Local Elections 1973
Local Elections 1973 was held on 7 June 1973. 5,093 seats were filled across 6,492 wards and divisions in 390 councils, from 32,436 candidates. Conservative Party won 1,798, The Labour Party won 1,710 and Independent won 1,141.
- Date
- 7 June 1973
- Seats filled
- 5,093
- Candidates
- 32,436
- Councils
- 390
| Party | Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 10,154 | 1,798 | 8,877,075 | 37.4% |
| The Labour Party | 11,120 | 1,710 | 9,033,999 | 38.0% |
| Independent | 6,869 | 1,141 | 2,817,170 | 11.9% |
| The Liberal Party | 672 | 203 | 591,457 | 2.5% |
| LIB | 2,476 | 105 | 1,746,934 | 7.4% |
| RES | 420 | 54 | 349,214 | 1.5% |
| Residents | 73 | 46 | 76,290 | 0.3% |
| Other | 111 | 17 | 39,039 | 0.2% |
| Ind Con | 99 | 10 | 41,404 | 0.2% |
| Ind Lab | 77 | 2 | 37,107 | 0.2% |
| Ind LIB | 15 | 1 | 6,181 | 0.0% |
| Prog Ind | 3 | 1 | 1,602 | 0.0% |
| Rural Dem | 1 | 1 | 524 | 0.0% |
| People Rep | 1 | 1 | 319 | 0.0% |
| Lady Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| R Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Gainsborough Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Dem Lab | 40 | 0 | 28,322 | 0.1% |
| NF | 47 | 0 | 25,210 | 0.1% |
| COMM | 115 | 0 | 22,906 | 0.1% |
| IND RATE | 10 | 0 | 8,118 | 0.0% |
| National Front | 8 | 0 | 5,574 | 0.0% |
| CA | 8 | 0 | 4,853 | 0.0% |
| TIAG | 3 | 0 | 4,480 | 0.0% |
| TA | 13 | 0 | 3,691 | 0.0% |
| T/R | 5 | 0 | 2,744 | 0.0% |
| Ind SOC | 6 | 0 | 2,674 | 0.0% |
| GSP | 26 | 0 | 1,886 | 0.0% |
| EPSG | 3 | 0 | 1,570 | 0.0% |
| UP | 7 | 0 | 1,520 | 0.0% |
| Peoples Ind | 2 | 0 | 1,171 | 0.0% |
| IR&C | 2 | 0 | 1,160 | 0.0% |
| Lib Con | 2 | 0 | 1,137 | 0.0% |
| Ndm | 2 | 0 | 1,041 | 0.0% |
| SOC | 2 | 0 | 975 | 0.0% |
| Ind RES | 1 | 0 | 960 | 0.0% |
| Lord Con | 2 | 0 | 946 | 0.0% |
| Rad Alt | 1 | 0 | 918 | 0.0% |
| Cnp | 1 | 0 | 906 | 0.0% |
| RAG | 2 | 0 | 887 | 0.0% |
| Council | Wards / divisions | Seats filled | Largest party | Its seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | 15 | 19 | The Liberal Party | 11 |
| Allerdale | 30 | 27 | Labour | 16 |
| Alnwick | 14 | 2 | Independent | 2 |
| Amber Valley | 10 | 20 | Labour | 9 |
| Amber Valley | 24 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| Arun | 25 | 20 | Conservative | 11 |
| Ashfield | 14 | 18 | Labour | 18 |
| Ashford | 23 | 30 | Conservative | 15 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 35 | 27 | Independent | 13 |
| Babergh | 28 | 13 | Conservative | 5 |
| Barrow in Furness | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 5 | 14 | Labour | 8 |
| Basildon | 16 | 13 | Labour | 5 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 26 | 24 | Labour | 10 |
| Bassetlaw | 13 | 12 | Labour | 10 |
| Bassetlaw | 20 | 7 | Labour | 7 |
| Bath | 15 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Bedford | 10 | 32 | Conservative | 15 |
| Bedford | 14 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 13 | 10 | Independent | 9 |
| Beverley | 19 | 6 | Independent | 4 |
| BEVERLEY | 3 | 12 | Conservative | 11 |
| Blaby | 20 | 12 | Independent | 8 |
| Blackburn | 21 | 6 | Labour | 6 |
| Blackpool | 8 | 27 | Conservative | 19 |
| Blackpool | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Blyth Valley | 9 | 27 | Labour | 12 |
| Bolsover | 22 | 20 | Labour | 20 |
| Boothferry | 22 | 11 | Independent | 9 |
| Boston | 16 | 5 | Independent | 3 |
| Bournemouth | 18 | 23 | Labour | 12 |
| Bracknell Forest | 17 | 10 | Labour | 6 |
| Braintree | 33 | 20 | Conservative | 7 |
| Breckland | 36 | 17 | Conservative | 10 |
| Brentwood | 15 | 6 | Conservative | 6 |
| Bridgnorth | 20 | 15 | Independent | 12 |
| Brighton | 11 | 35 | Labour | 22 |
| Brighton | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Brighton & Hove | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bristol, City of | 29 | 18 | Labour | 15 |
| Broadland | 24 | 20 | Conservative | 14 |
| Bromsgrove | 20 | 15 | Conservative | 12 |
| Broxbourne | 13 | 9 | Labour | 7 |
| Broxtowe | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Broxtowe | 6 | 20 | Labour | 11 |
| Burnley | 20 | 24 | Labour | 15 |
| Cambridge | 9 | 34 | Labour | 21 |
| Cambridge | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Cannock Chase | 13 | 19 | Labour | 19 |
| Canterbury | 9 | 2 | Independent | 1 |
| Canterbury | 15 | 19 | Conservative | 13 |
| Caradon | 26 | 10 | Independent | 10 |
| Carlisle | 20 | 7 | Labour | 4 |
| Carrick | 20 | 13 | Independent | 10 |
| Castle Morpeth | 16 | 10 | Conservative | 6 |
| Castle Point | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 9 |
| Charnwood | 24 | 20 | Conservative | 11 |
| Chelmsford | 26 | 25 | Labour | 15 |
| Cheltenham | 11 | 20 | Conservative | 14 |
| Cheltenham Borough Council | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Cherwell | 30 | 12 | Conservative | 6 |
| Chester | 9 | 38 | Conservative | 25 |
| Chester-le-Street | 14 | 5 | Labour | 5 |
| Chesterfield | 9 | 17 | Labour | 12 |
| Chesterfield | 14 | 13 | Labour | 13 |
| Chichester | 32 | 28 | Conservative | 15 |
| Chiltern | 24 | 27 | Labour | 9 |
| Chorley | 19 | 30 | Labour | 18 |
| Chorley Borough Council | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Christchurch | 1 | 4 | Conservative | 4 |
| Christchurch | 6 | 18 | Conservative | 12 |
| City of Chester | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Cleethorpes | 2 | 10 | The Liberal Party | 6 |
| Cleethorpes | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Colchester | 27 | 27 | Labour | 16 |
| Colchester Borough Council | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Congleton | 5 | 5 | Independent | 3 |
| Congleton | 17 | 6 | Conservative | 3 |
| Copeland | 23 | 21 | Labour | 13 |
| Corby | 12 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Cotswold | 31 | 17 | Independent | 16 |
| Craven | 17 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Craven | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Crawley | 10 | 18 | Labour | 12 |
| Crewe and Nantwich | 25 | 16 | Labour | 10 |
| Dacorum | 22 | 22 | Labour | 21 |
| Darlington | 15 | 6 | The Liberal Party | 3 |
| Dartford | 18 | 20 | Labour | 12 |
| Dartford Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Daventry | 25 | 17 | Conservative | 7 |
| Daventry Borough Council | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Derby | 18 | 18 | Labour | 9 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 23 | 12 | Conservative | 5 |
| Derwentside | 21 | 6 | Labour | 5 |
| Dover | 26 | 21 | Labour | 12 |
| Dover Borough Council | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Durham | 3 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| Easington | 4 | 4 | Labour | 4 |
| Easington | 17 | 29 | Labour | 29 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 19 | 21 | Independent | 19 |
| East Devon | 34 | 13 | Independent | 12 |
| East Dorset | 15 | 7 | LIB | 3 |
| East Hampshire | 27 | 12 | Conservative | 7 |
| East Hertfordshire | 27 | 19 | Independent | 8 |
| East Lindsey | 41 | 16 | Independent | 14 |
| East Northamptonshire | 19 | 2 | Independent | 2 |
| East Staffordshire | 24 | 33 | Labour | 20 |
| East Yorkshire | 23 | 7 | Independent | 7 |
| East Yorkshire | 1 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Eastbourne | 10 | 15 | Labour | 4 |
| Eastleigh | 8 | 17 | Conservative | 8 |
| Eastleigh | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Eastleigh Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Eden | 26 | 20 | Independent | 16 |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | 15 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Elmbridge | 25 | 34 | Conservative | 19 |
| Epping Forest | 23 | 45 | Conservative | 34 |
| Epsom And Ewell | 10 | 19 | RES | 13 |
| Erewash | 18 | 26 | Labour | 23 |
| Exeter | 17 | 10 | Labour | 4 |
| Fareham | 12 | 18 | Conservative | 9 |
| Fenland | 18 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Forest Heath | 12 | 16 | Conservative | 9 |
| Forest Of Dean | 26 | 19 | Independent | 10 |
| Fylde | 13 | 1 | Independent | 1 |
| Fylde | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Gedling | 17 | 28 | Conservative | 21 |
| Gillingham | 8 | 25 | Labour | 11 |
| Gillingham Borough Council | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Glanford | 18 | 34 | Independent | 27 |
| Gloucester | 11 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Gosport | 11 | 30 | Labour | 17 |
| Gravesham | 19 | 13 | Labour | 10 |
| Great Grimsby | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Great Grimsby | 3 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| Great Yarmouth | 2 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| Great Yarmouth | 19 | 2 | Independent | 1 |
| Guildford | 6 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Guildford | 12 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Halton | 13 | 9 | Independent | 3 |
| Hambleton | 31 | 17 | Independent | 17 |
| Harborough | 23 | 13 | Conservative | 11 |
| Harlow | 14 | 6 | Labour | 6 |
| Harrogate | 29 | 6 | Independent | 3 |
| Harrogate | 5 | 13 | Conservative | 8 |
| Harrogate Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Hart | 12 | 10 | Conservative | 6 |
| Hartlepool | 16 | 15 | Labour | 15 |
| Hartlepool Borough Council | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Hastings | 11 | 15 | Labour | 8 |
| Havant | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Hereford | 7 | 2 | LIB | 2 |
| Hertsmere | 15 | 29 | Labour | 12 |
| High Peak | 25 | 8 | Conservative | 4 |
| Hinckley And Bosworth | 18 | 34 | Labour | 14 |
| Holderness | 17 | 5 | Independent | 5 |
| Horsham | 24 | 19 | Conservative | 10 |
| Hove | 12 | 9 | Conservative | 9 |
| Hove Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Huntingdonshire | 33 | 19 | Independent | 9 |
| Huntingdonshire County Council | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Hyndburn | 19 | 25 | Conservative | 17 |
| Ipswich | 14 | 31 | Labour | 24 |
| Isle Of Wight | 31 | 6 | Independent | 4 |
| Kennet | 30 | 11 | Independent | 10 |
| Kerrier | 18 | 16 | Independent | 8 |
| Kettering | 14 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Kettering | 2 | 10 | Conservative | 4 |
| King's Lynn And West Norfolk | 40 | 23 | Labour | 11 |
| Kingston Upon Hull | 21 | 18 | Labour | 13 |
| Kingston Upon Hull, City of | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Kingswood | 23 | 0 | — | — |
| Lancaster | 30 | 18 | Conservative | 10 |
| Langbaurgh | 10 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| LANGBAURGH | 6 | 39 | Conservative | 20 |
| Leicester | 10 | 18 | Labour | 12 |
| Leicester City Council | 9 | 12 | Labour | 11 |
| Leicestershire | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Leominster | 26 | 12 | Independent | 9 |
| Lewes | 20 | 33 | Conservative | 22 |
| Lichfield | 18 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Lichfield | 8 | 15 | Labour | 12 |
| Lincoln | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Luton | 12 | 32 | Labour | 23 |
| Luton Borough Council | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Macclesfield | 27 | 6 | Independent | 3 |
| Maidstone | 20 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| Maidstone | 8 | 8 | The Liberal Party | 4 |
| Maldon | 16 | 8 | Conservative | 3 |
| Maldon Borough Council | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Malvern Hills | 35 | 11 | Independent | 11 |
| Mansfield | 8 | 40 | Labour | 33 |
| Medina | 20 | 33 | Independent | 13 |
| Melton | 16 | 7 | Conservative | 5 |
| Mendip | 24 | 9 | Independent | 7 |
| Mid Bedfordshire | 25 | 12 | Conservative | 4 |
| Mid Devon | 23 | 6 | Independent | 6 |
| Mid Suffolk | 36 | 22 | Independent | 19 |
| Middlesbrough | 10 | 30 | Labour | 17 |
| Milton Keynes | 17 | 4 | Labour | 2 |
| Mole Valley | 6 | 15 | Conservative | 7 |
| Mole Valley | 13 | 12 | Independent | 5 |
| New Forest | 34 | 17 | Independent | 11 |
| New Forest | 2 | 6 | Conservative | 2 |
| Newark And Sherwood | 27 | 14 | Labour | 11 |
| Newbury | 36 | 17 | Independent | 9 |
| Newbury Borough Council | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 25 | 22 | Labour | 10 |
| North Cornwall | 26 | 8 | Independent | 8 |
| North Devon | 12 | 2 | Independent | 2 |
| North Devon | 22 | 9 | Independent | 6 |
| North Dorset | 18 | 2 | Independent | 2 |
| North Dorset | 5 | 2 | Independent | 2 |
| North East Derbyshire | 23 | 4 | Labour | 2 |
| North Hertfordshire | 18 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| North Kesteven | 32 | 20 | Independent | 18 |
| North Norfolk | 36 | 10 | Independent | 6 |
| North Shropshire | 21 | 24 | Independent | 22 |
| North Shropshire | 3 | 1 | Independent | 1 |
| North Tyneside | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| North Warwickshire | 16 | 12 | Labour | 8 |
| North West Leicestershire | 23 | 5 | Labour | 5 |
| North Wiltshire | 30 | 18 | Independent | 9 |
| Northampton | 11 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Northampton | 4 | 13 | Conservative | 7 |
| Northavon | 30 | 15 | Labour | 11 |
| Northavon | 2 | 6 | Conservative | 3 |
| Norwich | 16 | 18 | Labour | 15 |
| Nottingham | 25 | 24 | Labour | 20 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 11 | 15 | Labour | 10 |
| Oadby And Wigston | 10 | 16 | Conservative | 12 |
| Oswestry | 13 | 9 | Independent | 9 |
| Oxford | 14 | 27 | Labour | 20 |
| Pendle | 2 | 7 | The Liberal Party | 5 |
| Pendle | 30 | 4 | LIB | 3 |
| Penwith | 11 | 3 | Independent | 3 |
| Peterborough | 24 | 18 | Conservative | 14 |
| Plymouth | 23 | 21 | Conservative | 16 |
| Poole | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 8 |
| Poole Borough Council | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Portsmouth | 16 | 9 | Conservative | 6 |
| Preston | 20 | 18 | Labour | 13 |
| Purbeck | 11 | 5 | Independent | 5 |
| Reading | 13 | 34 | Conservative | 13 |
| Redditch | 9 | 9 | Labour | 9 |
| Reigate & Banstead | 15 | 10 | Labour | 6 |
| Restormel | 14 | 0 | — | — |
| Ribble Valley | 19 | 22 | Conservative | 19 |
| Richmondshire | 24 | 17 | Independent | 17 |
| Rochester-upon-Medway | 19 | 35 | Labour | 25 |
| Rochford | 23 | 8 | Conservative | 3 |
| Rossendale | 15 | 0 | — | — |
| Rossendale | 2 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Rother | 25 | 13 | Independent | 13 |
| Rugby | 17 | 18 | Labour | 9 |
| Rugby Borough Council | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Runnymede | 13 | 25 | Conservative | 14 |
| Rushcliffe | 23 | 30 | Conservative | 26 |
| Rushmoor | 8 | 34 | Conservative | 18 |
| Rutland | 15 | 7 | Independent | 6 |
| Ryedale | 25 | 15 | Independent | 12 |
| Ryedale | 4 | 5 | Independent | 3 |
| Salisbury | 34 | 15 | Independent | 8 |
| Scarborough | 21 | 17 | Conservative | 9 |
| Scarborough Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scunthorpe | 10 | 20 | Labour | 18 |
| Scunthorpe Borough Council | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sedgefield | 19 | 14 | Labour | 14 |
| Sedgemoor | 31 | 18 | Conservative | 8 |
| Selby | 35 | 12 | Conservative | 7 |
| Sevenoaks | 27 | 8 | Conservative | 7 |
| Sevenoaks | 6 | 9 | Independent | 5 |
| Sheffield | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Shepway | 25 | 23 | Conservative | 14 |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | 22 | 20 | Conservative | 9 |
| Slough | 16 | 29 | Labour | 27 |
| Somerset | 50 | 13 | Conservative | 8 |
| South Bedfordshire | 24 | 24 | Conservative | 10 |
| South Buckinghamshire | 18 | 7 | Conservative | 5 |
| South Bucks | 2 | 6 | Conservative | 6 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 42 | 23 | Independent | 20 |
| South Derbyshire | 10 | 9 | Labour | 8 |
| South Derbyshire | 5 | 11 | Labour | 8 |
| South Hams | 31 | 11 | Independent | 11 |
| South Hams | 1 | 4 | Independent | 2 |
| South Herefordshire | 32 | 16 | Independent | 16 |
| South Holland | 20 | 8 | Independent | 8 |
| South Kesteven | 31 | 8 | Independent | 7 |
| South Lakeland | 40 | 16 | Independent | 11 |
| South Norfolk | 31 | 12 | Independent | 9 |
| South Norfolk | 5 | 5 | Labour | 3 |
| South Northamptonshire | 29 | 10 | Conservative | 5 |
| South Oxfordshire | 38 | 26 | Conservative | 14 |
| South Ribble | 19 | 16 | Conservative | 10 |
| South Shropshire | 21 | 15 | Independent | 15 |
| South Somerset | 39 | 13 | Independent | 9 |
| South Staffordshire | 24 | 18 | Conservative | 15 |
| South Wight | 14 | 24 | Independent | 21 |
| Southampton | 12 | 40 | Labour | 25 |
| Southampton | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Southend-on-Sea | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Southend-On-Sea | 10 | 5 | The Liberal Party | 5 |
| Spelthorne | 16 | 52 | Conservative | 39 |
| St Albans Borough Council | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| St Edmundsbury | 32 | 11 | Conservative | 9 |
| St. Albans | 18 | 0 | — | — |
| St.Albans | 5 | 16 | Conservative | 9 |
| St.Edmundsbury | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stafford | 25 | 15 | Independent | 11 |
| Staffordshire | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 29 | 4 | Labour | 4 |
| Stevenage | 2 | 14 | Labour | 11 |
| Stevenage | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 14 | 40 | Labour | 26 |
| Stoke On Trent | 24 | 12 | Labour | 6 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 22 | 10 | Conservative | 5 |
| Stratford-On-Avon | 13 | 8 | Independent | 5 |
| Stroud | 32 | 10 | Conservative | 5 |
| Suffolk | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Suffolk Coastal | 35 | 20 | Conservative | 9 |
| Surrey | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Surrey Heath | 10 | 32 | Conservative | 32 |
| Swale | 26 | 12 | Labour | 11 |
| Tamworth | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tamworth | 2 | 6 | Other | 6 |
| Tamworth Borough Council | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tandridge | 18 | 8 | Conservative | 6 |
| Taunton Deane | 27 | 19 | Conservative | 11 |
| Teesdale | 16 | 9 | Independent | 8 |
| Teignbridge | 30 | 22 | Independent | 18 |
| Teignbridge | 2 | 6 | Independent | 6 |
| Tendring | 27 | 24 | Conservative | 15 |
| Test Valley | 21 | 17 | Independent | 7 |
| Tewkesbury | 24 | 23 | Conservative | 11 |
| Tewkesbury Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Thamesdown | 16 | 36 | Labour | 22 |
| Thanet | 22 | 36 | Conservative | 16 |
| The Wrekin | 24 | 14 | Labour | 9 |
| Three Rivers | 17 | 8 | Conservative | 5 |
| Thurrock | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Thurrock | 9 | 18 | Labour | 18 |
| Tonbridge And Malling | 28 | 10 | Labour | 5 |
| Torbay | 12 | 9 | Conservative | 8 |
| Torridge | 23 | 9 | Independent | 9 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 21 | 28 | Conservative | 17 |
| Tynedale | 31 | 10 | Independent | 3 |
| Uttlesford | 27 | 25 | Conservative | 11 |
| Vale Of White Horse | 31 | 12 | Conservative | 5 |
| Vale Royal | 28 | 10 | Conservative | 4 |
| Wansbeck | 14 | 29 | Labour | 29 |
| Wansdyke | 28 | 10 | Conservative | 5 |
| Wansdyke | 1 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Warrington | 28 | 18 | Conservative | 15 |
| Warwick | 30 | 26 | Conservative | 15 |
| Watford Borough Council | 11 | 5 | Labour | 5 |
| Waveney | 26 | 34 | Labour | 16 |
| Waverley | 25 | 27 | Conservative | 14 |
| Wealden | 30 | 25 | Conservative | 15 |
| Wear Valley | 20 | 1 | People Rep | 1 |
| Wellingborough | 15 | 8 | Conservative | 6 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 12 | 15 | Conservative | 9 |
| West Devon | 20 | 8 | Independent | 8 |
| West Dorset | 38 | 16 | Independent | 15 |
| West Lancashire | 21 | 19 | Labour | 8 |
| West Lindsey | 30 | 12 | Independent | 11 |
| West Oxfordshire | 30 | 20 | Independent | 13 |
| West Somerset | 19 | 8 | Independent | 6 |
| West Wiltshire | 16 | 20 | Conservative | 12 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 11 | 18 | Labour | 10 |
| Winchester | 27 | 13 | Independent | 11 |
| Winchester | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 4 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 20 | 37 | Conservative | 34 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Woking | 12 | 28 | Conservative | 19 |
| Wokingham | 29 | 29 | Conservative | 12 |
| Woodspring | 1 | 4 | Conservative | 3 |
| Woodspring | 32 | 7 | Conservative | 7 |
| Worcester | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Worthing | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 8 |
| Worthing | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Worthing Borough Council | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Wychavon | 35 | 13 | Independent | 6 |
| Wycombe | 8 | 23 | Labour | 12 |
| Wycombe | 16 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Wyre | 3 | 4 | Conservative | 3 |
| Wyre | 25 | 13 | Conservative | 13 |
| Wyre Forest | 19 | 14 | Conservative | 7 |
| York | 13 | 6 | Labour | 3 |