Political control in the South East
Updated 13 May 2026
With 70 councils in the south-east region, there can be elections most years. At SEE, we keep track of that changing Political landscape in the South-East year by year.
We issue a summary each year of the number of seats by party in each council which you can view by clicking on the link below.
Below you can see a graphs showing the change of the political parties and Political landscape in the South East as of 07 May 2026.
Data set download
Download the SE data set for number of councillors and control details as of 13 May 2026.
Upper Tier Councils (County and Unitary)
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Total Seats: 60
Total Seats: 78
Total Seats: 39
Total Seats: 70
Total Seats: 50
Total Seats: 97
Total Seats: 69
Total Seats: 43
Total Seats: 54
Total Seats: 41
Total Seats: 90
Total Seats: 72
Total Seats: 42
Total Seats: 54
Total Seats: 59
Total Seats: 41
Total Seats: 48
Total Seats: 81
Lower Tier Councils (District)
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Total Seats: 49
Total Seats: 48
Total Seats: 54
Total Seats: 33
Total Seats: 39
Total Seats: 43
Total Seats: 47
Total Seats: 38
Total Seats: 30
Total Seats: 45
Total Seats: 39
Total Seats: 49
Total Seats: 36
Total Seats: 45
Total Seats: 48
Total Seats: 44
Total Seats: 42
Total Seats: 39
Total Seats: 47
Total Seats: 39
Total Seats: 56
Total Seats: 36
Total Seats: 32
Total Seats: 43
Total Seats: 54
Total Seats: 45
Total Seats: 43
Total Seats: 36
Total Seats: 38
Total Seats: 39
Total Seats: 54
Total Seats: 48
Total Seats: 39
Total Seats: 35
Total Seats: 48
Total Seats: 30
Total Seats: 39
Total Seats: 50
Total Seats: 48
Total Seats: 48
Total Seats: 41
Total Seats: 35
Total Seats: 32
Total Seats: 29
Total Seats: 37
Total Seats: 36
Total Seats: 28
Total Seats: 27
Total Seats: 41
