2016 United Kingdom local elections

2016 United Kingdom local elections

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All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 19 out of 55 unitary authorities,
70 out of 201 district councils, 4 directly elected mayors,
and all 40 Police and Crime Commissioners
Turnout34%[1]
  First party Second party
  David Cameron
Leader Jeremy Corbyn David Cameron
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 12 September 2015 6 December 2005
Projected vote-share[2] 31% 30%
Projected Swing[3] Increase2% Decrease5%
Councils 58 38
Councils +/– Steady Decrease1
Councillors 1,326 842
Councillors +/– Decrease18 Decrease48

  Third party Fourth party
  Tim Farron Nigel Farage
Leader Tim Farron Nigel Farage
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
Leader since 16 July 2015 5 November 2010
Projected vote-share[2] 15% 12%
Projected Swing[3] Increase4% Decrease1%
Councils 4 0
Councils +/– Increase1 Steady
Councillors 378 58
Councillors +/– Increase45 Increase25

Council control following the 2016 local elections in England.
  Labour
  No election in 2016

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 which also coincided with elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the London Assembly, the London mayoral election and the England and Wales Police and crime commissioners.[4][5] By-elections for the Westminster seats of Ogmore and Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 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.

  1. ^ Daniel Wainwright (9 April 2019). "Council elections: Why don't people vote?". Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ The projected national vote share, "Key points of 2016 elections: At-a-glance summary". BBC News. 9 May 2016.
  3. ^ electionsetc (4 May 2016). "Calculating the Local Elections Projected National Share (PNS) in 2015 and 2016".
  4. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". electoralcommission.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1983". legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 3 November 2010.