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Updated list of UK Local Councils Twitter Accounts – 22nd July 2009

Submitted by admin on March 20, 2009 – 1:34 pm34 Comments

Spreadsheet for this table can be found here which is in alphabetical order.

ATTENTION: You can now update your own local council details at LGEO Research’s Wiki Page! Please find latest updates there.

Notes made on 22nd July 2009 (124 councils on twitter to date)

Welcoming new tweep – @BCCNewsRoom

Notes made on 13th July 2009 (123 councils on twitter to date)

Welcome new tweeps – Cumbria County Council, South Oxfordshire DC, Dover District Council, Eden Council, Vale Council, Newark & Sherwood DC, Wycombe District Council, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Elmbridge BC, Sheffield City Council, South Ayrshire Council, Clacks Council, Thanet Council, Rotherham MBC, Gateshead Council, Wyre Borough Council, East Renfrewshire Council, and Cambs CC Elections

Notes made on 24th April 2009

Welcome new tweeps – @TamesideCouncil, @DerbyCCJobs, @EdinburghCC & @North_Warks_BC

Notes made on 11th April 2009

Wow, 101 UK Local Council Twitter Accounts! Well done. Welcome 3 new councils @StockportMBC, @ENCouncil and @LewesDC

Notes made on 9th April 2009

3 new councils have joined twitter. Please welcome @falkirkcouncil , @SolihullCouncil and @SouthHams_DC.

Notes made on 3rd April 2009

Its been a while since I’ve updated this list. Much to my surprise the numbers of council on twitter has doubled since the last time I looked. Hopefully by end of the year all local councils will have a twitter account. I’m very interested to learn how you are using your twitter accounts so please do leave your comments on your experiences with twitter. Good or bad! We all want to learn form each other. And if you have any great annecdotes, why not share those too!

Would like to thank the people behind @uklocalcouncils; Mr @barryearnshaw and Mr Glenn Taggart for the fabulous work of gathering all uk local council twitter accounts under one roof. Your work is truly helpful to many people like me and we thank you for your time and dedication to compile and update the UK local council twitter accounts. You’re a life saver! So if you’d like to keep up with the every growing list of UK local councils on twitter, don’t forget to start following @uklocalcouncils & Mr @barryearnshaw on twitter!

List of UK Local Council Twitter Accounts

No.	Local Council	Bio	Webteam
1.	Devon City Council	Official Twitter pages for Devon County Council - email customer@devon.gov.uk to contact us direct	N/A
2.	Stradford DC	Official Twitter pages of Stratford-on-Avon District Council	@sdcwebteam
3.	Derby City Council	Derby City Council	@derbyccwebteam
4.	Stirling Council	We are a UK local authority located in the heart of Scotland.	N/A
5.	Brighton & Hove City Council	Official Twitter pages of Brighton & Hove City Council	N/A
6.	Birmingham City Council Transport	Transport news from Birmingham City Council	N/A
7.	Lichfield District Council Planning Applications	Lichfield District	N/A
8.	Leeds City Council Press Office	This is the official Twitter of the Leeds City Council Press Office	N/A
9.	London Borough of Southwark	N/A	N/A
10.	Wandsworth Council	N/A	N/A
11.	Newcastle City Council	Newcastle City Council	N/A
12.	Pembrokeshire Council	News and updates from Pembrokeshire County Council	N/A
13.	Warwick District Council	Warwick District Council provides local services alongside Warwickshire County Council. Here we provide official WDC news, though this is an unofficial service.	N/A
14.	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is a UK Local Authority	@SBCDevTeam
15.	Bracknell Forest Council	Twitter pages for Bracknell Forest Council	N/A
16.	Kirklees Council	N/A	N/A
17.	St. Helens Council	Find out about the work and services provided by St.Helens Council - email contactcentre@sthelens.gov.uk to contact us	@shcinternetteam
18.	London Borough of Hillingdon	News from the London borough of Hillingdon.	N/A
19.	Barnet Council	London Borough of Barnet news	N/A
20.	East Ayrshire Council	East Ayrshire Council is a local government council in Scotland.	N/A
21.	Medway Council	Official profile for Medway Council - unitary council in south-east England. For customer services email customer.first@medway.gov.uk or call 01634 333333.	N/A
22.	Medway's Campaign for its Castle Concerts	Official profile for Castle Concerts - an annual summer musical celebration in Rochester Castle Gardens run by Medway Council.	N/A
23.	Coventry City Council	News and events from Coventry City Council.	N/A
24.	Sunderland City Council	Official blog of Sunderland, UK - all the latest news and events in the city	N/A
25.	Camden Council	N/A	N/A
26.	Salford Council	Latest news, jobs and events from Salford City Council.	N/A
27.	Fenland Council	Fenland District Council provides a whole range of local services in the Cambridgeshire market towns of Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and Wisbech.	N/A
28.	Lichfield District Council	N/A	N/A
29.	Swansea Council	Official Twitter pages for the City and County of Swansea Council	N/A
30.	Lewisham Council	N/A	N/A
31.	Lincoln Council	Contact us through Twitter; Visit our website; Telephone on 01522 881188	N/A
32.	Orkney Council	N/A	N/A
33.	St. Neots Council	The official Twitter page for St. Neots Town Council.	N/A
34.	Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Web Team	Blackburn with Darwen Council	N/A
35.	Birmingham City Council	BEST is Birmingham City Council's Employee Engagement Programme, Belief, Excellence, Success,& Trust	N/A
36.	Aberdeenshire Council	The official Twitter page of Aberdeenshire Council.	N/A
37.	Westminster City Council	Westminster City Council	N/A
38.	Thurrock Council	N/A	N/A
39.	Bolsover Council	N/A	N/A
40.	Hyndburn	N/A	N/A
41.	Wakefield Council	Keeping the district moving forward.From cleaning&gritting,regeneration to museums & arts- you name it, we probably do it.Big cleaner greener agenda at	N/A
42.	Richmondshire District Council	The official Twitter feed of Richmondshire District Council	N/A
43.	North Lincolnshire Council	News and press releases from North Lincolnshire Council	N/A
44.	Selby District Council	The official twitter feed for Selby District Council.	N/A
45.	North Yorkshire CC	North Yorkshire is England's largest rural county with a population of 595,000 covering 3,000 square miles.	N/A
46.	Hambleton DC	N/A	N/A
47.	Ryedale DC	Ryedale District Council provides services for some 52,900 residents, local businesses and the many visitors to the area.	N/A
48.	Wealden DC	N/A	N/A
49.	Norfolk Council	Norfolk County Council is the local authority for Norfolk.	N/A
50.	Walsall Council	This is a test site for the Walsall Council twitter page. For more information @danslee or sleed@walsall.gov.uk	N/A
51.	Pendle BC	Pendle is situated in East Lancashire about 25 miles to the north of Manchester. The Borough covers 64 sq. miles and has a mix of both urban and rural areas.	N/A
52.	Southampton Council	N/A	N/A
53.	Oxford City Council	N/A	N/A
54.	Warrington Council	N/A	N/A
55.	Derbyshire CC	Derbyshire County Council for customer service email contact.centre@derbyshire.gov.uk. Job vacancies @JobsDerbyshire	N/A
60.	Derbyshire CC Jobs	Latest job vacancies at Derbyshire County Council. Other info @Derbyshirecc	N/A
61.	Calderdale Council	N/A	N/A
62.	Lambeth Council	N/A	N/A
64.	Rother DC	Rother District Council is located in the easternmost part of East Sussex and delivers services to 90,000 residents over 200 square miles.	N/A
65.	Tandridge Council	News from Tandridge. What else would you like to see?	N/A
66.	Bromsgrove Dstr Cncl	Bromsgrove District Council - serving the people of Bromsgrove District	N/A
67.	Harlow Council	Working together for Harlow	N/A
68.	NPT Council	N/A	N/A
69.	Renfrewshire Council	N/A	N/A
70.	Knowsley Council	Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is located in Merseyside, England, UK	N/A
71.	TWBC Press Office	Talk to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council now.	N/A
72.	Cherwell District Council	Cherwell District Council	N/A
73.	LB of Redbridge	Redbridge is a London Borough in an area of mixed affluence in north-east London, with a diverse population of 238,000+ people.	LBRWebTeam
74.	Belfast City Council	The latest news, jobs, events and tenders from Belfast City Council	N/A
75.	Rugby Council	The official Twitter site for all things relating to Rugby Borough Council.	N/A
76.	South Ribble Council	A district council in Lancashire that provides services to around 104,000 residents. Officially rated 'excellent' by the Audit Commission.	N/A
77.	NE Lincs Council	N/A	N/A
78.	North Devon Council	Our comms team currently evaluating Twitter. Tell us what you think.	N/A
79.	Leeds City Council	Leeds City Council provides services to over 750,000 people	N/A
80.	Babergh Council	Babergh is a forward-thinking district council providing services for south Suffolk	N/A
81.	Rochdale Council	N/A	N/A
82.	Sandwell Council	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	N/A
83.	Glasgow CC	Glasgow City Council provides services to 600,000 citizens of Scotland's largest city.	N/A
84.	Stoke-on-Trent CC	The official Twitter feed of Stoke-on-Trent City Council	N/A
85.	Nottinghamshire County Council	News from Nottinghamshire County Council	N/A
86.	Nottingham City Council	Latest news from Nottingham and the City Council	N/A
87.	Cheltenham BC	N/A	N/A
88.	Croydon Council	Your Croydon is the community newspaper for LB Croydon - delivered free every month to every home in the borough.	N/A
89.	Toon Libraries - Newcastlecc	Turn a new page with Newcastle Libraries. Books, computers, Local Studies & Family History, music downloads, movies, business databases and much more!	N/A
90.	Haringey Council	Haringey is a diverse borough in north London (not to be confused with the neighbourhood of Harringay which is part of our borough)	N/A
91.	Sutton Council	N/A	N/A
92.	Burnley Council	District Council in Lancashire, providing a wide range of services	N/A
93.	Preston City Council	N/A	N/A
94.	Nottinghamshire County Council	News from Nottinghamshire County Council	N/A
95.	Hambleton DC	N/A	N/A
96.	Falkirk Council	We are a Scottish local authority.	N/A
97.	Solihull Council	This is the twitter account for Solihull Council.	N/A
98.	SouthHam DC	Official Twitter pages for South Hams District Council- to contact us direct please call 01803 861234 or email customer.services@southham	N/A
99.	Lewes District Council	N/A	N/A
100.	East Northaamptonshire Council	N/A	N/A
101.	Stockport Council	Many thousands of people benefit from the services provided by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.	N/A
102.	Tamside Council	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council's official tweet with information from around the borough.	N/A
103.	Derby CC Jobs	This is the official Twitter feed for jobs at Derby City Council. For more information about working for Derby City Council, please visit our website.	@derbyccwebteam
104.	Edinburgh CC	The City of Edinburgh Council: working with communities and partners to provide excellent services which meet our customers needs.	N/A
105.	North WarwickshireBC	A local authority in Warwickshire, UK. To get in touch either tweet or email customerservices@northwark	N/A
106.	Cumbria County Council	Twitter page of Cumbria County Council	N/A
107.	South Oxfordshire DC	District Council in southern Oxfordshire	N/A
108.	Dover District Council	Providing services to Dover, Deal, Sandwich & the surrounding areas	N/A
109.	Eden Council	' To Best serve the people of Eden'	N/A
110.		N/A
116.	South Ayrshire Council	South Ayrshire Council is a local government council in Scotland	N/A
117.	Clacks Council	The official Twitter site for all things relating to Clackmannanshire Council.	N/A
118.	Thanet Council	Thanet enjoys an attractive combination of coastal and rural environments and is a popular holiday and day-trip destination.	N/A
119.	Rotherham MBC	Rotherham MBC's Culture and Leisure Service create the fun, relaxation and excitment in Rotherham	N/A
120.	Gateshead Council	The local authority for the borough of Gateshead in North East England	N/A
121.	Wyre Borough Council	Tweets from the Corporate Communications Team at Wyre Borough Council	N/A
122.	East Renfrewshire Council	East Renfrewshire Council delivers public service excellence in the west of Scotland.	N/A
123.	Cambs CC Elections	Cambridgeshire County Council Election Updates	N/A
124.	Birmingham City Council’s virtual newsroom	Birmingham City Council’s virtual newsroom	N/A
125.	Shropshire Council	Shropshire Council via Twitter	N/A

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34 Comments »

Dan Slee, Walsall Council says:

March 24, 2009 at 9:07 pm

Great list. As anyone who is doing this will know it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack at times tracing local authorities across Twitter.

Can I add @walsallcouncil to your list?
Gemma Melling says:

March 27, 2009 at 9:55 am

Really interesting list. Good to see so many councils are now using this technology. We are using it to promote news, events and job vacancies as well as direct people to our website.

Could I also add that @KnowsleyCouncil now has 134 followers, as we weren’t listed on the legaue table?

It will be interesting to see how fast the number of councils on twitter continues to rise.
Adding Twitter autodiscovery to your website at Adrian Short says:

March 27, 2009 at 1:57 pm

[...] are various lists of UK councils which use Twitter floating around. I assume that some are compiled manually and others by screen [...]
admin says:

March 28, 2009 at 7:48 pm

Hi Gemma,
Thanks for sharing the information. Its certainly very interesting for me to find out how you are using Twitter. I’ve already added @KnowsleyCouncil to the Twitterleague. It will now be automatically updated everytime you get new followers. I’m also interested to see how fast the number rises. – Liz
Sharon says:

March 31, 2009 at 2:09 pm

Thanks – can you add London Borough of Sutton to future lists @lbsuttonnews
TimCooperUK (Tim Cooper) says:

April 7, 2009 at 11:14 am

Twitter Comment

Updated list of UK Local Councils Twitter Accounts (3 April): [link to post] It’s growing!

– Posted using Chat Catcher
Paul Livingstone says:

April 9, 2009 at 12:06 pm

Can you add Falkirk Council (@falkirkcouncil) to this list also, thanks.
Liz Azyan says:

April 9, 2009 at 8:27 pm

Hi Paul,
Thanks for letting me know! I’ve just added your council to the list. So what made you decide to start a twitter account for your council? How do you plan to use it?

Liz
Local Government Engagement Online Research » Blog Archive » USA, Canada & Australia: New Local Government Twitter Lists says:

April 9, 2009 at 11:41 pm

[...] I certainly feel there could be a number of reasons for any local council to start using twitter, however, here in the UK, the list has become a source of inspiration and motivation for new comers. Up to this day, the list continues to grow daily and steadily, and before we knew it, we already have 20% of UK local councils already on Twitter. [...]
David G. Paul says:

April 17, 2009 at 8:56 pm

Hope you don’t mind but I’ve mentioned this article on a blog post on my site (see http://www.newearthonline.co.uk/article/696)

David G. Paul’s last blog post..Jadu CMS reveals Twitter client
admin says:

April 17, 2009 at 9:05 pm

Do I mind??? I’m delighted! Feel free to mention any article from this blog It can only help SEO and Google PR rank
David G. Paul says:

April 17, 2009 at 9:09 pm

phew, will do
Local Government Engagement Online Research » Blog Archive » So… PSFBuzz was a success! What was it all about again? says:

May 6, 2009 at 2:42 pm

[...] come across the research I have been doing in this area. Since December 2008, I have been compiling lists of local councils using twitter that either provide RSS feeds or have actual conversations with followers / citizens here. As Simon [...]
karenblakeman (Karen Blakeman) says:

May 21, 2009 at 8:57 am

Twitter Comment

#patlib2009 Liz Ayan’s website/blog http://www.lgeoresearch.com/ See also [link to post] & http://bit.ly/aw33m

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mstores (Mike Stores) says:

June 3, 2009 at 11:20 am

Twitter Comment

Interesting stuff about Local Authorities using Twitter [link to post]

– Posted using Chat Catcher
mstores (Mike Stores) says:

June 3, 2009 at 2:07 pm

Twitter Comment

@stevieflow Have a look at [link to post]
more soon

– Posted using Chat Catcher
George Barbour says:

June 9, 2009 at 11:50 pm

Any chance of adding ourselves, East Renfrewshire Council, to your next update. Our twitter address is @EastRen

Also, looking for any tips on geo targeting to source and identify residents in our area or nearby who are using twitter.

Thanks.
admin says:

June 11, 2009 at 6:41 am

Hi George,
Will definitely do that! Thanks for informing me I haven’t updated for a while but will do soon.

Liz
Gemma Melling says:

June 16, 2009 at 11:01 am

Ooh, the list seems to have disappeared?!
admin says:

June 17, 2009 at 2:23 pm

Hi Gemma,
It seems that there is something wrong with twitterleague. Thanks for letting me know. I’ve tried to fix this but it just doesn’t work for now. Once its fixed I will let you know.

Thx.

Liz Azyan
mstores (Mike Stores) says:

July 8, 2009 at 9:51 am

Twitter Comment

RT @ukeig @liz_azyan’s list of UK local council’s using Twitter [link to post]

– Posted using Chat Catcher
leejorgensen (Lee Jorgensen) says:

July 13, 2009 at 1:59 pm

Twitter Comment

RT @Liz_Azyan: LGEO Research Data Update: Updated list of UK Local Councils Twitter Accounts – 13th July 2009 [link to post]

– Posted using Chat Catcher
Michele Ide-Smith says:

July 13, 2009 at 4:45 pm

Hi Liz,

Can you add Cambridgeshire’s http://twitter.com/ccc_elections feed which was used before, during and after the county elections to communicate updates?

Thanks,

Michele
Liz Azyan says:

July 13, 2009 at 5:46 pm

Hi Michele,
Hope you’re well! Of course I can And… its done! Presto!

Take care.

Liz x
karenblakeman (Karen Blakeman) says:

July 15, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Twitter Comment

@Philbradley The data’s all on @liz_azyan blog http://www.lgeoresearch.com/ The twtter list is at [link to post]

– Posted using Chat Catcher
GeoffC says:

July 21, 2009 at 12:52 pm

Thanks for the list – really useful.

Please could you add Birmingham City Council’s virtual newsroom @BCCNewsRoom to the list.

Thanks

Geoff
sdcsmith2000 (simon smith) says:

July 22, 2009 at 11:19 am

Twitter Comment

RT @Liz_Azyan Updated list of UK Local Councils Twitter Accounts – 22nd July 2009 [link to post]

– Posted using Chat Catcher
eOfficeBham (eOffice Birmingham) says:

July 22, 2009 at 11:22 am

Twitter Comment

Local Authority Twitter accounts [link to post]

– Posted using Chat Catcher
PSFfrances (Frances Yates) says:

July 22, 2009 at 11:33 am

Twitter Comment

RT @Liz_Azyan: Updated list of UK Local Councils Twitter Accounts – 22nd July 2009 [link to post] #psfbuzz

– Posted using Chat Catcher
CovalentCPM (Tricia White) says:

July 22, 2009 at 11:34 am

Twitter Comment

RT @Liz_Azyan: Updated list of UK Local Councils Twitter Accounts – 22nd July 2009 [link to post] < < thanks Liz, v useful

– Posted using Chat Catcher
piermucelli (Pier Paolo Mucelli) says:

July 22, 2009 at 11:41 am

Twitter Comment

@lauracuttiford thanks 4 the tip! Twitter accounts of UK Public Local Councils [link to post]

– Posted using Chat Catcher
pallmallmedia (Jashpal Mall) says:

July 22, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Twitter Comment

Useful to see which Local Authority’s have twitter accounts: RT [link to post] (via @eOfficeBham)

– Posted using Chat Catcher
how to market yourself says:

September 16, 2009 at 11:48 pm

It is great to see the goverment on Twitter and communicating with the public with all these twitter accounts.
Luke says:

October 29, 2009 at 2:52 pm

Hi there,

I have created a list of the councils on Twitter above and put it on the following link: http://tweepml.org/UK-councils/

I also work with a product called SM2 that was recently aquired by Alterian. SM2 is a social media monitoring tool and can be accessed via:

http://sm2.techrigy.com/main/

If you would like to follow me to have a two way conversation about any of the above please find me as Moorius on Twitter:

Best wishes,

Luke
Twitter: twitter.com/Moorius