2014 United Kingdom local elections

The 2014 United Kingdom local elections were held on 22 May 2014. It was on the same day as the European elections.

United Kingdom local elections, 2014

22 May 2014
162 councils in England 5 directly-elected mayors All 11 councils in Northern Ireland
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ed Miliband David Cameron Nick Clegg Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Popular vote 31% 29% 13% Swing 2% 4% 1% Councils 82 41 6 Councils +/– 6 11 2 Councillors 2,121 1,364 427 Councillors +/– 324 236 310   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Nigel Farage Peter Robinson Martin McGuinness Party UKIP DUP Sinn Féin Popular vote 17% — — Swing 5% — — Councils 0 0 0 Councils +/– Councillors 166 130 105 Councillors +/– 163 15 10
Map showing results of English and Northern Irish local elections, 2014. Black represents No Overall Control, white represents areas that did not hold an election, blue represents the Conservative Party, red represents the Labour Party and gold represents the Liberal Democrats. Areas in light red represent the Democratic Unionist Party. Dark green represents Sinn Féin and light green represents the SDLP. Areas shown in grey are outside England and Northern Ireland.

Results

• 2,121 Labour Party Councillors were elected (up 324),
• 1,364 Conservatives (down 236),
• 427 Liberal Democrats (down 310),
• 163 UK Independence Party (up 161),
• 38 Greens (up 18),
• 53 Residents Association (up 14),
• 18 Tower Hamlets First (up 18),
• 2 Liberal Party (down 2),
• 1 British National Party (down 1),
• 1 Independent Community and Health Concern (down 2),
• 71 Independents (up 18) were elected.