Local election results 2021: how your council voted and how the numbers map across England

Alex Clark
·3 min read
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Local election results 2021 england my area how council voted map what time

Thousands of seats are up for grabs across local councils in England in what is being dubbed "Super Thursday".

More than 4,500 seats in 143 council areas will be contested, due to last year's elections being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The elections are part of a plethora of polls occurring across the UK, including for the Welsh Senedd, Scottish Parliament, and the London Assembly.

As of 1am on Saturday May 8, 84 council areas have been declared, with the Conservatives maintaining a lead of 36 and Labour following at 32. The Tories have gained seven seats and Labour have lost four. Fifteen council areas are in No Overall Control.

Results for councils will be coming in throughout today and into the weekend, so make sure you check in to see how your area has voted.

Not every local authority is contested in the election, but almost two-thirds of the English population are living somewhere with some form of an election.

The results will determine which party leads on important local issues such as planning permission, parks and economic development. In areas voting for county and metropolitan councils, it will decide who leads on schools, social care and public health.

Politically, these elections represent the first major challenge for Prime Minister Boris Johnson since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and the UK's exit from the EU. For Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, it will mark his first round of elections since he took on the role a year ago.

Labour has the most to lose, with 53 contested councils under their control, compared to 47 held by the Conservatives and six by the Liberal Democrats.

All eyes will be on the results from the "Red Wall" – Labour heartlands that swung to the Conservatives at the 2019 general election. For the first time in the constituency's history, the Tories have beaten Labour in the Hartlepool by-election.

Sir Keir Starmer has described the loss as "bitterly disappointing", pledging his commitment to do "whatever is necessary" to rebuild the trust of working people in Labour.

The Liberal Democrats – who are fielding the third largest amount of candidates – will also hope to make gains after their support collapsed following their participation in the coalition government between 2010 and 2015.

Also competing for the first time is Nigel Farage's Reform UK – the re-branded Brexit Party – which is fielding around 250 candidates across England.

What time are the local election results out?

Here are the estimated times for council areas still to be declared across England:

England

Friday morning:

  • 3am - Knowsley and Harrow

Friday afternoon/evening:

  • 1pm - Castle Point

  • 2pm - Bolton, Manchester and Wigan

  • 3pm - Preston, Trafford

  • 3:30pm - Ipswich

  • 4pm - Barnsley, Basildon, Bury, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Maidstone, Suffolk, Tameside

  • 5pm - Cambridge, Crawley, Doncaster, Elmbridge, Hart, Havant, Hyndburn, Isle of Wight, Pendle, Plymouth, Salford, Surrey, Three Rovers and Wokingham

  • 5:30pm - Rushmoor

  • 6pm - East Sussex, Hampshire, Reigate and Banstead and Woking

  • 7pm - Kingston-Upon-Hull and Runnymede

  • 8pm - North Northamptonshire

  • 9pm - West Northamptonshire and Norfolk (will not been announced earlier than 9pm)

  • 9:30pm - Wakefield

  • 10pm - Tandridge

  • 11pm - Mole Valley and Worcestershire

Saturday:

  • 12pm - Worcester

  • 1pm - Hertfordshire

  • 2pm - Eastleigh, Lancashire and Oxford

  • 3pm - Cannock Chase

  • 4pm - Buckinghamshire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Milton Keynes, Staffordshire and Tunbridge Wells

  • 5pm - Bradford, Calderdale, Durham, Fareham, Gosport, Hartlepool, Kirklees, Norwich, Portsmouth, Rotherham, Southampton, Stroud, Tamworth, Watford, Wiltshire and Winchester

  • 6pm - Leeds and West Sussex

  • 6:30pm - Warrington

  • 7pm - Slough

  • 8pm - Stevenage and Welwyn Hatfield

  • 9:30pm - Shropshire

Sunday:

  • 12pm - Adur, Worthing

  • 2pm - St Albans

  • 2.30pm - Oxfordshire

  • 4pm - Amber Valley, Bristol

  • 5pm - Basingstoke & Deane, North Hertfordshire

  • 6pm - Cherwell

  • 7pm -West Oxfordshire

About our results

Our results data are provided by the Press Association. Changes are calculated against a council's or parliament's composition at the time of the election, rather than against the composition resulting from the previous election. The Press Association only collates results for elections already scheduled to take place for May 6, 2021, so some council by-elections may not feature in our data.