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Green Party in 2018
Polling day: 3 May 2018. 154 councils held elections.
Summary
- Contested in 140 of 154 councils; ran for 4,223 seats.
- Won 39 seats (0.9% of seats up) on 5.6% of the vote.
- Net change vs each council's last appearance in this dataset: +8 seats across 13 councils up, 7 councils down, 92 flat, 28 new to the window.
Where the seats came from
Per-council net seat change vs each council's prior appearance in our dataset (typically that council's previous all-out election or its last by-thirds slice). "Debut" rows are councils whose first cycle in our window is 2018 — usually the result of a boundary reorganisation or being a county outside our 2021 LEH coverage.
Seats gained (13 councils)
| Council | Won | Last cycle | Net | Vote share | Seat share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 3 | 0 (2017) | +3 | 17.6% | 10.7% |
| Liverpool | 2 | 0 (2017) | +2 | 9.2% | 6.5% |
| Trafford | 2 | 0 (2017) | +2 | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| Solihull | 5 | 4 (2016) | +1 | 21.4% | 29.4% |
| Reigate and Banstead | 2 | 1 (2016) | +1 | 9.7% | 11.1% |
| Leeds | 2 | 1 (2016) | +1 | 6.2% | 2.0% |
| Oxford | 1 | 0 (2017) | +1 | 14.5% | 4.2% |
| Knowsley | 1 | 0 (2016) | +1 | 12.4% | 6.7% |
| Camden | 1 | 0 (2017) | +1 | 10.2% | 1.9% |
| Wirral | 1 | 0 (2017) | +1 | 8.5% | 4.3% |
| Burnley | 1 | 0 (2016) | +1 | 8.1% | 6.7% |
| Peterborough | 1 | 0 (2016) | +1 | 7.7% | 5.6% |
| Birmingham | 1 | 0 (2017) | +1 | 3.2% | 1.0% |
Seats lost (7 councils)
| Council | Won | Last cycle | Net | Vote share | Seat share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford | 1 | 3 (2016) | -2 | 5.7% | 7.1% |
| Warwickshire | 0 | 2 (2017) | -2 | 43.7% | 0.0% |
| Worcester | 1 | 2 (2016) | -1 | 12.0% | 7.7% |
| Norwich | 0 | 1 (2016) | -1 | 19.4% | 0.0% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 0 | 1 (2016) | -1 | 9.0% | 0.0% |
| Craven | 0 | 1 (2017) | -1 | 8.6% | 0.0% |
| St Albans | 0 | 1 (2016) | -1 | 6.8% | 0.0% |
Debut councils (28)
| Council | Won | Vote share | Seat share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth | 5 | 18.9% | 7.9% |
| Richmond upon Thames | 4 | 4.5% | 7.4% |
| Islington | 1 | 16.4% | 2.1% |
| Lewisham | 0 | 11.6% | 0.0% |
| Haringey | 0 | 10.4% | 0.0% |
| Tower Hamlets | 0 | 7.9% | 0.0% |
| Hounslow | 0 | 7.8% | 0.0% |
| Waltham Forest | 0 | 5.5% | 0.0% |
| Hillingdon | 0 | 4.9% | 0.0% |
| Enfield | 0 | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Wandsworth | 0 | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Bromley | 0 | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Ealing | 0 | 4.0% | 0.0% |
| Three Rivers | 0 | 4.0% | 0.0% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 0 | 3.4% | 0.0% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 0 | 3.3% | 0.0% |
| Havant | 0 | 2.8% | 0.0% |
| Newham | 0 | 2.7% | 0.0% |
| Sutton | 0 | 2.5% | 0.0% |
| Westminster | 0 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Kingston upon Hull | 0 | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| Harrow | 0 | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 0 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Bexley | 0 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 0 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 0 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Slough | 0 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 0 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
No change (92)
- Reading 1 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Cannock Chase 1 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Epping Forest 1 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Kirklees 1 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Weymouth and Portland 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Hackney 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- South Tyneside 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Exeter 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Southwark 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- St Helens 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Hastings 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Cherwell 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Cambridge 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- South Lakeland 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Greenwich 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Croydon 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Colchester 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Tameside 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- North Hertfordshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Coventry 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Manchester 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Bradford 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Sunderland 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Amber Valley 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Lincoln 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Salford 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Southampton 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Redditch 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Adur 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Milton Keynes 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- South Cambridgeshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Swindon 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Sandwell 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Rugby 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Mole Valley 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Newcastle upon Tyne 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Carlisle 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Gateshead 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Calderdale 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Worthing 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Cheltenham 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Stockport 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Maidstone 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Stevenage 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Wyre Forest 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- West Oxfordshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Barnsley 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Portsmouth 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Harrogate 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Ipswich 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Bury 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Oldham 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Tamworth 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Barnet 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Sefton 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Brent 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Southend-on-Sea 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Merton 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Gosport 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Bolton 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- North East Lincolnshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Wolverhampton 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- North Tyneside 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Winchester 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Runnymede 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Hart 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Dudley 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Hartlepool 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Havering 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Daventry 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Plymouth 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Elmbridge 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Redbridge 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Eastleigh 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Rushmoor 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Derby 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Rochdale 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Wakefield 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Brentwood 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Walsall 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Watford 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
- Hyndburn 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Fareham 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Pendle 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- West Lancashire 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Basingstoke and Deane 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Broxbourne 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Wigan 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Wokingham 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Tunbridge Wells 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
- Huntingdonshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
Net-change comparisons are versus each council's most recent appearance in our dataset (2021–2026). For all-out councils that's the previous all-out cycle (typically four years prior); for by-thirds councils it's last year's slice. Cross-cycle ward boundary changes can produce small artefacts — see methodology.