Jump to content

2017 United Kingdom local elections

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2017 United Kingdom local elections

← 2016 4 May 2017 2018 →

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
Turnout35%[1]
  Tim Farron
Leader Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn Tim Farron
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 11 July 2016 12 September 2015 16 July 2015
Projected vote-share[n 1] 38% 27% 18%
Swing[n 2] Increase8% Decrease4% Increase3%
Councils 28 9 0
Councils +/– Increase11 Decrease7 Steady
Councillors 1,899 1,152 441
Councillors +/– Increase563 Decrease382 Decrease42

  Nicola Sturgeon
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Leanne Wood
Party SNP Plaid Cymru
Leader since 14 November 2014 16 March 2012
Councils 0 1
Councils +/– Decrease1 Increase1
Councillors 431 208
Councillors +/– Decrease 7[2] Increase38

Map showing council control (left) and largest party by ward or division (right) following the election.
  Labour
  No election on 4 May 2017

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.

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.

Eligibility to vote

[edit]

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over (or aged 16 or over in Scotland)[10] on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.[11] A person who had two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) could register to vote at both addresses as long as they were not in the same electoral area, and could vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.[12]

Individuals had to be registered to vote by midnight twelve working days before polling day (13 April 2017 in England and Wales; 17 April 2017 in Scotland).[13][14] Anyone qualifying as an anonymous elector had until midnight on 25 April 2017 to register.[15]

Seats held prior to the election

[edit]

In total, 4,851 council seats were up for election in 88 councils; additionally six new mayors were directly elected.[16] Approximately 10,000 people were candidates for election.[17] All 32 councils in Scotland (1,227 seats) and all 22 councils in Wales (1,254 seats) were up for election; an additional 34 councils (2,370 seats) in England were up for election.[16] Of the 35 English councils up for election, 27 were county councils, seven were unitary authorities, and one was the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.[18]

According to a BBC News estimate, taking into account boundary changes, the major political parties were effectively defending the following notional results in council seats on election day:

  • Labour – 1,535 seats
  • Conservatives – 1,336 seats
  • Lib Dems – 484 seats
  • SNP – 438 seats
  • Plaid Cymru – 170 seats
  • UKIP – 146 seats
  • Green Party – 34 seats

There were also 687 independent councillors and 4 Mebyon Kernow councillors. The remaining 217 seats were held by residents' associations and minor parties.[19] A by-election for the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Gorton (caused by the death of Sir Gerald Kaufman, the sitting MP) was due to be held on the same day as the local election, but the by-election was cancelled after the general election was called for the following month.[17]

Results

[edit]
Overview map of council election results
  Conservative hold
  Conservative gain from No overall control
  Conservative gain from Labour
  Labour hold
  Labour lose to Independent majority or No overall control
  Scottish National Party lose to No overall control (Dundee City)
  Plaid Cymru hold
  Majority of independent councillors lose to No overall control
  No overall control, no change
  No election on 4 May 2017

Overall results - Great Britain

[edit]
Party Councils[20] Councillors
Number Change Number Change
Conservative 28 Increase11 1,899 Increase563
Labour 9 Decrease7 1,152 Decrease382
Independent 6 Increase1 656 Decrease13
Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 441 Decrease42
SNP 0 Decrease1 431 Decrease7
Plaid Cymru 1 Increase1 208 Increase38
Green 0 Steady 21 Increase1
Scottish Green 0 Steady 19 Increase5
RA 0 Steady 11 Decrease2
Llais Gwynedd 0 Steady 6 Decrease7
Mebyon Kernow 0 Steady 4 Steady
Health Concern 0 Steady 2 Decrease1
UKIP 0 Steady 1 Decrease145
Liberal 0 Steady 0 Decrease3
Others 0 Steady 0 Steady
No overall control 44 Decrease4 n/a n/a
Total 4,851

As elections were not held throughout the country, the BBC calculated a Projected National Vote Share (PNV), which aims to assess what the council results indicate the UK-wide vote would be "if the results were repeated at a general election". The BBC's preliminary Projected National Vote Share was 38% for the Conservatives, 27% for Labour, 18% for the Liberal Democrats and 5% for the UK Independence Party, with others on around 12%.[21]

This is the highest vote share for the Conservatives in local elections since 2008, when they faced Labour a decade into government and suffering from the financial crisis. The Liberal Democrats have performed better than at any election since 2010, whilst Labour has not performed so badly since 2010.[citation needed]

UKIP lost 145 of their 146 seats. Prominent former UKIP members talked of the party being finished and that it should disband.[22][23][24]

Results by nation

[edit]

England

[edit]
Party Votes[25] Vote % +/- Councils[26] +/- Seats +/-
Conservative 3,036,709 46.5% Increase12.2% 27 Increase10 1,439 Increase319
Labour 1,299,846 19.9% Decrease1.6% 2 Decrease1 418 Decrease142
Liberal Democrats 1,164,779 17.8% Increase4.2% 0 Steady 312 Decrease28
UKIP 302,368 4.6% Decrease15.6% 0 Steady 1 Decrease143
Green 284,735 4.4% Increase0.8% 0 Steady 20 Steady
Others 438,985 6.7% Decrease0.2% 0 Steady 199 Decrease6
No overall control n/a n/a n/a 5 Decrease9 n/a n/a
Total 6,545,055 100 34 2,389

Note that unlike in Scotland and Wales, where all local authorities were up for election, the England results are for only 34 councils out of 353, and should not be taken as reflective of the whole of England.

Wales

[edit]
Party Votes[27] % +/- Councils +/- Seats +/-
Labour 294,989 30.4% Decrease4.5% 7 Decrease3 468 Decrease112
Independent 218,817 22.5% Decrease1.3% 3 Increase1 309 Increase2
Conservative 182,520 18.8% Increase6.3% 1 Increase1 184 Increase79
Plaid Cymru 160,519 16.5% Increase0.5% 1 Increase1 208 Increase38
Liberal Democrats 66,022 6.8% Decrease1.2% 0 Steady 63 Decrease10
Green 12,441 1.3% Increase0.2% 0 Steady 1 Increase1
UKIP 11,006 1.1% Increase0.3% 0 Steady 0 Decrease2
Others 24,594 2.5% Decrease0.3% 0 Steady 21 Decrease7
No overall control n/a n/a n/a 10 Increase1 n/a n/a
Total 970,908 100 22 1,254

For comparative purposes, the table above shows changes since 2012 across 21 local authorities and the 2013 result from Anglesey Council.

Scotland

[edit]

Following boundary changes:

Summary of the 4 May 2017 Scottish council election results[28][29]
Party First-preference votes Councils +/- 2012 seats 2017 seats Seat change
Seats won Notional Seats won Seat % vs Notional
Scottish National Party 610,454 32.3% Steady0.0 0 Decrease1 425 438 431 35.1% Decrease7
Conservative 478,073 25.3% Increase12.0% 0 Steady 115 112 276 22.5% Increase164
Labour 380,957 20.2% Decrease11.4% 0 Decrease3 394 395 262 21.4% Decrease133
Independents 196,438 10.4% Decrease1.4% 3 Steady 196 198 168 14.1% Decrease30
Liberal Democrats 130,243 6.9% Increase0.3% 0 Steady 71 70 67 5.5% Decrease3
Green 77,682 4.1% Increase1.8% 0 Steady 14 14 19 1.6% Increase5
Orkney Manifesto Group 894 0.0% 0 Steady 2 0.1% New
West Dunbartonshire Community 2,413 0.1% 0 Steady 1 0.1% New
The Rubbish Party 784 0.0% 0 Steady 1 0.1% New
UK Independence Party 2,920 0.2% Decrease0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire 2,823 0.2% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
TUSC 1,403 0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
A Better Britain – Unionist Party 1,196 0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Socialist 928 0.0% Decrease0.3% 0 Steady 1 0 0.0% Decrease1
Solidarity 883 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Libertarian 776 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
RISE 186 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Independent Network 145 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Unionist 129 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Social Democratic 112 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Christian 104 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Socialist Labour 76 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
National Front 39 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
No Overall Control 29 Increase4
Total 1,889,658 100.0 ±0.0 32 Steady 1,223 1,227 1,227 100.00 Steady

The table has been arranged according to popular vote, not the number of seats won.

There were boundary changes in many of these councils, with an increase in council seats across the country from 1,223 to 1,227, making direct comparisons with the 2012 results problematic. Notional seats and seat change are based on a notional 2012 result calculated by the BBC.[30][31]

Maps

[edit]
Council control
(voting areas only)
Council control
(whole UK)
Before elections After elections Before elections After elections
  No council election on 4 May 2017
Largest party by popular vote
(including mayoral elections)
Conservative
Labour
SNP
Plaid Cymru
Independents
0 10 20 30 40 %
and its vote share and the size of its majority
  No election on 4 May 2017

England

[edit]
Map of previous control of councils up for election.
  Labour
  No election on 4 May 2017

Non-metropolitan county councils

[edit]

All 27 county councils for areas with a two-tier structure of local governance had all of their seats up for election. These were first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member electoral divisions.[citation needed]

These were the last elections to Dorset and Northamptonshire county councils.

Council Previous control Result Details
Buckinghamshire Conservative Conservative Details
Cambridgeshire No overall control (Cons. plurality) Conservative Details
Cumbria No overall control (Lab. and Lib. Dem. coalition) No overall control (Lab. and Lib. Dem. coalition) Details
Derbyshire Labour Conservative Details
Devon Conservative Conservative Details
Dorset Conservative Conservative Details
East Sussex No overall control (Cons. plurality) Conservative Details
Essex Conservative Conservative Details
Gloucestershire[32] No overall control (Cons. plurality) Conservative Details
Hampshire Conservative Conservative Details
Hertfordshire Conservative Conservative Details
Kent Conservative Conservative Details
Lancashire No overall control (Lab. plurality w. Lib. Dem. support) Conservative Details
Leicestershire Conservative Conservative Details
Lincolnshire No overall control (Cons. and Lib. Dem. coalition) Conservative Details
Norfolk No overall control (Cons. plurality)† Conservative Details
North Yorkshire Conservative Conservative Details
Northamptonshire Conservative Conservative Details
Nottinghamshire Labour No overall control (Cons. and independent coalition)[33][34] Details
Oxfordshire[35] No overall control (Cons. plurality) No overall control (Cons. and independent coalition)[36][37] Details
Somerset Conservative Conservative Details
Staffordshire Conservative Conservative Details
Suffolk No overall control (Cons. plurality) Conservative Details
Surrey Conservative Conservative Details
Warwickshire No overall control[38] (Cons. plurality) Conservative Details
West Sussex Conservative Conservative Details
Worcestershire Conservative Conservative Details
‡ New electoral division boundaries [39]
† The Conservatives lost control in 2013, and were replaced by a Labour/UKIP/Lib Dem coalition with Independent/Green support. The Conservatives regained the council leadership in May 2016 after the Green Party abstained in the annual Council leadership election, and by-elections and defections later brought the Conservative total to 42 seats, giving them exactly 50% of the seats.[40]

Unitary authorities

[edit]

Six single-tier unitary authorities held elections, with all of their seats up for election. These were first-past-the-post elections in a mixture of single-member and multi-member electoral divisions or wards.[citation needed]

Council Council
seats up
for election
Previous control Result Details
Cornwall All No overall control[41] (Lib. Dem. and independents coalition) No overall control (Lib. Dem. and independents coalition)[42][43] Details
Durham All Labour Labour Details
Isle of Wight All No overall control (Cons. plurality) Conservative Details
Northumberland All No overall control (Lab. plurality) No overall control (Cons. plurality)[44] Details
Shropshire All Conservative Conservative Details
Wiltshire All Conservative Conservative Details

Metropolitan boroughs

[edit]

One metropolitan borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, had all of its seats up for election, after moving to whole council elections in 2015.[45] This was a first-past-the-post election in a mixture of two-member and three-member wards.

Council Previous control Result Details
Doncaster Labour Labour Details

Isles of Scilly

[edit]

The Council of the Isles of Scilly was created by the Local Government Act 1888, meaning they lie outside the classifications of authorities used in the rest of England.

Council Proportion up
for election
Previous control Result Details
Isles of Scilly All Independent Independent hold Details

Mayoral elections

[edit]
Map of the regional combined authority mayoralties up for election in 2017.

Combined authority mayors

[edit]

Six elections were held for directly elected regional mayors. These newly established positions lead combined authorities set up by groups of local councils, as part of devolution deals giving the combined authorities additional powers and funding.

Combined authority Interim mayor/chair Result Details
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Robin Howe (Con) James Palmer (Con) Details
Greater Manchester Tony Lloyd (Lab) Andy Burnham (Labour Co-op) Details
Liverpool City Region Joe Anderson (Lab) Steve Rotheram (Lab) Details
Tees Valley Sue Jeffrey (Lab) Ben Houchen (Con) Details
West of England Matthew Riddle (Con) Tim Bowles (Con) Details
West Midlands Bob Sleigh (Con) Andy Street (Con) Details

Other planned mayoralties have been postponed or cancelled.[46] The election of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority mayor was postponed in January 2017[47] and, following legal action, did not occur until the 2018 local elections.[48] The North East Combined Authority deal was scrapped as several councils in the region voted down the proposal,[49] however the smaller North of Tyne combined authority was approved by the councils and by parliament for the 2019 local elections.[50] The other devolution deals that were scrapped were for the Norfolk and Suffolk,[51] Greater Lincolnshire[52] and the Solent.[53]

There were concerns at the low turnout recorded.[54][7]

Local authority mayors

[edit]

Two elections for directly elected local district mayors will be held. These Mayors act as council leaders in their local authorities.

Local Authority Incumbent mayor Result Details
Doncaster Ros Jones (Lab) Ros Jones (Lab) Details
North Tyneside Norma Redfearn (Lab) Norma Redfearn (Lab) Details

Scotland

[edit]
Map of the Scottish results.
Council Previous control Result Details
Aberdeen City No overall control No overall control Details
Aberdeenshire SNP No overall control Details
Angus No overall control No overall control Details
Argyll and Bute No overall control No overall control Details
Clackmannanshire No overall control No overall control Details
Dumfries and Galloway No overall control No overall control Details
Dundee City SNP No overall control Details
East Ayrshire No overall control No overall control Details
East Dunbartonshire No overall control No overall control Details
East Lothian No overall control No overall control Details
East Renfrewshire No overall control No overall control Details
City of Edinburgh No overall control No overall control Details
Falkirk No overall control No overall control Details
Fife No overall control No overall control Details
Glasgow City Labour No overall control Details
Highland No overall control No overall control Details
Inverclyde No overall control No overall control Details
Midlothian No overall control No overall control Details
Moray No overall control No overall control Details
Na h-Eileanan Siar Independent Independent Details
North Ayrshire No overall control No overall control Details
North Lanarkshire No overall control No overall control Details
Orkney Independent Independent Details
Perth and Kinross No overall control No overall control Details
Renfrewshire Labour No overall control Details
Scottish Borders No overall control No overall control Details
Shetland Independent Independent Details
South Ayrshire No overall control No overall control Details
South Lanarkshire Labour No overall control Details
Stirling No overall control No overall control Details
West Dunbartonshire Labour No overall control Details
West Lothian No overall control No overall control Details

Wales

[edit]
Map of the Welsh results.
Council Previous control Result Details
Isle of Anglesey No overall control No overall control Details
Blaenau Gwent Labour Independent Details
Bridgend Labour No overall control Details
Caerphilly Labour Labour Details
Cardiff Labour Labour Details
Carmarthenshire No overall control No overall control Details
Ceredigion No overall control No overall control Details
Conwy No overall control
(PC, Lab., Lib. Dem., and independents coalition) †
No overall control Details
Denbighshire No overall control
(PC, independents, and Cons. coalition) ‡
No overall control Details
Flintshire No overall control No overall control Details
Gwynedd Plaid Cymru†† Plaid Cymru Details
Merthyr Tydfil Labour Independent Details
Monmouthshire No overall control Conservative Details
Neath Port Talbot Labour Labour Details
Newport Labour Labour Details
Pembrokeshire Independent Independent Details
Powys Independent No overall control Details
Rhondda Cynon Taff Labour Labour Details
Swansea Labour Labour Details
Torfaen Labour Labour Details
Vale of Glamorgan No overall control No overall control Details
Wrexham No overall control No overall control Details
† In 2014, the only Welsh Liberal Democrat cabinet member defected to Welsh Labour; thus the Liberal Democrats left the coalition.[55]
In 2015, several Independent councillors created their own group within the council called Conwy First. This group later on went to support the council[clarification needed] instead of the remaining five independent councillors, so that the coalition was then made up of Plaid Cymru, Welsh Labour and Conwy First.[56]
‡ The Welsh Liberal Democrats later lost their only seat on the Council, thereby leaving the coalition.[57][58]
†† At the original election Plaid Cymru won exactly half the seats; they later took control of the council by winning a by-election.

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ All vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares calculated by the BBC.
  2. ^ Swing figures are between the BBC national projected vote share extrapolation from 2016 local elections, and the BBC equivalent vote share projection from these local elections held in different areas.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Daniel Wainwright (9 April 2019). "Council elections: Why don't people vote?". Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Scotland Results". BBC News.
  3. ^ a b "Election 2017: English mayoral candidates". BBC News. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Preview, Part I". election-data.co.uk. 28 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Tories set for best local election results in decade as UKIP obliterated". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ^ Elgot, Jessica (5 May 2017). "No Lib Dem resurgence at local elections but share of votes increases". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b "The New Statesman 2017 local elections liveblog". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Local elections 2017: Tories make early gains". 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017 – via bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ Smith, Mikey (5 May 2017). "Follow all the UK local election results 2017 LIVE". mirror. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015, Section 1". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 2". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  12. ^ Electoral Commission. "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". electoralcommission.org.uk. The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Timetable for local elections in England and Wales: 4 May 2017". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (doc) on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  14. ^ Note that Easter Monday is a working day in Scotland. "Timetable for Scottish council elections on 4 May 2017" (doc). The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  15. ^ The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications is one working day before the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (that is the sixth working day before polling day). cf "Guidance for Electoral Registration Officers (Part 4 – Maintaining the register throughout the year)" (PDF). Cabinet Office and The Electoral Commission. July 2016. p. 114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  16. ^ a b Local elections: Voters set to head for the polls, BBC News (3 May 2017).
  17. ^ a b Elections 2017: Polls close across England, BBC News (4 May 2017).
  18. ^ Ashley Cowburn, Local elections 2017: When are they and why could they be so important?,The Independent (3 May 2017).
  19. ^ "A guide to local elections taking place on Thursday". BBC. 3 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Local elections 2017: The results mapped". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Steve Fisher on Twitter". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Ukip is 'finished as an electoral force' says biggest donor Arron Banks after local election wipeout". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  23. ^ "Ukip got what it wanted. Time to disband". theguardian.com. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Ukip, my old party, is finished. And I'm elated about it". The Guardian. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  25. ^ "English local authorities, 2017". Britain Elects. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  26. ^ "England local elections 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  27. ^ "Year Tables". 19 December 2015.
  28. ^ "BBC News :: Full Scottish council election results published".
  29. ^ Board, Electoral Management. "Electoral Management Board - SLGE2017 Summary Results Data". www.electionsscotland.info. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  30. ^ "Scotland Results". BBC News.
  31. ^ "How BBC calculates local election results". 9 May 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  32. ^ "The Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2017". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  33. ^ "Conservatives strike coalition deal to take control of Nottinghamshire County Council | Nottingham Post". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  34. ^ "Conservative-led coalition to run Nottinghamshire CC". www.publicsectorexecutive.com.
  35. ^ "The Cherwell (Electoral Changes) Order 2017". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  36. ^ "Tories form alliance to run Oxfordshire". 16 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  37. ^ "Find out who will be running Oxfordshire County Council for the next four years". Oxford Mail.
  38. ^ Sian Grzeszczyk (29 April 2013). "BBC News – Warwickshire elections 2013: Conservatives lose control". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  39. ^ "Trailer – Local Elections May 2017". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  40. ^ Dan Grimmer (9 May 2016). "Conservatives take control of Norfolk County Council as Greens abstain". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  41. ^ "Cornwall Council". Cornwall.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  42. ^ "Lib Dems and independents regain council". 23 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  43. ^ "Liberal Democrats and independents retain control of Cornwall Council". Falmouth Packet.
  44. ^ "Tories form new administration at Northumberland County Council". Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  45. ^ "The Borough of Doncaster (Scheme of Elections) Order 2013". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  46. ^ Wichmann, Janine (4 January 2017). "So which English cities are actually getting devolution deals?". CityMetric. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  47. ^ "Devolution poll is axed". Sheffield Telegraph. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  48. ^ "Sheffield's botched 'unlawful' devo consultation likely to cost £500k". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  49. ^ Jonathan Walker (8 September 2016). "North East mayor and £900 million devolution deal is scrapped". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  50. ^ Jonathan Walker (2 November 2019). "'A golden era for the North East': The new North of Tyne Combined Authority is launched". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  51. ^ "Norfolk and Suffolk elected mayor plans scrapped". BBC News. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  52. ^ Stefan Pidluznyj (11 November 2016). "Scrapped: Lincolnshire's £450m devolution deal no more". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  53. ^ William Rimell (12 October 2018). "Hampshire County Council leader Roy Perry 'not surprised' by Solent 'super council' deal snub". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  54. ^ (now), Andrew Sparrow; Phipps, and Claire; (earlier), Kevin Rawlinson (5 May 2017). "Local elections 2017: Tories make gains as votes counted in England, Wales and Scotland – live". Retrieved 5 May 2017 – via The Guardian.
  55. ^ Staff (4 July 2014). "Conwy: Liberal Democrat councillor Mike Priestley defects to Labour". Daily Post. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  56. ^ Staff (10 March 2016). "Conwy council Independents in disarray over attempt to oust Plaid Cymru leader". Daily Post. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  57. ^ "Denbighshire Labour councillor defends opposition". Denbighshirefreepress.co.uk. 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  58. ^ "Committee details – Cabinet". Denbighshire County Council. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.