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| United Kingdom local elections, 2009 | ||||
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| 35 English Local Authorities | ||||
| 4 June 2009 | ||||
| First party | Second party | Third party | ||
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| Leader | David Cameron | Nick Clegg | Gordon Brown | |
| Party | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Labour | |
| Leader since | 6 December 2005 | 18 December 2007 | 24 June 2007 | |
| Last election | 44%[1] | 25%[1] | 24%[1] | |
| Percentage | 38%[2] | 28%[2] | 23%[2] | |
| Councils | 30 | 1 | 0 | |
| Councils +/– | +7 | −1 | −4 | |
| Councillors | 1531 | 484 | 178 | |
| Councillors +/– | +244 | −2 | −291
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The 2009 United Kingdom local elections were elections held to all 27 County Councils, three existing Unitary Authorities and five new Unitary Authorities, all in England, on 4 June 2009.[3][4] The elections were due to be held on 7 May 2009, but were delayed in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.[5][6]
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Summary of results
| Party | Councillors | Councils | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/− | Total | +/− | Total | ||
| Conservative | +244 | 1,531 | +7 | 30 | |
| Liberal Democrat | −2 | 484 | −1 | 1 | |
| Labour | −291 | 178 | −4 | 0 | |
| Independent | +6 | 97 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | +8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Residents | +2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | +7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mebyon Kernow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| BNP | +3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | +15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | −2 | 3 | |
Source: BBC News
Isles of Scilly Council not included in the above figures.
County councils
All 27 English County Councils were up for election. All seats on the councils were contested at this election.
Unitary authorities
Existing authorities
| Council | Proportion up for election |
Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 1/3 | No overall control | Liberal Democrat gain | Details | ||
| Isle of Wight | All | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Isles of Scilly | All | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
New authorities
Elections were held for five new unitary authorities. All councillors were elected at this election.
| Council | Result | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | No overall control | Details | |
| Central Bedfordshire | Conservative | Details | |
| Cornwall | No overall control | Details | |
| Shropshire | Conservative | Details | |
| Wiltshire | Conservative | Details | |
Mayoral elections
| Local Authority | Previous Mayor | Candidate elected | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | Peter Davies (English Democrats) | Details | |||
| Hartlepool | Stuart Drummond (Independent) | Stuart Drummond (Independent) | Details | ||
| North Tyneside | John Harrison (Labour) | Linda Arkley (Conservative) | Details | ||
A mayoral election was also due to be held in Stoke-on-Trent, however voters in the city voted to abolish the directly elected mayor system in a referendum held in October 2008. The referendum decided to replace the mayor and executive system with a council leader and cabinet system of local government.[8]
See also
- 2009 structural changes to local government in England
- European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom)
External links
- Elections 2009 BBC News
- Elections 2009: Councils A-Z BBC News
References
- ^ a b c "BBC projected national vote shares from 2008". BBC News. 2008-05-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7378788.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ a b c "BBC projected national vote shares for 2009". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8085558.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ "Communities and Local Government - Local government elections in 2009". Communities.gov.uk. http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/360902/electoralarrangements/elections/localgovernmentelections/. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ Communities and Local Government - Moving the date of English Local Government elections to the date of the European Parliament elections in 2009 - Consultation
- ^ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster (2008-11-04). "House of Commons Hansard Debates from 04 Nov 2008 - Local Government Motion". Publications.parliament.uk. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm081104/debtext/81104-0008.htm#08110438000010. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ "'British expenses scandal dominates political debate', 23 May 2009". City Mayors. 2009-05-23. http://www.citymayors.com/politics/uk-elections-2009.html. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ Winter was elected as the Labour Party candidate, but declared himself an independent following the 2008 local elections. After refusing to back down, Winter was expelled from the Labour Party on May 29, 2008, and has since lost a motion of no confidence but has refused to step down. See Winter's
own article for further details. - ^ "Mayor faces final months in power". BBC News. 2009-03-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7928231.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
| Preceded by United Kingdom local elections, 2008 |
UK local elections | Succeeded by United Kingdom local elections, 2010 |
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