2025 United Kingdom local elections

2025 United Kingdom local elections

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All 21 County Councils
10 Unitary Authorities
1 Metropolitan Borough
Council of the Isles of Scilly
City of London Corporation (on 19–20 March)
4 elected Mayors
  Keir Starmer
Leader Kemi Badenoch Keir Starmer
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 2 November 2024 4 April 2020
Last election 1,448 seats 365 seats

  Ed Davey Carla Denyer (left) and Adrian Ramsay (right)
Leader Ed Davey Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since 27 August 2020 [n 1] 1 October 2021
Last election 293 seats 59 seats

The 2025 United Kingdom local elections will be held on 1 May 2025.[2] All seats on all 21 county councils in England and ten unitary authorities in England will be up for election. They will be the first local elections following the 2024 general election.

Two existing combined authority mayors and two existing single authority mayors will be up for election. In addition, the inaugural election for the Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, who will chair Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority, is expected to take place on 1 May 2025, along with the inaugural election for the Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire.

In addition, the Council of the Isles of Scilly will be elected.[2]

The City of London Corporation will hold elections on 19–20 March.[3]

  1. ^ Stewart, Heather (27 August 2020). "'Wake up and smell the coffee': Ed Davey elected Lib Dem leader". The Guardian.
  2. ^ a b "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  3. ^ Wardmote Book (PDF). City of London. 2022. pp. 2, 76. Retrieved 18 September 2024.


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