Local Elections 2017
Local Elections 2017 was held on 4 May 2017. 4,974 seats were filled across 3,508 wards and divisions in 174 councils, from 16,012 candidates. Conservative Party won 1,970, The Labour Party won 1,175 and Independent won 612.
- Date
- 4 May 2017
- Seats filled
- 4,974
- Candidates
- 16,012
- Councils
- 174
| Party | Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 3,392 | 1,970 | 4,116,122 | 38.3% |
| The Labour Party | 3,650 | 1,175 | 2,504,930 | 23.3% |
| Independent | 1,834 | 612 | 771,732 | 7.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,513 | 453 | 1,515,214 | 14.1% |
| Scottish National Party | 627 | 431 | 610,434 | 5.7% |
| Independent / other | 412 | 128 | 209,259 | 1.9% |
| PC | 368 | 123 | 165,149 | 1.5% |
| Green Party | 1,599 | 42 | 397,684 | 3.7% |
| D Ind | 10 | 6 | 8,329 | 0.1% |
| Llantwit First Independents | 4 | 4 | 7,308 | 0.1% |
| Spennymr | 4 | 4 | 3,655 | 0.0% |
| Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales | 19 | 3 | 6,802 | 0.1% |
| LlG | 5 | 3 | 1,015 | 0.0% |
| Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell | 3 | 2 | 5,621 | 0.1% |
| Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern | 7 | 2 | 4,606 | 0.0% |
| Mexb1st | 2 | 2 | 4,403 | 0.0% |
| NEast | 8 | 2 | 2,982 | 0.0% |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 1,317 | 1 | 353,578 | 3.3% |
| Farnham Residents | 2 | 1 | 3,069 | 0.0% |
| CC(Hart) | 1 | 1 | 3,055 | 0.0% |
| Loughton | 1 | 1 | 2,824 | 0.0% |
| Ashtead Independents | 1 | 1 | 2,763 | 0.0% |
| MK | 10 | 1 | 2,525 | 0.0% |
| Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association | 1 | 1 | 2,515 | 0.0% |
| CIIP | 1 | 1 | 1,976 | 0.0% |
| West Dunbartonshire Community Party | 1 | 1 | 1,291 | 0.0% |
| The Moderate Group | 1 | 1 | 876 | 0.0% |
| Residents for Uttlesford | 1 | 1 | 623 | 0.0% |
| OMG | 1 | 1 | 561 | 0.0% |
| TUSC | 59 | 0 | 4,925 | 0.0% |
| YORKS | 6 | 0 | 3,227 | 0.0% |
| R4U | 2 | 0 | 3,030 | 0.0% |
| LIB | 9 | 0 | 2,468 | 0.0% |
| Seaham | 4 | 0 | 2,124 | 0.0% |
| LincsInd | 2 | 0 | 1,660 | 0.0% |
| BNP | 8 | 0 | 1,557 | 0.0% |
| Wickford | 1 | 0 | 1,503 | 0.0% |
| Rochford | 1 | 0 | 1,400 | 0.0% |
| Yorkshire Party | 2 | 0 | 1,394 | 0.0% |
| & Tendring | 1 | 0 | 1,332 | 0.0% |
| Council | Wards / divisions | Seats filled | Largest party | Its seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 13 | 45 | SNP | 19 |
| Aberdeenshire | 19 | 70 | Conservative | 23 |
| Angus | 8 | 28 | Independent | 9 |
| Argyll and Bute | 11 | 36 | SNP | 11 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Birmingham | 2 | 2 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 16 | 42 | Independent | 28 |
| Bradford | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Breckland | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Bridgend | 39 | 55 | Labour | 26 |
| Buckinghamshire | 49 | 49 | Conservative | 41 |
| Bury | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Caerphilly | 33 | 73 | Labour | 50 |
| Cambridge | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 59 | 61 | Conservative | 36 |
| Camden | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Cardiff | 29 | 75 | Labour | 40 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 2 | Labour | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 58 | 74 | Labour | 22 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Ceredigion | 40 | 42 | Independent | 13 |
| Charnwood | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Chelmsford | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Chichester | 4 | 4 | Conservative | 4 |
| Chiltern | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Clackmannanshire | 5 | 18 | SNP | 8 |
| Conwy | 38 | 59 | Independent | 21 |
| Cornwall | 122 | 123 | Conservative | 46 |
| County Durham | 63 | 126 | Labour | 74 |
| Craven | 1 | 1 | Green | 1 |
| Crawley | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Cumbria | 84 | 84 | Conservative | 37 |
| Dacorum | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Daventry | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 30 | 47 | Conservative | 16 |
| Derbyshire | 61 | 64 | Conservative | 37 |
| Devon | 58 | 60 | Conservative | 42 |
| Doncaster | 21 | 55 | Labour | 43 |
| Dorset | 40 | 46 | Conservative | 32 |
| Dover | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 12 | 43 | Conservative | 16 |
| Dundee | 8 | 29 | SNP | 14 |
| East Ayrshire | 9 | 32 | SNP | 14 |
| East Devon | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 7 | 22 | SNP | 7 |
| East Hertfordshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| East Lothian | 6 | 22 | Labour | 9 |
| East Northamptonshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| East Renfrewshire | 5 | 18 | Conservative | 7 |
| East Staffordshire | 2 | 2 | Labour | 1 |
| East Sussex | 50 | 50 | Conservative | 30 |
| Eastleigh | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Edinburgh | 17 | 63 | SNP | 19 |
| Essex | 71 | 76 | Conservative | 56 |
| Exeter | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Falkirk | 9 | 30 | SNP | 12 |
| Fife | 22 | 75 | SNP | 29 |
| Flintshire | 57 | 70 | Labour | 34 |
| Fylde | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Glasgow | 23 | 85 | SNP | 39 |
| Gloucestershire | 53 | 53 | Conservative | 31 |
| Gravesham | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Gwynedd | 71 | 75 | Independent | 26 |
| Hampshire | 77 | 79 | Conservative | 57 |
| Hartlepool | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | 78 | 78 | Conservative | 51 |
| Hertsmere | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Highland | 21 | 74 | Independent | 28 |
| Huntingdonshire | 1 | 1 | Ind | 1 |
| Inverclyde | 7 | 22 | Labour | 8 |
| Ipswich | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 11 | 30 | Independent | 13 |
| Isle Of Wight | 39 | 40 | Conservative | 25 |
| Isles of Scilly | 5 | 16 | Independent | 16 |
| Kent | 74 | 83 | Conservative | 68 |
| Kettering | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Lancashire | 82 | 84 | Conservative | 46 |
| Leicestershire | 53 | 55 | Conservative | 36 |
| Lichfield | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 70 | 70 | Conservative | 58 |
| Liverpool | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Maidstone | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Malvern Hills | 1 | 1 | Green | 1 |
| Manchester | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Melton | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Mendip | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 11 | 33 | Independent | 17 |
| Mid Suffolk | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Mid Sussex | 2 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Midlothian | 6 | 18 | Labour | 7 |
| Monmouthshire | 42 | 43 | Conservative | 25 |
| Moray | 8 | 26 | SNP | 9 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 42 | 64 | Labour | 43 |
| Newark And Sherwood | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Newport | 20 | 50 | Labour | 31 |
| Norfolk | 84 | 84 | Conservative | 55 |
| North Ayrshire | 10 | 33 | SNP | 11 |
| North Dorset | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| North Hertfordshire | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| North Lanarkshire | 21 | 77 | SNP | 33 |
| North Norfolk | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| North Yorkshire | 68 | 72 | Conservative | 55 |
| Northamptonshire | 57 | 57 | Conservative | 43 |
| Northumberland | 66 | 67 | Conservative | 33 |
| Nottingham | 2 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 56 | 66 | Conservative | 31 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Orkney Islands | 1 | 3 | Independent | 3 |
| Orkney Islands | 5 | 18 | Independent | 15 |
| Oxford | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 61 | 63 | Conservative | 31 |
| Pembrokeshire | 60 | 60 | Independent | 34 |
| Perth and Kinross | 12 | 40 | Conservative | 17 |
| Powys | 72 | 72 | Independent | 30 |
| Preston | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Reigate & Banstead | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Renfrewshire | 12 | 43 | SNP | 19 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 52 | 75 | Labour | 47 |
| Rugby | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Runnymede | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Rushcliffe | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Rushmoor | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Scottish Borders | 11 | 34 | Conservative | 15 |
| Sedgemoor | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Sheffield | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Shetland Islands | 7 | 22 | Independent | 21 |
| Shropshire | 63 | 74 | Conservative | 49 |
| Slough | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Somerset | 54 | 55 | Conservative | 35 |
| South Ayrshire | 8 | 28 | Conservative | 12 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| South Lakeland | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| South Lanarkshire | 20 | 64 | SNP | 27 |
| South Northamptonshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| South Somerset | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| South Staffordshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Spelthorne | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Stafford | 1 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Staffordshire | 60 | 62 | Conservative | 51 |
| Stevenage | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Stirling | 7 | 23 | SNP | 9 |
| Stratford-On-Avon | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Suffolk | 63 | 75 | Conservative | 52 |
| Surrey | 81 | 81 | Conservative | 61 |
| Swansea | 36 | 72 | Labour | 48 |
| Teignbridge | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 1 |
| Test Valley | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 |
| Tonbridge And Malling | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Torfaen | 24 | 44 | Labour | 29 |
| Trafford | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 23 | 47 | Conservative | 23 |
| Warwickshire | 57 | 57 | Conservative | 36 |
| Watford | 3 | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 2 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| West Devon | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 6 | 22 | SNP | 10 |
| West Lothian | 9 | 33 | SNP | 13 |
| West Oxfordshire | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| West Somerset | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| West Sussex | 70 | 70 | Conservative | 56 |
| Western Isles | 9 | 31 | Independent | 23 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 98 | 98 | Conservative | 68 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 1 | 1 | Independent | 1 |
| Wirral | 1 | 1 | Labour | 1 |
| Worcester | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 52 | 57 | Conservative | 40 |
| Wrexham | 47 | 52 | Independent | 26 |
| Wychavon | 2 | 2 | Conservative | 2 |
| Wyre | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |
| Wyre Forest | 1 | 1 | Conservative | 1 |