May 2026 Council Elections: Seats vs Votes
Adur
14 seats · 22,876 votes counted
Barnsley
63 seats · 197,130 votes counted
Basildon
14 seats · 57,628 votes counted
Basingstoke & Deane
19 seats · 63,549 votes counted
Birmingham
101 seats · 445,346 votes counted
Blackburn with Darwen
17 seats · 42,960 votes counted
Bolton
20 seats · 86,302 votes counted
Brentwood
14 seats · 31,358 votes counted
Broxbourne
10 seats · 27,840 votes counted
Burnley
15 seats · 26,539 votes counted
Bury
16 seats · 59,694 votes counted
Calderdale
54 seats · 194,185 votes counted
Cambridge
15 seats · 42,615 votes counted
Cannock Chase
13 seats · 30,717 votes counted
Cheltenham
20 seats · 40,418 votes counted
Cherwell
18 seats · 57,018 votes counted
Chorley
14 seats · 36,314 votes counted
City of Bradford Metropolitan
87 seats · 421,081 votes counted
City of Lincoln
11 seats · 23,717 votes counted
City of Westminster
54 seats · 135,820 votes counted
City of Wolverhampton
21 seats · 66,546 votes counted
Colchester
17 seats · 58,331 votes counted
Coventry
54 seats · 264,092 votes counted
Crawley
13 seats · 36,183 votes counted
Dudley
25 seats · 99,717 votes counted
East Surrey
72 seats · 386,790 votes counted
East Sussex
50 seats · 203,032 votes counted
Eastleigh
15 seats · 47,926 votes counted
Epping Forest
18 seats · 45,504 votes counted
Essex
77 seats · 497,827 votes counted
Exeter
14 seats · 44,857 votes counted
Fareham
16 seats · 43,476 votes counted
Gateshead
66 seats · 182,027 votes counted
Gosport
14 seats · 26,585 votes counted
Halton
19 seats · 35,548 votes counted
Hampshire
78 seats · 499,684 votes counted
Harlow
11 seats · 26,810 votes counted
Hart
11 seats · 34,538 votes counted
Hartlepool
12 seats · 25,433 votes counted
Hastings
17 seats · 30,945 votes counted
Havant
12 seats · 39,656 votes counted
Hull
19 seats · 50,134 votes counted
Huntingdonshire
52 seats · 121,490 votes counted
Hyndburn
11 seats · 16,429 votes counted
Ipswich
16 seats · 40,877 votes counted
Isle of Wight
39 seats · 48,092 votes counted
Kirklees
69 seats · 392,315 votes counted
Knowsley
16 seats · 37,434 votes counted
Leeds
36 seats · 259,832 votes counted
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
51 seats · 132,862 votes counted
London Borough of Barnet
63 seats · 288,955 votes counted
London Borough of Bexley
45 seats · 209,133 votes counted
London Borough of Brent
57 seats · 208,653 votes counted
London Borough of Bromley
58 seats · 329,637 votes counted
London Borough of Camden
55 seats · 159,190 votes counted
London Borough of Croydon
70 seats · 286,078 votes counted
London Borough of Ealing
70 seats · 304,138 votes counted
London Borough of Enfield
63 seats · 226,745 votes counted
London Borough of Hackney
57 seats · 195,337 votes counted
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
50 seats · 116,432 votes counted
London Borough of Haringey
57 seats · 211,788 votes counted
London Borough of Harrow
55 seats · 189,892 votes counted
London Borough of Havering
55 seats · 242,926 votes counted
London Borough of Hillingdon
51 seats · 208,648 votes counted
London Borough of Hounslow
62 seats · 219,562 votes counted
London Borough of Islington
51 seats · 176,425 votes counted
London Borough of Lambeth
63 seats · 222,371 votes counted
London Borough of Lewisham
54 seats · 237,018 votes counted
London Borough of Merton
57 seats · 192,036 votes counted
London Borough of Newham
66 seats · 218,214 votes counted
London Borough of Redbridge
63 seats · 249,508 votes counted
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
54 seats · 206,734 votes counted
London Borough of Southwark
63 seats · 241,671 votes counted
London Borough of Sutton
55 seats · 201,508 votes counted
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
45 seats · 209,876 votes counted
London Borough of Waltham Forest
60 seats · 219,230 votes counted
London Borough of Wandsworth
58 seats · 291,466 votes counted
Manchester
32 seats · 129,270 votes counted
Milton Keynes
60 seats · 239,079 votes counted
Newcastle
78 seats · 243,438 votes counted
Newcastle-under-Lyme
44 seats · 79,210 votes counted
Norfolk
84 seats · 325,335 votes counted
North East Lincolnshire
15 seats · 39,674 votes counted
North Tyneside
20 seats · 67,342 votes counted
Norwich
14 seats · 49,966 votes counted
Nuneaton & Bedworth
19 seats · 38,616 votes counted
Oldham
20 seats · 79,069 votes counted
Oxford
24 seats · 43,395 votes counted
Pendle
10 seats · 23,276 votes counted
Peterborough
18 seats · 47,021 votes counted
Plymouth
19 seats · 76,177 votes counted
Portsmouth
14 seats · 59,511 votes counted
Preston
16 seats · 37,434 votes counted
Reading
17 seats · 52,474 votes counted
Redditch
9 seats · 24,459 votes counted
Rochdale
20 seats · 65,997 votes counted
Rochford
15 seats · 36,131 votes counted
Royal Borough of Greenwich
55 seats · 195,486 votes counted
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
50 seats · 94,328 votes counted
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
48 seats · 147,789 votes counted
Rugby
15 seats · 36,655 votes counted
Rushmoor
14 seats · 29,715 votes counted
Salford
21 seats · 70,060 votes counted
Sandwell
72 seats · 227,561 votes counted
Sefton
66 seats · 239,395 votes counted
Sheffield
30 seats · 173,926 votes counted
Solihull
51 seats · 210,287 votes counted
South Cambridgeshire
45 seats · 120,772 votes counted
South Tyneside
54 seats · 140,372 votes counted
Southampton
17 seats · 59,789 votes counted
Southend-on-Sea
17 seats · 56,503 votes counted
St Albans City & District
22 seats · 57,158 votes counted
St Helens
46 seats · 133,764 votes counted
Stevenage
14 seats · 27,323 votes counted
Stockport
21 seats · 99,757 votes counted
Suffolk
70 seats · 266,694 votes counted
Sunderland
75 seats · 246,303 votes counted
Swindon
57 seats · 172,253 votes counted
Tameside
19 seats · 70,153 votes counted
Tamworth
9 seats · 19,789 votes counted
Three Rivers
13 seats · 30,916 votes counted
Thurrock
49 seats · 106,996 votes counted
Trafford
21 seats · 86,088 votes counted
Tunbridge Wells
15 seats · 43,943 votes counted
Wakefield Metropolitan
63 seats · 276,873 votes counted
Walsall
60 seats · 214,976 votes counted
Watford
12 seats · 27,654 votes counted
Welwyn Hatfield
17 seats · 36,392 votes counted
West Lancashire
15 seats · 36,380 votes counted
West Oxfordshire
16 seats · 26,850 votes counted
West Surrey
90 seats · 435,821 votes counted
West Sussex
70 seats · 320,653 votes counted
Wigan
25 seats · 94,606 votes counted
Winchester
15 seats · 48,647 votes counted
Wokingham
19 seats · 67,241 votes counted
Worthing
13 seats · 41,734 votes counted
We rank by disproportionality using the Loosemore–Hanby disproportionality index.