In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom no overall control (NOC; Welsh: dim rheolaeth gyffredinol)[1] is a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats, comparably to a hung parliament.
Typically, if no party achieves overall control of a council, the largest grouping will form alliances to create an ad hoc governing coalition.
Often local authorities have larger proportions of smaller party and independent members than the House of Commons, and when there is no overall control this often results in minor groups having more influence than their numbers alone would suggest.
For example, a minority Conservative administration was formed in 2019 in Bolton supported by the Liberal Democrats and UKIP,[2] whilst a Labour-UKIP formal coalition existed in Basildon.
The remainder of the council, including some members of other political parties, formed four non-partisan groups, none of which held a majority.