Political Makeup
Elections are usually by thirds (a third of the seats elected, three years in every four), although the 2004 elections, due to substantial boundary changes (which involved the total number of councillors reduced), saw all seats contested. Labour has controlled a majority of seats in every election since the council was reconstituted.
| Year | Labour | Lib Dems | Green Party | Conservative | Independent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 86 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2011 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2010 | 62 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2008 | 61 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2007 | 61 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2006 | 62 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2004 | 57 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2003 | 71 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2002 | 75 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2000 | 78 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1999 | 82 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1998 | 84 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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