Total Tickets by Political Party
Tickets per Authority

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Total Off Street On Street Bus Lane Moving

Rank	Political Party	Number of Authorities	Average Per Authority	Higher Than Lowest By	Total Tickets
1	Labour	20	177,187	+100%	3,543,738
2	Independent	1	168,427	+90%	168,427
3	Conservative	7	166,357	+88%	1,164,502
4	No Overall	1	109,304	+24%	109,304
5	Lib Dems	3	88,453	n/a	265,358

Total Off Street On Street Bus Lane Moving

By Contravention Code

Code	Description	#
1	Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours	606,920
2	Parked or loading/unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading/unloading restrictions are in force	166,958
4	Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated	29
5	Parked after the expiry of paid for time at a pay and display bay	101,993
6	Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket	187,832
7	Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond the initial time (meter feeding)	430
8	Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours - electronic meters only	11
9	Parked displaying multiple pay and display tickets where prohibited	6
10	Parked without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required	9
11	Parked without payment of the parking charge	184,903
12	Parked in a residents or shared use parking place without clearly displaying a permit or pay and display ticket issued for that location	989,999
14	Parked in an electric vehicles' charging place during restricted hours without charging	2,895
16	Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit	92,269
18	Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited	220
19	Parked in a residents or shared use parking place displaying an invalid permit, invalid voucher or an invalid pay and display ticket	144,560
20	Parked in a loading gap	195
21	Parked in a suspended bay/space or part of bay/space	118,534
22	Re-parked in the same parking space within one hour of leaving	257
23	Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle	28,709
24	Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space	20,345
25	Parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading	55,169
26	Vehicle parked more than 50cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking space	10,982
27	Parked adjacent to a dropped footway	50,250
28	Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge	2,580
29	Failing to comply with a one-way restriction	3,687
30	Parked for longer than permitted	38,638
31	Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited	348,987
32	Failing to drive in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign	82,523
33	Using a route restricted to certain vehicles	104,780
34	Being in a bus lane	340,930
35	Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc	3
37	Failing to give way to oncoming vehicles	10,036
38	Failing to comply with a sign indicating that vehicular traffic must pass to the specified side of the sign	73,513
40	Parked in a designated disabled person's parking place without clearly displaying a valid disabled person's badge	53,050
41	Parked in a parking place designated for diplomatic vehicles	837
42	Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles	220
43	Stopped on a cycle docking station parking place	18
45	Parked on a taxi rank	10,106
46	Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway)	524
47	Stopped on a restricted bus stop/stand	108,247
48	Stopped in a restricted area outside a school	27,335
49	Parked wholly or partly on a cycle track	350
50	Performing a prohibited turn	354,778
51	Failing to comply with a no entry sign	87,367
52	Failing to comply with a sign indicating a prohibition on certain types of vehicles	221,677
53	Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone	156,405
54	Failing to comply with a sign indicating a restriction on vehicles entering and waiting in a pedestrian zone	4,147
55	A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street in contravention of the Overnight Waiting Ban	2,711
56	Parked in contravention of a commercial vehicle waiting restriction - non overnight waiting restriction	6
57	Parked in contravention of a coach ban - non overnight waiting restriction	5
61	A heavy commercial vehicle wholly or partly parked on a footway, verge or land between two carriageways	4,887
62	Parked with one or more wheels on any part of an urban road other than a carriageway (footway parking)	233,865
63	Parked with engine running where prohibited	115
70	Parked in a loading area during restricted hours without reasonable excuse	189
71	Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging	240
73	Parked without payment of the parking charge	35,255
74	Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited	9
80	Parked for longer than the maximum period permitted	357
81	Parked in a restricted area in a car park	6,007
82	Parked after the expiry of time paid for in a pay and display car park	29,251
83	Parked in a pay and display car park without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket	74,561
84	Parked with additional payment made to extend the stay beyond the first time purchased	56
85	Parked in a permit bay without clearly displaying a valid permit	42,278
86	Parked beyond the bay markings	8,039
87	Parked in a disabled person's parking space without clearly displaying a valid disabled person's badge	5,321
89	Vehicle parked exceeds maximum weight and/or height and/or length permitted in the area	2
90	Re-parked within one hour of leaving a bay or space in a car park	1
91	Parked in an area not designated for that class of vehicle	1,105
92	Parked causing an obstruction	1,815
93	Parked in a car park when closed	731
94	Parked in a pay and display car park without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required	4
95	Parked in a parking place for a purpose other than the designated purpose for the parking place	85
96	Parked with the engine running where prohibited	4
99	Stopped on a pedestrian crossing and/or crossing area marked by zig-zags	10,217

Data Source

These figures represent the number of tickets issued in a typical year. They are extracted from our Parking Tickets Database where we are collecting PCN and parking ticket information from local authorities across the country.

Note:
In order to try to reflect normal circumstances our Parking Ticket Hotspot Analysis uses tickets issued prior to the Covid period, but may include more recent data if we have found authorities issuing tickets in new locations. You can see which dates these figures relate to by clicking through to the individual local authorities.
Up to now TfL have refused to provide full data and so any tickets issued by TfL are not included.