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2009 united kingdom local elections wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 results 2 county councils 3 unitary authorities toggle unitary authorities subsection 3 1 existing authorities 3 2 new authorities 4 isles of scilly 5 mayoral elections 6 see also 7 references 8 external links toggle the table of contents 2009 united kingdom local elections 1 language français edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia redirected from 2009 english local elections 2009 united kingdom local elections 2008 4 june 2009 2010 all 27 county councils 7 out of 55 unitary authorities 1 sui generis authority and 3 directly elected mayors first party second party third party leader david cameron nick clegg gordon brown party conservative liberal democrats labour leader since 6 december 2005 18 december 2007 24 june 2007 percentage 38 1 28 23 swing 6 3 1 councils 30 1 0 councils 7 1 4 councillors 1 531 484 178 councillors 244 2 291 county council election results unitary authority and mayoral elections the 2009 united kingdom local elections were elections held to all 27 county councils three existing unitary authorities and five new unitary authorities all in england on 4 june 2009 2 3 the elections were due to be held on 7 may 2009 but were delayed in order to coincide with elections to the european parliament 4 5 the elections resulted in significant gains for the conservatives the party won derbyshire nottinghamshire staffordshire and lancashire from labour as well as devon and somerset from the liberal democrats the liberal democrats did however win a majority in bristol despite the optimism for the conservatives in seat and council gains their share of the vote at 38 was 6 down on 2008 that said they had a clear 10 lead over the liberal democrats who achieved a respectable second place on 28 this was the last local elections until 2024 where the liberal democrats polled in second place labour taking the blame in government from a worsening economic climate soaring unemployment and the expenses scandal lost all of its councils with some authorities being swept clear of any labour councillors at all the party also performed poorly in the european elections on the same day results edit party councillors councils number change number change conservative 1 531 244 30 7 liberal democrats 484 2 1 1 labour 178 291 0 4 independent 97 6 0 green 18 8 0 residents 9 2 0 ukip 7 7 0 bnp 3 3 0 mebyon kernow 3 0 liberal 2 0 others 30 15 0 no overall control n a n a 3 2 source bbc news isles of scilly council not included in the above figures county councils edit all 27 english county councils were up for election all seats on the councils were contested at this election council previous control result details buckinghamshire conservative conservative hold details cambridgeshire conservative conservative hold details cumbria no overall control no overall control hold details derbyshire labour conservative gain details devon liberal democrats conservative gain details dorset conservative conservative hold details east sussex conservative conservative hold details essex conservative conservative hold details gloucestershire conservative conservative hold details hampshire conservative conservative hold details hertfordshire conservative conservative hold details kent conservative conservative hold details lancashire labour conservative gain details leicestershire conservative conservative hold details lincolnshire conservative conservative hold details norfolk conservative conservative hold details north yorkshire conservative conservative hold details northamptonshire conservative conservative hold details nottinghamshire labour conservative gain details oxfordshire conservative conservative hold details somerset liberal democrats conservative gain details staffordshire labour conservative gain details suffolk conservative conservative hold details surrey conservative conservative hold details warwickshire no overall control conservative gain details west sussex conservative conservative hold details worcestershire conservative conservative hold details unitary authorities edit existing authorities edit council proportion up for election previous control result details bristol 1 3 no overall control liberal democrats gain details isle of wight all conservative conservative hold details new authorities edit elections were held for five new unitary authorities all councillors were elected at this election council result details bedford no overall control details central bedfordshire conservative details cornwall no overall control conservative independent coalition details shropshire conservative details wiltshire conservative details isles of scilly edit the council of the isles of scilly was created by the local government act 1888 meaning they lie outside the classifications of authorities used in the rest of england council proportion up for election previous control result details isles of scilly all independent independent hold details mayoral elections edit local authority previous mayor candidate elected details doncaster martin winter independent 6 peter davies english democrats details hartlepool stuart drummond independent stuart drummond independent details north tyneside john harrison labour linda arkley conservative details a mayoral election was also due to be held in stoke on trent however voters in the city voted to abolish the directly elected mayor system in a referendum held in october 2008 the referendum decided to replace the mayor and executive system with a council leader and cabinet system of local government 7 see also edit 2009 city of london corporation election 2009 structural changes to local government in england 2009 european parliament election in the united kingdom references edit bbc projected national vote shares for 2009 bbc news 5 june 2009 retrieved 6 june 2009 communities and local government local government elections in 2009 communities gov uk archived from the original on 9 march 2009 retrieved 6 june 2009 communities and local government moving the date of english local government elections to the date of the european parliament elections in 2009 consultation archived august 29 2008 at the wayback machine department of the official report hansard house of commons westminster 4 november 2008 house of commons hansard debates from 04 nov 2008 local government motion publications parliament uk retrieved 6 june 2009 cite web cs1 maint numeric names authors list link british expenses scandal dominates political debate 23 may 2009 city mayors 23 may 2009 retrieved 6 june 2009 winter was twice elected mayor as the labour party s candidate but he declared himself an independent following the 2008 local elections and was subsequently expelled from the labour party he did not stand for re election in 2009 mayor faces final months in power bbc news 6 march 2009 retrieved 6 june 2009 external links edit elections 2009 bbc news elections 2009 councils a z bbc news v t e elections and referendums in the united kingdom general elections 1802 1806 1807 1812 1818 1820 1826 1830 1831 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 1910 jan 1910 dec 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 feb 1974 oct 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024 next local elections 1889 1890 1892 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 european elections 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 referendums 1975 2011 2016 see also elections in england northern ireland scotland wales great britain v t e 2008 2009 united kingdom local elections 2010 county council elections buckinghamshire cambridgeshire cumbria derbyshire devon dorset east sussex essex gloucestershire hampshire hertfordshire kent lancashire leicestershire lincolnshire norfolk north yorkshire northamptonshire nottinghamshire oxfordshire somerset staffordshire suffolk surrey warwickshire west sussex worcestershire local authority mayors doncaster hartlepool north tyneside unitary authorities bedford bristol central bedfordshire cornwall isle of wight isles of scilly shropshire wiltshire other english councils municipal corporation city of london see also european parliament election retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2009_united_kingdom_local_elections oldid 1375279481 categories 2009 united kingdom local elections 2009 elections in the united kingdom premiership of gordon brown david cameron nick clegg impacts of the iraq war hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use dmy dates from april 2022 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