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1996 United Kingdom local elections

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1996 United Kingdom local elections

| country = United Kingdom

| type = legislative

| party_colour =

| previous_election = 1995 United Kingdom local elections

| previous_year = 1995

| next_election = 1997 United Kingdom local elections

| next_year = 1997

| seats_for_election = All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 14 out of 25 unitary authorities
and 100 out of 262 English districts

| election_date = 2 May 1996

| 1blank = Councils

| 2blank = Councils +/-

| 3blank = Councillors

| 4blank = Councillors +/-

| image1 = 160x160px

| colour1 =

| leader1 = Tony Blair

| leader_since1 = 21 July 1994

| leaders_seat1 =

| party1 = Labour Party (UK)

| last_election1 =

| seats1 =

| seat_change1 =

| popular_vote1 =

| percentage1 = 43%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}4%

| 1data1 =

| 2data1 =

| 3data1 = 10,929

| 4data1 = {{increase}} 468

| image2 = 160x160px

| colour2 =

| leader2 = Paddy Ashdown

| leader_since2 = 16 July 1988

| leaders_seat2 =

| party2 = Liberal Democrats (UK)

| last_election2 =

| seats2 =

| seat_change2 =

| popular_vote2 =

| percentage2 = 26%

| swing2 = {{increase}}3%

| 1data2 =

| 2data2 =

| 3data2 = 5,078

| 4data2 = {{increase}} 136

| image3 = 160x160px

| colour3 =

| leader3 = John Major

| leader_since3 = 27 November 1990

| leaders_seat3 =

| party3 = Conservative Party (UK)

| last_election3 =

| seats3 =

| seat_change3 =

| popular_vote3 =

| percentage3 = 29%

| swing3 = {{increase}}4%

| 1data3 =

| 2data3 =

| 3data3 = 4,276

| 4data3 = {{decrease}} 607

| map_image = Results of the United Kingdom 1996 local elections

| map_caption = Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the table of results.

}}

The 1996 United Kingdom local elections were held on 2 May 1996.{{cite book|last1=Rallings|first1=Colin|last2=Thrasher|first2=Michael|title=Local Elections Handbook 1996|publisher=Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1996-complete.pdf|access-date=3 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Council compositions|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1|website=The Elections Centre|access-date=3 May 2016}} They were the last local elections until 2010 to show a decline in the number of Conservative councillors and an increase in the number of Labour councillors.

The main opposition Labour Party gained 468 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 10,929. Their share of the vote was projected to be 43%, 4% down on the 1995 local elections.

The governing Conservative Party lost 607 seats and were left with 4,276 councillors - still in third place behind the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives' projected share of the vote was 29%, a 4% increase since the previous local elections in 1995.

The Liberal Democrats gained 136 seats and had 5,078 councillors after the elections.

Summary of results

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party

! colspan="4" | Councils

! colspan="4" | Councillors

valign="top" | Gain

! valign="top" | Loss

! valign="top" | Change

! style="text-align: right;" valign="top" | Total

! valign="top" | Gain

! valign="top" | Loss

! style="text-align: right;" valign="top" | Change

! style="text-align: right;" valign="top" | Total

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right" |+11

| align="right" |87

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right" |+466

| align="right" |1,744

{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right" |+5

| align="right" |23

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right" |+150

| align="right" |641

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right"

1

| align="right" |3

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right"

577

| align="right" |518

bgcolor="#d3d3d3" |

| Other

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |+3

| align="right" |3

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right"

39

| align="right" |127

{{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| align="right" |+1

| align="right"

16

| align="right"

15

| align="right" |34

| align="right" |—

| align="right" |—

| align="right" |—

| align="right" |—

Source: Parliamentary Research Briefing on 1996 Local Election{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Research Briefing on 1996 Local Election|url=http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP96-59/RP96-59.pdf}}

England

=Metropolitan boroughs=

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | Result

! class="unsortable" scope="col"| Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Barnsley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Birmingham

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Bolton

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Bradford

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Bury

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Calderdale

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Coventry

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Doncaster

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Dudley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Gateshead

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Kirklees

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Knowsley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Leeds

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Liverpool

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Manchester

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Newcastle upon Tyne

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |North Tyneside

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Oldham

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Rochdale

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Rotherham

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Salford

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Sandwell

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Sefton

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Sheffield

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Solihull

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |South Tyneside

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |St Helens

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Stockport

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Sunderland

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Tameside

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Trafford

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Wakefield

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Walsall

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Wigan

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Wirral

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Wolverhampton

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

=Unitary authorities=

==Whole council==

These were the first elections to 13 more unitary authorities established by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). They acted as "shadow authorities" until 1 April 1997.

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | Result

! class="unsortable" scope="col"| Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Bournemouth

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Brighton and Hove

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Darlington

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Derby

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Leicester

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Luton

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Milton Keynes ‡

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Poole

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Portsmouth

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Rutland

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Southampton

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Stoke-on-Trent

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Thamesdown

| {{party color cell|None}}

|New Council

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Details

‡ New ward boundaries from predecessor authorities

==Third of council==

In 1 unitary authority one third of the council was up for election.

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | Result

! class="unsortable" scope="col"| Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Hartlepool

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

=District councils=

In 100 districts one third of the council was up for election.

These were the last elections to the district councils of Blackburn, Halton, Peterborough, Reading, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock and Wokingham before they became unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

These were also the last elections to the district councils of Gillingham, Hereford, Leominster and South Herefordshire before they were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
scope="col" | Council

! colspan=2 | Previous control

! colspan=2 | Result

! class="unsortable" scope="col"| Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Adur

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Amber Valley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Barrow-in-Furness

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Basildon

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Basingstoke and Deane

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Bassetlaw

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Bedford

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Blackburn

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Brentwood

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Broadland

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Broxbourne

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Burnley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Cambridge

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Cannock Chase

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Carlisle

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Cheltenham

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Cherwell

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Chester

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Chorley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Colchester

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Congleton

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Craven

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Crawley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Crewe and Nantwich

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Daventry

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Eastbourne

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Eastleigh

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Ellesmere Port and Neston

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Elmbridge

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Epping Forest

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Exeter

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Fareham

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Gillingham

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Gloucester

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Gosport

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Great Yarmouth

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Halton

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Harlow

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Harrogate

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Hart

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Hastings

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Havant

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Hereford

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Hertsmere

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Huntingdonshire

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Hyndburn

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Ipswich

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Leominster

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Lincoln

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Macclesfield

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Maidstone

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Mole Valley

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Newcastle-under-Lyme

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|North Hertfordshire

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Norwich

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Nuneaton and Bedworth

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Oxford

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Pendle

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Penwith

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Peterborough

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Preston

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Purbeck

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Reading

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Redditch

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Reigate and Banstead

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Rochford

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Rossendale

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Rugby

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Runnymede

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Rushmoor

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Shrewsbury and Atcham

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Slough

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|South Bedfordshire

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|South Cambridgeshire

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|South Herefordshire

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|South Lakeland

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Southend-on-Sea

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|St Albans

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Stevenage

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Stratford-on-Avon

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Stroud

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Swale

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Tamworth

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Tandridge

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Three Rivers

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Thurrock

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Tunbridge Wells

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Watford

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Waveney

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Welwyn Hatfield

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|West Lancashire

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|West Lindsey

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|West Oxfordshire

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Weymouth and Portland

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Winchester

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Woking

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Wokingham

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} gain

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Worcester

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Worthing

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} hold

|Details

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|Wyre Forest

| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}}

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} gain

|Details

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP96-59 The local elections of 2 May 1996. House of Commons Library Research Paper 96/59.]
  • [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/azindex.stm Vote 1999 BBC News]
  • [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/azindex.stm Vote 2000 BBC News]

{{United Kingdom local elections, 1996}}

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Category:May 1996 in the United Kingdom

Category:Tony Blair