Trailer - Local Elections May 2027

It appears from the announcement of 16th July 2026 that no further elections will be held for County and District Councils, and 17 existing Unitaries. Shadow authorities elected in 2027 will take power in April 2028 with their next elections in 2032. Therefore, elections are scheduled for Thursday 6th May 2027 in 64 English Local Authorities, more than 51 Shadow Authorities, and all Scottish and Welsh Councils.

Links on authority names are to LGBCE Final Reports on boundary changes, or to restructuring orders. ECO = link to Electoral Change Order.
* = complete re-warding; + = minor boundary changes.

31 Metropolitan Boroughs - one-third of councillors in each except where indicated
Bolton
Bradford
Bury
Calderdale
Coventry
Dudley
Gateshead
Kirklees
 Knowsley *
Leeds
Liverpool (all-up)
Manchester
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
Oldham
Rochdale
 Salford
Sandwell
Sefton
Sheffield
Solihull
South Tyneside
Stockport
Sunderland
 Tameside
Trafford
Wakefield
Walsall
Wigan
Wirral (all-up) *
Wolverhampton
25 Unitary authorities - all councillors
(M) - simultaneous Mayoral election
Bath & N.E. Somerset
Bedford (M)
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
Bracknell Forest
Central Bedfordshire
Cheshire East * (ECO)
Cheshire West & Chester
 Cumberland *
Darlington *
East Riding of Yorkshire * (ECO)
Herefordshire *
Luton
Middlesbrough (M) * (ECO)
 North Lincolnshire
North Somerset *
North Yorkshire *
Redcar & Cleveland
Slough
Somerset *
 South Gloucestershire
Stockton-on-Tees
Telford & Wrekin
Westmorland & Furness * (ECO)
Windsor & Maidenhead
York *
8 Unitary authorities - one-third of councillors in each
Halton
Hartlepool
 Hull
Milton Keynes
 North East Lincolnshire
Reading
 Swindon
Wokingham
51 Shadow Unitary Authorities - all councillors
Divisions for Cambridgeshire and West Sussex have not yet been announced. Council names may change before these elections.
Brighton & Hove
Central & Eastern Suffolk
Central Hertfordshire
Devon Coast & Countryside
East Kent
East Norfolk
East Sussex
Eastern Hertfordshire
Exeter
Fylde Coast
Gloucestershire
Greater Norwich
Greater Oxford
 Ipswich & South Suffolk
Leicester
Leicestershire & Rutland
Lincoln City
Mid Essex
Mid Hampshire
Mid Kent
North & East Nottinghamshire
North East Essex
North Hampshire
North Kent
North Lancashire
North Staffordshire
 North Warwickshire
North West Hertfordshire
North Worcestershire
Northern Derbyshire
Northern Oxfordshire
Pennine Lancashire
Plymouth
Ridgeway
Rural Lincolnshire
South East Essex
South East Hampshire
South Lancashire
South Warwickshire
 South West Essex
South West Hampshire
South West Hertfordshire
South West Nottinghamshire
South Worcestershire
Southern & Mid-Staffordshire
Southern Derbyshire
Torbay
West Essex
West Kent
West Norfolk
Western Suffolk
32 Scottish Councils all-up
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee
East Ayrshire
 East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow
 Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth & Kinross
 Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
22 Welsh Councils all-up
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
 Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
 Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
 Rhondda Cynon Taff
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
1 Apr 2023First draft.
7 May 2023Sorted out that Scottish elections are NOT this year. (But see 30 May 2025 below)
21 Aug 2023Amber Valley and Derby all-up.
26 Sep 2023Ward reviews commenced in Canterbury. Removed Maidstone (now all-up 2024 etc.).
26 Dec 2023Ward review commenced in Middlesbrough.
16 Jan 2024Ward review commenced in Vale of White Horse.
29 Jan 2024Ward review commenced in Cheshire East.
27 Feb 2024Ward review commenced in Bassetlaw.
25 Mar 2024Ward reviews commenced in North West Leicestershire and Thanet.
1 Apr 2024Minor changes in Wealden.
15 Apr 2024Minor changes in Derbyshire Dales.
1 May 2024Removed North Hertfordshire and Worcester - now all-up 2024 etc.
9 May 2024Ward reviews commenced in Breckland, Dacorum, East Riding of Yorkshire.
13 May 2024Minor changes in Uttlesford.
9 Jul 2024Ward review commenced in Melton.
3 Aug 2024Final recommendations for Canterbury.
9 Jul 2024Ward review commenced in Westmorland & Furness.
17 Sep 2024Ward review commenced in Wirral.
24 Sep 2024Ward review commenced in Bromsgrove.
9 Oct 2024Ward review commenced in North Yorkshire.
26 Oct 2024Ward reviews commenced in Oadby & Wigston, Sevenoaks and Somerset.
12 Nov 2024Ward review commenced in North Warwickshire.
1 Dec 2024Ward review commenced in Cumberland. Minor change in Teignbridge.
16 Dec 2024Final recommendations for Vale of White Horse.
23 Dec 2024Minor changes in Mid Devon.
11 Jan 2025Remove Thurrock (now all-up 2025 etc.)
9 Feb 2025Final recommendations for North West Leicestershire.
24 Feb 2025ECOs for Canterbury.
17 May 2025Final recommendations for Cheshire East.
30 May 2025Notwithstanding 7 May 2023 note above, Scottish elections REALLY ARE this year and every fifth year hereafter.
2 Aug 2025Final recommendations for Middlesbrough.
6 Sep 2025Final recommendations for East Riding of Yorkshire.
30 Sep 2025Final recommendations for Westmorland & Furness and Wirral.
25 Nov 2025Ward reviews commenced in Darlington, Herefordshire, Knowsley, North Somerset and York.
25 Nov 2025Belatedly noted final recommendations for Thanet (29 Apr), Breckland (17 Jun) and Dacorum (29 Jul).
11 Dec 2025ECO for Middlesbrough.
20 Dec 2025Re-warding has been paused in Bassetlaw, Bromsgrove, North Warwickshire, Oadby & Wigston and Sevenoaks, so the currect expectation is that these councils will conduct elections on existing boundaries.
14 Jan 2026Final recommendations for North Yorkshire.
19 Jan 2026ECOs for Cheshire East and East Riding of Yorkshire. Removed 11 councils in Surrey which will be abolished in 2027
4 Feb 2026Removed Castle Point and Rossendale (all-up 2024, 2028 ...), and Barnsley (2026, 2030 ...).
3 Mar 2026Final recommendations for Somerset.
11 Mar 2026ECO for Westmorland & Furness.
8 May 2026Final recommendations for Cumberland.
15 May 2026Re-organisation in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk announced 25 March 2026.
17 Jul 2026Re-organisation completed.

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