Local Government Composition

Below are the headline composition of every local council in England, Wales and Scotland since 1973. The full dataset (including data for Northern Ireland since 1997) can be found in our Data Hub.

Local Council Control 1973-2023

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Select any local authority in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland to see its full council composition history: seats held by party at every election since 1973, which party — if any — has held outright control in a given year, and the council’s current makeup.