| JM | Westmorland | NI | Northumberland | S | Edinburgh | W | Sheffield |
| JN | Southend-on-Sea | NM | Bedforoshire | SA | Aberdeenshire | WA | Sheffield |
| JO | Oxford | NN | Nottinghamshire | SB | Argyllshire | WB | Sheffield |
| JP | Wigan | NO | Essex | SC | Edinburgh | WC | Essex |
| JR | Northumberland | NP | Worcestershire | SD | Ayrshire | WD | Warwickshire |
| JS | Ross & Cromarty | NR | Leicestershire | SE | Banffshire | WE | Sheffield |
| JT | Dorset | NB | Sutherland | SF | Edinburgh | WF | Yorkshire (ER) |
| JU | Leicestershire | NT | Shropshire | SG | Edinburgh | WG | Stirlingshire |
| JV | Grimsby | NU | Derbyshire | SH | Berwickshire | WH | Bolton |
| JW | Wolverhampton | NV | Northamptonshire | SJ | Bute | WI | Waterford |
| JX | Halifax |   |   | SK | Caithness | WJ | Sheffield |
| JY | Plymouth | NW | Leeds | SL | Clackmannanshire | WK | Coventry |
| JZ | Down | NX | Warwickshire |   |   | WL | Oxford |
|   |   | NY | Glamorganshire | SM | Dundeeshire | WM | Southport |
| K | Liverpool | NZ | Londonderry | SN | Dunbartonshire | WN | Swansea |
| KA | Liverpool |   |   | SO | Morayshire | WO | Monmouthuhire |
| KB | Liverpool | O | Birmingham | SP | Fifeshire | WP | Worcestershire |
| KC | Liverpool | OA | Birmingham | SR | Angus | WR | Yorkshire (WR) |
| KD | Liverpool | OB | Birmingham | SB | East Lothian | WS | Edinburgh |
| KE | Kent | OC | Birmingham | ST | Inverness-shire | WT | Yorkshire (WR) |
| KF | Liverpool | OD | Devon | SU | Kincardineshire | WU | Yorkshire (WR) |
| KG | Cardiff | OE | Birmingham | SV | Kinross-shire | WV | Wiltshire |
| KH | Kingston upon Hull | OF | Birmingham | SW | Kircudbrightshire | WW | Yorkshire (WR) |
|   |   | OG | Birmingham |   |   | WX | Yorkshire (WR) |
| KI | Waterford | OH | Birmingham | SX | West Lothian | WY | Yorkshire (WR) |
| KJ | Kent | OI | Belfast | SY | Midlothian | WZ | Belfast |
| KK | Kent | OJ | Birmingham | SZ | Down |   |   |
| KL | Kent | OK | Birmingham |   |   | X | Northumberland |
| KM | Kent | OL | Birmingham | T | Devon | XA | London |
| KN | Kent | OM | Birmingham | TA | Devon | XB | London |
| KO | Kent | ON | Birmingham | TB | Lancashire | XC | London |
| KP | Kent | OO | Essex | TC | Lancahire | XD | London |
| KR | Kent | OP | Birmingham | TD | Lancashire | XE | London |
| KS | Roxburghshire | OR | Hampshire | TE | Lancashire | XF | London |
| KT | Kent | OS | Wigtownshire | TF | Lancashire | XG | Middlesbrough |
| KU | Bradford | OT | Hampshire | TG | Glamorganshire | XH | London |
| KV | Coventry | OU | Hampshire | TH | Carmarthenshire | XI | Belfast |
| KW | Bradford | OV | Birmingham | TI | Limerick | XJ | Manchester |
| KX | Buckinghamshire | OW | Southampton | TJ | Lancashire | XK | London |
|   |   | OX | Birmingham | TK | Dorset | XL | London |
| KY | Bradford | OY | London | TI | Lincolnshire (Kesteven) | XM | London |
| KZ | Antrim | OZ | Belfast |   |   | XN | London |
|   |   |   |   | TM | Bedfordshire | XO | London |
| L | Glamorganshire | P | Surrey | TN | Newcastle upon Tyne | XP | London |
| LA | London | PA | Surrey |   |   | XR | London |
| LB | London | PB | Surrey | TO | Nottingham | XS | Paisley |
| LC | London | PC | Surrey | TP | Portsmouth | XT | london |
| LD | London | PD | Surrey | TR | Southampton | XU | London |
| LE | London | PE | Surrey | TS | Dundee | XV | London |
| LF | London | PF | Surrey | TT | Devon | XW | London |
| LG | Cheshire | PG | Surrey | TU | Cheshire | XX | London |
| LH | London | PH | Surrey | TV | Nottingham | XY | London |
| LI | Westmeath | PI | Cork | TW | Essex | XZ | Armagh |
| LJ | Bournemouth | PJ | Surrey | TX | Glamorganshire |   |   |
| LK | London | PK | Surrey | TY | Northumberland | Y | Somerset |
| LL | London | PL | Surrey | TZ | Belfast | YA | Somerset |
| LM | London | PM | Sussex (East) |   |   | YB | Somerest |
| LN | London | PN | Sussex (East) | U | Leeds | YC | Somerset |
| LO | London | P0 | Sussex (West) | UA | Leeds | YD | Somerset |
| LP | London | PP | Buckinghamshire | UB | Leeds | YE | London |
| LR | London |   |   | UC | London | YF | London |
| LS | Selkirkshire | PR | Dorset | UD | Oxfordshire | YG | Yorkshire (WR) |
| LT | London | PS | Shetland (Zetland) | UE | Warwickshire | YH | London |
| LU | London |   |   | UF | Brighton | YI | City and County of Dublin |
| LV | Liverpool | PT | Durham (County) | UG | Leeds |   |   |
| LW | London | PU | Essex | UH | Cardiff | YJ | Dundee |
| LX | London | PV | Ipswich | UI | Londonderry | YK | London |
| LY | London | PW | Norfolk | UJ | Shropshire | YL | London |
| LZ | Armagh | PX | Sussex (West) | UK | Wolverhampton | YM | London |
|   |   | PY | Yorkshire (NR) | UL | London | YN | London |
|   |   | PZ | Belfast | UM | Leeds | YO | London |
| M | Cheshire |   |   | UN | Denbighshire | YP | London |
| MA | Cheshire | QA QJ | London | UO | Devon | YR | London |
| MB | Cheshire | QB QK |   | UP | Durham (County) | YS | Glasgow |
| MC | London | QC QL | for | UR | Hertfordshire | YT | London |
| MD | London | QD QM | vehicles | US | Glasgow | YU | London |
| ME | London | QE QN | temporarily | UT | Leicestershire | YV | London |
| MF | London | QF QP | imported | UU | London | YW | London |
| MG | London | QG QQ | from | UV | London | YX | London |
| MH | London | QH QS | abroad | UW | London | YY | London |
| MI | Wexford |   |   | UX | Shropshire | YZ | Londonderry |
| MJ | Bedfordshire | R | Derbyshire | UY | Worcestershire |   |   |
| MK | London | RA | Derbyshire | UZ | Belfast | Z | City and County of Dublin |
| MI | London | RB | Derbyshire |   |   | ZA | City and County of Dublin |
| MM | London | RC | Derby | V | Lanarkshire | ZB | Cork (County) |
| MN | Isle of Man | RD | Reading | VA | Lanarkshire | ZC | City and County of Dublin |
| MO | Berkshire | RE | Staffordshire | VB | London | ZD | City and County of Dublin |
| MP | London | RF | Staffordshire | VC | Coventry | ZE | City and County of Dublin |
| MR | Wiltshire | RG | Aberdeen | VD | Lanarkshire | ZF | Cork |
| MS | Stirlingshire | RH | Kingston upon Hull | VE | Cambridgeshire | ZH | City and County of Dublin |
| MT | London |   |   | VF | Norfolk | ZI | City and County of Dublin |
| MU | London |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| MV | London | RI | City and County of Dublin | VG | Norwich | ZJ | City and County of Dublin |
| MW | Wiltshire |   |   | VH | Huddersfield | ZK | Cork (County) |
| MX | London | RJ | Salford | VJ | Herefordshire | ZL | City and County of Dublin |
| MY | London | RK | London | VK | Newcastle upon Tyne |   |   |
| MZ | Belfast | RL | Cornwall |   |   | ZM | Galway |
|   |   | RM | Cumberland | VL | Lincoln | ZN | Meath |
|   |   | RN | Preston | VM | Manchester | ZO | City and County of Dublin |
| N | Manchester | RO | Hertfordshire | VN | Yorkshire (NR) |   |   |
| NA | Manchester | RP | Northamptonshire | VO | Nottinghamshire | ZP | Donegal |
| NB | Manchester |   |   | VP | Birmingham | ZR | Wexford |
| NC | Manchester | RR | Nottinghamshire | VR | Manchester | ZT | Cork (County) |
| ND | Manchester | RS | Aberdeen | VS | Greenock | ZU | City and County of Dublin |
| NE | Manchester | RT | Suffolk (East) | VT | Stoke-on-Trent |   |   |
| NF | Manchester | RU | Bournemouth | VU | Manchester | ZW | Kildare |
| NG | Norfolk | RV | Portsmouth | VV | Northampton | ZX | Kerry |
| NH | Northampton | RW | Coventry | VW | Essex | ZY | Louth |
| NI | Wicklow | RX | Berkshire | VX | Essex | ZZ | Dublin: for |
| NJ | Sussex (East) | RY | Leicester | VY | York |   | temporarily |
| NK | Hertfordshire | RZ | Antrim | VZ | Tyrone |   | imported vehicles |