2026 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections in the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 2026 for 5,066 English councillors for 136 English local authorities (all 32 London borough councils, 32 metropolitan boroughs, 18 unitary authorities, 6 county councils, 48 district councils) and six directly elected mayors in England. Most of these seats in England were last up for election in 2022. Some of these elections were postponed from 2025. No local elections were held in the rest of the United Kingdom, other than two by-elections in Wales. The 2026 Scottish Parliament election and 2026 Senedd election were held the same day. The results were a success for both Reform UK and the Green Party (which had the largest increase in vote share), although Reform's vote share dropped since the previous election and the Greens underperformed opinion polls while Labour overperformed prior seat projections, and the vote projections showed a slight recovery for the Conservative Party. The Labour Party continued their collapse in vote...
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