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As of 31st Januuary 2026, elections are scheduled for Thursday 4th May 2028 in 97 English Local Authorities.
On 7th September 2026 all outstanding reorganisation plans (apart from Surrey) were paused. This list has therefore, for the moment, been restored to its original state.
As of 29th October 2026 it looks like this will be the year for electing all new Shadow Authorities. The Second-tier districts section is therefore no longer displayed.
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. (F) change to full council elections.
| 30 Metropolitan Boroughs - one-third of councillors in each except where indicated | |||
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Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Dudley Gateshead Kirklees |
Knowsley Leeds Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham (all-up) |
Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield (all-up) * Solihull South Tyneside Stockport |
Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wolverhampton |
| 15 Unitary authorities - one-third of councillors except where indicated † = potentially affected by re-organisation | |||
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Blackburn with Darwen † Bristol (all-up) * Halton Hartlepool |
Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough † |
Plymouth † Portsmouth † Reading Southampton † |
Southend-on-Sea † Warrington (all-up) * Wokingham |
| 10 (so far) Shadow Unitary Authorities - all councillors | |||
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Brighton & Hove East Sussex Gloucestershire |
Greater Oxford North Warwickshire North Worcestershire |
Northern Oxfordshire Ridgeway |
South Warwickshire South Worcestershire |
| 1 May 2024 | First draft. |
| 11 Jan 2025 | Remove Thurrock (now all-up 2025 etc.) |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Minor changes in Maidstone. |
| 17 May 2025 | Basildon changing to all-up elections (if it still exists by then!). |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Ward review commenced in Brustol. |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Ward review commenced in Warrington. |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Removed 6 councils in Surrey which will be abolished |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Castle Point and Rossendale are all-up. Removed Barnsley (now all-up 2026, 2030 ...). |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Ward review commenced in Sheffield. |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Removed Swindon - all-up 2026 etc. |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Reverted - all outstanding reorganisations removed. |
| 29 Oct 2026 | Recommence re-organisation process. |
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