Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 2021?

Conservative Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 2021, with 2,645 of 5,266 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 2021?

The Local Elections 2021 was held on 6 May 2021.

Local Elections 2021

Name: Local Elections 2021 results
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Local Elections 2021 was held on 6 May 2021. 5,266 seats were filled across 4,312 wards and divisions in 346 councils, from 20,441 candidates. Conservative Party won 2,645, The Labour Party won 1,458 and Liberal Democrats won 639.

Date: 6 May 2021
Seats filled: 5,266
Candidates: 20,441
Councils: 346

Local Elections 2021: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
Conservative Party	5,145	2,645	6,197,060	40.6%
The Labour Party	4,916	1,458	4,248,992	27.8%
Liberal Democrats	3,884	639	2,262,749	14.8%
Independent	1,232	189	595,398	3.9%
Green Party	3,098	160	1,295,996	8.5%
Independent / other	91	22	68,165	0.4%
RES	37	18	29,712	0.2%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	46	11	18,336	0.1%
WICK IND	31	8	17,385	0.1%
Ashfield Independents	8	8	14,209	0.1%
ND	51	7	21,577	0.1%
THORN IND	16	5	9,775	0.1%
MK	19	5	8,719	0.1%
B and D IND	7	5	8,116	0.1%
Scottish National Party	7	4	79,352	0.5%
SWIND	9	4	10,836	0.1%
INDN	7	4	6,072	0.0%
RDP	40	3	14,659	0.1%
HAMPS IND	31	3	10,433	0.1%
CCH	5	3	6,163	0.0%
MF	3	3	4,923	0.0%
Canvey Island Independent Party	3	3	3,372	0.0%
NEP	9	3	3,008	0.0%
REF	159	2	18,983	0.1%
Residents for Uttlesford	5	2	10,093	0.1%
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell	3	2	5,439	0.0%
Morley Borough Independents	2	2	5,049	0.0%
FKF	3	2	4,203	0.0%
HIU	7	2	3,896	0.0%
CIIP	2	2	3,153	0.0%
Independent Loughton Residents Association	3	2	2,720	0.0%
South Holland Independents	2	2	2,699	0.0%
C Ind	6	2	2,428	0.0%
IIN	3	2	984	0.0%
LIB	32	1	8,554	0.1%
Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First	10	1	5,673	0.0%
OWL	6	1	5,159	0.0%
Residents for Guildford and Villages	3	1	4,650	0.0%
TWA	8	1	4,540	0.0%
Rochford District Residents	2	1	4,447	0.0%

Local Elections 2021: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Adur	15	20	Conservative	12
Allerdale	5	5	Conservative	3
Amber Valley	16	16	Conservative	13
Arun	3	3	Conservative	3
Ashfield	4	5	SWIND	3
Ashford	2	3	Conservative	3
Babergh	1	1	Conservative	1
Barking and Dagenham	1	1	Labour	1
Barnet	2	2	Conservative	2
Barnsley	21	22	Labour	18
Barrow-in-Furness	2	2	Conservative	1
Basildon	14	16	Conservative	11
Basingstoke and Deane	20	58	Conservative	35
Bassetlaw	5	5	Conservative	4
Bexley	1	1	Conservative	1
Birmingham	4	4	Labour	2
Blaby	1	1	Conservative	1
Blackburn with Darwen	17	17	Labour	11
Blackpool	2	2	Conservative	2
Bolsover	3	3	Labour	3
Bolton	20	21	Conservative	10
Boston	3	3	Conservative	2
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole	2	2	Christchurch Independents	1
Bradford	30	33	Labour	15
Braintree	2	2	Conservative	2
Breckland	2	2	Conservative	2
Brent	1	1	Labour	1
Brentwood	12	13	Conservative	9
Bridgend	1	1	Independent	1
Brighton & Hove	2	2	Conservative	1
Bristol, City of	34	70	Green	24
Bromley	1	1	Labour	1
Bromsgrove	1	2	Labour	1
Broxbourne	10	10	Conservative	9
Broxtowe	2	2	Labour	2
Buckinghamshire	49	147	Conservative	113
Burnley	17	17	Labour	6
Bury	17	19	Labour	9
Calderdale	17	19	Conservative	9
Cambridge	14	44	Labour	29
Cambridgeshire	59	61	Conservative	28
Cannock Chase	13	13	Conservative	12
Canterbury	4	4	Conservative	2
Carlisle	3	3	Conservative	2
Castle Point	13	20	Conservative	10
Charnwood	2	2	Conservative	2
Chelmsford	2	3	Liberal Democrats	2
Cheltenham	21	26	Liberal Democrats	14
Cherwell	16	16	Conservative	11
Cheshire East	1	1	Labour	1
Cheshire West & Chester	2	2	Conservative	1
Chichester	1	3	Conservative	1
Chorley	14	40	Labour	30
Chorley Borough Council	1	3	Conservative	3
Colchester	17	19	Conservative	9
Copeland	1	1	Labour	1
Cornwall	87	87	Conservative	47
Cotswold	1	1	Conservative	1
County Durham	63	126	Labour	53
Coventry	18	19	Labour	13
Craven	2	2	Conservative	1
Crawley	12	14	Conservative	8
Croydon	5	5	Labour	3
Cumbria	4	4	Conservative	3
Cynon Valley	1	1	Labour	1
Dacorum	4	6	Conservative	3
Darlington	2	2	Conservative	2
Dartford	3	3	Conservative	3
Derby	17	18	Conservative	9
Derbyshire	61	64	Conservative	45
Derbyshire Dales	2	2	Conservative	1
Devon	58	60	Conservative	39
Doncaster	21	55	Labour	40
Dover	1	1	Conservative	1
Dudley	24	26	Conservative	23
Ealing	3	3	Conservative	2
East Cambridgeshire	2	2	Liberal Democrats	1
East Devon	1	1	Conservative	1
East Hampshire	3	3	Conservative	3
East Hertfordshire	3	4	Conservative	3
East Lindsey	3	3	Conservative	2
East Riding Of Yorkshire	2	2	Conservative	2
East Staffordshire	2	3	Labour	3
East Suffolk	2	2	Conservative	1
East Sussex	50	50	Conservative	27
Eastbourne	2	2	Conservative	1
Eastleigh	12	12	Liberal Democrats	10
Eden	2	2	Conservative	2
Elmbridge	16	16	Conservative	6
Enfield	3	3	Labour	2
England	3	3	Labour	3
Epping Forest	23	24	Conservative	15
Erewash	3	4	Conservative	4
Essex	70	75	Conservative	52
Exeter	13	15	Labour	11
Fareham	16	16	Conservative	14
Fenland	3	3	Conservative	3
Flintshire	1	1	Independent	1
Folkestone And Hythe	1	1	Conservative	1
Forest Of Dean	2	2	Labour	1
Fylde	2	2	Conservative	2
Gateshead	22	24	Labour	19
Gedling	2	4	Labour	4
Glasgow City	1	1	SNP	1
Gloucester	18	40	Conservative	26
Gloucestershire	53	53	Conservative	28
Gosport	17	17	Conservative	11
Gravesham	1	1	Conservative	1
Great Yarmouth	3	3	Conservative	3
Greenwich	4	4	Labour	4
Guildford	5	6	Liberal Democrats	3
Hackney	5	5	Labour	4
Halton	18	53	Labour	47
Hampshire	70	72	Conservative	50
Harborough	1	1	Conservative	1
Harlow	11	13	Conservative	12
Hart	11	12	Conservative	6
Hartlepool	12	37	Conservative	13
Hastings	17	16	Conservative	8
Havant	20	20	Conservative	20
Herefordshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Hertfordshire	78	78	Conservative	46
Hertsmere	3	3	Liberal Democrats	2
Hillingdon	1	1	Conservative	1
Horsham	3	2	Liberal Democrats	2
Hounslow	2	2	Labour	2
Huntingdonshire	4	4	Conservative	3
Hyndburn	13	14	Conservative	8
Ipswich	16	18	Conservative	9
Isle of Anglesey	2	2	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	1
Isle Of Wight	39	39	Conservative	18
Isles of Scilly	4	15	Independent	15
Islington	5	5	Labour	5
Kent	70	79	Conservative	61
King's Lynn And West Norfolk	1	1	Conservative	1
Kingston Upon Hull	4	4	Labour	2
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	15	15	Liberal Democrats	8
Kingston upon Thames	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Kirklees	23	25	Labour	12
Knowsley	15	17	Labour	12
Lancashire	82	84	Conservative	48
Lancaster	5	5	Conservative	3
Leeds	33	34	Labour	19
Leicester	1	1	Labour	1
Leicestershire	53	55	Conservative	42
Lewes	3	3	Conservative	2
Lewisham	4	4	Labour	4
Lichfield	4	6	Conservative	6
Lincoln	10	10	Labour	5
Lincolnshire	70	70	Conservative	54
Liverpool	30	31	Labour	23
Luton	2	2	Labour	1
Maidstone	21	23	Conservative	16
Maldon	2	2	Conservative	1
Manchester	32	34	Labour	33
Mansfield	2	5	Conservative	3
Mayor of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	1	1	Labour	1
Mayor of North Tyneside Council	1	1	Labour	1
Melton	1	1	Conservative	1
Mendip	1	1	Conservative	1
Merton	1	1	Labour	1
Mid Devon	4	4	Conservative	4
Mid Suffolk	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Mid Sussex	2	2	Conservative	2
Milton Keynes	19	21	Conservative	11
Mole Valley	13	13	Conservative	5
Newark And Sherwood	2	2	Conservative	2
Newcastle Upon Tyne	26	29	Labour	18
Newham	1	1	Labour	1
Newport	1	1	Labour	1
Norfolk	84	84	Conservative	58
North East Derbyshire	4	4	Conservative	3
North East Lincolnshire	12	14	Conservative	12
North Hertfordshire	18	18	Conservative	10
North Kesteven	2	2	Conservative	2
North Lincolnshire	3	4	Conservative	4
North Norfolk	2	2	Conservative	2
North Northamptonshire	26	78	Conservative	60
North Somerset	1	1	Portishead Independents	1
North Tyneside	20	23	Labour	18
North Warwickshire	3	3	Conservative	3
North West Leicestershire	3	3	Conservative	3
North Yorkshire	2	2	Conservative	2
Northumberland	64	65	Conservative	33
Northumberland County Council	2	2	Conservative	1
Norwich	13	14	Labour	8
Nottinghamshire	56	66	Conservative	37
Nuneaton and Bedworth	18	19	Conservative	17
Oldham	20	21	Labour	9
Oxford	28	53	Labour	39
Oxfordshire	57	59	Liberal Democrats	21
Pendle	13	35	Conservative	20
Peterborough	22	23	Conservative	16
Plymouth	19	19	Conservative	14
Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon & Cornwall	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham	1	1	Labour	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed-Powys	1	1	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent	1	1	Labour	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside	1	1	Labour	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales	1	1	Labour	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria	1	1	Labour	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales	1	1	Labour	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire	1	1	Labour	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia	1	1	Conservative	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands	1	1	Labour	1
Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex	1	1	Conservative	1
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Portsmouth	14	14	Liberal Democrats	6
Preston	18	19	Labour	12
Reading	16	17	Labour	10
Redbridge	2	2	Labour	2
Redcar & Cleveland	3	3	Conservative	3
Redditch	11	13	Conservative	13
Reigate & Banstead	16	18	Conservative	11
Rhondda Cynon Taf	2	2	Conservative	1
Ribble Valley	4	4	Conservative	4
Richmond upon Thames	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Rochdale	20	20	Labour	16
Rochford	15	18	Conservative	11
Rossendale	14	15	Labour	9
Rother	3	3	Conservative	3
Rotherham	25	59	Labour	32
Rugby	14	15	Conservative	10
Runnymede	13	13	Conservative	9
Rushcliffe	3	3	Conservative	3
Rushmoor	15	17	Conservative	13
Salford	20	60	Labour	52
Sandwell	24	27	Labour	18
Scotland	1	2	Conservative	1
Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies)	4	4	SNP	3
Sefton	22	24	Labour	19
Selby	1	1	Conservative	1
Senedd Cymru elections (Constituencies)	1	1	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	1
Senedd Cymru elections (Regions)	1	4	Conservative	2
Sevenoaks	2	2	Conservative	2
Sheffield	28	29	Labour	13
Shropshire	63	74	Conservative	43
Slough	14	14	Labour	11
Solihull	17	18	Conservative	12
Somerset West and Taunton	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
South Cambridgeshire	4	4	Liberal Democrats	4
South Derbyshire	4	5	Conservative	5
South Gloucestershire	1	1	Conservative	1
South Hams	1	1	Conservative	1
South Kesteven	3	5	Conservative	4
South Lakeland	4	4	Liberal Democrats	3
South Norfolk	1	1	Conservative	1
South Oxfordshire	2	2	Liberal Democrats	1
South Ribble	3	3	Conservative	2
South Tyneside	18	20	Labour	16
Southampton	16	17	Conservative	11
Southend-On-Sea	17	19	Conservative	11
Spelthorne	2	2	Conservative	1
St Albans	21	24	Liberal Democrats	14
St. Helens	16	17	Labour	12
Stafford	2	2	Conservative	1
Staffordshire	60	62	Conservative	57
Staffordshire Moorlands	2	2	Conservative	2
Stevenage	13	14	Conservative	6
Stirling	1	1	Conservative	1
Stockport	21	21	Labour	8
Stockton-on-Tees	5	5	Conservative	5
Stoke On Trent	1	1	Conservative	1
Stratford-On-Avon	1	2	Liberal Democrats	2
Stroud	27	52	Conservative	20
Suffolk	63	75	Conservative	55
Sunderland	25	28	Labour	15
Surrey	80	80	Conservative	47
Surrey Heath	2	2	Conservative	2
Swale	3	3	Conservative	2
Swansea	2	2	Labour	2
Swindon	20	22	Conservative	16
Tameside	19	20	Labour	17
Tamworth	11	11	Conservative	11
Tandridge	17	18	Conservative	8
Teignbridge	1	1	Independent	1
Telford & Wrekin	2	2	Conservative	1
Tendring	4	4	Conservative	3
Test Valley	4	5	Conservative	5
Tewkesbury	1	1	Conservative	1
Thanet	3	3	Conservative	2
Three Rivers	13	13	Liberal Democrats	8
Thurrock	17	17	Conservative	13
Tonbridge And Malling	1	1	Conservative	1
Torbay	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Trafford	21	25	Labour	16
Tunbridge Wells	18	23	Conservative	13
UK Parliamentary general election	1	1	Conservative	1
Uttlesford	2	2	Conservative	1
Vale Of White Horse	2	3	Liberal Democrats	2
Wakefield	21	22	Labour	13
Wales	4	14	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	7
Walsall	20	22	Conservative	14
Waltham Forest	1	1	Conservative	1
Wandsworth	1	1	Labour	1
Warrington	22	58	Labour	36
Warwick	2	2	Conservative	1
Warwickshire	57	57	Conservative	42
Watford	12	13	Liberal Democrats	9
Waverley	1	1	Conservative	1
Wealden	4	4	Conservative	3
Welwyn Hatfield	16	17	Conservative	15
West Lancashire	20	22	Labour	10
West Lindsey	2	2	Liberal Democrats	1
West Northamptonshire	31	93	Conservative	66
West Oxfordshire	18	18	Conservative	10
West Suffolk	7	7	Conservative	6
West Sussex	70	70	Conservative	48
Westminster	1	1	Labour	1
Wigan	25	26	Labour	19
Wiltshire	98	98	Conservative	61
Winchester	15	16	Liberal Democrats	9
Wirral	22	23	Labour	10
Woking	11	11	Liberal Democrats	6
Wokingham	18	18	Conservative	12
Wolverhampton	20	22	Labour	14
Worcester	12	12	Conservative	5
Worcestershire	52	57	Conservative	45
Worthing	14	14	Labour	7
Wychavon	3	3	Conservative	3