Local election turnout, every council ranked

The share of voters who voted at the council's most recent local election, 2022 to 2025. Councils vote in different years, so a few points either way says little. Figures for 2022 to 2025, Northern Ireland 2023, published for 326 councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Halton, 21.1%. The council in the middle: Greenwich, 33.5%. Highest: Mid Ulster, 64.6%.

Local election turnout, every council it is published for, lowest first
Place	Council	Figure
1	HaltonNorth West	21.1%
2	Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber	21.2%
3	KnowsleyNorth West	21.3%
4	North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	21.8%
5	BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber	24%
6	Barking and DagenhamLondon	24.6%
7	PrestonNorth West	24.7%
8	Cannock ChaseWest Midlands	24.9%
9	BasildonEast of England	25%
10 joint	BostonEast Midlands	25.6%
10 joint	WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber	25.6%
12	BroxbourneEast of England	25.7%
13 joint	FenlandEast of England	26.2%
13 joint	South HollandEast Midlands	26.2%
13 joint	ThurrockEast of England	26.2%
16	TamworthWest Midlands	26.3%
17	Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands	26.4%
18	SalfordNorth West	26.5%
19	BolsoverEast Midlands	26.7%
20	BexleyLondon	26.8%
21 joint	BlackpoolNorth West	27.1%
21 joint	Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands	27.1%
23	WiganNorth West	27.3%
24	MansfieldEast Midlands	27.6%
25	BlabyEast Midlands	27.7%
26 joint	DartfordSouth East	27.8%
26 joint	LiverpoolNorth West	27.8%
26 joint	RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber	27.8%
26 joint	South DerbyshireEast Midlands	27.8%
30 joint	East StaffordshireWest Midlands	27.9%
30 joint	Great YarmouthEast of England	27.9%
30 joint	PortsmouthSouth East	27.9%
30 joint	SwaleSouth East	27.9%
30 joint	Wyre ForestWest Midlands	27.9%
35 joint	MiddlesbroughNorth East	28%
35 joint	NottinghamEast Midlands	28%
37 joint	Bracknell ForestSouth East	28.1%
37 joint	HartlepoolNorth East	28.1%
37 joint	RochfordEast of England	28.1%
40 joint	East LindseyEast Midlands	28.2%
40 joint	HarlowEast of England	28.2%
40 joint	ManchesterNorth West	28.2%
40 joint	North KestevenEast Midlands	28.2%
44 joint	CoventryWest Midlands	28.3%
44 joint	North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	28.3%
46 joint	King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England	28.4%
46 joint	MedwaySouth East	28.4%
48 joint	BirminghamWest Midlands	28.5%
48 joint	Castle PointEast of England	28.5%
48 joint	SandwellWest Midlands	28.5%
51 joint	LincolnEast Midlands	28.8%
51 joint	NewhamLondon	28.8%
51 joint	SeftonNorth West	28.8%
51 joint	TamesideNorth West	28.8%
55	WolverhamptonWest Midlands	28.9%
56 joint	BrecklandEast of England	29%
56 joint	HavantSouth East	29%
56 joint	St. HelensNorth West	29%
59	RedditchWest Midlands	29.2%
60 joint	East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	29.3%
60 joint	GraveshamSouth East	29.3%
62 joint	SouthamptonSouth East	29.4%
62 joint	WalsallWest Midlands	29.4%
62 joint	West LancashireNorth West	29.4%
65 joint	BurnleyNorth West	29.5%
65 joint	TendringEast of England	29.5%
67 joint	LutonEast of England	29.6%
67 joint	South StaffordshireWest Midlands	29.6%
69	Epping ForestEast of England	29.7%
70	DacorumEast of England	29.8%
71	Blackburn with DarwenNorth West	29.9%
72 joint	MaidstoneSouth East	30%
72 joint	South KestevenEast Midlands	30%
74 joint	BraintreeEast of England	30.1%
74 joint	ChorleyNorth West	30.1%
74 joint	ColchesterEast of England	30.1%
74 joint	Milton KeynesSouth East	30.1%
74 joint	North WarwickshireWest Midlands	30.1%
74 joint	Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands	30.1%
80 joint	GosportSouth East	30.2%
80 joint	LichfieldWest Midlands	30.2%
82 joint	ArunSouth East	30.3%
82 joint	CherwellSouth East	30.3%
82 joint	PeterboroughEast of England	30.3%
82 joint	ThanetSouth East	30.3%
82 joint	TorbaySouth West	30.3%
87 joint	West LindseyEast Midlands	30.4%
87 joint	West SuffolkEast of England	30.4%
89	CrawleySouth East	30.5%
90 joint	Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West	30.6%
90 joint	GloucesterSouth West	30.6%
90 joint	LancasterNorth West	30.6%
90 joint	MeltonEast Midlands	30.6%
90 joint	Southend-on-SeaEast of England	30.6%
90 joint	WarringtonNorth West	30.6%
96 joint	BrentLondon	30.7%
96 joint	SunderlandNorth East	30.7%
98	Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands	30.8%
99 joint	BassetlawEast Midlands	30.9%
99 joint	IpswichEast of England	30.9%
101	StevenageEast of England	31%
102	Redcar and ClevelandNorth East	31.1%
103 joint	DudleyWest Midlands	31.3%
103 joint	SwindonSouth West	31.3%
103 joint	TorfaenWales	31.3%
106 joint	PlymouthSouth West	31.4%
106 joint	SpelthorneSouth East	31.4%
108 joint	LambethLondon	31.5%
108 joint	MaldonEast of England	31.5%
108 joint	North West LeicestershireEast Midlands	31.5%
108 joint	WatfordEast of England	31.5%
112 joint	CharnwoodEast Midlands	31.6%
112 joint	North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	31.6%
114 joint	AshfordSouth East	31.7%
114 joint	StaffordWest Midlands	31.7%
116 joint	EastleighSouth East	31.8%
116 joint	HyndburnNorth West	31.8%
116 joint	ReadingSouth East	31.8%
119 joint	Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East	31.9%
119 joint	Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands	31.9%
119 joint	RunnymedeSouth East	31.9%
119 joint	SloughSouth East	31.9%
119 joint	South RibbleNorth West	31.9%
119 joint	WestminsterLondon	31.9%
125	ChesterfieldEast Midlands	32%
126	AshfieldEast Midlands	32.1%
127 joint	BoltonNorth West	32.3%
127 joint	ChelmsfordEast of England	32.3%
127 joint	DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber	32.3%
127 joint	South TynesideNorth East	32.3%
131	RossendaleNorth West	32.4%
132 joint	Blaenau GwentWales	32.5%
132 joint	New ForestSouth East	32.5%
132 joint	Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands	32.5%
132 joint	RugbyWest Midlands	32.5%
132 joint	Welwyn HatfieldEast of England	32.5%
132 joint	WychavonWest Midlands	32.5%
132 joint	WyreNorth West	32.5%
139 joint	Forest of DeanSouth West	32.6%
139 joint	RochdaleNorth West	32.6%
141 joint	Kensington and ChelseaLondon	32.7%
141 joint	North SomersetSouth West	32.7%
143 joint	DerbyEast Midlands	32.8%
143 joint	North DevonSouth West	32.8%
145	CaerphillyWales	32.9%
146 joint	BrentwoodEast of England	33%
146 joint	Cheshire EastNorth West	33%
146 joint	DorsetSouth West	33%
146 joint	SevenoaksSouth East	33%
146 joint	SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber	33%
151 joint	Central BedfordshireEast of England	33.1%
151 joint	LewishamLondon	33.1%
151 joint	Waltham ForestLondon	33.1%
154 joint	NewportWales	33.2%
154 joint	Stockton-on-TeesNorth East	33.2%
156 joint	Hammersmith and FulhamLondon	33.3%
156 joint	North East DerbyshireEast Midlands	33.3%
158 joint	RedbridgeLondon	33.4%
158 joint	RushmoorSouth East	33.4%
158 joint	TorridgeSouth West	33.4%
158 joint	West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	33.4%
162 joint	DoverSouth East	33.5%
162 joint	GreenwichLondon	33.5%
162 joint	HuntingdonshireEast of England	33.5%
165 joint	HounslowLondon	33.6%
165 joint	South GloucestershireSouth West	33.6%
167 joint	Epsom and EwellSouth East	33.7%
167 joint	ErewashEast Midlands	33.7%
167 joint	HartSouth East	33.7%
170 joint	BradfordYorkshire and the Humber	33.8%
170 joint	Ribble ValleyNorth West	33.8%
170 joint	Telford and WrekinWest Midlands	33.8%
170 joint	Three RiversEast of England	33.8%
170 joint	WorthingSouth East	33.8%
175 joint	Merthyr TydfilWales	33.9%
175 joint	PendleNorth West	33.9%
177 joint	HertsmereEast of England	34%
177 joint	LeedsYorkshire and the Humber	34%
177 joint	SouthwarkLondon	34%
180 joint	BromsgroveWest Midlands	34.1%
180 joint	EastbourneSouth East	34.1%
180 joint	HackneyLondon	34.1%
180 joint	WorcesterWest Midlands	34.1%
184 joint	East SuffolkEast of England	34.2%
184 joint	RutlandEast Midlands	34.2%
184 joint	Test ValleySouth East	34.2%
184 joint	TewkesburySouth West	34.2%
188 joint	East HertfordshireEast of England	34.3%
188 joint	Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands	34.3%
190 joint	BroadlandEast of England	34.4%
190 joint	CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber	34.4%
190 joint	CroydonLondon	34.4%
190 joint	FyldeNorth West	34.4%
190 joint	HaringeyLondon	34.4%
190 joint	Mid DevonSouth West	34.4%
190 joint	South NorfolkEast of England	34.4%
197 joint	Folkestone and HytheSouth East	34.5%
197 joint	GatesheadNorth East	34.5%
197 joint	SolihullWest Midlands	34.5%
200	NorwichEast of England	34.6%
201	TeignbridgeSouth West	34.7%
202 joint	AdurSouth East	34.8%
202 joint	CamdenLondon	34.8%
202 joint	KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber	34.8%
202 joint	North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	34.8%
206 joint	BristolSouth West	34.9%
206 joint	CheltenhamSouth West	34.9%
206 joint	County DurhamNorth East	34.9%
206 joint	Surrey HeathSouth East	34.9%
210 joint	BedfordEast of England	35%
210 joint	HarboroughEast Midlands	35%
210 joint	HaveringLondon	35%
213 joint	BaberghEast of England	35.1%
213 joint	BuckinghamshireSouth East	35.1%
213 joint	WiltshireSouth West	35.1%
216 joint	East CambridgeshireEast of England	35.2%
216 joint	East DevonSouth West	35.2%
216 joint	GedlingEast Midlands	35.2%
216 joint	HillingdonLondon	35.2%
220	ExeterSouth West	35.3%
221	TandridgeSouth East	35.4%
222 joint	FarehamSouth East	35.7%
222 joint	FlintshireWales	35.7%
224 joint	Amber ValleyEast Midlands	35.8%
224 joint	Tonbridge and MallingSouth East	35.8%
226	OldhamNorth West	35.9%
227 joint	BuryNorth West	36%
227 joint	East HampshireSouth East	36%
227 joint	IslingtonLondon	36%
227 joint	RotherSouth East	36%
227 joint	WirralNorth West	36%
232 joint	Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West	36.1%
232 joint	CumberlandNorth West	36.1%
232 joint	Rhondda Cynon TafWales	36.1%
235	BridgendWales	36.2%
236	Mid SussexSouth East	36.4%
237 joint	Reigate and BansteadSouth East	36.5%
237 joint	WrexhamWales	36.5%
239 joint	HastingsSouth East	36.6%
239 joint	StockportNorth West	36.6%
239 joint	Vale of White HorseSouth East	36.6%
242 joint	South OxfordshireSouth East	36.7%
242 joint	UttlesfordEast of England	36.7%
242 joint	WealdenSouth East	36.7%
242 joint	WokingSouth East	36.7%
246 joint	LeicesterEast Midlands	37%
246 joint	Malvern HillsWest Midlands	37%
246 joint	Newcastle upon TyneNorth East	37%
246 joint	North TynesideNorth East	37%
246 joint	OxfordSouth East	37%
246 joint	Tunbridge WellsSouth East	37%
252 joint	BromleyLondon	37.2%
252 joint	CornwallSouth West	37.2%
252 joint	EnfieldLondon	37.2%
252 joint	HerefordshireWest Midlands	37.2%
256 joint	HorshamSouth East	37.3%
256 joint	Mid SuffolkEast of England	37.3%
256 joint	SomersetSouth West	37.3%
256 joint	WarwickWest Midlands	37.3%
256 joint	West DevonSouth West	37.3%
261	CambridgeEast of England	37.6%
262	Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East	37.7%
263	YorkYorkshire and the Humber	37.8%
264 joint	BarnetLondon	37.9%
264 joint	DarlingtonNorth East	37.9%
264 joint	ElmbridgeSouth East	37.9%
267 joint	CanterburySouth East	38%
267 joint	HarrowLondon	38%
267 joint	West BerkshireSouth East	38%
270	ChichesterSouth East	38.2%
271 joint	BroxtoweEast Midlands	38.3%
271 joint	Neath Port TalbotWales	38.3%
271 joint	ShropshireWest Midlands	38.3%
274	West OxfordshireSouth East	38.4%
275	St AlbansEast of England	38.6%
276 joint	North NorfolkEast of England	38.7%
276 joint	NorthumberlandNorth East	38.7%
278	GuildfordSouth East	38.8%
279 joint	CardiffWales	39.1%
279 joint	WaverleySouth East	39.1%
281 joint	Bath and North East SomersetSouth West	39.3%
281 joint	North HertfordshireEast of England	39.3%
281 joint	Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands	39.3%
284 joint	High PeakEast Midlands	39.5%
284 joint	Westmorland and FurnessNorth West	39.5%
286	Mole ValleySouth East	39.6%
287	South HamsSouth West	39.8%
288	WokinghamSouth East	39.9%
289	SuttonLondon	40%
290 joint	EalingLondon	40.3%
290 joint	MertonLondon	40.3%
292	LewesSouth East	40.4%
293 joint	StroudSouth West	40.6%
293 joint	TraffordNorth West	40.6%
295	CotswoldSouth West	40.7%
296 joint	Brighton and HoveSouth East	40.9%
296 joint	ConwyWales	40.9%
298	DenbighshireWales	41%
299	WinchesterSouth East	41.1%
300	WandsworthLondon	41.3%
301	Tower HamletsLondon	41.8%
302 joint	CarmarthenshireWales	41.9%
302 joint	PembrokeshireWales	41.9%
304	Vale of GlamorganWales	42.3%
305	South CambridgeshireEast of England	43%
306	Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands	43.1%
307	Isle of AngleseyWales	43.4%
308	RushcliffeEast Midlands	43.7%
309	MonmouthshireWales	44.8%
310	Kingston upon ThamesLondon	45.5%
311	SwanseaWales	46%
312	PowysWales	46.2%
313	GwyneddWales	46.4%
314	Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland	46.6%
315	Richmond upon ThamesLondon	47.6%
316	CeredigionWales	48.6%
317	Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland	49.7%
318	Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland	50.9%
319	Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland	51.8%
320	BelfastNorthern Ireland	53%
321	Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland	54.1%
322	Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland	56.3%
323	Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland	56.6%
324	Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland	58.3%
325	Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland	62.9%
326	Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland	64.6%

Not in this list

City of London, Isle of Wight and Isles of Scilly. Not published for these councils.
Scotland. Scotland's results are published as one file, but not yet under a licence that allows it to be reused.

House of Commons Library, Local Elections Handbook datasets 2022 to 2025, with the Elections Centre; Electoral Office for Northern Ireland, Local Council Elections 2023 turnout statistics · 2022 to 2025, Northern Ireland 2023 · fetched 27 October 2026 · How this is measured

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