Independents in Local Government

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