The 2014 United Kingdom local elections were held on 22 May 2014. Usually these elections are held on the first Thursday in May but were postponed to coincide with the 2014 European Parliament Elections. Direct elections were held for all 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, 74 district/borough councils, 19 unitary authorities and various mayoral posts in England and elections to the new councils in Northern Ireland.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on the day of the election were entitled to vote in the local elections.
The BBC's projected national vote share (PNV) put Labour on 31%, the Conservatives on 29%, UKIP on 17%, and the Liberal Democrats on 13%. Rallings and Thrasher of Plymouth University's national equivalent vote share (NEV) estimated 31% for Labour, 30% for the Conservatives, 18% for UKIP, and 11% for the Liberal Democrats.
For the fourth year running, the Labour Party enjoyed the largest share of the vote in local elections, but its share of the vote was its smallest since 2010. UKIP, which topped the same day's European Parliament elections, finished third in vote share, claiming council seats from Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
Overview of results UK-wide results PartyCouncillorsCouncils Number ChangeNumber Change 2,121 32482 5 1,364 23641 11 427 3106 2 166 1630 130 150 105 100 88 110 71 180 66 10 53 140 38 180 32 20 18 180 13100 410 410 110 2 20 1 10 1 20 n/an/a43 8
England results
PartyCouncillorsCouncils Number ChangeNumber Change 2,121 32482 5 1,364 23641 11 427 3106 2 163 1610 71 180 53 140 38 180 18 180 2 20 1 10 1 20 n/an/a32 8
The Respect Party lost both their remaining councillors.
English Councils - shift of control This table depicts how the control of local councils shifted in this election.
The data along the diagonal represents no shift in control in that number of councils: for example, Chorley was among the solid colour no change 73 Labour controlled councils. The other cells represent the shifts of control: for example, Harrow was one of five councils of which Labour gained control from No Overall Control. The intensity of the colour in a table cell other than the diagonal reflects the relative number of losses in council control suffered by each party.
after election → N.O.C. Labour Cons. Lib. Dem. Oldtotal losses ↓ before election No Overall Control 19 5 - - 24 − 5 Labour 4 73 - - 77 − 4 Conservative 8 4 40 - 52 −12 Liberal Democrats 1 - 1 6 8 − 2 New total 32 82 41 6 161 - gains +13 + 9 + 1 - - - Net change + 8 + 5 −11 − 2 - -
Last updated at 11:30:10 on 27 May 2014
Northern Ireland results Party Councillors % of councillors First preference votes % of FP votes 2011(Notional) 2014 +/- 2011 2014 +/- 2011 2014 +/- 2011 2014 +/- 145130 1531.4%28.1%3.3%179,436144,928 27.2%23.1%4.1% 1151051024.9%22.7%2.2%163,712151,137 24.8%24.1%0.7% 77881116.7%19.0%2.3%100,643101,38515.2%16.1%0.9% 6766114.5%14.2%0.3%99,32585,237 15.0%13.6%1.4% 3432 27.4%6.9%0.5%48,85941,7697.4%6.7%0.7% 313100.6%2.8%2.2%13,07928,3102.0%4.5%2.5% 14 3 0.2%0.8%0.6%3,85812,753 0.6%2.0%1.4% 14 30.2%0.8%0.6%6,3175,515 1.0%0.8%0.2% 1320.2%0.6%0.4%2,5509,3110.4%1.4%1.0% 0110.0%0.2%0.2%011,4950.0%1.8%1.8% 0110.0%0.2%0.2%1,7211,9230.3%0.3%0.0% 000.0%0.0%1,3212,5270.2%0.4%0.2% 000.0%0.0%2,0621,7560.3%0.3%0.0% 000.0%0.0%7609850.10.2%0.1% Fermanagh Against Fracking000.0%0.0%05550.0%0.1%0.1% Republican Network for Unity000.0%0.0%05020.0%0.1%0.1% Community Partnership000.0%0.0%8003880.10.1%0.0% 000.0%0.0%6822720.1%0.0%0.1% 000.0%0.0%4911740.1%0.0%0.1% Democracy First000.0%0.0%01730.0%0.0%0.0% Others000.0%0.0%2,14200.3%0.0%0.3% 1815 33.9%3.2%0.7%32,15126,6824.9%4.2%0.7% Total462462100%100% 660,631627,777100%100%
London boroughs
All seats in the 32 London Borough Councils were up for election.
Results Party Votes won % votes Change Seats % seats Change Councils Change Labour 944,967 37.6 +5.1 1,060 57.3 +185 20 +3 663,847 26.4 −5.3 612 33.1 −105 9 −2 267,769 10.6 −11.8 116 6.3 −130 1 −1 246,805 9.8 +3.2 4 0.2 +2 0 ±0 239,001 9.5 +8.4 12 0.6 +12 0 ±0 Others 152,684 6.1 +0.4 47 2.5 +26 0 ±0 colspan="6" 2 −6
Individual council results Council Previous control Result ConLabLDUKIPGreenIndOthers Barking and Dagenham 51Barnet 32 27 1Bexley 45153Brent 6 56 1Bromley 5172Camden 12 40 11Croydon 3040Ealing 12 53 4Enfield 2241Greenwich 843Hackney 4 50 3Hammersmith and Fulham 2026Haringey 48 9Harrow 26 34 12 Havering 221724Hillingdon 4223Hounslow 1149Islington 471Kensington and Chelsea 37 12 1Kingston upon Thames 282 18Lambeth 3591Lewisham 531Merton 20 36 13Newham 60Redbridge 25 35 3Richmond upon Thames 39 15Southwark 2 48 13Sutton 945Tower Hamlets 42018Waltham Forest 1644Wandsworth 4119Westminster 44 16 Totals 612 1,052 118 12 4245Councils whose control changed hands highlighted thus
Harrow's Council was elected in 2010 with a Labour majority but divisions within this majority in 2013 led to a coalition struck between the Conservatives and the Independent Labour Group (formed of eight ex-Labour councillors). Conservatives withdrew their support for Independent Labour on 16 September 2013 leading to a brief Conservative minority administration.
Metropolitan boroughs One third of the seats in all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs were up for election (showing those elected and each party's total in the new council).
Council Previous control Result ConLabLDUKIPOthers Barnsley 1, 4 18, 52 2, 7 Birmingham 13, 31 22, 77 5, 12 Bolton 5, 15 13, 40 1, 3 2, 2 Bradford 7, 21 17, 46 3, 8 1, 1 1,3Grn2,11Ind Bury 2, 11 15, 38 0, 1 0, 1 Calderdale (Lab minority, thenCon-Ind minority) 6, 19 9, 25 1, 6 1, 1 Coventry 6, 11 13, 43 Doncaster 3, 8 15, 48 1, 1 2, 6 Dudley 7, 20 10, 40 7, 9 0,1Grn0,2Ind Gateshead 18, 55 4, 11 Kirklees (Lab minority) 6, 18 10, 32 5, 11 1,5Grn1,3Ind Knowsley 21, 63 Leeds 6, 19 20, 62 4, 9 1,3Grn2,6Ind Liverpool 27, 79 0, 3 2,4Grn1,4Ind Manchester 33, 95 1, 1 Newcastle upon Tyne 18, 52 8, 24 0, 2 North Tyneside 3, 12 15, 44 1, 4 Oldham 0, 2 14, 45 3, 10 2, 2 1, 1 Rochdale 3, 11 16, 48 1, 1 Rotherham 0, 2 11, 50 10, 10 0, 1 St Helens 1, 3 14, 43 1, 2 Salford 3, 8 17, 52 Sandwell 0, 1 23, 70 1, 1 Sefton 2, 7 13, 40 6, 17 1, 2 Sheffield 18, 60 6, 17 3, 3 2,4Grn Solihull 9, 29 0, 2 3, 8 1, 1 4,10Grn South Tyneside 0, 1 17, 49 0, 1 1, 3 Stockport (Lib Dem minority) 4, 10 7, 22 9, 28 1, 3 Sunderland 3, 8 21, 63 1, 4 Tameside 2, 6 17, 51 Trafford 12, 33 9, 27 1, 3 Wakefield 1, 6 17, 54 2, 2 1, 1 Walsall (Lab minority) 6, 21 9, 30 0, 3 3, 3 1, 3 Wigan 1, 2 23, 62 1, 11 Wirral 8, 22 11, 37 2, 6 1,1Grn Wolverhampton 4, 12 15, 45 0, 2 1, 1 Totals 117, 373 563, 1,741 62, 189 33, 37 28, 104
Unitary authorities
Two unitary authorities had all of their seats up for election following boundary changes.
Council Previous control Result ConLabLDUKIPMilton Keynes (Lab minority) 18 25 13 1 Slough 8 33 1
One third of the council seats were up for election in 17 unitary authorities (elected and totals shown).
Council Previous controlResultConLabLDUKIPIndOthers Blackburn with Darwen Labour won the most seats 4 16 1 12 48 4 Bristol 6 10 6 1 - 3 Green 15 31 16 1 1 6 Green Derby 6 8 3 1 - 14 27 7 2 1 Halton Labour won the most seats 16 1 2 51 3 Hartlepool Labour won the most seats 1 6 2 2 3 19 2 9 Kingston upon Hull Labour won the most seats 1 12 7 - - 2 37 15 1 4 North East Lincolnshire 3 3 2 7 (Labour minority) 10 21 3 8 Peterborough 10 2 3 3 2 (Conservative minority) 28 12 4 3 10 Plymouth 9 7 3 24 30 3 Portsmouth 5 - 3 6 - (Con with UKIP & Lab support) 12 4 19 6 1 Reading Labour won the most seats 2 11 1 2 Green 10 31 2 3 GreenSouthampton 8 8 1 18 28 2 Southend-on-Sea 4 4 1 5 4 - (Ind/Lab/LD coalition) 19 9 5 5 10 Swindon Conservatives won most seats 11 8 1 30 23 4 Thurrock 5 6 5 - (Labour minority) 18 23 6 2 Warrington Labour won the most seats 1 15 5 3 43 11 Wokingham Conservatives won most seats15 1 2 - 44 1 7 2 Totals seats won in May 2014 91 133 36 33 9 5 Green Total membership of new councils 264 438 100 37 42 9 Greensource: BBC News, retrieved June 2014ConsLabLDUKIPIndothers
Non-metropolitan districts Whole council Two district councils had all of their seats up for election following boundary changes Council Previous control Result ConLabLDOthers Hart 14 9 10 Three Rivers 10 3 23
Half of council Seven district councils had half of their seats up for election (showing those elected and the new council) Council Previous control Result ConLabLDUKIPOthers Adur 9, 20 0, 1 4, 6 1, 2 Cheltenham 4, 11 13, 24 2, 5 Fareham 11, 23 3, 5 1, 1 1, 2 Gosport 12, 21 2, 6 2, 6 0, 1 Hastings 5, 8 11, 24 Nuneaton and Bedworth 2, 3 14, 28 1,2Grn0,1Ind Oxford 17, 33 5, 8 3,6Grn0,1Ind Totals 43, 86 44, 92 23, 43 5, 8 7, 19
Third of council 65 district councils had one third of their seats up for election Council Previous control Result ConLabLDUKIPOthers Amber Valley 4, 21 11, 23 0, 1 Basildon Con minority 4, 17 0, 10 0, 1 11, 12 0, 2 Basingstoke and Deane Con minority 8, 28 8, 17 3, 9 1, 2 2, 4 Bassetlaw 3, 11 12, 34 1, 3 Brentwood LibDem/Ind/Lab coalition 6, 18 1, 3 5, 11 0, 5 Broxbourne 9, 26 1, 3 1, 1 Burnley 1, 5 10, 28 4, 12 Cambridge 0, 1 10, 25 4, 14 1, 2 Cannock Chase 1, 6 6, 25 1, 2 4, 6 1, 2 Carlisle 7, 19 9, 29 0, 2 1, 2 Castle Point Con minority 20, 20 5, 5 0, 16 Cherwell 12, 40 4, 7 1, 2 0, 1 Chorley 3, 13 13, 32 1, 2 Colchester LibDem/Lab/Ind coalition 8, 23 2, 8 9, 25 1, 4 Craven 7, 18 0, 2 2, 10 Crawley 5, 16 8, 20 0, 1 Daventry 10, 28 0, 4 0, 1 2, 3 Eastleigh 2, 4 13, 40 Elmbridge 12, 33 2, 6 4, 21 Epping Forest 0, 37 0, 1 2, 3 0, 2 0,1Grn5,14Ind Exeter 2, 10 10, 27 1, 3 Gloucester Con minority 8, 18 3, 9 4, 9 Great Yarmouth Lab minority 2, 14 1, 15 10, 10 Harlow 3, 11 4, 17 5, 5 Harrogate 9, 34 8, 15 2, 5 Havant 10, 31 1, 4 1, 1 2, 2 Hertsmere 11, 34 2, 5 Huntingdonshire 11, 34 0, 1 1, 6 3, 7 0,4Grn2,3Ind Hyndburn 2, 8 7, 23 0, 2 2, 2 Ipswich 4, 10 12, 35 1, 3 Lincoln 2, 6 9, 27 Maidstone Con minority 5, 25 1, 2 9, 19 4, 4 1, 5 Mole Valley 6, 19 4, 15 1, 1 3, 6 Newcastle-under-Lyme 5, 16 11, 32 5, 6 0,5 0,1Grn North Hertfordshire 12, 33 5, 12 0, 3 0, 1 Norwich 8, 21 1, 3 5,15Grn Pendle 5, 19 7, 18 3, 11 1, 1 Preston 6, 19 7, 32 2, 5 0, 1 Purbeck † Con minority 6, 12 2, 11 0, 1 Redditch 3, 9 6, 17 2, 2 0, 1 Reigate and Banstead 12, 37 1, 2 1, 1 1,3Grn2,8Ind Rochford 6, 26 1, 1 1, 3 3, 3 1,2Grn1,4Ind Rossendale 5, 10 6, 24 1, 2 Rugby 7, 23 3, 10 3, 7 2, 2 Runnymede 12, 35 0, 1 2, 6 Rushmoor 8, 24 4, 12 1, 3 St Albans Con minority 12, 29 3, 10 7, 17 0,1Grn0,1Ind South Cambridgeshire 10, 35 0, 1 7, 13 2, 8 South Lakeland 2, 15 0, 3 15, 33 Stevenage 2, 2 34, 34 3, 3 Stratford-on-Avon 15, 35 0, 1 3, 12 0, 5 Stroud Lab/Green/LibDem coalition 10, 22 6, 20 0, 2 2,6Grn0,1Ind Tamworth 6, 16 3, 12 1, 1 0, 1 Tandridge 13, 34 1, 6 0, 2 Tunbridge Wells 14, 38 1, 3 1, 3 0, 2 0, 2 Watford 1, 1 4, 11 7, 23 1,1Grn Welwyn Hatfield 13, 31 4, 14 1, 2 0, 1 West Lancashire Con minority 11, 27 8, 27 West Oxfordshire 15, 40 1, 5 1, 3 0, 1 Weymouth and Portland Lab/LibDem coalition 4, 11 5, 15 1, 6 1, 1 1, 1 Winchester Con minority 11, 28 1, 3 7, 25 0, 1 Woking 7, 23 1, 1 3, 11 1, 1 Worcester Con minority 6, 17 6, 16 0, 1 0,1Grn Worthing 9, 27 1, 7 1, 1 1,1Grn0,1Ind Wyre Forest 5, 15 2, 9 5, 5 1, 13 Totals 446, 1,348 283, 796 163, 421 66, 88 47, 211 † Elected councillors will hold office for one year only as Purbeck District will adopt whole council elections from 2015.
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