2016 United Kingdom local elections

2016 United Kingdom local elections

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All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 19 out of 55 unitary authorities, 70 out of 201 district councils, 4 directly elected mayors, and all 40 Police and Crime Commissioners
Turnout	34%[1]
First party Second party   Leader Jeremy Corbyn David Cameron Party Labour Conservative Leader since 12 September 2015 6 December 2005 Projected vote-share[2] 31% 30% Projected Swing[3] 2% 5% Councils 58 38 Councils +/– 1 Councillors 1,326 842 Councillors +/– 18 48   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tim Farron Nigel Farage Party Liberal Democrats UKIP Leader since 16 July 2015 5 November 2010 Projected vote-share[2] 15% 12% Projected Swing[3] 4% 1% Councils 4 0 Councils +/– 1 Councillors 378 58 Councillors +/– 45 25
Council control following the 2016 local elections in England.   Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats   No overall control   No election in 2016

The 2016 United Kingdom local elections held on Thursday 5 May 2016 were a series of local elections which were held in 124 local councils and also saw 4 mayoral elections in England which also coincided with elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the London Assembly, the London mayoral election and the England and Wales Police and crime commissioners.^[4][5] By-elections for the Westminster seats of Ogmore and Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough were also held. These proved to be David Cameron's last local elections as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister as he resigned two months later following the defeat of Remain in the referendum on Britain's continuing membership of the European Union which was held seven weeks later.