2017 United Kingdom local elections
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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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Turnout | 35%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing council control (left) and largest party by ward or division (right) following the election. |
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.[3] In addition, Doncaster and North Tyneside re-elected local authority mayors.[3] Local by-elections for 107 council seats also took place on 4 May.[4]
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.[5] The UK Independence Party lost every seat they were defending, but gained just one seat at the expense of the Labour Party.[5] The Liberal Democrats lost 41 seats, despite their vote share increasing.[6][7][8] The Conservatives won four out of six metro-mayoral areas,[9] including in the traditionally Labour-voting Tees Valley and West Midlands.
The local elections were followed by a general election on 8 June.