The abbreviations below are used by the BBC to describe the main parties standing in the local elections held across England on 4 May 2006. They are based on the list used by the Press Association, the UK's national news agency and our main results source.
A common query at local elections is the meaning of NOC, or No Overall Control. It refers to where no party has an absolute majority and control of a council.
It is similar to a hung parliament, the term used at a general election when no party gains a majority of MPs in the House of Commons and the right to form a government.
| PARTY ABBREVIATIONS |
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| Abbreviation | Party name/ meaning |
| CON | Conservative |
| LAB | Labour |
| LD | Liberal Democrat |
| BNP | British National Party |
| CPA | Christian Peoples Alliance |
| GRN | Green Party |
| IKHH | Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern |
| LIB | Liberal |
| MK | Mebyon Kernow |
| RA | Resident or Ratepayer |
| RES | Respect-Unity Coalition |
| SALT | Socialist Alternative |
| UKIP | UK Independence |
| OTH | Others/ independent |
| NOC | No Overall Control |
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