United Kingdom local elections, 2013

United Kingdom local elections, 2013

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All 35 county councils in England, 1 council in Wales, 2 directly-elected mayors
First party Second party   Leader David Cameron Ed Miliband Party Conservative Labour Leader since 6 December 2005 25 September 2010 Last election 31% 38% Popular vote 25% 29% Swing 6% 9% Councils 18 3 Councils +/– 10 2 Councillors 1,136 538 Councillors +/– 335 291   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nick Clegg Nigel Farage Party Liberal Democrat UKIP Leader since 18 December 2007 5 November 2010 Last election 16% not given Popular vote 14% 22% Swing 2% not given Councils 0 0 Councils +/– 0 0 Councillors 352 147 Councillors +/– 124 139
Map showing results of English local elections, 2013. Black represents No Overall Control, white represents areas that did not hold an election, blue represents the Conservative Party and red represents the Labour Party. Areas shown in grey are not part of the United Kingdom.

The 2013 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 2 May 2013. Elections were held in 35 English councils: all 27 non-metropolitan county councils and eight unitary authorities, and in one Welsh unitary authority. Direct mayoral elections took place in Doncaster and North Tyneside. These elections last took place on the 4 June 2009 at the same time as the 2009 European Parliament Elections, except for County Durham, Northumberland and the Anglesey where elections last took place in 2008.

The BBC's projected national vote share (PNV) put Labour on 29%, the Conservatives on 25%, UKIP on 23% and the Liberal Democrats on 14%. Elections analysts Rallings and Thrasher estimated 29% for Labour, 26% for the Conservatives, 22% for UKIP and 13% for the Liberal Democrats.

On the same day a parliamentary by-election took place in the North East constituency of South Shields following the departure of David Miliband, with the Labour Party retaining the seat.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, as were those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors.