Local Elections 1997
Local Elections 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. 3,358 seats were filled across 2,784 wards and divisions in 374 councils, from 9,978 candidates. The Labour Party won 1,339, Conservative Party won 1,128 and Liberal Democrats won 751.
- Date
- 1 May 1997
- Seats filled
- 3,358
- Candidates
- 9,978
- Councils
- 374
| Party | Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Labour Party | 3,233 | 1,339 | 5,723,155 | 34.5% |
| Conservative Party | 3,031 | 1,128 | 5,908,559 | 35.6% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,701 | 751 | 4,292,000 | 25.9% |
| Independent | 393 | 101 | 396,431 | 2.4% |
| LIB | 81 | 11 | 53,319 | 0.3% |
| RES | 13 | 9 | 31,606 | 0.2% |
| Ind Con | 19 | 6 | 21,702 | 0.1% |
| Ind Lab | 39 | 5 | 27,648 | 0.2% |
| Green Party | 306 | 3 | 91,435 | 0.6% |
| Residents | 3 | 3 | 4,961 | 0.0% |
| MK | 12 | 1 | 6,527 | 0.0% |
| Scottish National Party | 2 | 1 | 2,315 | 0.0% |
| RATE | 8 | 0 | 9,551 | 0.1% |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 24 | 0 | 5,956 | 0.0% |
| Nlp | 57 | 0 | 5,024 | 0.0% |
| SOC LAB | 14 | 0 | 3,946 | 0.0% |
| SOC | 12 | 0 | 3,336 | 0.0% |
| Ld LD | 1 | 0 | 2,722 | 0.0% |
| Other | 9 | 0 | 2,180 | 0.0% |
| UK Ind | 3 | 0 | 1,209 | 0.0% |
| ND | 1 | 0 | 1,116 | 0.0% |
| Ind DEM | 1 | 0 | 999 | 0.0% |
| Ind LD | 2 | 0 | 944 | 0.0% |
| SDP | 1 | 0 | 820 | 0.0% |
| Loc Dem | 1 | 0 | 459 | 0.0% |
| The Liberal Party | 1 | 0 | 332 | 0.0% |
| REF | 1 | 0 | 325 | 0.0% |
| Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 1 | 0 | 309 | 0.0% |
| Msf | 1 | 0 | 268 | 0.0% |
| Ind All | 1 | 0 | 155 | 0.0% |
| Socialist (London, 1889-1912) | 1 | 0 | 120 | 0.0% |
| BNP | 1 | 0 | 110 | 0.0% |
| Sussex | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| results | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Yorkshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Council | Wards / divisions | Seats filled | Largest party | Its seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | 7 | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Allerdale | 16 | 16 | Labour | 10 |
| Alnwick | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Amber Valley | 6 | 6 | Labour | 5 |
| Amber Valley | 4 | 4 | Labour | 3 |
| Arun | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Ashfield | 8 | 8 | Labour | 8 |
| Ashford | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 10 |
| Babergh | 5 | 5 | Labour | 2 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 13 | 13 | Labour | 12 |
| Basildon | 5 | 5 | Labour | 4 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Bassetlaw | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Bassetlaw | 7 | 7 | Labour | 6 |
| Bedford | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 3 |
| Bedford | 3 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Bedfordshire | 8 | 8 | Labour | 4 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Blaby | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 4 |
| Blackburn | 12 | 33 | Labour | 21 |
| Blackburn | 10 | 29 | Labour | 25 |
| Blackpool | 22 | 44 | Labour | 34 |
| Blyth Valley | 17 | 17 | Labour | 16 |
| Bolsover | 6 | 6 | Labour | 6 |
| Boston | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 3 |
| Bracknell Forest | 19 | 40 | Conservative | 23 |
| Braintree | 4 | 4 | Labour | 2 |
| Breckland | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 6 |
| Brentwood | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 3 |
| Bridgend | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Bridgnorth | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 4 |
| Brighton & Hove | 1 | 2 | Independent | 1 |
| Bristol, City of | 23 | 23 | Labour | 16 |
| Broadland | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 5 |
| Bromsgrove | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 7 |
| Broxbourne | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 7 |
| Broxtowe | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Broxtowe | 8 | 8 | Labour | 5 |
| Buckinghamshire | 22 | 22 | Conservative | 16 |
| Burnley | 5 | 5 | Labour | 5 |
| Calderdale | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Cambridge | 4 | 5 | Labour | 3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 7 |
| Cannock Chase | 6 | 6 | Labour | 5 |
| Canterbury | 5 | 5 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Canterbury | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| Caradon | 10 | 10 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Carlisle | 7 | 7 | Labour | 5 |
| Carlisle | 3 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Carrick | 14 | 14 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Castle Morpeth | 9 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| Castle Point | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Castle Point | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Charnwood | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 6 |
| Chelmsford | 7 | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Cheltenham | 13 | 13 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| Cherwell | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 7 |
| Chester | 8 | 8 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Chester-le-Street | 6 | 6 | Labour | 6 |
| Chesterfield | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Chesterfield | 7 | 7 | Labour | 5 |
| Chichester | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 8 |
| Chiltern | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 9 |
| Chorley | 6 | 6 | Labour | 5 |
| Christchurch | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Christchurch | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| City of Chester | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Colchester | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Colchester | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Congleton | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Copeland | 11 | 11 | Labour | 9 |
| Corby | 7 | 7 | Labour | 7 |
| Cornwall | 8 | 8 | Liberal Democrats | 5 |
| Cotswold | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 4 |
| County Durham | 2 | 2 | Labour | 1 |
| Coventry | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Craven | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 3 |
| Crawley | 7 | 7 | Labour | 6 |
| Crewe and Nantwich | 7 | 7 | Labour | 5 |
| Cumberland | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 4 |
| Cumbria | 2 | 2 | Labour | 1 |
| Dacorum | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 4 |
| Darlington | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Dartford | 5 | 5 | Labour | 3 |
| Daventry | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 13 | 13 | Labour | 9 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| Derwentside | 9 | 9 | Labour | 9 |
| Devon | 15 | 15 | Liberal Democrats | 11 |
| Dorset | 5 | 5 | Labour | 2 |
| Dover | 7 | 7 | Labour | 5 |
| Dundee | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Durham | 6 | 6 | Labour | 5 |
| Durham | 3 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Ealing | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Easington | 11 | 11 | Labour | 10 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 7 | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| East Devon | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| East Devon | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| East Dorset | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| East Hampshire | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| East Hertfordshire | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 5 |
| East Lindsey | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 6 |
| East Northamptonshire | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 4 |
| East Staffordshire | 4 | 4 | Labour | 3 |
| East Suffolk | 7 | 7 | Labour | 7 |
| East Sussex | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 4 |
| Eastbourne | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Eastleigh | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Eden | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 3 |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | 6 | 6 | Labour | 5 |
| Elmbridge | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 5 |
| Epping Forest | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 5 |
| Epsom And Ewell | 5 | 5 | RES | 4 |
| Erewash | 8 | 8 | Labour | 4 |
| Essex | 24 | 24 | Conservative | 18 |
| Exeter | 9 | 9 | Labour | 4 |
| Fareham | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| Fenland | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 8 |
| Forest Heath | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 4 |
| Forest Of Dean | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Fylde | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Fylde | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Gedling | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 3 |
| Gloucester | 11 | 11 | Labour | 9 |
| Gloucestershire | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 3 |
| Gosport | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| Gravesham | 3 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Great Yarmouth | 8 | 8 | Labour | 6 |
| Great Yarmouth | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Guildford | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 2 |
| Guildford | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Halton | 21 | 56 | Labour | 47 |
| Hambleton | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 7 |
| Hampshire | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 8 |
| Harborough | 4 | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Haringey | 3 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Harlow | 5 | 5 | Labour | 5 |
| Harrogate | 20 | 20 | Liberal Democrats | 13 |
| Harrow | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Hart | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 3 |
| Hastings | 7 | 7 | Labour | 5 |
| Havant | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 4 |
| Herefordshire | 44 | 60 | Liberal Democrats | 33 |
| Hertfordshire | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 6 |
| Hertsmere | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 4 |
| High Peak | 5 | 5 | Labour | 4 |
| Hinckley And Bosworth | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 3 |
| Horsham | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Horsham | 7 | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Huntingdon | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 9 |
| HUNTINGDON | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Hyndburn | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Hyndburn | 5 | 5 | Labour | 5 |
| Ipswich | 15 | 15 | Labour | 11 |
| Kennet | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 4 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kent | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 8 |
| Kerrier | 15 | 15 | Independent | 6 |
| Kettering | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Kettering | 8 | 7 | Labour | 5 |
| King's Lynn And West Norfolk | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 6 |
| Kingston Upon Hull, City of | 20 | 20 | Labour | 19 |
| Lambeth | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Lancashire | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 2 |
| Lancaster | 7 | 7 | Labour | 5 |
| Leicestershire | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 6 |
| Lewes | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Lewisham | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Lichfield | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Lichfield | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 3 |
| Lincoln | 11 | 11 | Labour | 11 |
| Lincolnshire | 18 | 18 | Conservative | 11 |
| Macclesfield | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 8 |
| Macclesfield | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Maidstone | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 6 |
| Maldon | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Malvern Hills | 31 | 45 | Liberal Democrats | 19 |
| Manchester | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Mansfield | 8 | 8 | Labour | 7 |
| Mansfield | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Medway | 35 | 80 | Labour | 39 |
| Melton | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 3 |
| Mendip | 11 | 11 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mid Bedfordshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Mid Bedfordshire | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 10 |
| Mid Devon | 4 | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Mid Suffolk | 4 | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Mid Sussex | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Mid Sussex | 11 | 11 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Mole Valley | 3 | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Mole Valley | 1 | 1 | Independent | 1 |
| New Forest | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 5 |
| Newark And Sherwood | 8 | 8 | Labour | 5 |
| Newbury | 21 | 36 | Liberal Democrats | 26 |
| Newbury | 5 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Newbury Borough Council | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 8 | 8 | Labour | 8 |
| Newham | 3 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Norfolk | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 10 |
| North Cornwall | 13 | 13 | Liberal Democrats | 8 |
| North Devon | 4 | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| North Devon | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| North Dorset | 5 | 5 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| North East Derbyshire | 8 | 8 | Labour | 6 |
| North Hertfordshire | 9 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| North Kesteven | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 5 |
| North Norfolk | 6 | 6 | Labour | 3 |
| North Norfolk | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 2 |
| North Shropshire | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 3 |
| North Tyneside | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| North Warwickshire | 5 | 5 | Labour | 4 |
| North West Leicestershire | 4 | 4 | Labour | 3 |
| North West Leicestershire | 4 | 4 | Labour | 4 |
| North Wiltshire | 13 | 13 | Conservative | 7 |
| Northampton | 23 | 23 | Labour | 14 |
| Northamptonshire | 3 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Northumberland | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Norwich | 12 | 12 | Labour | 9 |
| Nottingham | 27 | 55 | Labour | 50 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7 | 7 | Labour | 4 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 15 | 15 | Labour | 12 |
| Oadby And Wigston | 4 | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Oswestry | 6 | 6 | Labour | 3 |
| Oxford | 7 | 7 | Labour | 5 |
| Oxfordshire | 15 | 15 | Labour | 6 |
| Pendle | 5 | 5 | Labour | 3 |
| Penwith | 10 | 10 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Peterborough | 24 | 57 | Labour | 27 |
| Plymouth | 20 | 61 | Labour | 47 |
| Powys | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Preston | 8 | 8 | Labour | 6 |
| Purbeck | 5 | 5 | Liberal Democrats | 5 |
| Reading | 15 | 45 | Labour | 36 |
| Redcar & Cleveland | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Redditch | 8 | 8 | Labour | 6 |
| Reigate & Banstead | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Restormel | 9 | 9 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Ribble Valley | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Ribble Valley | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Richmondshire | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 3 |
| Rochester-upon-Medway | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Rochford | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 2 |
| Rossendale | 5 | 5 | Labour | 4 |
| Rother | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 3 |
| Rugby | 10 | 10 | Labour | 6 |
| Rugby | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Runnymede | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 3 |
| Rushcliffe | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Rushcliffe | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 4 |
| Rushmoor | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 5 |
| Ryedale | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 5 |
| Salford | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Salford | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Salisbury | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| Scarborough | 15 | 15 | Conservative | 7 |
| Sedgefield | 11 | 11 | Labour | 10 |
| Sedgemoor | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 6 |
| Selby | 10 | 10 | Labour | 6 |
| Sevenoaks | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 6 |
| Shepway | 5 | 5 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | 16 | 16 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Slough | 14 | 41 | Labour | 34 |
| Somerset | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| South Bedfordshire | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 7 |
| South Buckinghamshire | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 13 | 14 | Conservative | 7 |
| South Derbyshire | 3 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| South Derbyshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| South Hams | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| South Holland | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 7 |
| South Kesteven | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 8 |
| South Lakeland | 17 | 17 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| South Norfolk | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| South Norfolk | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 4 |
| South Northamptonshire | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 8 |
| South Oxfordshire | 14 | 14 | Conservative | 8 |
| South Ribble | 8 | 8 | Labour | 4 |
| South Shropshire | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| South Somerset | 17 | 17 | Liberal Democrats | 17 |
| South Staffordshire | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 3 |
| Southend-On-Sea | 13 | 39 | Conservative | 18 |
| Spelthorne | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| Spelthorne | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| St Albans | 10 | 10 | Labour | 4 |
| St Edmundsbury | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 4 |
| Stafford | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 3 |
| Staffordshire | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 9 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 5 | 5 | Labour | 4 |
| Stevenage | 4 | 4 | Labour | 4 |
| Stevenage | 4 | 4 | Labour | 4 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Stoke On Trent | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Stratford-On-Avon | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Stroud | 12 | 12 | Labour | 4 |
| Suffolk | 20 | 20 | Conservative | 9 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 11 | 11 | Conservative | 6 |
| Surrey | 16 | 16 | Conservative | 10 |
| Surrey Heath | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Surrey Heath | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Swale | 5 | 5 | Labour | 2 |
| Tamworth | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Tamworth | 2 | 2 | Labour | 2 |
| Tandridge | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| Taunton Deane | 12 | 12 | Liberal Democrats | 8 |
| Teesdale | 3 | 3 | Conservative | 2 |
| Teignbridge | 7 | 7 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Telford & Wrekin | 2 | 3 | Labour | 2 |
| Tendring | 2 | 2 | Labour | 1 |
| Test Valley | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| Tewkesbury | 7 | 7 | Conservative | 4 |
| Thanet | 9 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| The Wrekin | 21 | 33 | Labour | 24 |
| The Wrekin | 11 | 18 | Labour | 12 |
| Three Rivers | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 3 |
| Thurrock | 13 | 32 | Labour | 29 |
| Thurrock | 7 | 17 | Labour | 17 |
| Tonbridge And Malling | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 5 |
| Torbay | 12 | 36 | Liberal Democrats | 23 |
| Torridge | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 5 |
| Tynedale | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 6 |
| Uttlesford | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Vale Of White Horse | 12 | 12 | Liberal Democrats | 7 |
| Vale Royal | 8 | 8 | Conservative | 4 |
| Waltham Forest | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Wansbeck | 14 | 14 | Labour | 14 |
| Warrington | 24 | 60 | Labour | 45 |
| Warwick | 12 | 12 | Labour | 5 |
| Warwickshire | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 5 |
| Watford | 3 | 3 | Labour | 3 |
| Watford Borough Council | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Waveney | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Waveney | 4 | 4 | Labour | 2 |
| Waverley | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 3 |
| Wealden | 12 | 12 | Conservative | 9 |
| Wear Valley | 8 | 8 | Labour | 7 |
| Wellingborough | 8 | 8 | Labour | 5 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 5 | 5 | Labour | 3 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| West Berkshire | 4 | 8 | Liberal Democrats | 8 |
| West Devon | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| West Dorset | 12 | 13 | Conservative | 6 |
| West Lancashire | 7 | 7 | Labour | 4 |
| West Lindsey | 6 | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| West Lothian | 1 | 1 | SNP | 1 |
| West Oxfordshire | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 5 |
| West Somerset | 5 | 5 | Conservative | 4 |
| West Sussex | 9 | 9 | Conservative | 6 |
| West Wiltshire | 13 | 13 | Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 5 | 5 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Winchester | 4 | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Winchester | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 7 | 15 | Liberal Democrats | 6 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 15 | 43 | Liberal Democrats | 23 |
| Woking | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 4 |
| Wokingham | 24 | 54 | Conservative | 31 |
| Worcester | 9 | 9 | Labour | 5 |
| Worcestershire | 6 | 8 | Liberal Democrats | 4 |
| Worthing | 10 | 10 | Liberal Democrats | 5 |
| Wychavon | 10 | 10 | Conservative | 5 |
| Wycombe | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Wycombe | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Wyre | 6 | 6 | Conservative | 3 |
| Wyre Forest | 8 | 8 | Labour | 5 |
| Wyre Forest | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| YEOVIL | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |