United Kingdom local elections, 2013

2 May 2013

35 councils in England, 1 council in Wales, 2 directly-elected mayors

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Cameron	Ed Miliband	Nick Clegg
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Leader since	6 December 2005	25 September 2010	18 December 2007
Last election	31%^[1]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	38%^[1]	16%^[1]
Seats won	1,116	538	352
Seat change	335	291	124
Popular vote	25%	29%	14%
Swing	6%	9%	2%

	Fourth party

Leader	Nigel Farage
Party	UKIP
Leader since	5 November 2010
Last election	not given^[2]
Seats won	147
Seat change	139
Popular vote	22%^[3]

Map showing results of English local elections, 2013. Black represents No Overall Control, white represents areas that did not hold an election, blue represents the Conservative Party and red represents the Labour Party. Areas shown in grey are not part of the United Kingdom.

The 2013 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 2 May 2013.^[4] Elections were held in 35 English councils: all 27 non-metropolitan county councils and eight unitary authorities, and in one Welsh unitary authority. Direct mayoral elections took place in Doncaster and North Tyneside. These elections last took place on the 4 June 2009 at the same time as the 2009 European Parliament Elections, except for County Durham, Northumberland and the Anglesey where elections last took place in 2008.

On the same day a parliamentary by-election took place in the North East constituency of South Shields following the departure of David Miliband, with the Labour Party retaining the seat.

Criteria to vote

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[5] as were those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors.^[6]^[7]

Record choice

The UK Independence Party and the Green Party stood record numbers of candidates.^[8]

Results

Party		Councils		Councillors
Party		Change	Total	Change	Total
	Conservative	-10	18	-335	1,116
	Labour	+3	3	+291	538
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	-124	352
	UKIP	0	0	+139	147
	Green	0	0	+5	22
	Plaid Cymru	0	0	+6	12
	Residents	0	0	+2	12
	Mebyon Kernow	0	0	+1	4
	Liberal	0	0	+1	3
	Health Concern	0	0	0	2
	BNP	0	0	-3	0
	Independent/Other	0	0	+24	166
	No overall control	+9	14	—	—

Labour and UKIP made substantial gains, but the Conservatives won the most councillors and retained control of most councils. The BBC published projected national vote shares, adjusting for which regions are holding local elections and extrapolating to the national situation. These were Labour 29%, Conservatives 25%, UKIP 23% and the Liberal Democrats 14%. This is the lowest figure for the Conservatives since 1982 and the lowest ever figure for the Liberal Democrats. It is also the first time that none of the three main parties in the Commons has scored 30% or more.^[9] Rallings & Thrasher separately calculated a projected national vote share of Labour 29%, Conservatives 26%, UKIP 22% and the Liberal Democrats 13%.^[10]

The actual votes received were Conservative 34.3%, Labour 21.1%, UKIP 19.9%, Lib Dem 13.8% and Green 3.5%.^[11]

Overall, in England, the Conservatives saw 1116 councillors elected (down 335), Labour 538 (up 291), the Liberal Democrats 352 (down 124), independents 165 (up 24), UKIP 147 (up 139), the Greens 22 (up 5), Residents Associations 12 (up 2), Mebyon Kernow 4 (up 1), the Liberal Party 3 (up 1) and Independent Community and Health Concern 2 (no change). The BNP won no seats (down 3).^[12]

England

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.

Council			Details
Buckinghamshire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Cambridgeshire	Conservative	No overall control (Conservative Minority)	Details
Cumbria	No overall control	No overall control (Labour/Lib Dem Coalition)	Details
Derbyshire	Conservative†	Labour	Details
Devon	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Dorset	Conservative	Conservative	Details
East Sussex	Conservative	No overall control (Conservative Minority)	Details
Essex	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Gloucestershire	Conservative	No overall control (Conservative Minority)	Details
Hampshire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Hertfordshire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Kent	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Lancashire	Conservative	No overall control (Labour Minority w/ Lib Dem Support)	Details
Leicestershire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Lincolnshire	Conservative	No overall control (Conservative/Lib Dem Coalition)	Details
Norfolk	Conservative	No overall control (Labour/UKIP/LibDem Minority w/Green & Ind Support)	Details
North Yorkshire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Northamptonshire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Nottinghamshire	Conservative	Labour	Details
Oxfordshire	Conservative	No overall control (Conservative Minority)	Details
Somerset	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Staffordshire	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Suffolk	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Surrey	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Warwickshire	Conservative	No overall control^[13] (Conservative Minority)	Details
West Sussex	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Worcestershire	Conservative	Conservative	Details

†The Conservatives won control of the council in the 2009 elections but lost their majority during its term.

Unitary authorities

Eight single-tier unitary authorities held elections. Seven of these had all of their seats up for election, whilst one, Bristol, elected a third of its seats. These are first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member wards.

Council	Proportion up for election			Details
Bristol	1/3	No overall control	No overall control	Details
Cornwall	All	No overall control	No overall control^[14] (Lib Dem/Independent Coalition)	Details
Durham	All	Labour	Labour	Details
Isle of Wight	All	Conservative	No overall control (Island Independents Minority)	Details
Isles of Scilly	All	Independent	Independent	Details
Northumberland	All	No overall control	No overall control (Labour Minority)	Details
Shropshire	All	Conservative	Conservative	Details
Wiltshire	All	Conservative	Conservative	Details

Mayoral elections

Two elections for directly-elected mayors were held, who act as council leader. These are elected using the Supplementary Vote system. Hartlepool's referendum in November 2012 resulted in the post being abolished from May 2013.^[15]

Local Authority	Incumbent Mayor		Result		Details
Doncaster		Peter Davies (Independent)^[16]		Ros Jones (Labour)	Details
North Tyneside		Linda Arkley (Conservative)		Norma Redfearn (Labour)	Details

Map showing the results of the elections in Wales
Key:

No Overall Control

No election held

Wales

In Wales, a single council, the Isle of Anglesey, was up for election. This election was postponed in 2012, when all other Welsh councils were elected, in order to allow an electoral review to take place for the council.^[17]

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Isle of Anglesey		No overall control		No overall control	Details

Elections not scheduled to be held in 2013 (other than by-elections)

The 32 London borough councils (next election 2014)
The 36 metropolitan district councils (next election 2014)
The 201 district councils in two-tier authorities (next election 2014 in the 67 councils where members are elected by thirds, and 2015 in the 127 councils where all members are elected together)
48 unitary authorities of England (next election 2014 in the 19 councils where members are elected by thirds, excluding Bristol, and 2015 in the 30 councils where all members are elected together)
The Scottish local councils
Local councils in Northern Ireland
The Welsh local councils (except Anglesey)

Notes

↑ All vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares calculated by the BBC.

References

1 2 3 Local elections 2012, by Feargal McGuinness & Edmund Tetteh, House of Commons Library Research Paper 12/27, 21 May 2012
↑ All other parties collectively got 13%; Local elections 2012, by Feargal McGuinness & Edmund Tetteh, House of Commons Library Research Paper 12/27, 21 May 2012
↑ ""Local Elections 2013", by Nicholas Duckworth, House of Commons Research Paper 13/30". Retrieved 13 May 2013.
↑ "Elections and electoral arrangements". communities.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
↑ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
↑ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
↑ Channel 4 News, 1 May 2013
↑ "BBC News - LIVE: Vote 2013 results and reaction". Bbc.co.uk. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
↑ Sunday Times, 5 May 2013
↑ "Final vote tally from last month's locals shows UKIP in second place in seats contested". politicalbetting.com. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
↑ "English council results". bbc news. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
↑ Sian Grzeszczyk (2013-04-29). "BBC News - Warwickshire elections 2013: Conservatives lose control". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
↑ "Cornwall Council". Cornwall.gov.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
↑ Mulholland, Hélène (16 November 2012). "Mayor H'Angus the Monkey finally loses his Hartlepool habitat". The Guardian. London: 16 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
↑ "BBC News - Doncaster mayor quits English Democrats 'because of BNP'". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
↑ "Anglesey council election postponed for year to 2013". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

(2012 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2013 (→ 2014)

County council elections	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

Unitary authorities	Bristol Cornwall Durham Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Northumberland Shropshire Wiltshire

Mayoral elections	Doncaster North Tyneside

Welsh councils	Isle of Anglesey

Elections in Anglesey were due on 3 May 2012, but were postponed one year by the Welsh Government.

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