Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 2026?

Reform UK won the most seats in the Local Elections 2026, with 1,462 of 5,065 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 2026?

The Local Elections 2026 was held on 7 May 2026.

Local Elections 2026

Name: Local Elections 2026 results
Creator: Psephology.AI

Local Elections 2026 was held on 7 May 2026. 5,065 seats were filled across 2,971 wards and divisions in 159 councils, from 25,025 candidates. Reform UK won 1,462, The Labour Party won 1,070 and Liberal Democrats won 854.

Date: 7 May 2026
Seats filled: 5,065
Candidates: 25,025
Councils: 159

Local Elections 2026: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
Reform UK	4,818	1,462	4,391,939	23.7%
The Labour Party	4,895	1,070	3,821,779	20.6%
Liberal Democrats	3,948	854	2,493,749	13.5%
Conservative Party	4,763	807	3,443,259	18.6%
Green Party	4,499	589	3,276,225	17.7%
Independent	795	100	413,482	2.2%
Aspire	45	33	67,695	0.4%
Newham Independents Party	66	24	59,727	0.3%
Great Yarmouth First	10	10	16,476	0.1%
Your Bradford Independent group	29	9	39,686	0.2%
Redbridge Independents	42	9	38,462	0.2%
Walsall Community Independents Party	20	8	18,925	0.1%
Upminster and Cranham Residents Association	6	6	15,379	0.1%
Workers Party of Britain	68	5	23,948	0.1%
Lydiate and Maghull Community Independents	6	5	9,136	0.0%
Basingstoke & Deane Independents	6	5	8,101	0.0%
Community Campaign (Hart)	5	5	7,542	0.0%
Our West Lancashire	8	5	6,800	0.0%
Hornchurch Residents Association	11	4	20,940	0.1%
Chislehurst Matters	3	3	10,696	0.1%
Independent Loughton Residents Association	6	3	7,750	0.0%
Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association	6	3	7,477	0.0%
Rainhill Independents	3	3	6,580	0.0%
Independent Network	10	3	5,945	0.0%
Newton-le-Willows Independents	4	3	5,251	0.0%
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell	10	2	13,156	0.1%
Kingston Independent Residents Group	34	2	12,306	0.1%
Farnham Residents	6	2	8,470	0.0%
The Oldham Group Party	7	2	7,008	0.0%
Ashtead Independents	2	2	5,771	0.0%
Nork & Tattenhams Residents' Associations	2	2	5,449	0.0%
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents	2	2	3,714	0.0%
Radcliffe First	3	2	3,711	0.0%
Horwich & Blackrod First Independents	2	2	3,680	0.0%
Havering Residents Association	35	1	22,412	0.1%
Morley Borough Independents	5	1	8,817	0.0%
Residents for Uttlesford	5	1	6,271	0.0%
Arise	11	1	6,078	0.0%
The People's Independent Party	3	1	5,566	0.0%
Brentford, Isleworth, Heston & Hounslow Independents	10	1	5,385	0.0%

Local Elections 2026: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Adur	14	14	Reform UK	6
Barking and Dagenham	19	51	Labour	38
Barnet	1	4	Conservative	3
Barnet	23	60	Labour	31
Barnsley	21	63	Reform UK	42
Basildon	14	14	Reform UK	11
Basingstoke and Deane	18	19	Basingstoke & Deane Independents	5
Bexley	17	45	Conservative	29
Birmingham	69	101	Reform UK	23
Blackburn with Darwen	17	17	Reform UK	9
Bolton	20	20	Reform UK	9
Bradford	30	87	Reform UK	29
Brent	22	57	Labour	26
Brentwood	13	14	Reform UK	7
Bromley	22	58	Conservative	35
Broxbourne	10	10	Conservative	7
Burnley	15	15	Reform UK	11
Bury	17	17	Labour	7
Calderdale	18	54	Reform UK	34
Cambridge	14	15	Green	7
Camden	20	55	Labour	30
Cannock Chase	12	13	Reform UK	13
Chelmsford	1	1	Conservative	1
Cheltenham	20	20	Liberal Democrats	17
Cherwell	16	18	Liberal Democrats	8
Chesterfield	1	2	Reform UK	2
Chorley	14	14	Reform UK	7
Colchester	17	17	Reform UK	5
Coventry	18	54	Labour	24
Crawley	12	13	Reform UK	10
Croydon	28	70	Labour	30
Dudley	24	25	Reform UK	22
Ealing	24	70	Labour	46
East Hertfordshire	1	1	Conservative	1
East Surrey	36	72	Liberal Democrats	40
East Sussex	50	50	Reform UK	22
Eastleigh	14	15	Liberal Democrats	14
Enfield	25	63	Conservative	31
Epping Forest	18	18	Reform UK	11
Essex	78	78	Reform UK	53
Exeter	13	14	Green	6
Fareham	16	16	Conservative	11
Gateshead	21	63	Reform UK	35
Gateshead	1	3	Reform UK	3
Gloucestershire	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Gosport	14	14	Reform UK	9
Great Yarmouth	1	1	Great Yarmouth First	1
Greenwich	23	55	Labour	35
Guildford	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Hackney	21	57	Green	42
Halton	18	19	Reform UK	16
Hammersmith and Fulham	21	50	Labour	38
Hampshire	76	78	Conservative	27
Haringey	21	57	Green	28
Harlow	11	11	Conservative	11
Harrow	22	55	Conservative	42
Hart	11	11	Liberal Democrats	5
Hartlepool	12	12	Reform UK	12
Hastings	16	17	Green	10
Havant	12	12	Reform UK	9
Havering	20	55	Reform UK	39
Hertfordshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Hertsmere	1	1	Conservative	1
Hillingdon	21	52	Conservative	30
Horsham	1	1	Conservative	1
Hounslow	22	62	Labour	32
Huntingdonshire	26	52	Liberal Democrats	20
Hyndburn	11	11	Reform UK	8
Ipswich	16	16	Reform UK	10
Isle Of Wight	39	39	Reform UK	19
Islington	17	51	Labour	32
Kensington and Chelsea	18	50	Conservative	34
Kingston Upon Hull	19	19	Reform UK	10
Kingston upon Thames	19	48	Liberal Democrats	44
Kirklees	23	69	Reform UK	29
Knowsley	15	16	Independent	4
Lambeth	25	63	Green	29
Leeds	33	36	Labour	9
Lewes	1	2	Liberal Democrats	2
Lewisham	19	54	Green	40
Lincoln	11	11	Labour	4
Manchester	32	32	Green	18
Merton	20	57	Labour	32
Mid Sussex	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Milton Keynes	21	60	Liberal Democrats	20
Newcastle Upon Tyne	26	78	Liberal Democrats	25
Newcastle-under-Lyme	21	44	Reform UK	27
Newham	23	63	Labour	24
Newham	1	3	Labour	2
Newport	1	1	Conservative	1
Norfolk	84	84	Reform UK	40
North East Lincolnshire	15	15	Reform UK	14
North Tyneside	20	20	Reform UK	10
Norwich	13	14	Green	11
Nuneaton and Bedworth	19	19	Reform UK	15
Oldham	20	20	Reform UK	13
Oxford	24	24	Labour	10
Pendle	10	10	Reform UK	4
Peterborough	18	18	Conservative	6
Plymouth	19	19	Reform UK	14
Portsmouth	14	14	Liberal Democrats	8
Powys	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Preston	16	16	Liberal Democrats	5
Reading	16	17	Labour	7
Redbridge	22	63	Labour	43
Redditch	9	9	Reform UK	8
Reigate & Banstead	1	1	Green	1
Richmond upon Thames	18	54	Liberal Democrats	54
Rochdale	20	20	Reform UK	13
Rochford	13	15	Reform UK	13
Rother	1	1	Reform UK	1
Rugby	14	15	Liberal Democrats	6
Rushmoor	13	14	Reform UK	6
Salford	20	21	Reform UK	13
Sandwell	24	72	Reform UK	41
Sefton	22	66	Labour	36
Sheffield	28	30	Reform UK	12
Solihull	17	51	Conservative	24
Somerset	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
South Cambridgeshire	26	45	Liberal Democrats	43
South Tyneside	18	54	Reform UK	41
Southampton	17	17	Reform UK	8
Southend-On-Sea	17	17	Reform UK	8
Southwark	23	63	Labour	29
St Albans	20	22	Liberal Democrats	19
St. Helens	18	48	Reform UK	35
Stevenage	13	14	Reform UK	9
Stockport	21	21	Liberal Democrats	13
Stratford-On-Avon	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Suffolk	69	70	Reform UK	41
Sunderland	25	75	Reform UK	58
Surrey	1	1	Reform UK	1
Sutton	20	55	Liberal Democrats	51
Swindon	25	57	Conservative	23
Tameside	19	19	Reform UK	18
Tamworth	10	10	Reform UK	9
Three Rivers	13	13	Conservative	7
Thurrock	20	49	Reform UK	45
Tower Hamlets	20	45	Aspire	33
Trafford	21	21	Labour	8
Tunbridge Wells	13	15	Liberal Democrats	11
Wakefield	21	63	Reform UK	58
Walsall	20	60	Reform UK	40
Waltham Forest	22	60	Green	31
Wandsworth	22	58	Conservative	29
Watford	12	12	Liberal Democrats	12
Welwyn Hatfield	16	17	Liberal Democrats	6
West Lancashire	15	15	Reform UK	7
West Northamptonshire	1	1	Reform UK	1
West Oxfordshire	16	16	Liberal Democrats	7
West Suffolk	1	1	Green	1
West Surrey	45	90	Liberal Democrats	56
West Sussex	70	70	Reform UK	23
Westminster	18	54	Conservative	32
Wigan	25	25	Reform UK	24
Winchester	15	15	Liberal Democrats	13
Wokingham	18	19	Liberal Democrats	12
Wolverhampton	20	21	Reform UK	12
Worthing	13	13	Green	6