The 2018 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 3 May 2018,[2] with local council elections taking place in all 32 London boroughs, 34 metropolitan boroughs, 67 district and borough councils and 17 unitary authorities.[3] There were also direct elections for the mayoralties of Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford.
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 32 London boroughs, 34 out of 36 metropolitan boroughs, 17 out of 55 unitary authorities, 67 out of 201 district councils, and 6 directly elected mayors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Map showing council control following the election. Conservative: Labour: Liberal Democrats: No overall control: No election: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the seats up for election were last contested in the 2014 local elections.
A parliamentary by-election in West Tyrone took place the same day.[4] Various other local by-elections also took place.
Seats held prior to the election
editAccording to a BBC News estimate, taking into account boundary changes, the major political parties are effectively defending the following 'notional' numbers of council seats on election day:
- Labour Party – 2,278 seats
- Conservative Party – 1,365 seats
- Liberal Democrats – 462 seats
- UK Independence Party – 126 seats
- Greens – 31 seats
These numbers are how many seats each party won at the previous comparable election, generally in 2014, rather than which party held the seat on the eve of the election.[5] Some other news agencies, such as the Press Association, compare against the party holding a seat on the eve of the election, leading to a different analysis of gains and losses.[6][7]
There are also 48 Residents Associations' councillors, and 100 'other' / independent councillors.[8]
Eligibility to vote
editAll registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) aged 18 or over[9] on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.[10] A person with two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) was able to register to vote at both addresses as long as the addresses were not in the same electoral area, and was able to vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.[11]
In certain councils, there was a trial system in place where photo ID was required to vote. These councils were: Swindon, Gosport, Woking, Bromley, and Watford.[12] An estimated 4,000 electors were turned away from polling stations across these trial areas as a result of not having the appropriate form of ID.[13]
Results
editThe number of councils controlled by each party following the election are shown in the table below. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats made modest gains in terms of their respective number of councillors, whereas the Conservatives made a net loss of 35 seats. UKIP lost nearly all of the 126 seats they were defending, with only 3 councillors elected.[14]
Overall results
edit| Party | Councillors | Councils | Votes | Projected national equivalent[n 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Change | Number | Change | Number[15] | Share | |||
| Labour | 2,353 |  79
|
74 | 
|
3,154,753 | 41.2% | 35% | |
| Conservative | 1,332 |  35
|
46 | 3
|
2,444,204 | 31.9% | 35% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 542 | 76
|
9 | 4
|
1,067,660 | 13.9% | 16% | |
| Green | 39 | 8
|
0 |
|
500,580 | 6.5% | 14% | |
| UKIP | 3 | 123
|
0 |
|
101,866 | 1.3% | ||
| Independent | 96 | 17
|
0 |
|
392,139 | 5.2% | ||
| Residents | 44 | 3
|
0 |
| ||||
| Liberal | 1 | 1
|
0 |
| ||||
| PATH | 1 | 1
|
0 |
| ||||
| Harold Hill Independent | 1 | 1
|
0 |
| ||||
| No overall control | — | 21 | 1
|
— | — | — | ||
Results in London
editThe following table shows the aggregate results for the 32 councils that were up for election in London.
| Party | Councillors | Councils | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Change† | Number | Change | ||
| Labour | 1,128 | 67
|
21 | 1
| |
| Conservative | 508 | 92
|
7 | 2
| |
| Liberal Democrats | 152 | 34
|
3 | 2
| |
| Residents | 25 | 2
|
0 |
| |
| Green | 11 | 7
|
0 |
| |
| Independent | 7 | 5
|
0 |
| |
| UKIP | 0 | 9
|
0 |
| |
| PATH | 1 | 1
|
0 |
| |
| Harold Hill Independent | 1 | 1
|
0 |
| |
| No overall control | — | 1 | 1
| ||
†Due to boundary changes, the figures for seat losses/gains are notional changes calculated by the BBC, and do not match up precisely to the London-wide results in 2014.
Results outside of London
editThe following table shows the aggregate results for the 118 councils that were up for election outside of London.
| Party | Councillors | Councils | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Change | Number | Change | ||
| Labour | 1,225 | 12
|
53 | 1
| |
| Conservative | 824 | 57
|
39 | 1
| |
| Liberal Democrats | 390 | 42
|
6 | 2
| |
| Independent | 89 | 12
|
0 |
| |
| Green | 28 | 1
|
0 |
| |
| Residents | 21 |
|
0 |
| |
| UKIP | 3 | 114
|
0 |
| |
| Liberal | 1 | 1
|
0 |
| |
| No overall control | — | 20 |
| ||
Only four councils switched from a majority for one party to another. The Conservatives gained Redditch from Labour, and lost control of three councils to the Liberal Democrats: Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames and South Cambridgeshire. The Liberal Democrats also gained Three Rivers District Council from no overall control. Labour gained a majority on three councils that had been under no overall control (Kirklees, Plymouth and Tower Hamlets) while losing their majority on two (Derby and Nuneaton and Bedworth). The Conservatives gained a majority on one council that had been under no overall control (Basildon) while losing their majority on two (Mole Valley and Trafford).[16]
Labour won the inaugural mayoral election for the Sheffield City Region. Five other mayoral elections saw no change in the winning party: Labour held four and the Liberal Democrats held one.
Analysis
editThis was the first set of local elections since the 2017 general election. Most of the seats up for election had last been contested in the 2014 local elections.
Because the group of local councils varies with each cycle of local elections, the BBC and other analysts calculated a projected national vote share, which aims to assess what the council results indicate the UK-wide vote would be if the results were repeated at a general election. The BBC's estimate put Labour on 35% of the vote (up 8% since 2017), the Conservatives on 35% (down 3%), the Liberal Democrats on 16% (down 2%).[17] In the May 2017 local elections, the projected national voteshare was 38% for the Conservatives, 27% for Labour, 18% for the Liberal Democrats and 5% for UKIP. When votes were still being counted, media reports widely described the result as "mixed" for both Labour and the Conservatives.[18] The results suggested that support for the parties had not moved much since the general election 11 months earlier.[19] Some reports considered the results a relief for Theresa May and the Conservatives.[20][21]
Ben Margulies, a research fellow at the University of Warwick, noted how the United Kingdom Independence Party's collapse in vote share directly benefited the Conservatives as they committed to exiting the European Union. Margulies stated that the Conservatives' position with the electorate will "remain perched on a precipice".[22] Matthew Mokhefi-Ashton, a politics lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, argued that Labour had set their expectations too high and thus made the actual result look disappointing by comparison.[23] David Cutts, a professor of political science at the University of Birmingham, described the Liberal Democrats' performance in the election as "underwhelming" in contrast to the media response, arguing that the party only made moderate gains in their strongholds from before the Liberal-Conservative coalition and council areas that were seen as "Strong Remain" and "Strong Leave". Cutts argued that the next local elections in England are a greater test of their stability as they feature substantially more strongholds.[24]
London boroughs
editAll seats in the 32 London borough councils were up for election.
Metropolitan boroughs
editWhole council
edit4 metropolitan boroughs had all of their seats up for election following boundary changes.
| Council | Previous control | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Labour | Labour | ||
| Leeds | Labour | Labour[54] | ||
| Manchester | Labour | Labour[55] | ||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Labour | Labour[56] | ||
One-third of council
editOne third of the seats in 30 metropolitan boroughs were up for election:
Unitary authorities
editWhole council
editOne unitary authority had all of its seats up for election following boundary changes.
| Council | Previous control | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston upon Hull | Labour | Labour[86] | ||
Third of council
editOne third of the council seats were up for election in 16 unitary authorities.
| Council | Previous control | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen | Labour | Labour[87] | ||
| Derby | Labour | No overall control (Con with UKIP and Lib Dem support)[88][89] | ||
| Halton | Labour | Labour[90] | ||
| Hartlepool | Labour | Labour[91] | ||
| Milton Keynes | No overall control (Labour with Lib Dem support) | No overall control (Labour with Lib Dem support)[92][93] | ||
| North East Lincolnshire | No overall control (Lab minority) | No overall control (Lab with Lib Dem support)[94][95] | ||
| Peterborough | No overall control (Conservative minority) | Conservative[96] | ||
| Plymouth | Conservative | Labour[97] | ||
| Portsmouth | No overall control (Conservative minority) | No overall control (Lib Dem with Lab support)[98][99] | ||
| Reading | Labour | Labour[100] | ||
| Slough | Labour | Labour[101] | ||
| Southampton | Labour | Labour[102] | ||
| Southend-on-Sea | Conservative | Conservative[103] | ||
| Swindon | Conservative | Conservative[104] | ||
| Thurrock | No overall control (Conservative minority) | No overall control[105] (Conservative minority) | ||
| Wokingham | Conservative | Conservative[106] | ||
Non-metropolitan districts
editWhole council
editSeven non-metropolitan districts have all of their seats up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats[107] | ||
| Harrogate | Conservative | Conservative[108] | ||
| Hastings | Labour | Labour[109] | ||
| Huntingdonshire | Conservative | Conservative[110] | ||
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | No overall control (Conservative minority) | No overall control[111] (Conservative minority) | ||
| South Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Liberal Democrats[112] | ||
| South Lakeland | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats[113] | ||
Half of council
editSix non-metropolitan districts have half of their seats up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | Conservative | Conservative[114] | ||
| Cheltenham | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats[115] | ||
| Fareham | Conservative | Conservative[116] | ||
| Gosport | Conservative | Conservative[117] | ||
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | Labour | No overall control (Lab minority)[118][119] | ||
| Oxford | Labour | Labour[120] | ||
Third of council
edit54 district councils had one third of their seats up for election. Weymouth and Portland originally had elections scheduled for 2018, but the elections were postponed indefinitely following a decision to merge the council into a unitary Dorset Council from 2019 onwards.[121][122]
These were the last elections to Daventry District Council, following the decision to abolish it along with Northamptonshire County Council and its 7 district councils into two unitary authorities in 2020.
Mayoral elections
editThere were five local authority mayoral elections and one metropolitan mayoral election.
Combined authorities
edit| Combined Authority | New mayor | |
|---|---|---|
| Sheffield City Region (South Yorkshire) | Dan Jarvis (Labour Co-op) | |
Local authorities
edit| Council | Previous mayor | New mayor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | Philip Glanville (Lab) | Philip Glanville (Labour Co-op) | ||
| Lewisham | Sir Steve Bullock (Lab) | Damien Egan (Labour Co-op) | ||
| Newham | Sir Robin Wales (Lab) | Rokhsana Fiaz (Labour Co-op) | ||
| Tower Hamlets | John Biggs (Lab) | John Biggs (Lab) | ||
| Watford | Dorothy Thornhill (Lib Dem) | Peter Taylor (Lib Dem) | ||
Notes
edit- ^ Swing figures are the percentile changes between the BBC projected national equivalent vote share from 2017 local elections and the same for these local elections that were held in different areas.
- ^ Compared to the last time these elections were held, four years previously.
References
edit- ^ "Local election results 2018: Parties fail to make decisive gains". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Election 2018: Council polls to take place across England". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Trailer - Local Elections May 2018". Keith Edkins. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Date is set for West Tyrone by-election". BBC News. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "2018 local elections: How the BBC is reporting the results". BBC News. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ "Local council election results 2018 - in full". The Guardian. Press Association. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Grierson, Jamie; et al. (4 May 2018). "Tower Hamlets final council to declare – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Barnes, Peter (29 April 2018). "How can you tell who's won the local elections?". BBC News.
- ^ "Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015, Section 1". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 2". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ Electoral Commission. "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". electoralcommission.org.uk. The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Some voters will have to provide identification". BBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "4,000 people turned away from casting their ballot in local election voter ID pilot". The Independent. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "England local elections 2018". BBC News. 6 May 2018.
- ^ "The 2018 English local election results". Britain Elects. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Local election results 2018: The results in maps and charts". BBC News. 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Local election results 2018: No clear winner as Labour and Tories neck and neck". BBC News. 5 May 2018.
- ^ Citations:
- "Local elections 2018: Parties fail to make decisive gains". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- Stewart, Heather; Walker, Peter (4 May 2018). "Local elections: neither Corbyn nor May able to break poll deadlock". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "Mixed picture as counting continues in local elections across England". ITV News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- Fisher, Lucy; et al. (4 May 2018). "Local elections 2018: Labour fail to seize ground in biggest test since general election". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- Eaton, George (4 May 2018). "The local elections show a divided Britain: Labour and the Tories are trapped in a stalemate". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Five things we learned from the local elections". ITV News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Heffer, Greg (4 May 2018). "Theresa May survives local election test as UKIP collapses". Sky News. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Baston, Lewis (4 May 2018). "The verdict? Deflating for Labour, a bullet dodged by the Tories". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Ben Margulies (9 May 2018). "England's local elections 2018: Theresa May holds on, but the Conservatives remain on the precipice". Democratic Audit UK. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ Buchan, Lizzy; et al. (4 May 2018). "Local elections live coverage". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ David Cutts (17 May 2018). "The LibDems' performance was underwhelming – but these were not the elections to judge the party on". London School of Economics. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Barnet London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Bexley London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Brent London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Bromley London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Camden London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Croydon London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Ealing London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Enfield London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Greenwich London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Haringey London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Havering London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Hillingdon London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Hounslow London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Islington London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Kingston Upon Thames London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Lambeth London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Lewisham London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Merton London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Newham London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Southwark London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Sutton London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Local Elections - Thursday, 22nd May, 2014". towerhamlets.gov.
- ^ "Waltham Forest London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Wandsworth London Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Westminster Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Leeds City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Manchester City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Newcastle City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "City of Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Bury Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Coventry City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Gateshead Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "North Tyneside Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Oldham Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Salford City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Sheffield City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "South Tyneside Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Sunderland City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Wolverhampton City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Hull Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Conservatives to run Derby City Council". BBC News. 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Hartlepool Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Halton Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Hartlepool Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Statement on MK Council from the Milton Keynes Labour Group". MKFM.
- ^ "Milton Keynes Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Live: Labour regain control of council as Lib Dems offer deal". Grimsby Telegraph. 14 May 2018.
- ^ "North East Lincolnshire Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Peterborough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Plymouth Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Portsmouth Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Lib Dems win council leadership". BBC News. 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Reading Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Slough Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Southampton Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Southend-on-Sea Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Swindon Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Thurrock Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Wokingham Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Eastleigh Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Harrogate Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Hastings Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Huntingdonshire District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Newcastle under Lyme Council". BBC News.
- ^ "South Cambridgeshire District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "South Lakeland District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Adur District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Cheltenham Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Fareham Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Gosport Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ Harrison, Claire (17 May 2018). "First female leader elected at Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council". Coventry Telegraph.
- ^ "Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Oxford City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "APPROVED: Dorset councils to merge in biggest local government shake-up in 40 years". Dorset Echo. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Borough council elections cancelled". dorsetforyou.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Amber Valley Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Basildon Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Brentwood Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Broxbourne Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Burnley Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Cambridge City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Cannock Chase Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Carlisle City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Castle Point Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Cherwell District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Chorley Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Colchester Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Craven District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Crawley Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Daventry District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Elmbridge Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Epping Forest District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Exeter City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Great Yarmouth Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Harlow District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Hart District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Havant Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Hyndburn Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Ipswich Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "City of Lincoln Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Maidstone Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Mole Valley District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "North Hertfordshire District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Norwich City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Pendle Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Preston City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Redditch Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Reigate and Banstead Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Rochford District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Rossendale Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Rugby Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Runnymede Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Rushmoor Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "St Albans City & District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Stevenage Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Tamworth Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Tandridge District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Three Rivers District Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Tunbridge Wells Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Watford Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "West West Lancashire Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "West Oxfordshire Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Winchester City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Woking Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Worcester City Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Worthing Borough Council". BBC News.
- ^ "Wyre Forest District Council". BBC News.
