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Green Party in 2019

Polling day: 2 May 2019. 255 councils held elections.

Summary

Contested in 230 of 255 councils; ran for 7,609 seats.
Won 265 seats (3.5% of seats up) on 8.4% of the vote.
Net change vs each council's last appearance in this dataset: +59 seats across 27 councils up, 5 councils down, 77 flat, 121 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 2019 — usually the result of a boundary reorganisation or being a county outside our 2021 LEH coverage.

Seats gained (27 councils)

Council	Won	Last cycle	Net	Vote share	Seat share
Mid Suffolk	12	0 (2017)	+12	34.0%	35.3%
Mendip	10	0 (2017)	+10	15.8%	21.3%
Norwich	9	0 (2018)	+9	30.0%	23.1%
Reigate and Banstead	6	2 (2018)	+4	16.2%	13.3%
Malvern Hills	5	1 (2017)	+4	11.0%	14.7%
Dorset	4	2 (2017)	+2	7.3%	4.9%
Cannock Chase	3	1 (2018)	+2	20.0%	20.0%
St Helens	2	0 (2018)	+2	24.8%	12.5%
Spelthorne	2	0 (2016)	+2	8.8%	5.1%
Sheffield	4	3 (2018)	+1	22.5%	14.3%
Knowsley	2	1 (2018)	+1	20.8%	13.3%
Reading	2	1 (2018)	+1	19.2%	12.5%
Wirral	2	1 (2018)	+1	16.7%	9.1%
South Tyneside	1	0 (2018)	+1	18.4%	5.3%
Exeter	1	0 (2018)	+1	17.8%	7.1%
Tameside	1	0 (2018)	+1	16.4%	5.3%
Amber Valley	1	0 (2018)	+1	15.0%	6.7%
Colchester	1	0 (2018)	+1	13.6%	5.9%
South Lakeland	1	0 (2018)	+1	12.9%	6.3%
Bradford	1	0 (2018)	+1	12.7%	3.3%
Cherwell	1	0 (2018)	+1	10.7%	5.9%
Carlisle	1	0 (2018)	+1	9.1%	2.6%
Craven	1	0 (2018)	+1	8.9%	9.1%
Sunderland	1	0 (2018)	+1	8.0%	3.8%
Wyre Forest	1	0 (2018)	+1	7.7%	3.0%
Cheshire West and Chester	1	0 (2018)	+1	5.4%	1.4%
Runnymede	1	0 (2018)	+1	3.4%	2.4%

Seats lost (5 councils)

Council	Won	Last cycle	Net	Vote share	Seat share
Gloucestershire	0	2 (2017)	-2	8.5%	0.0%
Liverpool	1	2 (2018)	-1	13.4%	3.3%
Trafford	1	2 (2018)	-1	12.6%	4.8%
Leeds	1	2 (2018)	-1	11.5%	3.0%
Kent	0	1 (2017)	-1	4.9%	0.0%

Debut councils (121)

Council	Won	Vote share	Seat share
Brighton and Hove	19	36.4%	35.2%
Lancaster	10	21.8%	16.7%
Lewes	9	27.9%	22.0%
Warwick	8	22.5%	18.2%
Herefordshire	7	13.0%	13.2%
Folkestone and Hythe	6	25.2%	20.0%
Forest of Dean	6	21.6%	15.8%
Braintree	6	17.8%	12.2%
South Oxfordshire	5	10.2%	13.9%
Babergh	4	23.3%	12.5%
East Suffolk	4	22.0%	7.3%
York	4	17.0%	8.5%
South Hams	3	12.3%	9.7%
West Berkshire	3	11.8%	7.0%
Mid Sussex	3	11.4%	6.0%
South Staffordshire	3	11.0%	6.7%
Thanet	3	9.2%	5.4%
North Somerset	3	3.9%	6.0%
Wealden	2	19.2%	4.5%
North Devon	2	15.6%	4.8%
High Peak	2	15.1%	4.7%
East Hertfordshire	2	15.0%	4.2%
Darlington	2	13.2%	4.0%
Ashford	2	12.9%	4.9%
West Devon	2	11.8%	7.4%
Tonbridge and Malling	2	11.5%	3.8%
Scarborough	2	9.9%	4.3%
Eden	2	9.7%	5.7%
Rushcliffe	2	9.4%	4.8%
Torridge	2	8.9%	5.9%
Chichester	2	8.4%	5.6%
Wychavon	2	8.2%	5.4%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	2	7.5%	2.6%
Breckland	2	7.1%	4.1%
Bedford	2	6.4%	5.0%
Swale	2	5.7%	4.3%
Mid Devon	2	5.4%	4.9%
Derbyshire Dales	2	5.3%	5.1%
Somerset West and Taunton	2	5.0%	3.4%
Waverley	2	4.9%	3.6%
Surrey Heath	2	4.9%	5.7%
Horsham	2	3.6%	4.2%
East Devon	2	3.4%	3.5%
Arun	2	3.1%	3.7%
Melton	1	14.3%	4.3%
Stratford-on-Avon	1	12.0%	2.8%
Blaby	1	8.7%	2.9%
Charnwood	1	8.6%	1.9%
Tewkesbury	1	8.1%	2.6%
Rutland	1	7.1%	5.3%
Fenland	1	6.6%	3.7%
Richmondshire	1	5.4%	4.2%
Cotswold	1	4.7%	2.9%
Rother	1	4.2%	2.6%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	1	3.9%	1.8%
Vale of White Horse	1	3.2%	2.7%
Stafford	1	3.0%	2.6%
West Suffolk	1	2.1%	1.8%
North West Leicestershire	1	1.7%	2.6%
Guildford	1	1.4%	2.1%
Canterbury	0	12.5%	0.0%
Dover	0	11.5%	0.0%
Bath and North East Somerset	0	9.3%	0.0%
Torbay	0	8.4%	0.0%
Hambleton	0	7.6%	0.0%
East Hampshire	0	7.0%	0.0%
Sevenoaks	0	6.5%	0.0%
Leicester	0	6.2%	0.0%
Allerdale	0	6.1%	0.0%
North Lincolnshire	0	6.1%	0.0%
Cheshire East	0	5.5%	0.0%
Broxtowe	0	5.4%	0.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands	0	5.1%	0.0%
Broadland	0	4.7%	0.0%
Harborough	0	4.7%	0.0%
South Somerset	0	4.5%	0.0%
Medway	0	4.4%	0.0%
South Holland	0	4.4%	0.0%
East Cambridgeshire	0	4.2%	0.0%
Ryedale	0	4.0%	0.0%
Tendring	0	3.8%	0.0%
South Kesteven	0	3.8%	0.0%
Wyre	0	3.7%	0.0%
East Riding	0	3.6%	0.0%
Eastbourne	0	3.6%	0.0%
North Norfolk	0	3.3%	0.0%
Newark and Sherwood	0	3.2%	0.0%
Fylde	0	3.2%	0.0%
New Forest	0	3.2%	0.0%
Middlesbrough	0	3.1%	0.0%
Teignbridge	0	2.9%	0.0%
Uttlesford	0	2.8%	0.0%
Blackpool	0	2.6%	0.0%
Lichfield	0	2.5%	0.0%
Halton	0	2.4%	0.0%
East Staffordshire	0	2.0%	0.0%
South Gloucestershire	0	1.9%	0.0%
North East Derbyshire	0	1.9%	0.0%
Gravesham	0	1.9%	0.0%
Bromsgrove	0	1.8%	0.0%
South Norfolk	0	1.4%	0.0%
West Lindsey	0	1.3%	0.0%
Stoke-on-Trent	0	1.3%	0.0%
Epsom and Ewell	0	1.1%	0.0%
Chesterfield	0	1.1%	0.0%
Windsor and Maidenhead	0	1.1%	0.0%
Bracknell Forest	0	0.9%	0.0%
North Warwickshire	0	0.9%	0.0%
Hinckley and Bosworth	0	0.7%	0.0%
Sedgemoor	0	0.7%	0.0%
Stockton-on-Tees	0	0.6%	0.0%
Dartford	0	0.6%	0.0%
Gedling	0	0.5%	0.0%
Thurrock	0	0.5%	0.0%
Redcar and Cleveland	0	0.5%	0.0%
Luton	0	0.5%	0.0%
Ribble Valley	0	0.4%	0.0%
Oadby and Wigston	0	0.4%	0.0%
Telford and Wrekin	0	0.3%	0.0%
Ashfield	0	0.2%	0.0%
Test Valley	0	0.2%	0.0%

No change (77)

Solihull 5 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Worcester 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Burnley 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Kirklees 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Peterborough 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Rochford 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Epping Forest 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Cambridge 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Manchester 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Lincoln 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Coventry 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Cambridgeshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Salford 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Maidstone 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Redditch 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
North Hertfordshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
St Albans 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Worthing 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Sandwell 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Milton Keynes 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Southampton 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Calderdale 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
West Sussex 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Ipswich 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Stockport 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
West Oxfordshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Newcastle upon Tyne 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Three Rivers 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Bury 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Gateshead 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Mole Valley 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Dacorum 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Southend-on-Sea 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Winchester 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Stevenage 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Sefton 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Wolverhampton 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Woking 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
Swindon 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Rugby 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Eastleigh 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Havant 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Portsmouth 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Kingston upon Hull 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Nottingham 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Barnsley 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Chelmsford 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
North Tyneside 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Dudley 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Oldham 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Plymouth 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Chorley 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
Hart 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Rochdale 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
West Lancashire 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Crawley 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Tamworth 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Brentwood 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Central Bedfordshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Bolton 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Wakefield 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Tunbridge Wells 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Welwyn Hatfield 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
Rushmoor 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Wokingham 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Wigan 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Elmbridge 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Basingstoke and Deane 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Basildon 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
Slough 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Tandridge 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
Walsall 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Rossendale 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
North East Lincolnshire 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Hartlepool 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Preston 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
Derby 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)

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.