2022 United Kingdom local elections

The 2022 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils, for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Most seats in England were last up for election in 2018 and in Scotland and Wales in 2017. The elections coincided with the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. In 91 cases, most of them in Wales, council seats were uncontested, each having only one candidate. Three seats in Scotland remained unfilled as no one nominated to fill them.

2022 United Kingdom local elections
5 May 2022

  • 146 unitary, metropolitan, district and London councils in England
  • All 32 councils in Scotland
  • All 22 councils in Wales
  • 7 directly elected mayors in England
Turnout33.6% (England)
44.8% (Scotland)
38.0% (Wales)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Keir Starmer Boris Johnson
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 4 April 2020 23 July 2019
Popular vote 35% 30%
Swing 6% 6%
Councillors 3,073 1,403
Councillors ± 108 485
Councils 74 35
Councils ± 5 11

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ed Davey Nicola Sturgeon
Party Liberal Democrats SNP
Leader since 27 August 2020 14 November 2014
Popular vote 19% 34.1%
Swing 2% 1.8%
Councillors 868 453
Councillors ± 224 22
Councils 16 1
Councils ± 3 1

  Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Adam Price Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay
Party Plaid Cymru Green
Leader since 28 September 2018 1 October 2021
Popular vote TBC 8.2%
Swing TBC TBC
Councillors 202 159
Councillors ± 6 87
Councils 4 0
Councils ± 3

Map showing party control of councils following the elections.
  •   No election
  • otherwise see analysis table
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