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Last Updated: Tuesday, 4 April 2006, 14:08 GMT 15:08 UK
In full: English Local elections
Here is the complete list of local elections taking place on 4 May in England.

LONDON BOROUGHS

In the London boroughs, Labour (Lab) are defending control of 15 councils, the Conservatives (Con) eight, the Liberal Democrats (LD) three and a further six are under No Overall Control (NOC).

Barking & Dagenham
All seats to be contested (all out)
Labour controlled

Barnet
All out
Conservative controlled

Bexley
All out
Lab

Brent
All out
Lab

Bromley
All out
Con

Camden
All out
Lab

Croydon
All out
Lab

Ealing
All out
Lab

Enfield
All out
Con

Greenwich
All out
Lab

Hackney
All out
Lab

Hammersmith & Fulham
All out
Lab

Haringey
All out
Lab

Harrow
All out
NOC

Havering
All out
NOC

Hillingdon
All out
NOC

Hounslow
All out
Lab

Islington
All out
Liberal Democrat

Kensington & Chelsea
All out
Con

Kingston
All out
LD

Lambeth
All out
NOC

Lewisham
All out
Lab

Merton
All out
Lab

Newham
All out
Lab

Redbridge
All out
Con

Richmond
All out
Con

Southwark
All out
NOC

Sutton
All out
LD

Tower Hamlets
All out
Lab

Waltham Forest
All out
NOC

Wandsworth
All out
Con

Westminster
All out
Con

METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS

In the Metropolitan Boroughs, Labour currently control 16 councils, the Conservatives have four and the Liberal Democrats have three. Thirteen councils are currently under No Overall Control.

Barnsley
One-third of seats being contested
Lab

Birmingham
One-third
NOC

Bolton
One-third
NOC

Bradford
One-third
NOC

Bury
One-third
Lab

Calderdale
One-third
NOC

Coventry
One-third
NOC

Doncaster
One-third
NOC

Dudley
One-third
Con

Gateshead
One-third
Lab

Kirklees
One-third
NOC

Knowsley
One-third
Lab

Leeds
One-third
NOC

Liverpool
One-third
LD

Manchester
One-third
Lab

Newcastle upon Tyne
One-third
LD

North Tyneside
One-third
NOC

Oldham
One-third
Lab

Rochdale
One-third
NOC

Rotherham
One-third
Lab

Salford
One-third
Lab

Sandwell
One-third
Lab

Sefton
One-third
NOC

Sheffield
One-third
Lab

Solihull
One-third
Con

South Tyneside
One-third
Lab

St Helens
One-third
NOC

Stockport
One-third
LD

Sunderland
One-third
Lab

Tameside
One-third
Lab

Trafford
One-third
Con

Wakefield
One-third
Lab

Walsall
One-third
Con

Wigan
One-third
Lab

Wirral
One-third
NOC

Wolverhampton
One-third
Lab

DISTRICT COUNCILS

Of the Districts up for election, Labour control eight councils, the Conservatives control 39, the Liberal Democrats control five and a further 36 are under No Overall Control.

Adur
Half of seats being contested
Con

Amber Valley
One third of seats being contested
Con

Barrow-in-Furness
One third
Lab

Basildon
One third
Con

Basingstoke and Deane
One third
NOC

Bassetlaw
One third
NOC

Bedford
One third
NOC

Brentwood
One third
Con

Broxbourne
One third
Con

Burnley
One third
NOC

Cambridge
One third
LD

Cannock Chase
One third
NOC

Carlisle
One third
NOC

Castle Point
One third
Con

Cheltenham
Half
NOC

Cherwell
One third
Con

Chester
One third
NOC

Chorley
One third
NOC

Colchester
One third
NOC

Congleton
One third
Con

Craven
One third
NOC

Crawley
One third
Lab

Crewe and Nantwich
One third
NOC

Daventry
One third
Con

Eastbourne
One third
Con

Eastleigh
One third
LD

Ellesmere Port and Neston
One third
Lab

Elmbridge
One third
NOC

Epping Forest
One third
NOC

Exeter
One third
NOC

Fareham
Half Con

Gloucester
One third
NOC

Gosport
Half
Con

Great Yarmouth
One third
Con

Harlow
One third
NOC

Harrogate
One third Con

Hart
One third
NOC

Hastings
Half
NOC

Havant
One third
Con

Hertsmere
One third
Con

Huntingdonshire
One third
Con

Hyndburn
One third
Con

Ipswich
One third NOC

Lincoln
One third
Lab

Macclesfield
One third
Con

Maidstone
One third
NOC

Mole Valley
One third
NOC

Newcastle-under-Lyme
One third
Lab

North Hertfordshire
One third
Con

Norwich
One third
NOC

Nuneaton and Bedworth
Half
Lab

Oxford
Half
NOC

Pendle
One third
LD

Penwith
One third
NOC

Preston
One third
NOC

Purbeck
One third
Con

Redditch
One third
Lab

Reigate and Banstead
One third
Con

Rochford
One third
Con

Rossendale
One third
Con

Rugby
One third
NOC

Runnymede
One third
Con

Rushmoor
One third
Con

Shrewsbury & Atcham
One third
NOC

South Bedfordshire
One third
Con

South Cambridgeshire
One third
NOC

South Lakeland
One third
NOC

St Albans
One third
NOC

Stevenage
One third
Lab

Stratford-on-Avon
One third
Con

Stroud
One third
Con

Swale
One third
Con

Tamworth
One third
Con

Tandridge
One third
Con

Three Rivers
One third
LD

Tunbridge Wells
One third
Con

Watford
One third
LD

Waveney
One third
NOC

Welwyn Hatfield
One third
Con

West Lancashire
One third
Con

West Lindsey
One third
Con

West Oxfordshire
One third
Con

Weymouth & Portland
One third
NOC

Winchester
One third
NOC

Woking
One third
NOC

Worcester
One third
Con

Worthing
One third
Con

Wyre Forest
One third
NOC

UNITARY AUTHORITIES

Of the 20 unitary authorities, Labour control eight, the Conservatives have four, the Liberal Democrats have one and a further six are under No Overall Control.

Blackburn with Darwen
One third
Lab

Bristol
One third
NOC

Derby
One third
Lab

Hartlepool
One third
Lab

Halton
One third
Lab

Kingston upon Hull
One third
NOC

Milton Keynes
One third
LD

North East Lincolnshire
One third
NOC

Peterborough
One third
Con

Plymouth
One third
Lab

Portsmouth
One third
NOC

Reading
One third
Lab

Slough
One third
NOC

Southampton
One third
NOC

Southend on Sea
One third
Con

Stoke-on-Trent
One third
Lab

Swindon
One third
Con

Thurrock
One third
Con

Warrington
One third
Lab

Wokingham
One third
Con

MAYORAL ELECTIONS

There will be four mayoral elections on 4 May.

Lewisham
Lab

Newham
Lab

Watford
LD

Hackney
Lab




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