Friday, 2 May 2025

COUNCIL RESULTS


23 council authorities held elections on Thursday, the vast majority of them county councils.  Labour were defending just one - the City of Doncaster - which they lost to Reform with a huge swing.  Ed Miliband and the rest of the local Labour MPs are likely to be toast based on these results, although a lot can change in four years.

The astonishing level of support for Reform meant that zero councils at the start of the day turned into ten by the end of it.  Eight of those gains came from the Conservatives, who had an exceptionally torrid day, losing control of every single council they were defending.  While Reform had an overall net gain of 677 council seats, the Tories had a net loss of 676.  It's no coincidence that these two figures are so close.  Reform are not just a threat to Labour, they are demolishing the Conservatives as well.

The only other party that won control of any councils on Thursday was the Lib Dems, who gained three in total.

The results are as follows.  The figures provided are the total number of council seats won per party and the difference in brackets from previous local elections.

Buckinghamshire County Council

Con: 46 (-31)
LDm: 27 (+19)
Ind: 13 (+6)
Lab: 5 (+1)
Ref: 3 (+3)
Grn: 3 (+2)

NOC GAIN from Con

Cambridgeshire County Council

LDm: 31 (+11)
Ref: 10 (+10)
Con: 10 (-18)
Lab: 5 (-4)
Grn: 3 (+3)
Ind: 2 (-2)

LDm GAIN from NOC

City of Doncaster Council

Ref: 37 (+37)
Lab: 12 (-28)
Con: 6 (-5)
Ind: 0 (-4)

Ref GAIN from Lab

Cornwall Council

Ref: 28 (+28)
LDm: 26 (+13)
Ind: 16 (n/c)
Con: 7 (-40)
Lab: 4 (-1)
Grn: 3 (+2)
MebK: 3 (-2)

NOC HOLD

Derbyshire County Council

Ref: 42 (+42)
Con: 12 (-33)
LDm: 3 (-1)
Lab: 3 (-11)
Ind: 2 (+2)
Grn: 2 (+1)

Ref GAIN from Con

Devon County Council

LDm: 27 (+18)
Ref: 18 (+18)
Con: 7 (-32)
Grn: 6 (+4)
Ind: 2 (-1)
Lab: 0 (-7)

NOC GAIN from Con

Durham County Council

Ref: 65 (+65)
LDm: 14 (+1)
Ind: 12 (-14)
Lab: 4 (-38)
Grn: 2 (+1)
Con: 1 (-15)

Ref GAIN from NOC

Gloucestershire County Council

LDm: 27 (+11)
Ref: 11 (+11)
Grn: 9 (+5)
Con: 6 (-24)
Ind: 1 (+1)
Lab: 1 (-4)

NOC HOLD

Hertfordshire County Council

LDm: 31 (+8)
Con: 22 (-24)
Ref: 14 (+14)
Grn: 5 (+4)
Lab: 5 (-2)
Ind: 1 (n/c)

NOC GAIN from Con

Kent County Council

Ref: 57 (+57)
LDm: 12 (+6)
Grn: 5 (+1)
Con: 5 (-57)
Lab: 2 (-5)
Ind: 0 (-1)
RA: 0 (-1)

Ref GAIN from Con

Lancashire County Council

Ref: 53 (+53)
Ind: 9 (+9)
Con: 8 (-40)
Lab: 5 (-27)
LDm: 5 (+3)
Grn: 4 (+2)

Ref GAIN from Con

Leicestershire County Council

Ref: 25 (+25)
Con: 15 (-27)
LDm: 11 (+2)
Lab: 2 (-2)
Grn: 1 (+1)
Ind: 1 (+1)

NOC GAIN from Con

Lincolnshire County Council

Ref: 44 (+44)
Con: 14 (-40)
LDm: 5 (+2)
Ind: 4 (-5)
Lab: 3 (-1)

Ref GAIN from Con

North Northamptonshire Council

Ref: 39 (+39)
Con: 13 (-37)
Grn: 8 (+5)
Lab: 4 (-8)
Ind: 1 (n/c)
LDm: 1 (+1)

Ref GAIN from Con

Northumberland County Council

Con: 26 (-10)
Ref: 23 (+23)
Lab: 8 (-12)
Ind: 7 (-1)
LDm: 3 (n/c)
Grn 2 (n/c)

NOC HOLD

Nottinghamshire County Council

Ref: 40 (+40)
Con: 17 (-19)
Lab: 4 (-10)
Ind: 2 (-1)
RA: 1 (-9)
LDm: 0 (-1)

Ref GAIN from Con

Oxfordshire County Council

LDm: 36 (+12)
Lab: 12 (-3)
Con: 10 (-15)
Grn: 7 (+4)
Ind: 2 (+1)
Ref: 1 (+1)
RA: 1 (n/c)

LDm GAIN from NOC

Shropshire County Council

LDm: 42 (+29)
Ref: 16 (+16)
Con: 7 (-38)
Grn: 4 (n/c)
Lab: 4 (-5)
Ind: 1 (-2)

LDm GAIN from Con

Staffordshire County Council

Ref: 49 (+49)
Con: 10 (-46)
Grn: 1 (+1)
Ind: 1 (n/c)
Lab: 0 (-4)

Ref GAIN from Con

Warwickshire County Council

Ref: 23 (+23)
LDm: 14 (+9)
Con: 9 (-33)
Grn: 7 (+4)
Lab: 3 (-3)
RA: 1 (n/c)

NOC GAIN from Con

West Northamptonshire Council

Ref: 42 (+42)
Con: 17 (-35)
Lab: 9 (-9)
LDm: 6 (+2)
Ind: 2 (n/c)

Ref GAIN from Con

Wiltshire County Council

LDm: 43 (+16)
Con: 37 (-24)
Ref: 10 (+10)
Ind: 7 (n/c)
Lab: 1 (-2)

NOC GAIN from Con

Worcestershire County Council

Ref: 27 (+27)
Con: 12 (-33)
Grn: 8 (+5)
LDm: 6 (+2)
Ind: 2 (n/c)
Lab: 2 (-1)

NOC GAIN from Con

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