2013 United Kingdom local elections

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,[4] as were those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors.[5][6]

The UK Independence Party and the Green Party stood record numbers of candidates.[7]

Party		Councils		Councillors
		Number	Change	Number	Change
	Conservative	18	10	1,116	335
	Labour	3	3	538	291
	Liberal Democrats	0		352	124
	UKIP	0		147	139
	Green	0		22	5
	Plaid Cymru	0		12	6
	Residents	0		12	2
	Mebyon Kernow	0		4	1
	Liberal	0		3	1
	Health Concern	0		2
	BNP	0		0	3
	Independent/Other	0		166	24
	No overall control	14	9	—	—

Labour and UKIP made substantial gains, but the Conservatives won the most councillors and retained control of most councils. The BBC published projected national vote shares, adjusting for which regions are holding local elections and extrapolating to the national situation. These were Labour 29%, Conservatives 25%, UKIP 23% and the Liberal Democrats 14%. This is the lowest figure for the Conservatives since 1982 and the lowest ever figure for the Liberal Democrats. It is also the first time that none of the three main parties in the Commons has scored 30% or more.[8] Rallings & Thrasher separately calculated a projected national vote share of Labour 29%, Conservatives 26%, UKIP 22% and the Liberal Democrats 13%.[9]

The actual votes received were Conservative 34.3%, Labour 21.1%, UKIP 19.9%, Lib Dem 13.8% and Green 3.5%.[10]

Overall, in England, the Conservatives saw 1116 councillors elected (down 335), Labour 538 (up 291), the Liberal Democrats 352 (down 124), independents 165 (up 24), UKIP 147 (up 139), the Greens 22 (up 5), Residents Associations 12 (up 2), Mebyon Kernow 4 (up 1), the Liberal Party 3 (up 1) and Independent Community and Health Concern 2 (no change). The BNP won no seats (down 3).[11]

In Wales, a single council, the Isle of Anglesey, was up for election. This election was postponed in 2012, when all other Welsh councils were elected, in order to allow an electoral review to take place for the council.[16]

• The 32 London borough councils (next election 2014)
• The 36 metropolitan district councils (next election 2014)
• The 201 district councils in two-tier authorities (next election 2014 in the 67 councils where members are elected by thirds, and 2015 in the 127 councils where all members are elected together)
• 48 unitary authorities of England (next election 2014 in the 19 councils where members are elected by thirds, excluding Bristol, and 2015 in the 30 councils where all members are elected together)
• The Scottish local councils
• Local councils in Northern Ireland
• The Welsh local councils (except Anglesey)

• 2013 City of London Corporation election
• Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom
• 2013 South Shields by-election
• 2012 United Kingdom local elections
• 2009 United Kingdom local elections (the last time most of these elections were held)