The 2021 local elections saw Independent, Resident Association and Green councillors again win seats from the big parties and make significant gains across the country. This factsheet sets out where our Group Members are running councils and working hard on the backbenches to make a difference for their residents.
Councils with an LGA Independent Group Leader
As of July 2021, there are 35 councils across England and Wales with a Leader that falls within the membership of our group, namely:
|
1 |
Anglesey |
19 |
Lancaster |
|
2 |
Ashfield |
20 |
Malvern Hills |
|
3 |
Blaenau Gwent |
21 |
Merthyr Tydfil |
|
4 |
Brighton and Hove |
22 |
Mid Devon |
|
5 |
Carmarthenshire |
23 |
Middlesborough |
|
6 |
Ceredigion |
24 |
North Somerset |
|
7 |
City of London |
25 |
Powys |
|
8 |
Denbighshire |
26 |
Redcar and Cleveland |
|
9 |
East Devon |
27 |
Richmondshire |
|
10 |
Elmbridge |
28 |
Rother |
|
11 |
Epsom and Ewell |
29 |
Ryedale |
|
12 |
Forest of Dean |
30 |
Tandridge |
|
13 |
Guildford |
31 |
Torridge |
|
14 |
Gwynedd |
32 |
Uttlesford |
|
15 |
Hartlepool |
33 |
Waverley |
|
16 |
Herefordshire |
34 |
Wrexham |
|
17 |
Isle of Wight |
35 |
Wyre Forest |
|
18 |
Isles of Scilly |
|
|
Councils with LGA Independent Group Members in the administration
As well as those we lead, members of the Group are part of the administration in another 34 councils across England and Wales, meaning members are in the administration of 69 councils in total.
The 34 councils are listed below, a number of which are coalitions with shared leadership arrangements:
|
1 |
Babergh |
18 |
Mendip |
|
2 |
Basildon |
19 |
Mid Suffolk |
|
3 |
Bedford |
20 |
North Kesteven |
|
4 |
Bolsover |
21 |
Nottinghamshire |
|
5 |
Broxtowe |
22 |
Oxfordshire |
|
6 |
Cambridgeshire |
23 |
Pembrokeshire |
|
7 |
Cheshire East |
24 |
Scarborough |
|
8 |
Colchester |
25 |
Sheffield |
|
9 |
Conwy |
26 |
South Oxfordshire |
|
10 |
Durham |
27 |
Southend-on-Sea |
|
11 |
Eden |
28 |
Staffordshire Moorlands |
|
12 |
Folkestone and Hythe |
29 |
Stroud |
|
13 |
Glamorgan |
30 |
Swale |
|
14 |
Hart |
31 |
Tandridge |
|
15 |
Lewes |
32 |
Tendring |
|
16 |
Maidstone |
33 |
Warwick |
|
17 |
Mansfield |
34 |
York |
Councils with LGA Independent Group Members
In total LGA Independent Group members have been elected to represent local people in 307 authorities across England and Wales, that’s 92 per cent of the total number of councils in England and Wales.
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The full list of where our members have been elected is below:
|
1. |
Adur |
|
2. |
Allerdale |
|
3. |
Amber Valley |
|
4. |
Anglesey |
|
5. |
Arun |
|
6. |
Ashfield |
|
7. |
Ashford |
|
8. |
Babergh |
|
9. |
Barnet |
|
10. |
Barnsley |
|
11. |
Basildon |
|
12. |
Basingstoke and Deane |
|
13. |
Bassetlaw |
|
14. |
Bath and North East Somerset |
|
15. |
Bedford |
|
16. |
Bexley |
|
17. |
Birmingham |
|
18. |
Blaby |
|
19. |
Blackburn with Darwen |
|
20. |
Blackpool |
|
21. |
Blaenau Gwent |
|
22. |
Bolsover |
|
23. |
Bolton |
|
24. |
Boston |
|
25. |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
|
26. |
Bradford |
|
27. |
Braintree |
|
28. |
Breckland |
|
29. |
Bridgend |
|
30. |
Brighton and Hove |
|
31. |
Bristol |
|
32. |
Bromley |
|
33. |
Bromsgrove |
|
34. |
Broxtowe |
|
35. |
Buckinghamshire |
|
36. |
Burnley |
|
37. |
Bury |
|
38. |
Caerphilly |
|
39. |
Calderdale |
|
40. |
Cambridge |
|
41. |
Cambridgeshire |
|
42. |
Camden |
|
43. |
Cannock Chase |
|
44. |
Cardiff |
|
45. |
Carlisle |
|
46. |
Carmarthenshire |
|
47. |
Castle Point |
|
48. |
Central Bedfordshire |
|
49. |
Ceredigion |
|
50. |
Charnwood |
|
51. |
Chelmsford |
|
52. |
Cheltenham |
|
53. |
Cherwell |
|
54. |
Cheshire East |
|
55. |
Cheshire West and Chester |
|
56. |
Chesterfield |
|
57. |
Chichester |
|
58. |
City of London |
|
59. |
Colchester |
|
60. |
Conwy |
|
61. |
Copeland |
|
62. |
Cornwall |
|
63. |
Cotswold |
|
64. |
Craven |
|
65. |
Crawley |
|
66. |
Cumbria |
|
67. |
Dacorum |
|
68. |
Darlington |
|
69. |
Dartford |
|
70. |
Denbighshire |
|
71. |
Derby |
|
72. |
Derbyshire |
|
73. |
Derbyshire Dales |
|
74. |
Devon |
|
75. |
Doncaster |
|
76. |
Dorset |
|
77. |
Dover |
|
78. |
Dudley |
|
79. |
Durham |
|
80. |
East Cambridgeshire |
|
81. |
East Devon |
|
82. |
East Hampshire |
|
83. |
East Hertfordshire |
|
84. |
East Lindsey |
|
85. |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
|
86. |
East Staffordshire |
|
87. |
East Suffolk |
|
88. |
East Sussex |
|
89. |
Eastleigh |
|
90. |
Eden |
|
91. |
Elmbridge |
|
92. |
Enfield |
|
93. |
Epping Forest |
|
94. |
Epsom and Ewell |
|
95. |
Erewash |
|
96. |
Essex |
|
97. |
Exeter |
|
98. |
Fareham |
|
99. |
Fenland |
|
100. |
Flintshire |
|
101. |
Folkestone and Hythe |
|
102 |
Forest of Dean |
|
103. |
Fylde |
|
104. |
Gateshead |
|
105. |
Gedling |
|
106. |
Gloucestershire |
|
107. |
Gravesham |
|
108. |
Great Yarmouth |
|
109. |
Greenwich |
|
110. |
Guildford |
|
111. |
Gwynedd |
|
112. |
Halton |
|
113. |
Hambleton |
|
114. |
Hampshire |
|
115. |
Haringey |
|
116. |
Harrogate |
|
117. |
Harrow |
|
118. |
Hart |
|
119. |
Hartlepool |
|
120. |
Hastings |
|
121. |
Havering |
|
122. |
Herefordshire |
|
123. |
Hertfordshire |
|
124. |
High Peak |
|
125. |
Hinckley and Bosworth |
|
126. |
Horsham |
|
127. |
Huntingdonshire |
|
128. |
Hyndburn |
|
129. |
Isle of Wight |
|
130. |
Isles of Scilly |
|
131. |
Islington |
|
132. |
Kent |
|
133. |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
|
134. |
Kingston upon Thames |
|
135. |
Kirklees |
|
136. |
Knowsley |
|
137. |
Lambeth |
|
138. |
Lancashire |
|
139. |
Lancaster |
|
140. |
Leeds |
|
141. |
Leicester |
|
142. |
Lewes |
|
143. |
Lewisham |
|
144. |
Lichfield |
|
145. |
Lincolnshire |
|
146. |
Liverpool |
|
147. |
Maidstone |
|
148. |
Maldon |
|
149. |
Malvern Hills |
|
150. |
Manchester |
|
151. |
Mansfield |
|
152. |
Medway |
|
153. |
Melton |
|
154. |
Mendip |
|
155. |
Merthyr Tydfil |
|
156. |
Merton |
|
157. |
Mid Devon |
|
158. |
Mid Suffolk |
|
159. |
Mid Sussex |
|
160. |
Middlesbrough |
|
161. |
Milton Keynes |
|
162. |
Mole Valley |
|
163. |
Monmouthshire |
|
164. |
Neath Port Talbot |
|
165. |
New Forest |
|
166. |
Newark and Sherwood |
|
167. |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
168. |
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
|
169. |
Newport |
|
170. |
Norfolk |
|
171. |
North Devon |
|
172. |
North East Derbyshire |
|
173. |
North Kesteven |
|
174. |
North Lincolnshire |
|
175. |
North Norfolk |
|
176. |
North Northamptonshire |
|
177. |
North Somerset |
|
178. |
North Warwickshire |
|
179. |
North West Leicestershire |
|
180. |
North Yorkshire |
|
181. |
Northumberland |
|
182. |
Norwich |
|
183. |
Nottingham |
|
184. |
Nottinghamshire |
|
185. |
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
|
186. |
Oldham |
|
187. |
Oxford |
|
188. |
Oxfordshire |
|
189. |
Pembrokeshire |
|
190. |
Peterborough |
|
191. |
Plymouth |
|
192. |
Portsmouth |
|
193. |
Powys |
|
194. |
Reading |
|
195. |
Redbridge |
|
196. |
Redcar and Cleveland |
|
197. |
Reigate and Banstead |
|
198. |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
|
199. |
Ribble Valley |
|
200. |
Richmond upon Thames |
|
201. |
Richmondshire |
|
202. |
Rochdale |
|
203. |
Rochford |
|
204. |
Rossendale |
|
205. |
Rother |
|
206. |
Rotherham |
|
207. |
Runnymede |
|
208. |
Rushcliffe |
|
209. |
Rutland |
|
210. |
Ryedale |
|
211. |
Sandwell |
|
212. |
Scarborough |
|
213. |
Sedgemoor |
|
214. |
Sefton |
|
215. |
Selby |
|
216. |
Sevenoaks |
|
217. |
Sheffield |
|
218. |
Shropshire |
|
219. |
Slough |
|
220. |
Solihull |
|
221. |
Somerset |
|
222. |
Somerset West and Taunton |
|
223. |
South Cambridgeshire |
|
224. |
South Derbyshire |
|
225. |
South Hams |
|
226. |
South Holland |
|
227. |
South Kesteven |
|
228. |
South Lakeland |
|
229. |
South Oxfordshire |
|
230. |
South Ribble |
|
231. |
South Somerset |
|
232. |
South Staffordshire |
|
233. |
South Tyneside |
|
234. |
Southend-on-Sea |
|
235. |
Southwark |
|
236. |
Spelthorne |
|
237. |
St Albans |
|
238. |
St Helens |
|
239. |
Stafford |
|
240. |
Staffordshire |
|
241. |
Staffordshire Moorlands |
|
242. |
Stockport |
|
243. |
Stockton-on-Tees |
|
244. |
Stoke-on-Trent |
|
245. |
Stratford-on-Avon |
|
246. |
Stroud |
|
247. |
Suffolk |
|
248. |
Sunderland |
|
249. |
Surrey |
|
250. |
Surrey Heath |
|
251. |
Sutton |
|
252. |
Swale |
|
253. |
Swansea |
|
254. |
Swindon |
|
255. |
Tameside |
|
256. |
Tamworth |
|
257. |
Tandridge |
|
258. |
Teignbridge |
|
259. |
Telford and Wrekin |
|
260. |
Tendring |
|
261. |
Test Valley |
|
262. |
Tewkesbury |
|
263. |
Thanet |
|
264. |
Three Rivers |
|
265. |
Thurrock |
|
266. |
Tonbridge and Malling |
|
267. |
Torbay |
|
268. |
Torfaen |
|
269. |
Torridge |
|
270. |
Tower Hamlets |
|
271. |
Trafford |
|
272. |
Tunbridge Wells |
|
273. |
Uttlesford |
|
274. |
Vale of Glamorgan |
|
275. |
Vale of White Horse |
|
276. |
Wakefield |
|
277. |
Walsall |
|
278. |
Wandsworth |
|
279. |
Warrington |
|
280. |
Warwick |
|
281. |
Warwickshire |
|
282. |
Watford |
|
283. |
Waverley |
|
284. |
Wealden |
|
285. |
West Berkshire |
|
286. |
West Devon |
|
287. |
West Lancashire |
|
288. |
West Lindsey |
|
289. |
West Northamptonshire |
|
290. |
West Oxfordshire |
|
291. |
West Suffolk |
|
292. |
West Sussex |
|
293. |
Wigan |
|
294. |
Wiltshire |
|
295. |
Winchester |
|
296. |
Windsor and Maidenhead |
|
297. |
Wirral |
|
298. |
Woking |
|
299. |
Wokingham |
|
300. |
Wolverhampton |
|
301. |
Worcester |
|
302. |
Worcestershire |
|
303. |
Wrexham |
|
304. |
Wychavon |
|
305. |
Wyre |
|
306. |
Wyre Forest |
|
307. |
York |