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The 2016 United Kingdom local elections held on Thursday 5 May 2016 were a series of local elections which were held in 124 local councils and also saw 4 mayoral elections in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
which also coincided with elections to the
Scottish Parliament, the
Welsh Assembly
The Senedd (; ), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and () in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes laws for Wales, agrees certain taxes and scrutinises the Welsh ...
, the
Northern Ireland Assembly, the
London Assembly, the
London mayoral election and the
England and Wales Police and crime commissioners. By-elections for the Westminster seats of
Ogmore and
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament by Gi ...
were also held. These proved to be
David Cameron's last local elections as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister as he resigned two months later following the defeat of Remain in the
referendum on Britain's continuing membership of the European Union which was held seven weeks later.
Results
Full results as reported by BBC News.
As these local elections were held in 124 English councils, out of 418 in the whole of the UK, the
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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 Projected National Vote Share was 31% for
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
, 30% for the
Conservatives
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, 15% for the
Liberal Democrats and 12% for
UKIP
The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of Parliament and was the largest p ...
.
These results are included in the infobox for this article. Longstanding elections analysts
Colin Rallings
Colin Rallings is a British academic, Professor of Politics in the School of Sociology, Politics & Law at the University of Plymouth. Rallings’ first degree was in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester. Subsequently, he ...
and
Michael Thrasher
Michael Thrasher is a British academic, Professor of Politics in the School of Sociology, Politics & Law at the University of Plymouth. He is also Sky News' election analyst.
Thrasher was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in 1953. he receive ...
of Plymouth University estimate a National Equivalent Vote (NEV) share, and in 2016 put Labour on 33%, the Conservatives on 31%, the Liberal Democrats on 14% and UKIP on 12%.
Metropolitan boroughs
Whole metropolitan council
Three of 36
metropolitan boroughs had all of their seats up for election.
One-third of metropolitan council
32 of 36 metropolitan boroughs had one-third of their seats up for election.
Unitary authorities
Whole unitary council
3
unitary authorities
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governme ...
had all of their seats up for election.
One-third of unitary council
16 unitary authorities had one-third of their seats up for election.
District Councils
Whole district councils
12
District Councils had all of their seats up for election.
Half of councils
7
non-metropolitan district councils
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shire counties'') in a two-tier arrangement. Non-m ...
had half of their seats up for election.
One-third of district councils
51 non-metropolitan district councils had one-third of their seats up for election.
Mayoral elections
Four direct mayoral elections were held.
Police and Crime Commissioner elections
40 elections for Police and Crime Commissioners were held.
Results - English PCC Elections
Results Breakdown
Results - Welsh PCC Elections
Results Breakdown
See also
Other elections being held in the UK on the same day
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2016 London Assembly election
The 2016 London Assembly election was an election held on 5 May 2016 to elect the members of the London Assembly. It took place on the same day as the London mayoral election and the United Kingdom local elections. Four parties had AMs in the ...
*
2016 London mayoral election
The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect the Mayor of London, on the same day as the London Assembly election. It was the fifth election to the position of mayor, which was created in 2000 after a referendum in Greate ...
*
2016 National Assembly for Wales election
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film d ...
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2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election
The 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016. It was the fifth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. 1,281,595 individuals were registered to vote in the election (representing ...
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2016 Scottish Parliament election
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2016 Ogmore by-election
The Ogmore by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-election in the constituency of Ogmore in Wales, on 5 May 2016 following the resignation of the incumbent Huw Irranca-Davies following his decision to contest the coterminous Ogmore constituen ...
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2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election
Notes
References
External links
Local Government Political Control
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