People all across the country will be voting for their local representatives next month
In England alone, more than 2,500 council seats will be up for grabs across 107 authorities. It will mark the final indicator for what Britain's main political parties can expect in the general election, which is expected to take place later this year.
Meanwhile, there will also be a by-election for Blackpool South on the same day. Most of the seats being put up for election this year were last held in 2021 - initially, these were supposed to take place in 2020 but were postponed due to the Covid pandemic.Here are all the places holding a local council and mayoral election for England and Wales on May 2 of this year. It's important to note that Scotland and Northern Ireland will not be hosting local elections.
All the local elections taking place in May Mayoral elections Elections for half of the councillors Out of the following four councils, 137 seats are available Elections for all councillors The following list shows the local authorities which will have all of its seats up for grabs. Out of the 22 following councils, including unitary authorities and district councils, 1,247 seats are available.
Elections for one-third of councillors The following councils have around one-third of their seats available. In total, 1,101 seats are available from the following 63 councils.
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