The total number of sheep and lambs in England by county/unitary authority in each year since 1997 are shown in the following tables.
Figures for 1999 onwards can also be found on the DEFRA website at:
www.defra.gov.uk/esg/work_htm/publications/cs/farmstats_web/2_SURVEY_DATA_SEARCH/COMPLETE_DATASETS/regional_level_datasets.htm
County/UA 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees 23,436 24,468 24,015 21,907 18,619 16,481 South Teesside 27,715 30,228 30,708 29,314 27,861 23,118 Darlington 30,449 30,252 31,797 29,944 20,226 18,075 Durham CC 678,435 685,483 689,716 650,712 500,085 522,161 Northumberland 1,664,446 1,680,887 1,719,011 1,642,218 1,395,748 1,343,874 Tyneside 10,023 10,862 10,750 1— 1— 1— Sunderland 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— West Cumbria 716,598 746,378 733,959 705,904 368,594 488,592 East Cumbria 1,975,625 2,061,168 2,041,301 1,928,069 1,130,470 1,313,197 Halton and Warrington 3,624 3,488 4,152 4,669 4,457 4,040 Cheshire CC 205,653 214,103 215,542 203,685 194,710 177,920 Greater Manchester South 16,813 16,822 16,442 20,349 19,772 17,178 Greater Manchester North 56,745 53,704 57,903 51,454 54,129 49,010 Blackburn With Darwen 20,036 21,173 21,229 21,230 17,342 16,925 Blackpool 1— 1— 0 1— 1— 1— Lancashire CC 788,668 823,332 800,283 776,586 703,264 656,886 East Merseyside 6,399 6,923 7,430 6,061 6,452 6,336 Liverpool 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Sefton 334 659 417 1— 1— 249 Wirral 1,504 1,442 1,639 1,528 1,506 1— Kingston upon Hull, City of 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— East Riding of Yorkshire 121,399 115,301 114,603 110,654 105,164 91,389 North and North East Lincolnshire 12,614 12,990 14,269 12,591 13,085 11,873 York 13,836 14,467 14,721 1— 1— 1— North Yorkshire CC 2,082,611 2,145,678 2,160,335 2,077,156 1,793,702 1,675,339 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham 50,370 51,263 55,386 52,214 47,882 41,496 Sheffield 36,273 39,669 30,172 31,464 35,243 35,210 Bradford 74,334 80,623 75,983 76,204 73,352 70,360 Leeds 51,544 51,709 50,187 46,567 44,880 38,615 Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield 111,848 117,944 117,051 109,134 105,569 107,925 Derby 1— 1— 1— 28,563 1— 1— East Derbyshire 27,584 29,113 30,056 1— 25,663 21,540 South and West Derbyshire 429,662 459,537 459,847 438,425 420,812 377,670 Nottingham 0 0 0 1— 1— 1— North Nottinghamshire 53,816 49,482 57,508 58,313 49,441 46,320 South Nottinghamshire 32,238 32,401 28,265 27,575 1— 1— Leicester 0 0 0 0 1— 1— Leicestershire CC and Rutland 411,401 427,810 434,168 390,411 374,035 340,160 Northamptonshire 398,006 411,666 418,480 406,457 387,762 329,594 Lincolnshire 218,252 225,666 233,901 206,494 191,988 169,317 Herefordshire, County of 807,253 845,061 851,417 799,820 664,610 644,216 Worcestershire 378,186 393,374 395,697 377,145 336,362 309,974 Warwickshire 328,798 355,204 361,938 358,192 339,797 301,609 Telford and Wrekin 9,705 10,848 10,773 11,273 11,492 9,970 Shropshire CC 923,438 958,173 979,024 909,128 836,216 762,901 Stoke-on-Trent 502 685 883 1— 1— 1— Staffordshire CC 297,542 308,388 322,042 305,150 276,732 259,300 Birmingham 1,025 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Solihull 16,627 17,438 17,215 17,760 11,314 13,726 Coventry 1,813 2,925 2,816 2,589 2,552 2,422 Dudley and Sandwell 1,168 1,208 1,277 1,147 855 793 Walsall and Wolverhampton 1,031 1,092 1,243 683 542 553 Peterborough 9,445 12,265 11,141 49,135 10,548 8,728 Cambridgeshire CC 43,557 42,455 44,401 11,129 47,262 34,548 Norfolk 145,746 144,935 149,276 144,307 136,367 106,114 Suffolk 68,421 76,199 74,317 82,795 72,985 77,229 Luton 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Bedfordshire CC 58,147 58,034 61,168 56,409 53,482 45,018 Hertfordshire 43,606 44,219 42,750 38,143 40,739 32,687 Southend-on-Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thurrock 2,749 2,811 2,870 1— 1— 1— Essex CC 74,066 67,556 70,067 66,014 59,455 56,122 Inner London: West 0 0 0 0 65,970 1— Inner London: East 1— 1— 1— 1— 21,281 45 Outer London: East and North East 1,696 1,519 1,683 1— 204,408 1— Outer London: South 387 577 907 649 194,395 746 Outer London: West and North West 888 1,926 1,939 1,699 1— 848 Berkshire 60,837 71,968 75,616 70,196 291,072 58,114 Milton Keynes 29,565 27,385 28,528 26,025 75,887 21,576 Buckinghamshire CC 186,506 199,017 220,705 208,804 114,130 180,258 Oxfordshire 208,953 218,569 219,270 211,197 1— 172,395 Brighton and Hove 1— 1— 1— 1— 151 3,554 East Sussex CC 279,868 289,435 302,772 299,664 145,891 271,572 Surrey 76,210 75,395 76,708 80,907 33,096 64,931 West Sussex 140,226 138,258 127,124 121,364 1— 102,861 Portsmouth 1— 1— 1— 1— 451,145 1— Southampton 1— 149 162 1— 1— 1— Hampshire CC 161,303 160,422 156,850 154,421 1— 129,661 Isle of Wight 36,568 38,784 38,715 35,083 1— 30,738 Medway 8,416 7,737 7,920 7,949 854 9,594 Kent CC 514,911 511,487 508,048 491,865 1,230 383,725 Bristol, City of 416 427 419 1— 1,232 1— N and NE Somerset, South Glos 100,105 102,743 98,295 98,595 95,202 84,217 Gloucestershire 403,875 414,686 425,662 418,837 334,173 329,925 Swindon 16,683 15,814 13,121 13,360 11,699 6,960 Wiltshire CC 203,393 194,027 203,037 199,164 193,195 171,851 Bournemouth and Poole 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Dorset CC 209,155 221,225 226,936 219,057 200,171 176,598 Somerset 572,797 590,196 605,745 583,969 551,959 490,772 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 601,534 631,841 639,631 607,512 575,228 521,136 Plymouth 3,802 2,891 2,721 2,657 1— 1— Torbay 4,287 2,794 2,944 3,945 2,151 1— Devon CC 1,828,808 1,921,261 1,937,405 1,817,687 1,472,395 1,445,962
County/UA 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees 17,181 17,079 16,266 14,772 16,019 15,136 South Teesside 23,412 19,538 20,828 18,577 21,348 20,404 Darlington 18,415 18,375 16,794 15,315 15,892 16,118 Durham CC 543,114 561,614 562,817 544,838 544,976 542,014 Northumberland 1,350,851 1,356,865 1,351,097 1,336,393 1,328,927 1,340,250 Tyneside 1— 7,686 1— 1— 7,599 8,298 Sunderland 1— 1— 1— 1— 370 223 West Cumbria 513,535 546,115 538,031 544,865 533,002 538,986 East Cumbria 1,437,605 1,480,984 1,511,508 1,495,375 1,474,746 1,490,758 Halton and Warrington 4,100 4,026 4,506 3,868 3,063 2,690 Cheshire CC 184,408 188,539 188,569 186,184 186,467 198,302 Greater Manchester South 18,401 19,661 17,467 17,261 16,581 18,550 Greater Manchester North 49,784 52,712 50,789 52,801 45,342 48,021 Blackburn With Darwen 18,003 18,432 15,644 16,437 16,657 17,283 Blackpool 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Lancashire CC 659,433 679,395 703,846 694,142 685,783 686,631 East Merseyside 6,481 6,296 6,738 6,937 7,130 7,070 Liverpool 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Sefton 1— 287 297 1— 1— 1— Wirral 740 775 867 880 852 1,303 Kingston upon Hull, City of 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— East Riding of Yorkshire 85,921 83,908 85,716 92,890 87,934 87,745 North and North East Lincolnshire 11,608 11,306 10,790 10,685 10,904 11,275 York 1— 9,512 1— 1— 11,970 1— North Yorkshire CC 1,746,518 1,792,219 1,817,514 1,772,569 1,761,878 1,776,955 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham 43,752 45,145 44,483 44,634 46,268 49,165 Sheffield 36,904 37,291 39,280 34,133 1— 34,854 Bradford 74,406 77,306 73,955 71,685 71,225 73,623 Leeds 38,736 37,777 38,292 35,738 34,711 36,428 Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield 104,206 104,220 106,405 109,051 103,087 106,579 Derby 1— 146 162 1— 1— 1— East Derbyshire 19,741 19,912 20,816 19,192 19,082 19,572 South and West Derbyshire 377,371 389,246 397,190 392,489 386,963 384,459 Nottingham 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— North Nottinghamshire 46,096 44,750 44,891 45,463 45,318 42,205 South Nottinghamshire 1— 27,683 28,043 31,879 29,149 32,151 Leicester 1— 1— 1— 0 1— 1— Leicestershire CC and Rutland 344,400 336,798 330,010 314,214 309,641 304,652 Northamptonshire 331,450 317,372 304,738 295,531 289,253 285,314 Lincolnshire 162,186 159,071 152,800 155,469 155,447 151,186 Herefordshire, County of 654,222 655,951 657,876 665,515 636,598 624,204 Worcestershire 316,360 317,322 311,682 306,347 299,643 297,691 Warwickshire 289,604 290,043 288,812 274,989 277,491 282,537 Telford and Wrekin 10,365 10,762 11,286 10,891 9,499 11,030 Shropshire CC 776,561 778,932 795,591 770,107 762,860 761,313 Stoke-on-Trent 1— 455 1— 700 1— 811 Staffordshire CC 263,551 267,828 272,269 263,079 267,461 268,627 Birmingham 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Solihull 13,488 12,584 13,108 15,339 13,171 12,800 Coventry 1,927 2,147 1,751 1,859 1,824 2,072 Dudley and Sandwell 823 834 878 786 820 840 Walsall and Wolverhampton 458 429 915 1— 205 1— Peterborough 6,918 7,299 7,464 6,034 5,645 5,419 Cambridgeshire CC 32,145 32,197 30,372 30,175 31,157 31,288 Norfolk 98,546 100,167 104,691 109,321 114,136 114,032 Suffolk 79,793 74,755 72,359 68,830 80,460 77,864 Luton 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Bedfordshire CC 39,227 37,922 36,697 34,937 34,340 40,017 Hertfordshire 34,033 33,810 35,759 39,041 32,758 35,183 Southend-on-Sea 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Thurrock 1,060 1,054 1— 1— 1— 1— Essex CC 54,796 56,358 57,143 53,541 55,104 54,863 Inner London: West 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Inner London: East 1— 53 1— 1— 93 128 Outer London: East and North East 1— 1,458 1— 1,473 1,428 1,487 Outer London: South 803 863 884 735 2,744 1,150 Outer London: West and North West 745 617 1— 1— 516 518 Berkshire 56,680 55,915 57,275 60,383 51,349 47,603 Milton Keynes 21,644 20,470 18,749 17,663 17,737 17,664 Buckinghamshire CC 177,777 173,111 170,289 160,366 161,477 166,250 Oxfordshire 164,954 165,511 160,022 157,833 159,525 163,917 Brighton and Hove 1— 2,503 3,458 1— 8,920 9,683 East Sussex CC 271,932 265,493 263,694 264,210 250,940 252,433 Surrey 66,098 67,010 63,769 63,259 63,200 62,781 West Sussex 102,798 99,265 97,649 101,187 100,904 103,303 Portsmouth 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Southampton 149 58 1— 1— 1— 1— Hampshire CC 128,871 130,219 125,318 120,259 123,763 129,413 Isle of Wight 35,042 34,479 37,269 35,677 33,442 36,855 Medway 9,626 9,413 8,649 4,760 7,541 8,533 Kent CC 388,783 383,489 376,158 371,318 362,698 360,954 Bristol, City of 740 726 814 734 872 891 N and NE Somerset, South Glos 81,667 80,452 79,380 81,308 77,263 84,286 Gloucestershire 335,715 337,669 330,676 341,515 331,053 322,714 Swindon 6,394 6,098 6,343 6,212 3,550 4,198 Wiltshire CC 175,860 178,264 175,734 166,258 164,536 174,961 Bournemouth and Poole 402 423 1,714 1,869 1,564 1,885 Dorset CC 187,750 186,889 185,437 193,455 191,232 198,080 Somerset 494,854 506,873 495,195 474,258 487,253 489,416 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 525,057 527,466 519,812 521,033 501,658 503,374 Plymouth 759 813 697 1,235 640 734 Torbay 2,505 2,608 2,831 3,272 3,144 2,712 Devon CC 1,474,609 1,481,181 1,474,328 1,465,263 1,399,574 1,402,422 1 Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Source: June Agricultural Survey.