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GB Council Compositions 1987

Prior to 2016, Greens are included in other, and PC/SNP are combined

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Authority	Majority	Total	Composition ( Con Lab Lib SNP/PC Other)
Aberconwy	NOC	41	8411117
Aberdeen	Lab	50	8281400
Adur	LD	39	1502202
Allerdale	NOC	55	12240019
Alnwick	NOC	29	521309
Alyn & Deeside	Lab	43	826405
Amber Valley	NOC	43	1921201
Angus	SNP	21	800112
Annandale & Eskdale	Ind	16	004012
Arfon	NOC	39	01111314
Argyll & Bute	Ind	26	300122
Arun	Con	56	511400
Ashfield	Lab	33	426300
Ashford	Con	49	3161002
Avon	NOC	76	3137800
Aylesbury Vale	Con	58	3421408
Babergh	NOC	42	1824018
Badenoch & Strathspey	Ind	10	00019
Banff & Buchan	Ind	18	100512
Barking & Dagenham	Lab	48	335505
Barnet	Con	60	3918300
Barnsley	Lab	66	262002
Barrow-In-Furness	Lab	38	1324001
Basildon	NOC	42	11201100
Basingstoke & Deane	Con	59	3214904
Bassetlaw	Lab	50	1827005
Bath	NOC	48	2481600
Bearsden & Milngavie	Con	10	61201
Bedford	NOC	53	26121401
Bedfordshire	NOC	73	30291400
Berkshire	Con	76	42171601
Berwick-Upon-Tweed	NOC	28	511309
Berwickshire	Con	12	80103
Beverley	Con	53	3421601
Bexley	Con	62	36151100
Birmingham	Lab	117	4665600
Blaby	Con	39	310305
Blackburn with Darwen	NOC	60	2130702
Blackpool	NOC	44	2215601
Blaenau Gwent	Lab	44	133118
Blyth Valley	LD	47	0232400
Bolsover	Lab	37	130204
Bolton	Lab	60	1538700
Boothferry	NOC	35	1610009
Boston	NOC	34	155608
Bournemouth	Con	57	3741303
Bracknell Forest	Con	40	400000
Bradford	Lab	90	3849300
Braintree	NOC	60	30135012
Breckland	Con	53	3372011
Brecknock	Ind	44	0101033
Brent	Lab	66	2043300
Brentwood	Con	39	2321400
Bridgnorth	Ind	33	1204017
Brighton	NOC	48	2024301
Bristol	Lab	68	2537600
Broadland	Con	49	3301006
Bromley	Con	60	4410600
Bromsgrove	Con	41	287402
Broxbourne	Con	42	346200
Broxtowe	Con	49	3210601
Buckinghamshire	Con	71	4912901
Burnley	Lab	53	540503
Bury	Lab	48	1830000
Caithness	Ind	15	001014
Calderdale	NOC	54	16241400
Cambridge	NOC	42	11201100
Cambridgeshire	NOC	77	29212601
Camden	Lab	59	1344200
Cannock Chase	Lab	42	3231600
Canterbury	Con	49	3351100
Caradon	Ind	41	716027
Cardiff	NOC	65	25291100
Carlisle	Lab	51	2027301
Carmarthen	Ind	37	041230
Carrick	NOC	45	1542105
Castle Morpeth	NOC	34	5512012
Castle Point	Con	39	390000
Central	Lab	34	423151
Ceredigion	Ind	44	0214424
Charnwood	Con	52	3910300
Chelmsford	LD	56	2402903
Cheltenham	NOC	33	1521402
Cherwell	Con	52	3312700
Cheshire	NOC	71	27321101
Chester	NOC	60	30181002
Chester-Le-Street	Lab	33	124404
Chesterfield	Lab	47	535700
Chichester	Con	50	3501203
Chiltern	Con	50	421601
Chorley	NOC	48	2420301
Christchurch	Con	25	153304
Clackmannan	Lab	12	19020
Cleethorpes	NOC	41	11111504
Cleveland	Lab	77	2051600
Clwyd	NOC	66	14272023
Clydebank	Lab	12	111000
Clydesdale	NOC	16	06037
Colchester	NOC	60	2492304
Colwyn	NOC	34	4215013
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	Ind	30	000030
Congleton	NOC	45	1852101
Copeland	Lab	51	2026005
Corby	Lab	27	223002
Cornwall	NOC	79	16530028
Cotswold	Ind	45	1112031
Coventry	Lab	54	1141200
Craven	NOC	34	1431205
Crawley	Lab	32	1318100
Crewe & Nantwich	NOC	57	2624502
Croydon	Con	70	4426000
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	Lab	12	08040
Cumbria	NOC	83	3639503
Cumnock & Doon Valley	Lab	10	010000
Cunninghame	Lab	30	523002
Cynon Valley	Lab	38	030053
Dacorum	Con	58	4081000
Darlington	NOC	52	2424202
Dartford	Con	47	2916002
Daventry	Con	35	199205
Delyn	NOC	42	3117120
Derby	Lab	44	2023100
Derbyshire	Lab	84	2454402
Derbyshire Dales	Con	39	243903
Derwentside	Lab	55	343009
Devon	NOC	85	37103602
Dinefwr	Lab	32	0180212
Doncaster	Lab	63	953100
Dorset	Con	77	4242605
Dover	Con	56	3319400
Dudley	Lab	72	3141000
Dumbarton	Lab	16	211102
Dumfries & Galloway	Ind	35	074519
Dundee	Lab	44	1525220
Dunfermiline	Lab	34	224611
Durham	Lab	72	5507010
Durham	Lab	49	0261409
Dwyfor	Ind	29	000623
Dyfed	NOC	80	0319535
Ealing	Lab	70	2047300
Easington	Lab	51	043305
East Cambridgeshire	Ind	37	315028
East Devon	Con	60	521700
East Dorset	Con	36	270603
East Hampshire	Con	42	2601105
East Hertfordshire	Con	50	3215012
East Kilbride	Lab	16	214000
East Lindsey	Ind	60	12313032
East Lothian	Lab	17	611000
East Northamptonshire	Con	36	305100
East Staffordshire	NOC	46	2221201
East Sussex	NOC	70	35142100
East Yorkshire	Con	43	2516011
Eastbourne	LD	30	1301700
Eastleigh	NOC	44	1572200
Eastwood	Con	12	100002
Eden	Ind	37	100036
Edinburgh	Lab	62	2234420
Ellesmere Port & Neston	Lab	41	1228001
Elmbridge	NOC	60	2967018
Enfield	Con	66	3828000
Epping Forest	Con	59	3511409
Epsom & Ewell	Ind	39	031035
Erewash	Con	52	2921002
Essex	NOC	98	45292301
Ettrick & Lauderdale	Ind	16	120013
Exeter	NOC	36	1513701
Falkirk	Lab	36	225072
Fareham	Con	42	2301603
Fenland	Con	40	254605
Fife	Lab	46	430822
Forest Heath	Con	25	1400011
Forest Of Dean	NOC	49	7139020
Fylde	Con	49	3011017
Gateshead	Lab	66	458301
Gedling	Con	57	484401
Gillingham	Con	42	2261400
Glanford	Con	41	2522012
Glasgow	Lab	66	559200
Gloucester	Con	33	1710501
Gloucestershire	NOC	63	18142308
Glyndwr	Ind	35	034028
Gordon	Ind	12	30207
Gosport	Con	30	195600
Grampian	NOC	57	16171383
Gravesham	NOC	44	2222000
Great Grimsby	Lab	45	1226601
Great Yarmouth	NOC	48	2422200
Greenwich	Lab	62	1244600
Guildford	Con	45	2961000
Gwent	Lab	78	967110
Gwynedd	Ind	66	467742
Hackney	Lab	60	253500
Halton	Lab	53	442601
Hambleton	NOC	47	2117018
Hamilton	Lab	20	117200
Hammersmith & Fulham	Lab	50	940100
Hampshire	NOC	102	50193102
Harborough	NOC	37	1721206
Haringey	Lab	59	1642100
Harlow	Lab	42	237300
Harrogate	Con	60	3232302
Harrow	Con	63	3291804
Hart	NOC	35	1401605
Hartlepool	Lab	47	1132202
Hastings	NOC	32	1171400
Havant	Con	42	2311404
Havering	NOC	63	27205011
Hereford	LD	27	431901
Hereford & Worcester	Con	76	39181504
Hertfordshire	NOC	77	36271400
Hertsmere	Con	39	2212500
High Peak	NOC	44	1911707
Highland	Ind	52	273337
Hillingdon	NOC	69	2834700
Hinckley & Bosworth	Con	34	215800
Holderness	Ind	31	105025
Horsham	Con	43	330604
Hounslow	Lab	60	1740300
Hove	Con	30	224301
Humberside	NOC	75	3536400
Huntingdonshire	Con	53	445103
Hyndburn	Lab	47	1426700
Inverclyde	Lab	20	011900
Inverness	Ind	28	082018
Ipswich	Lab	48	1533000
Isle of Wight	LD	43	1102804
Islington	Lab	52	0361600
Islwyn	Lab	35	0241100
Kennet	NOC	40	1509016
Kensington & Chelsea	Con	54	3915000
Kent	Con	99	57241800
Kerrier	NOC	44	5419016
Kettering	NOC	45	1712907
Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Lab	18	314010
Kincardine & Deeside	Ind	12	30117
King's Lynn & West Norfolk	Con	60	4611201
Kingston Upon Hull	Lab	60	553200
Kingston Upon Thames	NOC	50	2442200
Kingswood	Con	50	2620301
Kirkcaldy	Lab	40	330313
Kirklees	NOC	72	21331800
Knowsley	Lab	66	460101
Kyle & Carrick	Con	25	1312000
Lambeth	Lab	64	2140300
Lancashire	NOC	99	4248900
Lancaster	NOC	60	2821902
Langbaurgh	NOC	60	2427702
Leeds	Lab	99	25581402
Leicester	Lab	56	1634600
Leicestershire	NOC	85	42321100
Leominster	Ind	36	814023
Lewes	Con	48	3401103
Lewisham	Lab	67	1750000
Lichfield	Con	56	4210004
Lincoln	Lab	33	825000
Lincolnshire	Con	76	39142003
Liverpool	Lab	99	4514400
Llanelli	Lab	35	025307
Lliw Valley	Lab	33	022047
Lochaber	Ind	15	050010
Lothian	Lab	49	1332310
Luton	Con	48	3213300
Macclesfield	Con	60	3551307
Maidstone	NOC	55	2082502
Maldon	NOC	30	1411104
Malvern Hills	NOC	51	11117022
Manchester	Lab	99	1377900
Mansfield	Lab	46	936100
Medina	Con	36	2001303
Meirionnydd	Ind	41	070727
Melton	Con	26	160703
Mendip	NOC	43	1821904
Merthyr Tydfil	Lab	33	0220110
Merton	Con	57	2925003
Mid Bedfordshire	Con	53	432305
Mid Devon	Ind	40	0013027
Mid Glamorgan	Lab	85	169285
Mid Suffolk	NOC	40	1964011
Mid Sussex	Con	54	3601305
Middlesbrough	Lab	53	1237301
Midlothian	Lab	15	014100
Milton Keynes	NOC	46	11181403
Mole Valley	NOC	41	15111014
Monklands	Lab	20	218000
Monmouth	Con	40	2612002
Montgomeryshire	Ind	46	014140
Moray	Ind	18	010215
Motherwell	Lab	30	323022
Nairn	Ind	10	01009
Neath	Lab	34	031201
New Forest	Con	58	3301807
Newark & Sherwood	NOC	54	2623203
Newcastle Upon Tyne	Lab	78	13521300
Newcastle-Under-Lyme	Lab	56	936902
Newham	Lab	60	060000
Newport	Lab	47	1036100
Nithsdale	NOC	28	76069
Norfolk	Con	84	44251500
North Cornwall	Ind	38	207029
North Devon	NOC	44	9016019
North Dorset	Ind	33	108024
North East Derbyshire	Lab	53	1532105
North East Fife	LD	18	601002
North Hertfordshire	Con	50	2613803
North Kesteven	NOC	39	1524018
North Norfolk	Ind	46	1633024
North Shropshire	Ind	40	621031
North Tyneside	Lab	60	1631904
North Warwickshire	Lab	34	1219102
North West Leicestershire	NOC	40	1419304
North Wiltshire	Con	52	2812201
North Yorkshire	NOC	96	382026012
Northampton	Con	43	2516200
Northamptonshire	NOC	68	3429401
Northavon	Con	57	3081801
Northumberland	NOC	66	12302004
Norwich	Lab	48	336900
Nottingham	Con	55	2826001
Nottinghamshire	Lab	88	3748201
Nuneaton & Bedworth	Lab	45	1133100
Oadby & Wigston	Con	26	180800
Ogwr	Lab	49	1730002
Oldham	Lab	60	1041900
Orkney Islands	Ind	24	000024
Oswestry	NOC	29	654014
Oxford	Lab	45	1129500
Oxfordshire	NOC	70	31201801
Pendle	LD	51	5192700
Penwith	NOC	34	1252015
Perth & Kinross	NOC	29	146414
Peterborough	NOC	48	1722801
Plymouth	Con	60	31191000
Poole	Con	36	2101500
Port Talbot	Lab	31	023206
Portsmouth	Con	39	219603
Powys	Ind	53	085040
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Ind	40	112036
Preston	Lab	57	1635600
Purbeck	NOC	22	70708
Radnor	Ind	33	020031
Reading	Lab	45	1624500
Redbridge	Con	63	4517100
Redditch	Lab	29	918200
Reigate & Banstead	Con	49	3210601
Renfrew	Lab	45	535230
Restormel	NOC	44	5120018
Rhondda	Lab	33	026025
Rhuddlan	Ind	32	560021
Rhymney Valley	Lab	46	032077
Ribble Valley	Con	39	313203
Richmond Upon Thames	LD	52	304900
Richmondshire	Ind	34	007027
Rochdale	Lab	60	12351201
Rochester Upon Medway	Con	50	2914601
Rochford	Con	40	2361001
Ross & Cromarty	Ind	21	120018
Rossendale	Lab	36	1719000
Rother	Con	45	2924010
Rotherham	Lab	66	162201
Roxburgh	NOC	16	50407
Rugby	Con	48	2516106
Runnymede	Con	42	258306
Rushcliffe	Con	54	462600
Rushmoor	Con	45	316800
Rutland	NOC	20	90308
Ryedale	NOC	42	8017017
Salford	Lab	60	555000
Salisbury	Con	58	3239014
Sandwell	Lab	72	1256301
Scarborough	NOC	49	1988014
Scottish Borders	Ind	23	602114
Scunthorpe	Lab	40	630400
Sedgefield	Lab	49	236704
Sedgemoor	Con	49	325705
Sefton	NOC	69	27241800
Selby	Con	50	2785010
Sevenoaks	Con	53	3407012
Sheffield	Lab	87	1365900
Shepway	NOC	56	2602703
Shetland Islands	Ind	24	000024
Shrewsbury & Atcham	NOC	48	2116902
Shropshire	NOC	66	202510011
Skye & Lochalsh	Ind	11	001010
Slough	Lab	39	1124400
Solihull	Con	51	2814306
Somerset	NOC	57	2472600
South Bedfordshire	Con	53	398402
South Buckinghamshire	Con	41	300407
South Cambridgeshire	Ind	55	1933030
South Derbyshire	Lab	34	918106
South Glamorgan	Lab	62	1834910
South Hams	Con	44	2713013
South Herefordshire	Ind	35	505025
South Holland	NOC	38	1912016
South Kesteven	Con	57	319809
South Lakeland	NOC	52	23412013
South Norfolk	NOC	47	2301608
South Northamptonshire	Con	40	283009
South Oxfordshire	Con	56	388406
South Pembrokeshire	Ind	30	011127
South Ribble	Con	54	3611700
South Shropshire	Ind	40	806026
South Somerset	LD	60	1903407
South Staffordshire	Con	50	384305
South Tyneside	Lab	60	353004
South Wight	NOC	24	120408
Southampton	NOC	45	1921401
Southend-on-Sea	NOC	39	1551900
Southwark	Lab	64	6431500
Spelthorne	Con	40	382000
St Albans	NOC	57	2572401
St Edmundsbury	Con	44	318401
St Helens	Lab	54	943200
Stafford	NOC	60	211712010
Staffordshire	Lab	82	3048400
Staffordshire Moorlands	NOC	56	2693018
Stevenage	Lab	39	1261200
Stewartry	Ind	12	000012
Stirling	Lab	20	811001
Stockport	NOC	63	22152204
Stockton-On-Tees	Lab	55	1828900
Stoke-on-Trent	Lab	60	654000
Stratford-on-Avon	Con	55	3621007
Strathclyde	Lab	103	687523
Strathkelvin	Lab	15	411000
Stroud	NOC	56	2391509
Suffolk	Con	80	5023304
Suffolk Coastal	Con	55	391609
Sunderland	Lab	75	1061400
Surrey	Con	76	5271205
Surrey Heath	Con	36	360000
Sutherland	Ind	14	000014
Sutton	NOC	56	2172800
Swale	NOC	49	19131700
Swansea	Lab	51	1131504
Swindon	Lab	54	1235601
Taff-Ely	Lab	43	1233106
Tameside	Lab	57	845400
Tamworth	Con	30	1614000
Tandridge	Con	42	293901
Taunton Deane	Con	53	2871503
Tayside	NOC	46	1420192
Teesdale	Ind	31	361021
Teignbridge	NOC	58	2724025
Telford & Wrekin	Lab	46	1129204
Tendring	Con	60	3341508
Test Valley	Con	44	2601404
Tewkesbury	NOC	45	1715022
Thanet	NOC	54	25710012
Three Rivers	LD	47	1672400
Thurrock	Lab	39	928002
Tonbridge & Malling	Con	52	3061501
Torbay	Con	36	2501001
Torfaen	Lab	44	133109
Torridge	Ind	36	832023
Tower Hamlets	LD	50	0242600
Trafford	NOC	63	2828700
Tunbridge Wells	Con	48	3421101
Tweedale	Ind	10	000010
Tynedale	NOC	47	16912010
Uttlesford	Con	42	2411007
Vale of Glamorgan	Con	46	2614042
Vale Of White Horse	Con	51	411801
Vale Royal	NOC	60	2624505
Wakefield	Lab	63	356301
Walsall	NOC	60	1829904
Waltham Forest	Lab	57	16311000
Wandsworth	Con	61	3130000
Wansbeck	Lab	46	039700
Wansdyke	Con	47	2816003
Warrington	Lab	60	1537800
Warwick	Con	45	297603
Warwickshire	NOC	62	26241002
Watford	Lab	36	1023300
Waveney	NOC	48	2221401
Waverley	Con	57	4201302
Wealden	Con	58	490504
Wear Valley	Lab	40	326308
Wellingborough	Con	34	219103
Welwyn Hatfield	Lab	43	1823200
West Berkshire	Con	45	3401100
West Devon	NOC	30	1311015
West Dorset	NOC	55	14313025
West Glamorgan	Lab	70	754504
West Lancashire	Con	55	2923300
West Lindsey	LD	37	811909
West Lothian	Lab	24	019023
West Oxfordshire	Con	49	2539012
West Somerset	Ind	32	600026
West Sussex	Con	71	4681700
West Wiltshire	Con	43	313702
Westminster	Con	60	3227001
Weymouth & Portland	NOC	35	1214405
Wigan	Lab	72	362601
Wigtown	Ind	14	000113
Wiltshire	NOC	75	30172503
Winchester	NOC	55	2552302
Windsor & Maidenhead	Con	58	420907
Wirral	NOC	66	29271000
Woking	NOC	35	1571300
Wokingham	Con	54	3611700
Wolverhampton	NOC	60	2330700
Woodspring	Con	59	454505
Worcester	Lab	36	1521000
Worthing	Con	36	2401200
Wrexham Maelor	Lab	46	926317
Wychavon	Con	49	2638012
Wycombe	Con	60	514401
Wyre	Con	56	438401
Wyre Forest	NOC	42	13101603
Ynys Mon	Ind	39	141330
York	Lab	45	1226700

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