Monthly tracking of the total number of seats across Local and National Government held by Political Parties across the UK.
This report provides a view over time, showing the division of elected representatives by party across the political landscape in the UK. The data used for the report comes from the live and archived Oscar database and covers all nationally (including devolved governments) and locally elected representatives. Updates are posted each month and elections highlighted.
The scope of this report includes all Members of Parliament (MPs), including the Prime Minister and Cabinet Members, Members of the devolved administrations, directly elected mayors and local authority leaders and councillors across the UK. Parish and town councillors are not included in this analysis.
The counts are members of political parties holding seats across all National, Devolved and Local Governments representing Constituencies, Devolved Regions and Constituencies, Electoral Divisions and Wards.Updates to this table are made monthly and the total number of members will vary according to boundary changes, council changes, by-elections, general and local elections.
Significant events that may have a notable effect on the data (both volume of seats and political change) are highlighted in red at the top - namely local and national elections and Council changes.
The first table shows a count of members by month across each political party.To better reflect the true picture with the fluctuating number of members/seats each month, the second table provides a percentage view of the total seats for each party each month and highlights if the proportion of seats has increased or decreased.
