2013 United Kingdom local elections

2013 United Kingdom local elections

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All 27 county councils, 7 out of 55 unitary authorities,
1 out of 22 Welsh principal councils, 1 sui generis authority,
and 2 directly elected mayors
  First party Second party
  David Cameron Ed Miliband
Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010
Swing Decrease6% Decrease9%
Projected vote-share 25%[a] 29%
Councils 18 3
Councils +/– Decrease10 Increase2
Councillors 1,136 538
Councillors +/– Decrease335 Increase291

  Third party Fourth party
  Nick Clegg Nigel Farage
Leader Nick Clegg Nigel Farage
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
Leader since 18 December 2007 5 November 2010
Swing Decrease2% Not given
Projected vote-share 14% 22%
Councils 0 0
Councils +/– Steady Steady
Councillors 352 147
Councillors +/– Decrease124 Increase139

Map showing council control (left) and largest party by ward or division (right) following the election.
  Conservative   
  Labour   
  UKIP
  Green Party   
  Plaid Cymru   
  Independent   
  No election   

The 2013 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 2 May 2013.[1] Elections were held in 35 English councils: all 27 non-metropolitan county councils and eight unitary authorities, and in one Welsh unitary authority. Direct mayoral elections took place in Doncaster and North Tyneside. These elections last took place on the 4 June 2009 at the same time as the 2009 European Parliament Elections, except for County Durham, Northumberland and the Anglesey where elections last took place in 2008.

The BBC's projected national vote share (PNV) put Labour on 29%, the Conservatives on 25%, UKIP on 23% and the Liberal Democrats on 14%.[2] Elections analysts Rallings and Thrasher estimated 29% for Labour, 26% for the Conservatives, 22% for UKIP and 13% for the Liberal Democrats.[3]

On the same day a parliamentary by-election took place in the North East constituency of South Shields following the departure of David Miliband, with the Labour Party retaining the seat.


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  1. ^ "Elections and electoral arrangements". communities.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Local elections: Nigel Farage hails results as a 'game changer'". BBC News. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. ^ Uberoi, Elise; Watson, Chris; Keen, Richard (19 May 2016). "Local elections 2016" (PDF). researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2016.

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