Trailer - Local Elections May 2023

Elections will be held on Thursday 4th May 2023 in 230 English Local Authorities.

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. (M) - simultaneous Mayoral election. (F) - change to full council elections.

32 Metropolitan Boroughs - one-third of councillors in each unless stated
Barnsley
Bolton (all-up) * (ECO)
Bradford
Bury
Calderdale
Coventry
Dudley
Gateshead
Kirklees
Knowsley
Leeds
Liverpool (all-up) * (F)(M) (ECO)
Manchester
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
Oldham (all-up) *
Rochdale
Salford
Sandwell
Sefton
Sheffield
Solihull
South Tyneside
Stockport (all-up) * (ECO)
Sunderland
Tameside (all-up) * (ECO)
Trafford (all-up) * (ECO)
Wakefield
Walsall
Wigan (all-up) * (ECO)
Wirral (all-up) (F)
Wolverhampton (all-up) * (ECO)
32 Unitary authorities - all councillors
Bath & N.E. Somerset
Bedford * (ECO)
Blackpool * (ECO)
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
Bracknell Forest * (ECO) +
Brighton & Hove * (ECO)
Central Bedfordshire * (ECO)
Cheshire East
Cheshire West & Chester
Darlington
Derby * (ECO) (F)
East Riding of Yorkshire +
Herefordshire
Leicester
Luton * (ECO)
Medway * (ECO)
Middlesbrough +
North Lincolnshire * (ECO)
North Somerset
Nottingham
Redcar & Cleveland
Rutland
Slough * (ECO) (F)
South Gloucestershire
Southampton * (ECO)
Stockton-on-Tees * (ECO)
Stoke-on-Trent * (ECO)
Telford & Wrekin * (ECO)
Torbay
West Berkshire
Windsor & Maidenhead
York
14 Unitary authorities - one-third of councillors in each
Blackburn with Darwen
Halton
Hartlepool
Hull
Milton Keynes
North East Lincolnshire
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Reading
Southend-on-Sea
Swindon
Thurrock
Wokingham
105 Second-tier districts - all councillors
Amber Valley * (ECO) (F)
Arun
Ashfield
Ashford ++
Babergh
Bassetlaw +
Blaby * (ECO)
Bolsover
Boston
Braintree
Breckland
Broadland +
Bromsgrove
Broxtowe +
Canterbury
Charnwood * (ECO)
Chelmsford +
Chesterfield * (ECO)
Chichester
Cotswold +
Dacorum
Dartford +
Derbyshire Dales * (ECO)
Dover
East Cambridgeshire +
East Devon
East Hampshire
East Herts * (ECO)
East Lindsey
East Staffordshire * (ECO)
East Suffolk +
Eastbourne
Epsom & Ewell * (ECO)
Erewash
Fenland * (ECO)
Folkestone & Hythe
Forest of Dean
Fylde * (ECO)
Gedling
Gravesham * (ECO)
Great Yarmouth
Guildford * (ECO)
Harborough
Hertsmere
High Peak
Hinckley & Bosworth
Horsham
King's Lynn & W. Norfolk
Lancaster * (ECO)
Lewes
Lichfield
Maldon
Malvern Hills * (ECO)
Mansfield * (ECO)
Melton
Mid Devon * (ECO)
Mid Suffolk
Mid Sussex * (ECO)
Mole Valley * (ECO)
New Forest * (ECO)
Newark & Sherwood
North Devon
North East Derbyshire
North Kesteven * (ECO)
North Norfolk
North Warwickshire
North West Leicestershire
Oadby & Wigston
Ribble Valley
Rother
Rushcliffe * (ECO)
Sevenoaks
South Derbyshire
South Hams
South Holland
South Kesteven
South Norfolk
South Oxfordshire +
South Ribble
South Staffordshire * (ECO)
Spelthorne
Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands
Stratford-on-Avon * (ECO)
Surrey Heath
Swale
Teignbridge
Tendring
Test Valley
Tewkesbury +
Thanet
Tonbridge & Malling * (ECO)
Torridge
Uttlesford
Vale of White Horse +
Warwick
Waverley * (ECO)
Wealden
West Devon
West Lancashire * (ECO)
West Lindsey
West Suffolk +
Wychavon * (ECO)
Wyre
Wyre Forest
47 Second-tier districts - one-third of councillors in each
Basildon
Basingstoke & Deane
Brentwood
Broxbourne
Burnley
Cambridge
Cannock Chase
Castle Point
Cherwell
Chorley
Colchester
Crawley
Eastleigh
Elmbridge
Epping Forest
Exeter
Harlow
Hart
Havant
Hyndburn
Ipswich
Lincoln
Maidstone
North Hertfordshire
Norwich
Pendle +
Preston
Redditch
Reigate & Banstead
Rochford
Rossendale
Rugby
Runnymede
Rushmoor
St Albans
Stevenage
Tamworth
Tandridge
Three Rivers
Tunbridge Wells
Watford
Welwyn Hatfield
West Oxfordshire
Winchester
Woking
Worcester
Worthing

14 Apr 2022: Regenerated for site reboot.

21 May 2022: Final reports for Guildford & Wigan.

4 July 2022: Final report for Rushcliffe.

17 July 2022: ECOs for Derbyshire Dales, Fylde, Mansfield, Oldham, Stoke-on-Trent & Tameside.
Final reports for Blaby & Blackpool.

10 December 2022: Dorset not voting this year (2024: then 2029:).
Final reports for Brighton & Hove, Fenland, Liverpool, Malvern Hills, Mole Valley, Slough and Southampton. ECOs for Amber Valley, Bolton, Charnwood, Epsom & Ewell, Gravesham, Guildford, Luton, Mid Sussex, North Lincolnshire, South Staffordshire, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stratford-on-Avon, Tonbridge & Malling, Waverley, West Lancashire and Wolverhampton.

4 January 2023: Added North West Leicestershire, omitted in error. Mayoral election in Liverpool.

13 January 2023: Wirral changing to all-up.
Final reports (previously overlooked) for Derby, East Herts and Wychavon.
ECOs for Blaby, Blackpool, Brighton & Hove, Chesterfield, Rushcliffe, Lancaster, Liverpool, Malvern Hills, Telford & Wrekin, and Trafford.

20 February 2023: ECOs for Fenland, Mole Valley and Wychavon.
Minor changes in Ashford, Bassetlaw, Chelmsford, Dartford, East Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Middlesbrough and Tewkesbury.

1 April 2023: ECOs for Derby, East Herts (overlooked), Slough (change to whole-council elections), Southampton.
Minor changes in Bracknell Forest, Broadland, Broxtowe, Cotswold, East Suffolk, Pendle, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and West Suffolk.

6 May 2023: Belatedly note ECO for Wigan.

21 Aug 2023: Belatedly note change to all-up elections in Amber Valley and Derby.

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