Trailer - Local Elections May 2027

Elections will be held on Thursday 6th May 2027 in 233 English Local Authorities, and all Welsh Councils.

* = complete re-warding.

32 Metropolitan Boroughs - one-third of councillors in each except where indicated
Barnsley
Bolton
Bradford
Bury
Calderdale
Coventry
Dudley
Gateshead
Kirklees
Knowsley
Leeds
Liverpool (all-up)
Manchester
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford
Sandwell
Sefton
Sheffield
Solihull
South Tyneside
Stockport
Sunderland
Tameside
Trafford
Wakefield
Walsall
Wigan
Wirral (all-up)
Wolverhampton
35 Unitary authorities - all councillors
(M) - simultaneous Mayoral election
Bath & N.E. Somerset
Bedford (M)
Blackpool
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
Bracknell Forest
Brighton & Hove
Central Bedfordshire
Cheshire East
Cheshire West & Chester
Cumberland
Darlington
Derby
East Riding of Yorkshire
Herefordshire
Leicester (M)
Luton
Medway
Middlesbrough (M)
North Lincolnshire
North Somerset
North Yorkshire
Nottingham
Redcar & Cleveland
Rutland
Slough
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Telford & Wrekin
Torbay
West Berkshire
Westmorland & Furness
Windsor & Maidenhead
York
15 Unitary authorities - one-third of councillors in each
Blackburn with Darwen
Halton
Hartlepool
Hull
Milton Keynes
North East Lincolnshire
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Reading
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea
Swindon
Thurrock
Wokingham
103 Second-tier districts - all councillors
(M) - simultaneous Mayoral election
Amber Valley
Arun
Ashfield
Ashford
Babergh
Bassetlaw
Blaby
Bolsover
Boston
Braintree
Breckland
Broadland
Bromsgrove
Broxtowe
Canterbury *
Charnwood
Chelmsford
Chesterfield
Chichester
Cotswold
Dacorum
Dartford
Derbyshire Dales
Dover
East Cambridgeshire
East Devon
East Hampshire
East Herts
East Lindsey
East Staffordshire
East Suffolk
Eastbourne
Epsom & Ewell
Erewash
Fenland
Folkestone & Hythe
Forest of Dean
Fylde
Gedling
Gravesham
Great Yarmouth
Guildford
Harborough
Hertsmere
High Peak
Hinckley & Bosworth
Horsham
King's Lynn & W. Norfolk
Lancaster
Lewes
Lichfield
Maldon
Malvern Hills
Mansfield (M)
Melton
Mid Devon
Mid Suffolk
Mid Sussex
New Forest
Newark & Sherwood
North Devon
North East Derbyshire
North Kesteven
North Norfolk
North Warwickshire
North West Leicestershire
Oadby & Wigston
Ribble Valley
Rother
Rushcliffe
Sevenoaks
South Derbyshire
South Hams
South Holland
South Kesteven
South Norfolk
South Oxfordshire
South Ribble
South Staffordshire
Spelthorne
Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands
Stratford-on-Avon
Surrey Heath
Swale
Teignbridge
Tendring
Test Valley
Tewkesbury
Thanet
Tonbridge & Malling
Torridge
Uttlesford
Vale of White Horse
Warwick
Waverley
Wealden
West Devon
West Lindsey
West Suffolk
Wychavon
Wyre
Wyre Forest
48 Second-tier districts - one-third of councillors in each
(M) - simultaneous Mayoral election
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
Mole Valley
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 Lancashire
West Oxfordshire
Winchester
Woking
Worcester
Worthing
22 Welsh Councils all-up
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham

1 Apr 2023 First draft.

7 May 2023: Sorted out that Scottish elections are NOT this year.

21 Aug 2023: Amber Valley and Derby all-up.

26 Sep 2023: Ward review commenced in Canterbury. Removed Maidstone (now all-up 2024 etc.).

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