:2018 United Kingdom local elections
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2018 United Kingdom local elections
| country = United Kingdom
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = yes
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 2017 United Kingdom local elections
| previous_year = 2017
| election_date = 3 May 2018
| next_election = 2019 United Kingdom local elections
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election = 150 of 404 councils in Great Britain
6 directly elected mayors
| turnout =
| 1blank = Seats before
| 2blank = Projected vote share{{efn|name=VoteShare|All vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares calculated by the BBC.}}
| 3blank = Seats won (2018)
| 4blank = Councillors (after)
| 5blank = Net change (notional)
| image1 = 160x160px
| colour1 =
| leader1 = {{nowrap|Jeremy Corbyn}}
| leader_since1 = {{nowrap|12 September 2015}}
| leaders_seat1 =
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| 1data1 = 6,465 seats
105 councils
| 2data1 = 35%
{{increase}}8%
| 3data1 = 2,353
74 councils
| 4data1 = 6,495
105 councils
| 5data1 = {{increase}}79
{{nochange}}0 councils
| image2 = 160x160px
| colour2 =
| leader2 = {{nowrap|Theresa May}}
| leader_since2 = {{nowrap|11 July 2016}}
| leaders_seat2 =
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| 1data2 = 9,211 seats{{cite web |url=https://www.theedkins.co.uk/uklocalgov/makeup2018.htm |title=Local Council Political Compositions |publisher=Keith Edkins |access-date=17 March 2025}}
202 councils
| 2data2 = 35%
{{decrease}}3%
| 3data2 = 1,332
46 councils
| 4data2 = 9,118
199 councils{{cite web |url=https://www.theedkins.co.uk/uklocalgov/makeup2018ae.htm |title=Local Council Political Compositions |publisher=Keith Edkins |access-date=17 March 2025}}
| 5data2 = {{decrease}}35
{{decrease}}3 councils
| colour3 =
| image3 = File:Vince Cable closeup.jpg
| leader3 = {{nowrap|Vince Cable}}
| leader_since3 = {{nowrap|20 July 2017}}
| leaders_seat3 =
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| 1data3 = 1,840 seats
7 councils
| 2data3 = 16%
{{decrease}}2%
| 3data3 = 542
9 councils
| 4data3 = 1,889
11 councils
| 5data3 = {{increase}}76
{{increase}}4 councils
| map_image = File:2018 UK local elections Ward Control.svg
| map =
| map_caption = Map showing council control following the election.
Conservative: {{legend0|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}}
Labour: {{legend0|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}}}
Liberal Democrats: {{legend0|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}}}
No overall control: {{legend0|Black|}}
No election: {{legend0|#C0C0C0}}
}}
The 2018 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 3 May 2018,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43973936 |title=Election 2018: Council polls to take place across England |work=BBC News |access-date=3 May 2018}} with local council elections taking place in all 32 London boroughs, 34 metropolitan boroughs, 67 district and borough councils and 17 unitary authorities.{{cite web |url=http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/elec2018.htm |title=Trailer - Local Elections May 2018 |publisher=Keith Edkins |access-date=27 July 2017 |archive-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321024012/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/elec2018.htm |url-status=dead }} There were also direct elections for the mayoralties of Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford.
With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the seats up for election were last contested in the 2014 local elections.
A parliamentary by-election in West Tyrone took place the same day.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43601329|title=Date is set for West Tyrone by-election|date=31 March 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=5 April 2018|language=en-GB}} Various other local by-elections also took place.
Seats held prior to the election
According to a BBC News estimate, taking into account boundary changes, the major political parties are effectively defending the following 'notional' numbers of council seats on election day:
- Labour Party – 2,278 seats
- Conservative Party – 1,365 seats
- Liberal Democrats – 462 seats
- UK Independence Party – 126 seats
- Greens – 31 seats
These numbers are how many seats each party won at the previous comparable election, generally in 2014, rather than which party held the seat on the eve of the election.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43460628#seatchange |title=2018 local elections: How the BBC is reporting the results |work=BBC News |date=12 May 2018 |access-date=6 May 2018}} Some other news agencies, such as the Press Association, compare against the party holding a seat on the eve of the election, leading to a different analysis of gains and losses.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2018/may/04/local-council-election-results-2018-in-full |title=Local council election results 2018 - in full |work=The Guardian |agency=Press Association |access-date=6 May 2018}}{{cite news |last1= Grierson |first1=Jamie |display-authors=et al |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2018/may/03/local-elections-council-england-2018-tories-labour-corbyn-may |title=Tower Hamlets final council to declare – as it happened |work=The Guardian |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=6 May 2018}}
There are also 48 Residents Associations' councillors, and 100 'other' / independent councillors.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43811553|title=How can you tell who's won the local elections?|first=Peter|last=Barnes|date=29 April 2018 |work=BBC News}}
Eligibility to vote
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) aged 18 or over{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/7/section/1 |title=Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015, Section 1 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=24 April 2017}} on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2 |title=Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 2 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=24 April 2017}} A person with two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) was able to register to vote at both addresses as long as the addresses were not in the same electoral area, and was able to vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.{{cite web |last=Electoral Commission |author-link=Electoral Commission (United Kingdom) |url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses |title=I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? |website=electoralcommission.org.uk |publisher=The Electoral Commission |access-date=24 April 2017 |archive-date=15 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115141233/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses |url-status=dead }}
In certain councils, there was a trial system in place where photo ID was required to vote. These councils were: Swindon, Gosport, Woking, Bromley, and Watford.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-43306472/local-elections-photo-id-needed-at-some-polling-stations|title=Some voters will have to provide identification|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=29 March 2018}} An estimated 4,000 electors were turned away from polling stations across these trial areas as a result of not having the appropriate form of ID.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/local-election-voter-id-trial-pilot-turned-away-a8336886.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/local-election-voter-id-trial-pilot-turned-away-a8336886.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=4,000 people turned away from casting their ballot in local election voter ID pilot|date=2018-05-04|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-05-25|language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}
Results
The number of councils controlled by each party following the election are shown in the table below. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats made modest gains in terms of their respective number of councillors, whereas the Conservatives made a net loss of 35 seats. UKIP lost nearly all of the 126 seats they were defending, with only 3 councillors elected.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cz3nmp2eyxgt/england-local-elections-2018|title=England local elections 2018|date=6 May 2018|website=BBC News}}
=Overall results=
| id="results" class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;" |
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width:140px;"| Party
! colspan="3" | Councillors ! colspan="3" | Councils |
|---|
| style="width:50px;"| Won
! style="width:50px;"|After{{cite web |url=https://www.theedkins.co.uk/uklocalgov/makeup2018ae.htm |title=Local Council Political Compositions |publisher=Keith Edkins |access-date=17 March 2025}} ! style="width:50px;"|+/-{{efn|name=Change|Because the number of council seats shifts every year due to boundary changes and local government reorganisation, changes are notional changes calculated by the BBC.}} ! style="width:50px;"|Won ! style="width:50px;"|After ! style="width:50px;"|+/- |
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1,332 |9,118 |{{decrease}}35 |46 |199 |{{decrease}}3 |
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2,353 |6,495 |{{increase}}79 |74 |105 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|542 |1,889 |{{increase}}76 |9 |11 |{{increase}}4 |
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
| colspan=1 {{n/a}}{{efn|name=Scotland|There were no elections in Scotland in 2018.}} |430 |{{nochange}} |0 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Plaid Cymru}}
| colspan=1 {{n/a}}{{efn|name=Wales |There were no elections in Wales in 2018.}} |203 |{{nochange}} |0 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|39 |198 |{{increase}}8 |0 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|UK Independence Party}}
|3 |116 |{{decrease}}123 |0 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}
|91 |1,645 |{{increase}}15 |0 |7 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}
| colspan=3 {{n/a}} |21 |82 |{{decrease}}1 |
==Results in London==
The following table shows the aggregate results for the 32 councils that were up for election in London.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party ! colspan="2" |Councillors ! colspan="2" |Councils |
| scope="col" | Number
! scope="col" | Change† ! scope="col" |Number ! scope="col" | Change |
|---|
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1,128 |{{increase}}67 |21 |{{increase}}1 |
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|508 |{{decrease}}92 |7 |{{decrease}}2 |
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|152 |{{increase}}34 |3 |{{increase}}2 |
| {{Party name with colour|Residents Association}}
|25 |{{decrease}}2 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|11 |{{increase}}7 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}
|7 |{{increase}}5 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|UK Independence Party}}
|0 |{{decrease}}9 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets}}
|1 |{{increase}}1 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Harold Hill Independent Party}}
|1 |{{increase}}1 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}
| colspan="2" |— |1 |{{decrease}}1 |
†Due to boundary changes, the figures for seat losses/gains are notional changes calculated by the BBC, and do not match up precisely to the London-wide results in 2014.
==Results outside of London==
The following table shows the aggregate results for the 118 councils that were up for election outside of London.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party ! colspan="2" |Councillors ! colspan="2" |Councils |
| scope="col" | Number
! scope="col" | Change ! scope="col" |Number ! scope="col" | Change |
|---|
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1,225 |{{increase}}12 |53 |{{decrease}}1 |
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|824 |{{increase}}57 |39 |{{decrease}}1 |
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|390 |{{increase}}42 |6 |{{increase}}2 |
| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}
|89 |{{increase}}12 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|28 |{{increase}}1 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Residents Association}}
|21 |{{nochange}} |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|UK Independence Party}}
|3 |{{decrease}}114 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK, 1989)}}
|1 |{{decrease}}1 |0 |{{nochange}} |
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}
| colspan="2" |— |20 |{{nochange}} |
Only four councils switched from a majority for one party to another. The Conservatives gained Redditch from Labour, and lost control of three councils to the Liberal Democrats: Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames and South Cambridgeshire. The Liberal Democrats also gained Three Rivers District Council from no overall control. Labour gained a majority on three councils that had been under no overall control (Kirklees, Plymouth and Tower Hamlets) while losing their majority on two (Derby and Nuneaton and Bedworth). The Conservatives gained a majority on one council that had been under no overall control (Basildon) while losing their majority on two (Mole Valley and Trafford).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43992681|title=Local election results 2018: The results in maps and charts|date=5 May 2018|website=BBC News}}
Labour won the inaugural mayoral election for the Sheffield City Region. Five other mayoral elections saw no change in the winning party: Labour held four and the Liberal Democrats held one.
=Analysis=
This was the first set of local elections since the 2017 general election. Most of the seats up for election had last been contested in the 2014 local elections.
Because the group of local councils varies with each cycle of local elections, the BBC and other analysts calculated a projected national vote share, 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 estimate put Labour on 35% of the vote (up 8% since 2017), the Conservatives on 35% (down 3%), the Liberal Democrats on 16% (down 2%).{{cite news |title = Local election results 2018: No clear winner as Labour and Tories neck and neck |url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44014076 |work = BBC News |date = 5 May 2018}} In the May 2017 local elections, the projected national voteshare was 38% for the Conservatives, 27% for Labour, 18% for the Liberal Democrats and 5% for UKIP. When votes were still being counted, media reports widely described the result as "mixed" for both Labour and the Conservatives.Citations:
- {{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43997872|title=Local elections 2018: Parties fail to make decisive gains|work=BBC News|date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}
- {{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Heather|last2=Walker|first2=Peter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/04/labour-and-tories-enjoy-mixed-night-of-results-in-local-elections-in-england|work=The Guardian|title=Local elections: neither Corbyn nor May able to break poll deadlock |date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}
- {{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2018-05-04/mixed-picture-as-counting-continues-in-local-elections-across-england/|work=ITV News|title=Mixed picture as counting continues in local elections across England|date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}
- {{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|display-authors=et al|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/local-elections-voters-turned-away-from-council-polls-for-having-no-identification-f3kcqrl8k|title=Local elections 2018: Labour fail to seize ground in biggest test since general election|date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}
- {{cite news|last=Eaton|first=George|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/05/local-elections-show-divided-britain-labour-and-tories-are-trapped-stalemate|work=New Statesman|title=The local elections show a divided Britain: Labour and the Tories are trapped in a stalemate|date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}} The results suggested that support for the parties had not moved much since the general election 11 months earlier.{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2018-05-04/five-things-we-learned-from-the-local-elections/|title=Five things we learned from the local elections|work=ITV News|date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}} Some reports considered the results a relief for Theresa May and the Conservatives.{{cite news|last=Heffer|first=Greg|url=https://news.sky.com/story/local-elections-2018-mixed-night-for-labour-and-conservatives-11357729|title=Theresa May survives local election test as UKIP collapses|work=Sky News|date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}{{cite news|last=Baston|first=Lewis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/04/labour-conservatives-local-election-results|title=The verdict? Deflating for Labour, a bullet dodged by the Tories|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 May 2018|date=4 May 2018}}
Ben Margulies, a research fellow at the University of Warwick, noted how the United Kingdom Independence Party's collapse in vote share directly benefited the Conservatives as they committed to exiting the European Union. Margulies stated that the Conservatives' position with the electorate will "remain perched on a precipice".{{cite web|url= http://www.democraticaudit.com/2018/05/09/englands-local-elections-2018-theresa-may-holds-on-but-the-conservatives-remain-on-the-precipice/ |title= England's local elections 2018: Theresa May holds on, but the Conservatives remain on the precipice |author= Ben Margulies |publisher= Democratic Audit UK |date= 9 May 2018 |access-date= 14 September 2018}} Matthew Mokhefi-Ashton, a politics lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, argued that Labour had set their expectations too high and thus made the actual result look disappointing by comparison.{{cite news|last1=Buchan|first1=Lizzy|display-authors=et al|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/local-elections-live-updates-polling-voters-labour-corbyn-london-gains-council-tory-theresa-may-a8334006.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/local-elections-live-updates-polling-voters-labour-corbyn-london-gains-council-tory-theresa-may-a8334006.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|title=Local elections live coverage|date=4 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}{{cbignore}} David Cutts, a professor of political science at the University of Birmingham, described the Liberal Democrats' performance in the election as "underwhelming" in contrast to the media response, arguing that the party only made moderate gains in their strongholds from before the Liberal-Conservative coalition and council areas that were seen as "Strong Remain" and "Strong Leave". Cutts argued that the next local elections in England are a greater test of their stability as they feature substantially more strongholds.{{cite web|url= http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/liberal-democrats-2018-local-elections-performance/ |title= The LibDems' performance was underwhelming – but these were not the elections to judge the party on |author= David Cutts |publisher= London School of Economics |date= 17 May 2018 |access-date= 13 September 2018}}
London boroughs
{{main|2018 London local elections}}
All seats in the 32 London borough councils were up for election.
Metropolitan boroughs
=Whole council=
4 metropolitan boroughs had all of their seats up for election following boundary changes.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="valign:top"
! Council ! colspan=2| Previous control ! colspan=2 | Result |
| Birmingham
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} |
| Leeds
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cpr6g37145et/leeds-city-council|title=Leeds City Council|website=BBC News}} |
| Manchester
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c7ry2vy7d52t/manchester-city-council|title=Manchester City Council|website=BBC News}} |
| Newcastle upon Tyne
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c34mxdm59xzt/newcastle-city-council|title=Newcastle City Council|website=BBC News}} |
=One-third of council=
One third of the seats in 30 metropolitan boroughs were up for election:
Unitary authorities
=Whole council=
One unitary authority had all of its seats up for election following boundary changes.
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Council
! colspan=2 | Previous control ! colspan=2 | Result |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Kingston upon Hull
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cg3nd2zg937t/hull-council|title=Hull Council|website=BBC News}} |
=Third of council=
One third of the council seats were up for election in 16 unitary authorities.
Non-metropolitan districts
=Whole council=
Seven non-metropolitan districts have all of their seats up for election.
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Council
! colspan=2 | Previous control ! colspan=2 | Result |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Eastleigh
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c6z896g4m00t/eastleigh-borough-council|title=Eastleigh Borough Council|website=BBC News}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Harrogate
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c2n5vx7zw1xt/harrogate-borough-council|title=Harrogate Borough Council|website=BBC News}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hastings
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c1v20yxy2xvt/hastings-borough-council|title=Hastings Borough Council|website=BBC News}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Huntingdonshire
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c51gr1rxyr8t/huntingdonshire-district-council|title=Huntingdonshire District Council|website=BBC News}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Newcastle-under-Lyme
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} (Conservative minority) | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c6z89r4r55dt/newcastle-under-lyme-council|title=Newcastle under Lyme Council|website=BBC News}} (Conservative minority) |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | South Cambridgeshire
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c1v20vnw7n5t/south-cambridgeshire-district-council|title=South Cambridgeshire District Council|website=BBC News}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | South Lakeland
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cwypryrmyvxt/south-lakeland-district-council|title=South Lakeland District Council|website=BBC News}} |
=Half of council=
Six non-metropolitan districts have half of their seats up for election.
=Third of council=
54 district councils had one third of their seats up for election. Weymouth and Portland originally had elections scheduled for 2018, but the elections were postponed indefinitely following a decision to merge the council into a unitary Dorset Council from 2019 onwards.{{cite web|title=APPROVED: Dorset councils to merge in biggest local government shake-up in 40 years|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/16048405.approved-dorset-councils-to-merge-in-biggest-local-government-shake-up-in-40-years/|publisher=Dorset Echo|access-date=23 April 2018|date=26 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=Borough council elections cancelled|url=https://news.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/2018/03/28/borough-council-elections-cancelled/|website=dorsetforyou.gov.uk|access-date=23 April 2018}}
These were the last elections to Daventry District Council, following the decision to abolish it along with Northamptonshire County Council and its 7 district councils into two unitary authorities in 2020.
Mayoral elections
There were five local authority mayoral elections and one metropolitan mayoral election.
= Combined authorities =
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Combined Authority
! colspan="2" | New mayor |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Sheffield City Region (South Yorkshire)
{{Elected official with party link| | name = Dan Jarvis | party = Labour and Co-operative Party }} |
= Local authorities =
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Council
! colspan="2" | Previous mayor ! colspan="2" | New mayor |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hackney
{{Elected official with party link| | name = Philip Glanville | party = Labour Party (UK) }} {{Elected official with party link| | name = Philip Glanville | party = Labour and Co-operative Party }} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Lewisham
{{Elected official with party link| | name = Sir Steve Bullock | party = Labour Party (UK) }} {{Elected official with party link| | name = Damien Egan | party = Labour and Co-operative Party }} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Newham
{{Elected official with party link| | name = Sir Robin Wales | party = Labour Party (UK) }} {{Elected official with party link| | name = Rokhsana Fiaz | party = Labour and Co-operative Party }} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Tower Hamlets
{{Elected official with party link| | name = John Biggs | party = Labour Party (UK) }} {{Elected official with party link| | name = John Biggs | party = Labour Party (UK) }} |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Watford
{{Elected official with party link| | name = Dorothy Thornhill | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) }} {{Elected official with party link| | name = Peter Taylor | party = Liberal Democrats (UK) }} |
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