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The 2013 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 2 May 2013. [1] Elections were held in 35 English councils: all 27 non-metropolitan county councils and eight unitary authorities, and in one Welsh unitary authority. Direct mayoral elections took place in Doncaster and North Tyneside.
In the council elections in England and Wales TUSC candidates averaged 6.2% of the poll. Tony Mulhearn , one of the 47 Liverpool Councillors who refused to set a budget for the council, and led a campaign of defiance of the Conservative government in the 1980s stood as the candidate for Mayor of Liverpool, coming fifth with 4.86% of the vote.
The UK Independence Party announced on 7 April 2013 that Richard Elvin would be their candidate. [13] Elvin finished second in the 2012 Middlesbrough by-election with 12% of the vote. [14] Alan "Howling Laud" Hope, the leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party and perennial by-election candidate, stood as the party's candidate. [15]
The 2013 City of London Corporation election took place on 21 March 2013 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England. [1] These elections take place every four years. [2] As in the previous election, the vast majority of Council members were elected as independents.
The East Sussex County Council election, 2013 took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. All 49 councillors of East Sussex County Council were elected from 44 electoral divisions, which return either one or two councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. [ 1 ]
2013 Norfolk County Council election; 2013 North Yorkshire County Council election; 2013 Northamptonshire County Council election; 2013 Northumberland County Council election; 2013 Nottinghamshire County Council election
Compared to 2009, UKIP had 52 more candidates, there were 6 more independent candidates than 2009, the Conservatives and Labour had the same number, the Liberal Democrats had 7 fewer candidates and the Green Party had 8 fewer candidates. The British National Party did not stand any candidates, compared to the 7 they stood in the previous ...
The Surrey County Council election, 2013 took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. [1] 81 electoral divisions returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a review, new electoral division boundaries were introduced for this election, increasing the ...