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Labour Party in 2019

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

Summary

Contested in 254 of 255 councils; ran for 8,282 seats.
Won 2,019 seats (24.4% of seats up) on 26.5% of the vote.
Net change vs each council's last appearance in this dataset: -151 seats across 35 councils up, 61 councils down, 35 flat, 123 new to the window.
Council-control change: 2 gained, 3 lost.

Where Labour Party led, as of 2019

Councils where Labour Party was the largest single party in the most recent composition snapshot at or before 2019. Greens ring councils gained at this election; reds ring those lost. Click any hex to drill in.

As of 2019

117 councils led

+2 gained this cycle

−3 lost this cycle

Grey hexes are councils where another party led, or where we don't have a snapshot for that year.

Council-control changes

Councils where the largest party in the running composition changed at this election. How a flip is defined →

Gained (2)

Amber Valley from Conservative Party
Milton Keynes from Conservative Party

Lost (3)

North East Lincolnshire to Conservative Party
Carlisle to Conservative Party
Derby to Conservative Party

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 (35 councils)

Council	Won	Last cycle	Net	Vote share	Seat share
Nottingham	50	1 (2017)	+49	62.0%	90.9%
Cheshire West and Chester	35	1 (2018)	+34	36.7%	50.0%
Barrow-in-Furness	24	1 (2016)	+23	50.9%	66.7%
South Ribble	22	1 (2016)	+21	34.4%	44.0%
Preston	30	13 (2018)	+17	47.6%	62.5%
Norwich	27	12 (2018)	+15	40.5%	69.2%
Crawley	19	8 (2018)	+11	47.0%	52.8%
Sedgemoor	12	1 (2017)	+11	18.8%	25.0%
Canterbury	10	0 (2016)	+10	29.3%	25.6%
Great Yarmouth	15	6 (2018)	+9	36.6%	38.5%
Carlisle	15	8 (2018)	+7	29.5%	38.5%
Newark and Sherwood	7	1 (2017)	+6	26.9%	18.4%
Breckland	6	0 (2017)	+6	21.2%	12.2%
Tendring	6	0 (2016)	+6	13.8%	12.5%
Spelthorne	4	0 (2017)	+4	15.8%	10.3%
Lincoln	10	7 (2018)	+3	44.2%	90.9%
Basildon	6	3 (2018)	+3	24.4%	42.9%
Wigan	20	18 (2018)	+2	41.4%	80.0%
Hyndburn	9	7 (2018)	+2	53.7%	75.0%
Coventry	14	13 (2018)	+1	45.7%	77.8%
Trafford	14	13 (2018)	+1	41.3%	66.7%
Dudley	11	10 (2018)	+1	34.0%	45.8%
Stevenage	9	8 (2018)	+1	38.4%	69.2%
Southampton	9	8 (2018)	+1	36.7%	56.3%
Harlow	7	6 (2018)	+1	38.7%	63.6%
Peterborough	7	6 (2018)	+1	27.9%	35.0%
Worthing	5	4 (2018)	+1	30.9%	45.5%
West Oxfordshire	4	3 (2018)	+1	23.0%	25.0%
Runnymede	2	1 (2018)	+1	19.9%	4.9%
Tunbridge Wells	2	1 (2018)	+1	12.1%	11.1%
Dorset	2	1 (2017)	+1	11.9%	2.4%
Guildford	2	1 (2016)	+1	10.3%	4.2%
Craven	1	0 (2018)	+1	20.4%	9.1%
Central Bedfordshire	1	0 (2017)	+1	19.8%	1.7%
Malvern Hills	1	0 (2017)	+1	6.9%	2.9%

Seats lost (61 councils)

Council	Won	Last cycle	Net	Vote share	Seat share
Durham	0	74 (2017)	-74	19.8%	0.0%
Manchester	32	94 (2018)	-62	58.5%	97.0%
Leeds	19	61 (2018)	-42	38.2%	57.6%
Newcastle upon Tyne	17	56 (2018)	-39	38.4%	63.0%
Blackburn with Darwen	12	37 (2018)	-25	55.3%	70.6%
Northumberland	1	24 (2017)	-23	57.6%	100.0%
Kingston upon Hull	10	31 (2018)	-21	40.1%	52.6%
Barnsley	12	19 (2018)	-7	34.9%	57.1%
Cambridgeshire	0	7 (2017)	-7	26.0%	0.0%
Sunderland	12	17 (2018)	-5	32.7%	46.2%
Basingstoke and Deane	4	9 (2018)	-5	20.4%	20.0%
North Hertfordshire	3	8 (2018)	-5	21.8%	18.8%
Thurrock	5	9 (2018)	-4	31.6%	29.4%
West Sussex	1	5 (2017)	-4	48.9%	100.0%
Kent	1	5 (2017)	-4	39.7%	50.0%
Wolverhampton	16	19 (2018)	-3	47.4%	72.7%
Oldham	15	18 (2018)	-3	40.6%	75.0%
South Tyneside	14	17 (2018)	-3	41.9%	73.7%
Sheffield	13	16 (2018)	-3	31.6%	46.4%
St Helens	10	13 (2018)	-3	36.6%	62.5%
Reading	9	12 (2018)	-3	39.4%	56.3%
West Lancashire	7	10 (2018)	-3	38.8%	38.9%
Pendle	4	7 (2018)	-3	34.8%	23.5%
Worcester	3	6 (2018)	-3	26.1%	27.3%
Sandwell	24	26 (2018)	-2	58.6%	100.0%
Bradford	18	20 (2018)	-2	45.5%	60.0%
Gateshead	17	19 (2018)	-2	44.5%	77.3%
Wakefield	14	16 (2018)	-2	42.5%	66.7%
Wirral	10	12 (2018)	-2	35.8%	45.5%
Bury	9	11 (2018)	-2	38.9%	52.9%
Swindon	7	9 (2018)	-2	39.2%	36.8%
Bolton	6	8 (2018)	-2	31.4%	30.0%
Amber Valley	6	8 (2018)	-2	31.1%	40.0%
Milton Keynes	6	8 (2018)	-2	30.1%	31.6%
Cannock Chase	4	6 (2018)	-2	30.3%	26.7%
Hartlepool	3	5 (2018)	-2	28.1%	27.3%
Portsmouth	2	4 (2018)	-2	25.0%	13.3%
Redditch	1	3 (2018)	-2	26.7%	10.0%
South Lakeland	1	3 (2018)	-2	7.8%	6.3%
North Tyneside	17	18 (2018)	-1	49.1%	85.0%
Sefton	16	17 (2018)	-1	43.1%	69.6%
Salford	16	17 (2018)	-1	41.6%	80.0%
Chorley	13	14 (2018)	-1	52.6%	86.7%
Slough	12	13 (2018)	-1	59.0%	85.7%
Knowsley	11	12 (2018)	-1	58.5%	73.3%
Ipswich	11	12 (2018)	-1	39.8%	68.8%
Kirklees	11	12 (2018)	-1	36.7%	47.8%
Plymouth	10	11 (2018)	-1	37.4%	52.6%
Cambridge	9	10 (2018)	-1	37.2%	56.3%
Exeter	9	10 (2018)	-1	36.5%	64.3%
Stockport	8	9 (2018)	-1	27.8%	38.1%
Burnley	6	7 (2018)	-1	36.0%	40.0%
North East Lincolnshire	4	5 (2018)	-1	27.6%	25.0%
Rushmoor	3	4 (2018)	-1	29.5%	23.1%
Colchester	3	4 (2018)	-1	17.7%	17.6%
Tamworth	1	2 (2018)	-1	29.1%	10.0%
Wokingham	1	2 (2018)	-1	16.7%	5.6%
St Albans	1	2 (2018)	-1	15.6%	4.8%
Maidstone	1	2 (2018)	-1	10.3%	5.6%
Havant	0	1 (2018)	-1	11.0%	0.0%
Surrey	0	1 (2017)	-1	6.4%	0.0%

Debut councils (123)

Council	Won	Vote share	Seat share
Leicester	53	64.5%	98.1%
Bassetlaw	37	56.1%	78.7%
Telford and Wrekin	36	47.6%	66.7%
Luton	32	56.6%	66.7%
Gedling	29	47.8%	70.7%
Chesterfield	28	43.5%	58.3%
Cheshire East	25	27.9%	30.9%
Gravesham	24	40.3%	54.5%
Stockton-on-Tees	24	32.6%	42.9%
Blackpool	23	43.9%	54.8%
High Peak	22	34.9%	51.2%
Lancaster	21	33.7%	35.0%
Middlesbrough	20	34.9%	43.5%
Brighton and Hove	20	34.6%	37.0%
Darlington	20	33.2%	40.0%
Medway	20	33.1%	36.4%
Thanet	20	30.6%	35.7%
Copeland	19	49.1%	61.3%
Erewash	19	38.6%	40.4%
North East Derbyshire	18	35.3%	34.0%
York	17	28.4%	36.2%
Bolsover	16	46.1%	45.7%
North Lincolnshire	16	36.7%	37.2%
Stoke-on-Trent	16	32.4%	36.4%
Mansfield	15	34.1%	41.7%
Redcar and Cleveland	15	29.9%	25.4%
North Warwickshire	14	41.4%	40.0%
South Derbyshire	14	38.8%	38.9%
Broxtowe	14	34.6%	31.8%
Allerdale	14	34.4%	31.1%
Charnwood	13	33.5%	25.0%
Staffordshire Moorlands	13	26.0%	23.2%
Scarborough	13	25.3%	28.3%
Dover	12	29.0%	37.5%
Bedford	11	27.1%	27.5%
Swale	11	23.4%	23.4%
South Gloucestershire	11	21.5%	18.0%
East Staffordshire	10	38.7%	27.0%
North West Leicestershire	10	33.0%	26.3%
Dartford	10	29.8%	23.8%
Lichfield	10	28.3%	25.0%
Stafford	10	27.2%	26.3%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	10	17.1%	18.2%
Wyre	9	30.9%	18.0%
Selby	8	33.0%	25.8%
Hertsmere	7	28.3%	17.9%
Rushcliffe	7	26.2%	16.7%
East Suffolk	7	17.0%	12.7%
Ashford	7	15.9%	17.1%
Derbyshire Dales	6	26.2%	15.4%
East Lindsey	6	22.9%	12.0%
North Somerset	6	19.7%	12.0%
Blaby	6	19.4%	17.6%
Folkestone and Hythe	6	18.8%	20.0%
Bromsgrove	5	21.9%	16.1%
Warwick	5	19.5%	11.4%
West Suffolk	5	18.3%	8.9%
Forest of Dean	5	16.4%	13.2%
Bath and North East Somerset	5	12.6%	8.5%
Bracknell Forest	3	29.2%	7.1%
South Kesteven	3	18.5%	5.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	3	14.2%	3.9%
Rother	3	12.6%	7.9%
South Oxfordshire	3	12.1%	8.3%
Torridge	3	12.0%	8.8%
Epsom and Ewell	3	11.0%	7.9%
Lewes	3	10.5%	7.3%
Somerset West and Taunton	3	7.8%	5.2%
Braintree	2	21.1%	4.1%
Broadland	2	20.5%	4.3%
Boston	2	19.3%	6.7%
Ashfield	2	18.2%	5.7%
East Hertfordshire	2	17.3%	4.2%
Hinckley and Bosworth	2	14.3%	5.9%
East Hampshire	2	11.2%	4.8%
Eden	2	11.2%	5.7%
Babergh	2	10.9%	6.3%
Waverley	2	6.7%	3.6%
Chichester	2	6.7%	5.6%
Hambleton	1	17.5%	3.7%
South Norfolk	1	17.3%	2.2%
Harborough	1	15.3%	3.0%
South Staffordshire	1	13.7%	2.2%
Arun	1	11.7%	1.9%
Sevenoaks	1	9.7%	2.0%
Tonbridge and Malling	1	8.1%	1.9%
Surrey Heath	1	6.0%	2.9%
Ribble Valley	0	23.2%	0.0%
Horsham	0	14.7%	0.0%
South Hams	0	13.9%	0.0%
Fylde	0	12.2%	0.0%
New Forest	0	11.2%	0.0%
West Berkshire	0	11.0%	0.0%
Eastbourne	0	10.7%	0.0%
East Cambridgeshire	0	10.3%	0.0%
Teignbridge	0	10.0%	0.0%
Mendip	0	9.7%	0.0%
Mid Sussex	0	9.1%	0.0%
Wealden	0	8.9%	0.0%
Oadby and Wigston	0	7.9%	0.0%
Mid Devon	0	7.4%	0.0%
Melton	0	7.4%	0.0%
Stratford-on-Avon	0	7.3%	0.0%
West Lindsey	0	6.9%	0.0%
North Devon	0	6.5%	0.0%
Fenland	0	6.4%	0.0%
East Devon	0	6.3%	0.0%
Wychavon	0	6.1%	0.0%
Ryedale	0	5.8%	0.0%
North Norfolk	0	5.7%	0.0%
Torbay	0	5.4%	0.0%
Maldon	0	5.4%	0.0%
Vale of White Horse	0	5.2%	0.0%
Tewkesbury	0	5.0%	0.0%
Test Valley	0	4.7%	0.0%
Richmondshire	0	4.6%	0.0%
South Somerset	0	3.9%	0.0%
North Kesteven	0	3.7%	0.0%
Herefordshire	0	3.5%	0.0%
Uttlesford	0	3.3%	0.0%
Cotswold	0	3.0%	0.0%
Rutland	0	1.4%	0.0%
South Holland	0	0.6%	0.0%

No change (35)

Liverpool 25 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Halton 17 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Tameside 17 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Rochdale 16 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Calderdale 10 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Walsall 7 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Rossendale 5 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Derby 5 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Welwyn Hatfield 5 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Southend-on-Sea 5 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Watford 3 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Rugby 3 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Cherwell 3 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Wyre Forest 2 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Broxbourne 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Three Rivers 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Solihull 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Brentwood 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Woking 1 seats (unchanged from 2018)
East Riding 0 seats (unchanged from 2016)
Castle Point 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Dacorum 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Reigate and Banstead 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Rochford 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
West Devon 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Windsor and Maidenhead 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Elmbridge 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Epping Forest 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Eastleigh 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Chelmsford 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Winchester 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Tandridge 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Hart 0 seats (unchanged from 2018)
Mid Suffolk 0 seats (unchanged from 2017)
Mole Valley 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.