2017 United Kingdom local elections
The 2017 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2017. Local elections were held across Great Britain, with elections to 35 English local authorities and all councils in Scotland and Wales.
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All 27 county councils, all 32 Scottish council areas, all 22 Welsh principal councils, 6 out of 55 unitary authorities, 1 out of 36 metropolitan boroughs, 1 sui generis authority, and 8 directly elected mayors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing council control (left) and largest party by ward or division (right) following the election. Scottish National Party
Plaid Cymru
UKIP
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Newly created combined authority mayors were directly elected in six areas of England: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, the West Midlands, and the West of England. In addition, Doncaster and North Tyneside re-elected local authority mayors. Local by-elections for 107 council seats also took place on 4 May.
The Conservative Party led under Prime Minister Theresa May enjoyed the best local election performance in a decade, making significant gains at the expense of the Labour Party. The UK Independence Party lost every seat they were defending, but gained just one seat at the expense of the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats lost 41 seats, despite their vote share increasing. The Conservatives won four out of six metro-mayoral areas, including in the traditionally Labour-voting Tees Valley and West Midlands.
The local elections were followed by a general election on 8 June.