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Department for Transport · vehicles

Licensed vehicles under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Licensed vehicles: 2014 Q3 to 2026 Q1CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020m40m20142016201820202022202420262014 Q3: 36,994,791 vehicles · published 15 July 20262014 Q4: 36,493,789 vehicles · published 15 July 20262015 Q1: 36,761,591 vehicles · published 15 July 20262015 Q2: 37,161,561 vehicles · published 15 July 20262015 Q3: 37,413,302 vehicles · published 15 July 20262015 Q4: 37,344,511 vehicles · published 15 July 20262016 Q1: 37,696,034 vehicles · published 15 July 20262016 Q2: 38,044,922 vehicles · published 15 July 20262016 Q3: 38,274,993 vehicles · published 15 July 20262016 Q4: 38,388,214 vehicles · published 15 July 20262017 Q1: 38,660,700 vehicles · published 15 July 20262017 Q2: 38,970,628 vehicles · published 15 July 20262017 Q3: 39,155,497 vehicles · published 15 July 20262017 Q4: 38,893,327 vehicles · published 15 July 20262018 Q1: 39,057,986 vehicles · published 15 July 20262018 Q2: 39,376,983 vehicles · published 15 July 20262018 Q3: 39,552,241 vehicles · published 15 July 20262018 Q4: 39,364,569 vehicles · published 15 July 20262019 Q1: 39,594,838 vehicles · published 15 July 20262019 Q2: 39,904,550 vehicles · published 15 July 20262019 Q3: 40,093,459 vehicles · published 15 July 20262019 Q4: 39,890,462 vehicles · published 15 July 20262020 Q1: 39,532,761 vehicles · published 15 July 20262020 Q2: 39,557,205 vehicles · published 15 July 20262020 Q3: 40,055,355 vehicles · published 15 July 20262020 Q4: 39,800,924 vehicles · published 15 July 20262021 Q1: 39,874,807 vehicles · published 15 July 20262021 Q2: 40,457,514 vehicles · published 15 July 20262021 Q3: 40,485,348 vehicles · published 15 July 20262021 Q4: 40,274,788 vehicles · published 15 July 20262022 Q1: 40,366,293 vehicles · published 15 July 20262022 Q2: 40,683,807 vehicles · published 15 July 20262022 Q3: 40,772,387 vehicles · published 15 July 20262022 Q4: 40,697,653 vehicles · published 15 July 20262023 Q1: 40,814,791 vehicles · published 15 July 20262023 Q2: 41,202,598 vehicles · published 15 July 20262023 Q3: 41,324,641 vehicles · published 15 July 20262023 Q4: 41,175,278 vehicles · published 15 July 20262024 Q1: 41,384,675 vehicles · published 15 July 20262024 Q2: 41,745,581 vehicles · published 15 July 20262024 Q3: 41,863,330 vehicles · published 15 July 20262024 Q4: 41,664,430 vehicles · published 15 July 20262025 Q1: 41,888,133 vehicles · published 15 July 20262025 Q2: 42,261,227 vehicles · published 15 July 20262025 Q3: 42,432,716 vehicles · published 15 July 20262025 Q4: 42,283,514 vehicles · published 15 July 20262026 Q1: 42,448,481 vehicles · published 15 July 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present41,745,5812024 Q242,448,4812026 Q1↑ 1.7%+702,900
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202440,093,4592019 Q341,745,5812024 Q2↑ 4.1%+1,652,122
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201938,660,7002017 Q140,093,4592019 Q3↑ 3.7%+1,432,759
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 201736,761,5912015 Q138,660,7002017 Q1↑ 5.2%+1,899,109
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 2015No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 2010No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.