United Kingdom local elections, 2001

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United Kingdom local elections, 2001

Local elections took place in some parts of the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
on the 7 June, 2001. Elections took place for all of the English shire counties

Shire county

A non-metropolitan county or shire county in England, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England which is not a metropolitan county....
, some English unitary authorities

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
and all of the Northern Ireland districts

Districts of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. The councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom, e.g....
. The elections were delayed from the usual date of the first Thursday in May due to the 2001 UK foot and mouth crisis

2001 UK foot and mouth crisis

The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in the spring and summer of 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism....
and were held on the same day as the general election

United Kingdom general election, 2001

The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media. There was little change at all - outside Northern Ireland - with 620 out of 641 seats remaining unchanged....
.

While the results were overshadowed by the re-election of the Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
government, they did provide some comfort to the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
party.

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Local elections took place in some parts of the UK

United Kingdom

Shire county

A non-metropolitan county or shire county in England, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England which is not a metropolitan county....
, some English unitary authorities

Unitary authority

Districts of Northern Ireland

2001 UK foot and mouth crisis

United Kingdom general election, 2001

Labour Party (UK)

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
party. The Conservatives consolidated their position as the largest party on the English county councils.

Summary of results

The results of the English local elections saw the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
party make significant progress, gaining control of a further five councils. The Labour

Labour Party (UK)

Cumbria

Cumbria is a non-metropolitan county in the North West England of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
and Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county....
county councils, while the Liberal Democrats suffered losses of both councils and councillors.

Party		Councillors		Councils
Party		+/-	Total	+/-	Total
	Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....	+120	1,093	+5	18
	Labour Party Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....	+7	843	-2	14
	Liberal Democrat	-80	449	-2	0
	Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....	-25	67	0	0
	Others	-1	28	0	0
	No overall control	0	0	-1	13

County councils

In all 34 English county councils

Shire county

A non-metropolitan county or shire county in England, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England which is not a metropolitan county....
the whole council was up for election.

Council	Former control	New control	Type	Link to council election
Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Bedfordshire is a county in England that forms part of the East of England Regions of England.Its county town is Bedford, Bedfordshire. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire is a Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom#England in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex, England and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Cheshire Cheshire Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....	NOC	Conservative	County
Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....	NOC	NOC	County
Cumbria Cumbria Cumbria is a non-metropolitan county in the North West England of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....	Labour	NOC	County
Derbyshire Derbyshire Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains....	Labour	Labour	County
Devon Devon Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....	Liberal Democrat	NOC	County
Dorset Dorset Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....	NOC	Conservative	County
Durham Durham Durham is a city in North East England. It lies at the heart of the City of Durham local government district. It is the county town of County Durham....	Labour	Labour	County
East Sussex East Sussex East Sussex is a Counties of England in South East England England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel....	NOC	Conservative	County
Essex Essex Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....	NOC	NOC	County
Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Kent Kent Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....	Conservative	Conservative	County	Details Kent Council election, 2001 Kent County Council held its elections on 7 May 2001, on the same day as the United Kingdom general election, 2001. They were followed by the Kent Council election, 2005....
Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....	Labour	Labour	County	Details
Leicestershire Leicestershire Leicestershire County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire, about 3 miles northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority....	NOC	Conservative	County
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk is a low-lying Counties of England in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south....	NOC	Conservative	County
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Northamptonshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the England East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the United Kingdom Census 2001....	Labour	Labour	County
Northumberland Northumberland Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...	Labour	Labour	County
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire is an Counties of England in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The county town is traditionally Nottingham, though the council is now based in West Bridgford, a suburb of Greater Nottingham ....	Labour	Labour	County
Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire....	NOC	NOC	County
Shropshire Shropshire Shropshire , alternatively known as *Salop* or abbreviated, in print only, *Shrops*, is a Counties of England in the West Midlands of England....	NOC	NOC	County
Somerset Somerset Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....	Liberal Democrat	NOC	County
Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....	Labour	Labour	County
Suffolk Suffolk Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south....	NOC	NOC	County	Details
Surrey Surrey Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....	Conservative	Conservative	County
Warwickshire Warwickshire Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county....	Labour	NOC	County
West Sussex West Sussex West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial counties of England until 1974 and the coming into force of the Local Government...	Conservative	Conservative	County
Wiltshire Wiltshire *Wiltshire* is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....	Conservative	Conservative	County	Details Wiltshire Council election, 2001 Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 7 June, 2001. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held onto control....
Worcestershire Worcestershire Worcestershire is a county located in the West Midlands of central England. From 1974 to 1998 it was administered as part of Hereford and Worcester....	NOC	NOC	County

Unitary authorities

In two English unitary authorities

Unitary authority

Whole council

Council	Former control	New control	Type	Link to council election
Isle of Wight Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight is an England island and county, located 3-8 km from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent....	NOC	NOC	Unitary
Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in the ceremonial counties of England of Essex in the East of England England....	Conservative	Conservative	Unitary

One third of council

Council	Former control	New control	Type	Link to council election
Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England England. It consists of Blackburn, the small town of Darwen to the south of it, and the surrounding countryside....	Labour	Labour	Unitary
Bristol Bristol Bristol is a City status in the United Kingdom, unitary authority area and Ceremonial counties of England in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff....	Labour	Labour	Unitary
Halton Halton (borough) Halton is a local government district in North West England, with Borough status in the United Kingdom and administered by a unitary authority. It was created in 1974 as a district of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998....	Labour	Labour	Unitary
Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of as of June 2006. For ceremonial counties of England purposes it is in the Counties of England of Cambridgeshire....	NOC	NOC	Unitary	Peterborough
Reading Reading, Berkshire Reading is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the M4 motorway....	Labour	Labour	Unitary
Slough Slough Slough is a Borough status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area within the Ceremonial counties of England of Berkshire, England, situated west of London....	Labour	Labour	Unitary
Thurrock Thurrock Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the England ceremonial county of Essex. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone....	Labour	Labour	Unitary
Warrington Warrington Warrington is a large town, borough status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley....	Labour	Labour	Unitary
Wokingham Wokingham (district) Wokingham is a Districts of England in Berkshire, United Kingdom. It is named after its main town, Wokingham. Other places in the district include Arborfield, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Hurst, Berkshire, Sonning, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Berkshire, Wargrave, Winnersh and Woodley....	NOC	NOC	Unitary

Northern Ireland

In all 26 Northern Ireland districts

Districts of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. The councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom, e.g....
the whole council was up for election. They were elected by Single Transferable Vote

Single transferable vote

The Single transferable vote is a voting system of preferential voting designed to minimize wasted votes and provide proportional representation while ensuring that votes are explicitly expressed for individual candidates rather than for party lists....
. They saw the Democratic Unionist Party

Democratic Unionist Party

The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main Unionism political party in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson , it is the largest party in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom....
and Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

Sinn F?in is a political party in Ireland. The current party, led by Gerry Adams, was formed following a split in January 1970 and traces its origins back to the original Sinn F?in party formed in 1905....
make gains at the expense of the other parties.

United Kingdom local elections, 2001

Summary of results

County councils

Unitary authorities

Whole council

One third of council

Northern Ireland

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