2012 United Kingdom local elections

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 3 May 2012 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

[2] In summary, the accumulated local authority vote and seats won by political party was: Note the equivalent of these figures may not be commonly available for other election years.

They represent the actual numbers of votes cast and should not be falsely compared to the more commonly available figures based on the projections for the whole of Great Britain.

Referendums were also held in 11 English cities to determine whether or not to introduce the position of a directly elected mayor.

These polls took place in Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield.

Map of the results following the elections in England. Black indicates a council in no overall control , whilst white indicates area where no elections took place.
Map of the control of Scottish councils following the 2012 council elections. Black indicates no overall control , red indicates majority Scottish Labour control, and yellow indicates majority Scottish National Party control.
Map of the largest party on each Scottish council following the 2012 council elections. Red indicates Scottish Labour , yellow Scottish National Party , white Independents and blue Scottish Conservatives . Patterned areas indicate a council where two parties have the same number of seats.
Map showing the results of the elections in Wales
Key:
Labour control
Independent control
No Overall Control
No election held