Trailer - Local Elections May 2028

As of 25th March 2026, elections are scheduled for Thursday 4th May 2028 in 78 English Local Authorities. This number is almost certain to change as further Unitary plans are advanced.

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. (F) change to full council elections.

30 Metropolitan Boroughs - one-third of councillors in each except where indicated
Bolton
Bradford
Bury
Calderdale
Coventry
Dudley
Gateshead
Kirklees
 Knowsley
Leeds
Manchester
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
Oldham
Rochdale
Rotherham (all-up)
 Salford
Sandwell
Sefton
Sheffield
Solihull
South Tyneside
Stockport
 Sunderland
Tameside
Trafford
Wakefield
Walsall
Wigan
Wolverhampton
13 Unitary authorities - one-third of councillors except where indicated
Blackburn with Darwen
Bristol (all-up) *
Halton
Hartlepool
 Hull
Milton Keynes
North East Lincolnshire
 Peterborough
Plymouth
Reading
 Swindon
Warrington (all-up) *
Wokingham
35 Second-tier districts - one-third of councillors except where indicated
Adur (one-half)
Broxbourne
Burnley
Cambridge
Cannock Chase
Cheltenham (one-half)
Cherwell
Chorley
Crawley
 Exeter
Gloucester (all-up)
Hastings (one-half)
Hyndburn
Lincoln
Maidstone (all-up) +
North Hertfordshire (all-up)
Nuneaton & Bedworth (one-half)
Oxford (one-half)
 Pendle
Preston
Redditch
Rossendale (all-up)
Rugby
St Albans
Stevenage
Stroud (all-up)
Tamworth
 Three Rivers
Tunbridge Wells
Watford
Welwyn Hatfield
West Lancashire
West Oxfordshire
Worcester (all-up)
Worthing
1 May 2024First draft.
11 Jan 2025Remove Thurrock (now all-up 2025 etc.)
24 Feb 2025Minor changes in Maidstone.
17 May 2025Basildon changing to all-up elections (if it still exists by then!).
25 Nov 2025Ward review commenced in Brustol.
1 Jan 2026Ward review commenced in Warrington.
19 Jan 2026Removed 6 councils in Surrey which will be abolished
4 Feb 2026Castle Point and Rossendale are all-up. Removed Barnsley (now all-up 2026, 2030 ...).
15 May 2026Re-organisation in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk announced 25 March 2026.

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