This is a list of the political make-up of principal local and regional authorities, commonly known as local councils, in the
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, following the
May 2014 local government elections. There are 433 principal authorities in the UK: 27 county councils, 55 unitary authorities, 32 London boroughs, 36 Metropolitan boroughs, 201 districts, 32 Scottish unitary authorities, 22 Welsh unitary authorities, and 26 Northern Ireland districts (the
City of London and the
Isles of Scilly are non-party based). This list does not include
parish and town councils, the lowest tier of local government with limited powers.