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Electoral wards, council by council

Councils are elected ward by ward. Here are all 8,413 current electoral wards of 361 councils, from the ONS Open Geography Portal, with a Census 2021 profile for 7,568 wards in England and Wales. Scotland's multi-member wards and Northern Ireland's district electoral areas are listed by name; their census figures are published by NRS and NISRA on other geographies.

Wards8,413
Ward profiles7,568
Councils361
CouncilRegion / nationWardsResidents, 2021Average wardLargest ward
Aberdeen CityScotland13———
AberdeenshireScotland19———
AdurSouth East1464,5444,610Widewater
Amber ValleyEast Midlands18126,2087,012Ripley
AngleseyWales1468,8764,920Twrcelyn
AngusScotland8———
Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland40———
Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland40———
Argyll and ButeScotland11———
Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland41———
ArunSouth East23164,8927,169Courtwick with Toddington
AshfieldEast Midlands23126,3005,491Hucknall West
AshfordSouth East39131,9173,382Beaver
BaberghEast of England2492,3383,847Great Cornard
BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber21244,56811,646Darfield & Great Houghton
BasildonEast of England14187,57113,398Fryerns
Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East18185,15610,286Sherborne St John & Rooksdown
BassetlawEast Midlands25117,7974,712Worksop North
Bath and North East SomersetSouth West33193,4115,861Bathwick
BedfordEast of England28185,2286,615Wixams & Wilstead
BelfastNorthern Ireland60———
BirminghamWest Midlands691,144,91116,593Alum Rock
BlabyEast Midlands17102,9226,054Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe
Blackburn with DarwenNorth West17154,7389,102Audley & Queen's Park
BlackpoolNorth West21141,0276,716Highfield
Blaenau GwentWales1466,9074,779Abertillery and Six Bells
BolsoverEast Midlands1780,2674,722South Normanton West
BoltonNorth West20295,95714,798Great Lever
BostonEast Midlands1570,5044,700Skirbeck
Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West33400,19812,127Kinson
Bracknell ForestSouth East15124,5988,307Binfield South & Jennett's Park
BradfordYorkshire and the Humber30546,41818,214Manningham
BraintreeEast of England26155,2705,972Bocking Blackwater
BrecklandEast of England27141,4815,240Watton
BrentwoodEast of England1377,0475,927Hutton South
Bridgend County BoroughWales28145,4855,196Coity Higher
Brighton and HoveSouth East23277,09512,048Preston Park
BroadlandEast of England27131,7114,878Sprowston East
BromsgroveWest Midlands3099,1833,306Belbroughton & Romsley
BroxbourneEast of England1099,0069,901Waltham Cross
BroxtoweEast Midlands20110,3015,515Toton & Chilwell Meadows
BuckinghamshireSouth East49553,09011,288Buckingham
BurnleyNorth West1594,6476,310Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
BuryNorth West17193,84911,403Sedgley
Caerphilly County BoroughWales31175,9465,676Penyrheol
CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber18206,63111,480Sowerby Bridge
CambridgeEast of England14145,67310,405Trumpington
Cannock ChaseWest Midlands12100,5198,377Cannock Park & Old Fallow
CanterburySouth East21157,4247,496Heron
CardiffWales28362,31012,940Cathays
CarmarthenshireWales51187,8933,684Carmarthen Town North and South
Castle PointEast of England1389,5826,891Canvey Island Winter Gardens
Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland40———
Central BedfordshireEast of England31294,2489,492Cranfield & Marston Moretaine
CeredigionWales3471,4742,102Aberystwyth Morfa a Glais
CharnwoodEast Midlands24183,9877,666Loughborough Ashby
ChelmsfordEast of England24181,5227,563Moulsham and Central
CheltenhamSouth West20118,8275,941Pittville
CherwellSouth East16161,01110,063Bicester South and Ambrosden
Cheshire EastNorth West52398,7697,669Crewe East
Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West45357,1497,937Chester City & the Garden Quarter
ChesterfieldEast Midlands16103,5686,473Hasland
ChichesterSouth East21124,0685,908Harbour Villages
ChorleyNorth West14117,7328,409Buckshaw & Whittle
City of BristolSouth West34472,46413,896Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston
City of DerbyEast Midlands18261,38214,521Normanton
City of EdinburghScotland17———
City of Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber21267,01312,715Newington & Gipsyville
City of LeicesterEast Midlands21368,57317,551North Evington
City of LondonLondon258,5831,717Cripplegate
City of Milton KeynesSouth East21287,04213,669Furzton
City of NottinghamEast Midlands20323,63516,182Hyson Green & Arboretum
City of PeterboroughEast of England22215,6729,803Central
City of PlymouthSouth West20264,69513,235St Peter and the Waterfront
City of PortsmouthSouth East14208,00114,857Charles Dickens
City of SouthamptonSouth East17248,92114,642Banister & Polygon
City of Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands34258,3747,599Baddeley, Milton & Norton
City of WestminsterLondon18204,23411,346Abbey Road
City of WolverhamptonWest Midlands20263,73013,186Bilston South
City of YorkNorth East21202,8239,658Hull Road
ClackmannanshireScotland5———
ColchesterEast of England17192,71311,336New Town and Christ Church
Conwy County BoroughWales30114,7493,825Llandrillo-yn-Rhos
CornwallSouth West87570,5316,558St Dennis & St Enoder
CotswoldSouth West3289,6902,803Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South
County DurhamNorth East51522,08110,237Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe
CoventryWest Midlands18345,31219,184St Michael's
CrawleySouth East13118,4919,115Northgate & West Green
CumberlandNorth West46273,2525,940Dalston and Burgh
DacorumEast of England25155,0816,203Apsley and Corner Hall
DarlingtonNorth East20107,8025,390Park East
DartfordSouth East20116,7525,838Temple Hill
DenbighshireWales2995,8163,304Prestatyn North
Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands2171,5403,407Darley Dale
Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland40———
DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber21308,10714,672Town
DorsetSouth West52378,5207,279Gillingham
DoverSouth East17116,4106,848Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell
DudleyWest Midlands24323,48413,478St. Thomas's
Dumfries and GallowayScotland12———
Dundee CityScotland8———
East AyrshireScotland9———
East CambridgeshireEast of England1487,7626,269Littleport
East DevonSouth West30150,8285,028Axminster
East DunbartonshireScotland7———
East HampshireSouth East31125,7514,056Bramshott & Liphook
East HertfordshireEast of England26150,1645,776Buntingford
East LindseyEast Midlands37142,3023,846Scarbrough & Seacroft
East LothianScotland6———
East RenfrewshireScotland5———
East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber26342,21213,162Pocklington Provincial
East StaffordshireWest Midlands16124,0207,751Bagots & Needwood
East SuffolkEast of England29246,8818,513Harbour & Normanston
EastbourneSouth East9101,68611,298Devonshire
EastleighSouth East14136,4429,746Eastleigh South
ElmbridgeSouth East16138,7568,672Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon
Epping ForestEast of England18134,9837,499Rural East
Epsom and EwellSouth East1480,9335,781College
ErewashEast Midlands19112,9075,942Larklands
ExeterSouth West13130,71110,055Duryard and St James
FalkirkScotland9———
FarehamSouth East16114,5117,157Titchfield Common
FenlandEast of England18102,4605,692Wisbech South
Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland40———
FifeScotland22———
FlintshireWales45154,9653,444Flint: Coleshill and Trelawny
Folkestone and HytheSouth East13109,7598,443Cheriton
Forest of DeanSouth West2187,0034,143Coleford
FyldeNorth West1781,3824,787Heyhouses
GatesheadNorth East22196,1498,916Saltwell
GedlingEast Midlands19117,2686,172Carlton Hill
Glasgow CityScotland23———
GloucesterSouth West18132,4187,357Barton and Tredworth
GosportSouth East1481,9555,854Grange & Alver Valley
GraveshamSouth East17106,9066,289Town
Great YarmouthEast of England1799,7455,867Nelson
GuildfordSouth East21143,6486,840Westborough
GwyneddWales65117,3971,806Canol Bangor
HaltonNorth West18128,4827,138Grange
HarboroughEast Midlands1997,6225,138Thurnby & Houghton
HarlowEast of England1193,3308,485Church Langley South & Potter Street
HartSouth East1199,4079,037Crookham West and Ewshot
HartlepoolNorth East1292,3397,695Manor House
HastingsSouth East1690,9955,687Central St Leonards
HavantSouth East12124,20210,350Leigh Park Hermitage
HerefordshireWest Midlands53187,0273,529Newton Farm
HertsmereEast of England16107,8266,739Borehamwood Cowley Hill
High PeakEast Midlands2890,9343,248Whaley Bridge
HighlandScotland21———
Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands16113,6397,102Earl Shilton
HorshamSouth East22146,7786,672Billingshurst
HuntingdonshireEast of England26180,8316,955Huntingdon North
HyndburnNorth West1682,2355,140Rishton
InverclydeScotland7———
IpswichEast of England16139,6408,728Alexandra
Isle of WightSouth East39140,4593,602Cowes Medina
Isles of ScillySouth West52,0532,053St Mary's
King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England35154,3224,409Gaywood North Bank
KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber23433,21118,835Greenhead
KnowsleyNorth West15154,51810,301Northwood
LancasterNorth West27142,9205,293Bulk
LeedsYorkshire and the Humber33811,95224,605Headingley & Hyde Park
LewesSouth East2199,9074,757Lewes Priory
LichfieldWest Midlands22106,4354,838Armitage with Handsacre
LincolnEast Midlands11103,8139,438Park
Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland40———
LiverpoolNorth West64486,0977,716Kensington & Fairfield
London Borough of Barking and DagenhamLondon19218,87111,520Mayesbrook
London Borough of BarnetLondon24389,34216,223Hendon
London Borough of BexleyLondon17246,47314,498Belvedere
London Borough of BrentLondon22339,81515,446Dollis Hill
London Borough of BromleyLondon22329,98514,999Penge & Cator
London Borough of CamdenLondon20210,13710,507Primrose Hill
London Borough of CroydonLondon28390,71713,954Broad Green
London Borough of EalingLondon24367,11015,296North Acton
London Borough of EnfieldLondon25329,97913,199Haselbury
London Borough of HackneyLondon21259,14512,340Cazenove
London Borough of Hammersmith and FulhamLondon21183,1548,722Fulham Reach
London Borough of HaringeyLondon21264,23812,583South Tottenham
London Borough of HarrowLondon22261,20011,873Roxeth
London Borough of HaveringLondon20262,05213,103Gooshays
London Borough of HillingdonLondon21305,90814,567Wood End
London Borough of HounslowLondon22288,18113,099Hanworth Village
London Borough of IslingtonLondon17216,58912,741Hillrise
London Borough of LambethLondon25317,65312,706Streatham Common & Vale
London Borough of LewishamLondon19300,55815,819Hither Green
London Borough of MertonLondon20215,18710,759Wimbledon Town & Dundonald
London Borough of NewhamLondon24351,03814,627East Ham South
London Borough of RedbridgeLondon22310,25914,103Chadwell
London Borough of Richmond upon ThamesLondon18195,28310,849Mortlake & Barnes Common
London Borough of SouthwarkLondon23307,63813,376Old Kent Road
London Borough of SuttonLondon20209,63810,482Sutton Central
London Borough of Tower HamletsLondon20310,31315,516Lansbury
London Borough of Waltham ForestLondon22278,42612,656Forest
London Borough of WandsworthLondon22327,50314,886Battersea Park
LutonEast of England20225,26011,263Challney
MaidstoneSouth East22175,7797,990Penenden Heath
MaldonEast of England1766,2053,894Southminster
Malvern HillsWest Midlands1879,4824,416Barnards Green
ManchesterNorth West32551,95117,248Cheetham
MansfieldEast Midlands36110,4883,157Market Warsop
MedwaySouth East24279,78711,658Chatham Central & Brompton
MeltonEast Midlands1651,7523,234Melton Sysonby
Merthyr Tydfil County BoroughWales1158,8395,349Town
Mid DevonSouth West2282,8503,945Cullompton Padbrook
Mid SuffolkEast of England26102,6993,950Chilton
Mid SussexSouth East27152,5645,651Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath
Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland40———
Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland40———
MiddlesbroughNorth East20143,9197,196Central
MidlothianScotland6———
Mole ValleySouth East1387,3826,722Dorking South
MonmouthshireWales3992,9602,384Bulwark and Thornwell
MorayScotland8———
Neath Port TalbotWales34142,2914,185Margam and Tai-bach
New ForestSouth East26175,7836,761Totton North
Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands21122,9565,855Edwinstowe & Clipstone
Newcastle upon TyneNorth East26300,12111,543Ouseburn
Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands21123,2985,871Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe
NewportWales21159,5957,600Lliswerry
Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland41———
North AyrshireScotland9———
North DevonSouth West2598,6083,944Barnstaple with Pilton
North East DerbyshireEast Midlands24101,9974,250Clay Cross North
North East LincolnshireEast Midlands15156,96610,464South
North HertfordshireEast of England25133,2165,329Letchworth South East
North KestevenEast Midlands24118,0824,920Waddington Rural
North LanarkshireScotland21———
North LincolnshireEast Midlands19169,6958,931Crosby & Park
North NorfolkEast of England32102,9833,218Stalham
North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands31359,52811,598Oakley
North SomersetSouth West35216,7296,192Weston-super-Mare Milton
North TynesideNorth East20208,96910,448Howdon
North WarwickshireWest Midlands1765,0383,826Arley and Whitacre
North West LeicestershireEast Midlands38104,7042,755Snibston North
North YorkshireNorth East89615,9126,920Selby West
NorthumberlandNorth East69320,5714,646Cowpen
NorwichEast of England13143,92211,071University
Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands19134,1967,063Bede
Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands1057,7485,775South Wigston
OldhamNorth West20242,07812,104Coldhurst
Orkney IslandsScotland6———
Outer HebridesScotland11———
OxfordSouth East24162,0476,752Carfax & Jericho
PembrokeshireWales59123,3712,091Pembroke: Monkton and St Mary South
PendleNorth West1295,7577,980Whitefield & Walverden
Perth and KinrossScotland12———
PowysWales60133,1762,220Newtown Central and South
PrestonNorth West16147,8359,240City Centre
ReadingSouth East16174,21910,889Redlands
Redcar and ClevelandNorth East24136,5325,689Guisborough
RedditchWest Midlands987,0329,670Central
Reigate and BansteadSouth East15150,84510,056Hooley, Merstham & Netherne
RenfrewshireScotland12———
Rhondda Cynon TafWales46237,6535,166Aberaman
Ribble ValleyNorth West2661,5622,368Primrose
RochdaleNorth West20223,77511,189Central Rochdale
RochfordEast of England1385,6606,589Foulness and The Wakerings
RossendaleNorth West1070,8707,087Haslingden
RotherSouth East2193,1084,434Bexhill Sidley
RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber25265,80910,632Rotherham East
Royal Borough of GreenwichLondon23289,07312,568Plumstead & Glyndon
Royal Borough of Kensington and ChelseaLondon18143,3717,965Redcliffe
Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesLondon19168,0638,845St Mark's & Seething Wells
RugbyWest Midlands16114,3577,147Admirals and Cawston
RunnymedeSouth East1488,0796,291Egham Town
RushcliffeEast Midlands24119,0844,962Keyworth & Wolds
RushmoorSouth East1399,7557,673Manor Park
RutlandEast Midlands1541,0472,736Uppingham
SalfordNorth West20269,92413,496Pendleton & Charlestown
SandwellWest Midlands24341,84914,244St Pauls
Scottish BordersScotland11———
SeftonNorth West22279,24212,693Norwood
SevenoaksSouth East26120,5124,635Sevenoaks Town and St John's
SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber28557,98519,928Burngreave
Shetland IslandsScotland7———
ShropshireWest Midlands72323,6004,494Wem
SloughSouth East21158,4927,547Upton Lea
SolihullWest Midlands17216,23312,720Kingshurst & Smith's Wood
SomersetSouth West55571,54310,392Frome East
South AyrshireScotland8———
South CambridgeshireEast of England26162,1206,235Cambourne
South DerbyshireEast Midlands15107,2087,147Hilton
South GloucestershireSouth West28290,42610,372Emersons Green
South HamsSouth West2088,6294,431Totnes
South HollandEast Midlands1895,1205,284Holbeach Town
South KestevenEast Midlands30143,4014,780Bourne Austerby
South LanarkshireScotland20———
South NorfolkEast of England26141,9485,460Diss & Roydon
South OxfordshireSouth East21150,2867,156Thame
South RibbleNorth West23111,0354,828Middleforth
South StaffordshireWest Midlands20110,4655,523Codsall
South TynesideNorth East18147,7728,210Hebburn South
Southend-on-SeaEast of England17180,68710,629Victoria
SpelthorneSouth East13102,9547,920Ashford North and Stanwell South
St AlbansEast of England20147,7557,388Marshalswick East & Jersey Farm
St HelensNorth West18183,24810,180Thatto Heath
StaffordWest Midlands23136,8705,951St Michael's & Stonefield
Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands2795,8393,550Biddulph East
StevenageEast of England1389,4926,884Almond Hill
StirlingScotland7———
StockportNorth West21294,77014,037Davenport & Cale Green
Stockton-on-TeesNorth East27196,5897,281Ingleby Barwick North
Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands39134,7253,454Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne
StroudSouth West27121,0084,482Stonehouse
SunderlandNorth East25274,17010,967Pallion & Ford
Surrey HeathSouth East1490,4576,461Bisley & West End
SwaleSouth East24151,6826,320Sheerness
SwanseaWales32238,4937,453Morriston
SwindonSouth West25233,4009,725Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill
TamesideNorth West19231,07312,162St Peter's
TamworthWest Midlands1078,6497,865Wilnecote
TandridgeSouth East1887,8714,882Westway
TeignbridgeSouth West24134,8015,617Dawlish North East
Telford and WrekinWest Midlands32185,5435,798The Nedge
TendringEast of England32148,2944,634Brightlingsea
Test ValleySouth East20130,4896,524Andover Harroway
TewkesburySouth West2096,9234,846Churchdown St John's
ThanetSouth East23140,5886,113Cliftonville West
The Vale of GlamorganWales24131,9415,498Llantwit Major
Three RiversEast of England1393,7727,213Leavesden
ThurrockEast of England20175,9968,800Belhus
Tonbridge and MallingSouth East19132,2026,958Kings Hill
TorbaySouth West16139,3238,708Tormohun
TorfaenWales1892,2825,127Panteg
TorridgeSouth West1668,1144,257Hartland
TraffordNorth West21235,04911,193Timperley Central
Tunbridge WellsSouth East14115,3078,236Sherwood
UttlesfordEast of England2291,8894,177Saffron Walden Shire
Vale of White HorseSouth East24139,4305,810Blewbury & Harwell
WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber21353,37016,827South Elmsall & South Kirkby
WalsallWest Midlands20284,12914,206Darlaston South
WarringtonNorth West22210,9769,590Poplars and Hulme
WarwickWest Midlands17148,4558,733Kenilworth Abbey & Arden
WatfordEast of England12102,2468,520Central
WaverleySouth East24128,2215,343Bramley & Wonersh
WealdenSouth East41160,1483,906Frant & Wadhurst
Welwyn HatfieldEast of England16119,8377,490Hatfield South West
West BerkshireSouth East24161,4456,727Newbury Greenham
West DevonSouth West1857,0953,172Okehampton North
West DunbartonshireScotland6———
West LancashireNorth West15117,4357,829Old Skelmersdale
West LindseyEast Midlands2095,1534,758Dunholme and Welton
West LothianScotland9———
West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands35425,72612,164Dallington Spencer
West OxfordshireSouth East27114,2364,231Witney East
West SuffolkEast of England43180,7494,203Lakenheath
Westmorland and FurnessNorth West33226,5916,866Old Barrow and Hindpool
WiganNorth West25329,32313,173Leigh Central & Higher Folds
WiltshireSouth West98509,4945,199Lyneham
WinchesterSouth East16127,4487,966St Paul
Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East19153,4968,079Eton & Castle
WirralNorth West22320,20314,555Bromborough
WokingSouth East10103,94410,394Byfleet and West Byfleet
WokinghamSouth East18177,5029,861Hillside
WorcesterWest Midlands16103,8636,491Warndon & Elbury Park
WorthingSouth East13111,3398,565Central
Wrexham County BoroughWales49135,1132,757Pant and Johnstown
WychavonWest Midlands27132,4904,907Pershore
WyreNorth West24111,9424,664Bourne
Wyre ForestWest Midlands12101,6078,467Foley Park & Hoobrook
Ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal (2026 wards) · Census 2021: ONS via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0