United Kingdom local elections, 2005

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Elections for local government were held in the England and Northern Ireland on May 5, 2005 along with the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom. In addition, the Isle of Wight held a local referendum on the issue of a directly-elected mayor.

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[edit] Results

Party Councils Councillors
Change Total Change Total
Conservative +7 24 +152 1193
Labour –1 6 –114 612
Liberal Democrat +3 3 +40 493
Green 0 0 +6 8
Residents Associations 0 0 –3 8
Liberal 0 0 -3 2
Health Concern 0 0 -5 1
UK Independence 0 0 -1 0
Other 0 0 –26 96
No Overall Control -9 4 — —

Source: BBC News Election 2005

[edit] Directly-elected mayors

District Winner Party Incumbent Party Election details
Doncaster Martin Winter Labour Martin Winter Labour
Hartlepool Stuart Drummond Independent Stuart Drummond Independent
North Tyneside John Harrison Labour Linda Arkley Conservative North Tyneside mayoral election, 2005
Stoke-on-Trent Mark Meredith Labour Mike Wolfe Independent

[edit] County councils

All shire county county council seats were up for re-election.

Bedfordshire (Council) Conservative hold
Buckinghamshire (Council) Conservative hold
Cambridgeshire (Council) Conservative hold
Cheshire (Council) Conservative hold
Cornwall (Council) Liberal Democrat gain from NOC
Cumbria (Council) NOC hold
Derbyshire (Council) Labour hold
Devon (Council) Liberal Democrat gain from NOC
Dorset (Council) Conservative hold
Durham (Council) Labour hold
East Sussex (Council) Conservative hold
Essex (Council) Conservative hold
Gloucestershire (Council) Conservative gain from NOC
Hampshire (Council) Conservative hold
Hertfordshire (Council) Conservative hold Hertfordshire Council election, 2005
Kent (Council) Conservative hold
Lancashire (Council) Labour hold Lancashire Council election, 2005
Leicestershire (Council) Conservative hold
Lincolnshire (Council) Conservative hold Lincolnshire County Council elections, 2005
Norfolk (Council) Conservative hold
North Yorkshire (Council) Conservative hold
Northamptonshire (Council) Conservative gain from Labour
Northumberland (Council) Labour hold
Nottinghamshire (Council) Labour hold
Oxfordshire (Council) Conservative gain from NOC
Shropshire (Council) Conservative gain from NOC
Somerset (Council) Liberal Democrat gain from NOC
Staffordshire (Council) Labour hold
Suffolk (Council) Conservative gain from NOC Suffolk Council election, 2005
Surrey (Council) Conservative hold
Warwickshire (Council) NOC hold
West Sussex (Council) Conservative hold West Sussex Council election, 2005
Wiltshire (Council) Conservative hold Wiltshire Council election, 2005
Worcestershire (Council) Conservative gain from NOC

[edit] Unitary authorities

Bristol (Council) NOC hold 1/3
Isle of Wight (Council) NOC to Conservatives all up
Isles of Scilly Independent hold all up
Stockton-on-Tees (Council) NOC gain from Labour all up

[edit] Northern Ireland districts

All seats were up for election in the 26 districts of Northern Ireland. The many parties and the use of the single transferable vote meant that most councils ended up in no overall control. The DUP gained majority control of three councils: Ards, Ballymena, and Castlereagh.

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Preceded by
United Kingdom local elections, 2004		 United Kingdom local elections Succeeded by
United Kingdom local elections, 2006