All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 49 out of 55 unitary authorities, 194 out of 201 district councils, all 26 Northern Irish councils, and 5 directly elected mayors
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
David Cameron
Ed Miliband
Nick Clegg
Party
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Leader since
6 December 2005
25 September 2010
18 December 2007
Swing
[2]
10%
11%
Projected vote-share
35%[1]
37%
15%
Councils
157[3]
57
10
Councils +/–
4
26
9
Councillors
5,109
2,459
1,098
Councillors +/–
86
857
748
The results in England. Northern Ireland results are not shown. White areas indicate elections were not held here in 2011.
The 2011 United Kingdom local elections was held on Thursday May 5. In England, direct elections were held in all 36 Metropolitan boroughs, 194 Second-tier district authorities, 49 unitary authorities and various mayoral posts, meaning local elections took place in all parts of England with the exception of seven unitary authorities (Cornwall, Durham, Northumberland, Isles of Scilly, Shropshire, the Isle of Wight and Wiltshire), and seven districts and boroughs (Adur, Cheltenham, Fareham, Gosport, Hastings, Nuneaton and Bedworth and Oxford). For the majority of English districts and the 25 unitary authorities that are elected "all out" these were the first elections since 2007. In Northern Ireland, there were elections to all 26 local councils. Elections also took place to most English parish councils.
On the same day, elections to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly of Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly were held. A UK-wide referendum[4] on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system for elections to the House of Commons and the Leicester South by-election was also held.
Labour, contesting its first elections under the leadership of Ed Miliband, finished narrowly ahead of the Conservatives. The BBC's projected national vote share put Labour on 37%, the Conservatives on 35% and the Liberal Democrats on 15%.[5] Rallings and Thrasher of Plymouth University put Labour narrowly behind on 37% of the national vote, compared to 38% for the Conservatives and 16% for the Liberal Democrats.[6]
^Sparrow, Andrew (5 May 2011). "Election results 2011 - Thursday 5 May". The Guardian. London.
^Compared to the 2010 local elections
^"BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections". BBC News.
^"Clegg announces date for AV referendum". BBC Democracy Live. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
^Hawkins, Ross (6 May 2011). "Polls' impact on party leaders". BBC News.
^"Data" (PDF). researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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