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An interesting post from Ian Dale asks how many councils have no representation from any of the major parties.

My quick and dirty analysis shows this:

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Number of councils with no representaion from one of the major parties, by council type

	Con	Labour	LibDem	SNP	Plaid Cymru
London Borough Councils	3	2	10	0	0
County Councils	0	0	0	0	0
Unitary Authorities	1	6	2	0	0
Metropolitan Borough Councils	5	0	1	0	0
District Councils	10	60	25	0	0
Scottish Unitary Authorities	8	5	11	7	0
Welsh Unitary Authorities	10	0	4	0	4
Total	37	73	53	7	4

Full List


List of councils with no representation from a major political party


London Borough Councils

Con - 3
Haringey
Islington
Newham


Lab - 2
Richmond upon Thames
Sutton


LD - 10
Kensington & Chelsea
Wandsworth
Bexley
Westminster
Hammersmith & Fulham
Merton
Enfield
Croydon
Barking & Dagenham
Newham




County Councils

None



Unitary Authorities

Con - 1
York


Lab - 6
Wokingham
West Berkshire
Poole
Windsor & Maidenhead
Rutland
Torbay


LD - 2
North Lincolnshire
Thurrock




Metropolitan Borough Councils

Con - 5
Liverpool
Newcastle upon Tyne
Manchester
Gateshead
Knowsley


Lab - 0


LD - 1
Rotherham



District Councils

Con - 10
Ashfield
Derwentside
Easington
Wansbeck
Wear Valley
Oxford
Cambridge
Durham
Chesterfield
Bolsover


Lab - 60
East Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Mid Bedfordshire
East Devon
Runnymede
Spelthorne
Rochford
Wealden
South Bucks
Stratford-on-Avon
Broadland
Test Valley
New Forest
Aylesbury Vale
Mendip
Chiltern
Harrogate
Adur
Fylde
Cotswold
Elmbridge
Congleton
East Hampshire
Waverley
West Dorset
Chichester
East Dorset
Worthing
Mole Valley
Horsham
Fareham
Forest Heath
Vale of White Horse
Shepway
South Norfolk
West Lindsey
Hart
East Cambridgeshire
South Somerset
Purbeck
Eastbourne
North Norfolk
Penwith
North Dorset
Teignbridge
Craven
Ryedale
Christchurch
Malvern Hills
West Devon
Uttlesford
Lewes
South Shropshire
Eden
Oadby & Wigston
North Devon
Restormel
Richmondshire
North Cornwall
Torridge


LD - 25
Runnymede
Forest Heath
Bolsover
Chester-le-Street
Gravesham
West Lancashire
South Derbyshire
Amber Valley
Barrow-in-Furness
Great Yarmouth
Dartford
Hyndburn
Kettering
Rossendale
Wellingborough
Teesdale
Breckland
Tamworth
Melton
Fenland
East Northamptonshire
Broxbourne
Maldon
Castle Point
South Holland



Scottish Unitary Authorities

Con - 8
Eilean Siar
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Shetland
West Dunbartonshire


Lab - 5
Orkney
Shetland
Aberdeenshire
Scottish Borders
Argyll & Bute


LD - 11
Orkney
North Lanarkshire
East Ayrshire
North Ayrshire
West Lothian
West Dunbartonshire
South Ayrshire
Falkirk
Stirling
Clackmannanshire
Eilean Siar


SNP - 7
Orkney
South Ayrshire
Inverclyde
East Dunbartonshire
Shetland
East Renfrewshire
East Lothian



Welsh Unitary Authorities

Con - 10
Blaenau Gwent
Caerphilly
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil
Neath Port Talbot
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taff


Lab - 0


LD - 4
Caerphilly
Carmarthenshire
Merthyr Tydfil
Vale of Glamorgan


Plaid Cymru - 4
Merthyr Tydfil
Powys
Wrexham
Torfaen


Data Source:

http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/makeup.htm