Trailer - Local Elections May 2028

As of 5th February 2025, elections are scheduled for Thursday 4th May 2028 in 105 English Local Authorities. This number is almost certain to change as 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.

31 Metropolitan Boroughs - one-third of councillors in each except where indicated
Barnsley
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
16 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
Portsmouth
Reading
Southampton
 Southend-on-Sea
Swindon
Warrington (all-up)
Wokingham
58 Second-tier districts - one-third of councillors except where indicated
Adur (one-half)
Basildon (all-up)
Basingstoke & Deane
Brentwood
Broxbourne
Burnley
Cambridge
Cannock Chase
Castle Point
Cheltenham (one-half)
Cherwell
Chorley
Colchester
Crawley
Eastleigh
 Elmbridge
Epping Forest
Exeter
Fareham (one-half)
Gloucester (all-up)
Gosport (one-half)
Harlow
Hart
Hastings (one-half)
Havant
Hyndburn
Ipswich
Lincoln
Maidstone (all-up) +
Mole Valley
 North Hertfordshire (all-up)
Norwich
Nuneaton & Bedworth (one-half)
Oxford (one-half)
Pendle
Preston
Redditch
Reigate & Banstead
Rochford
Rossendale
Rugby
Runnymede
Rushmoor
St Albans
 Stevenage
Stroud (all-up)
Tamworth
Tandridge
Three Rivers
Tunbridge Wells
Watford
Welwyn Hatfield
West Lancashire
West Oxfordshire
Winchester
Woking
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!).

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