Trailer - Local Elections May 2028

As of 31st Januuary 2026, elections are scheduled for Thursday 4th May 2028 in 98 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.

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
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
52 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 (all-up)
Cheltenham (one-half)
Cherwell
Chorley
Colchester
 Crawley
Eastleigh
Epping Forest
Exeter
Fareham (one-half)
Gloucester (all-up)
Gosport (one-half)
Harlow
Hart
Hastings (one-half)
Havant
Hyndburn
Ipswich
 Lincoln
Maidstone (all-up) +
North Hertfordshire (all-up)
Norwich
Nuneaton & Bedworth (one-half)
Oxford (one-half)
Pendle
Preston
Redditch
Rochford
Rossendale (all-up)
Rugby
Rushmoor
 St Albans
Stevenage
Stroud (all-up)
Tamworth
Three Rivers
Tunbridge Wells
Watford
Welwyn Hatfield
West Lancashire
West Oxfordshire
Winchester
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 ...).

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