2001 United Kingdom local elections

2001 United Kingdom local elections

← 2000 7 June 2001 2002 →
All 34 non-metropolitan counties, 11 out of 46 unitary authorities, 1 sui generis authority and all 26 Northern Irish districts
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader William Hague Tony Blair Charles Kennedy Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 19 June 1997 21 July 1994 9 August 1999 Percentage 40% 31% 25% Swing 8% 1% 1% Councils 18 14 0 Councils +/- 5 2 2 Councillors 1,093 843 449 Councillors +/- 120 7 80
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

The 2001 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 7 June 2001. Elections took place for all of the English shire counties, some English unitary authorities and all of the Northern Ireland districts. The elections were delayed from the usual date of the first Thursday in May due to the 2001 foot and mouth crisis and were held on the same day as the 2001 general election.

While the results were overshadowed by the re-election of the Labour government, they did provide some comfort to the Conservative Party. The Conservatives consolidated their position as the largest party on the English county councils.