Labour Labour Details
Daventry Conservative Conservative Details
Eastleigh Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat Details
Epping Forest Conservative Conservative Details
Great Yarmouth No overall control
(Lab minority)
No overall control Details
Harlow Labour Labour Details
Harrogate Conservative Conservative Details
Hart No overall control No overall control Details
Havant Conservative Conservative Details
Huntingdonshire Conservative Conservative Details
Hyndburn Labour Labour Details
Ipswich Labour Labour Details
Maidstone No overall control
(Lib Dem–Ind minority)
No overall control Details
Mole Valley Conservative Conservative Details
Newcastle-under-Lyme No overall control
(Lab minority)
No overall control Details
North Hertfordshire Conservative Conservative Details
Norwich Labour Labour Details
Pendle No overall control
(Con–Lib Dem coalition)
No overall control Details
Preston Labour Labour Details
Redditch Labour Labour Details
Reigate and Banstead Conservative Conservative Details
Rossendale Labour Labour Details
Rugby No overall control No overall control Details
Runnymede Conservative Conservative Details
Rushmoor Conservative Conservative Details
St Albans Conservative Conservative Details
South Cambridgeshire Conservative Conservative Details
South Lakeland Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat Details
Stevenage Labour Labour Details
Tamworth Conservative Conservative Details
Tandridge Conservative Conservative Details
Three Rivers No overall control
(Lib Dem minority)
No overall control Details
Tunbridge Wells Conservative Conservative Details
West Lancashire Labour Labour Details
West Oxfordshire Conservative Conservative Details
Weymouth and Portland No overall control
(Con minority)
No overall control Details
Worcester Conservative No overall control
(Lab minority)
Details
Worthing Conservative Conservative Details
Wyre Forest Conservative Conservative Details

Mayoral elections

4 direct mayoral elections were held.[5]

Local Authority Previous Mayor Mayor-elect Details
London

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Boris Johnson (Conservative)

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Sadiq Khan (Labour) Details
Bristol

#DCDCDC

George Ferguson (Bristol 1st)

#E4003B

Marvin Rees (Labour) Details
Liverpool

#E4003B

Joe Anderson (Labour)

#E4003B

Joe Anderson (Labour) Details
Salford

#E4003B

Ian Stewart (Labour)

#E4003B

Paul Dennett (Labour) Details

Police and Crime Commissioner elections

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36 elections for Police and Crime Commissioners were held.

Police Force Area Previous Commissioner Commissioner-elect
Avon and Somerset

#DCDCDC

Sue Mountstevens (Independent)

#DCDCDC

Sue Mountstevens (Independent)
Bedfordshire

#E4003B

Olly Martins (Labour)

#0087DC

Kathryn Holloway (Conservative)
Cambridgeshire

#0087DC

Sir Graham Bright (Conservative)

#0087DC

Jason Ablewhite (Conservative)
Cheshire

#0087DC

John Dwyer (Conservative)

#E4003B

David Keane (Labour)
Cleveland

#E4003B

Barry Coppinger (Labour)

#E4003B

Barry Coppinger (Labour)
Cumbria

#0087DC

Richard Rhodes (Conservative)

#0087DC

Peter McCall (Conservative)
Derbyshire

#E4003B

Alan Charles (Labour)

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Hardyal Dhindsa (Labour)
Devon and Cornwall

#0087DC

Tony Hogg (Conservative)

#0087DC

Alison Hernandez (Conservative)
Dorset

#DCDCDC

Martyn Underhill (Independent)

#DCDCDC

Martyn Underhill (Independent)
Durham

#E4003B

Ron Hogg (Labour)

#E4003B

Ron Hogg (Labour)
Essex

#0087DC

Nick Alston (Conservative)

#0087DC

Roger Hirst (Conservative)
Gloucestershire

#DCDCDC

Martin Surl (Independent)

#DCDCDC

Martin Surl (Independent)
Hampshire

#DCDCDC

Simon Hayes (Independent)

#0087DC

Michael Lane (Conservative)
Hertfordshire

#0087DC

David Lloyd (Conservative)

#0087DC

David Lloyd (Conservative)
Humberside

#0087DC

Matthew Grove (Conservative)

#E4003B

Keith Hunter (Labour)
Kent Police

#DCDCDC

Ann Barnes (Independent)

#0087DC

Matthew Scott (Conservative)
Lancashire

#E4003B

Clive Grunshaw (Labour)

#E4003B

Clive Grunshaw (Labour)
Leicestershire

#0087DC

Sir Clive Loader (Conservative)

#E4003B

Willy Bach (Labour)
Lincolnshire Police

#DCDCDC

Alan Hardwick (Independent)

#0087DC

Marc Jones (Conservative)
Merseyside

#E4003B

Jane Kennedy (Labour)

#E4003B

Jane Kennedy (Labour)
Norfolk

#DCDCDC

Stephen Bett (Independent)

#0087DC

Lorne Green (Conservative)
North Yorkshire

#0087DC

Julia Mulligan (Conservative)

#0087DC

Julia Mulligan (Conservative)
Northamptonshire

#0087DC

Adam Simmonds (Conservative)

#0087DC

Stephen Mold (Conservative)
Northumbria

#E4003B

Vera Baird (Labour)

#E4003B

Vera Baird (Labour)
Nottinghamshire

#E4003B

Paddy Tipping (Labour)

#E4003B

Paddy Tipping (Labour)
South Yorkshire

#E4003B

Alan Billings (Labour)

#E4003B

Alan Billings (Labour)
Staffordshire

#0087DC

Matthew Ellis (Conservative)

#0087DC

Matthew Ellis (Conservative)
Suffolk

#0087DC

Tim Passmore (Conservative)

#0087DC

Tim Passmore (Conservative)
Surrey

#DCDCDC

Kevin Hurley (Independent)

#0087DC

David Munro (Conservative)
Sussex

#0087DC

Katy Bourne (Conservative)

#0087DC

Katy Bourne (Conservative)
Thames Valley

#0087DC

Anthony Stansfeld (Conservative)

#0087DC

Anthony Stansfeld (Conservative)
Warwickshire

#DCDCDC

Ron Ball (Independent)

#0087DC

Philip Seccombe (Conservative)
West Mercia Police

#DCDCDC

Bill Longmore (Independent)

#0087DC

John-Paul Campion (Conservative)
West Midlands

#E4003B

David Jamieson (Labour)

#E4003B

David Jamieson (Labour)
West Yorkshire

#E4003B

Mark Burns-Williamson (Labour)

#E4003B

Mark Burns-Williamson (Labour)
Wiltshire

#0087DC

Angus Macpherson (Conservative)

#0087DC

Angus Macpherson (Conservative)

Wales

Police and Crime Commissioner elections

4 elections for Police and Crime Commissioners were held.

Police Force Area Previous Commissioner Commissioner-elect
Dyfed-Powys

#0087DC

Christopher Salmon (Conservative)

#005B54

Dafydd Llywelyn (Plaid Cymru)
Gwent

#DCDCDC

Ian Johnston (Independent)

#E4003B

Jeffrey Cuthbert (Labour)
North Wales

#DCDCDC

Winston Roddick (Independent)

#005B54

Arfon Jones (Plaid Cymru)
South Wales

#E4003B

Alun Michael (Labour)

#E4003B

Alun Michael (Labour)

See also

Other elections being held in the UK on the same day

External links

References

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