2019 United Kingdom local elections

United Kingdom local elections, 2019

2 May 2019
270 councils in England 5 directly elected mayors in England All 11 councils in Northern Ireland
Leader Theresa May Jeremy Corbyn Vince Cable Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 13 July 2016 12 September 2015 20 July 2017 Last election 5,521 seats 163 councils 2,278 seats 74 councils 658 seats 4 councils   Leader Gerard Batten Arlene Foster Michelle O'Neill Party UKIP DUP Sinn Féin Leader since 17 February 2018 17 December 2015 23 January 2017 Last election 176 seats 0 councils 130 seats 0 councils 105 seats 0 councils
Map showing areas of the United Kingdom which will hold an election in 2019 (cyan). Areas in white will not hold an election, those in light grey are other parts of the United Kingdom, whilst those in dark grey are not part of the United Kingdom.

Local elections in the United Kingdom are scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2019, contesting about 270 English local councils, five directly elected mayors in England, and all 11 local councils in Northern Ireland.

With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the seats up for election in England were last contested in the 2015 local elections, and thus on the same day as the General Election from that year.

Voters

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who will be aged 18 or over on the day of the election are entitled to vote in the local elections.

England

In England, council elections are to be held in 33 metropolitan boroughs, 179 of the second-tier districts, 47 of the unitary authorities, as well as for five directly elected mayoral posts. Most English local councils will be holding elections, with the exception of eight unitary authorities, 13 non-metropolitan districts and boroughs, three metropolitan boroughs and the 32 London boroughs. Elections will also take place for most English parish councils.

Metropolitan boroughs

In 33 of the 36 English metropolitan borough councils one-third of their seats are up for election. Elections will not be held in Birmingham, Doncaster or Rotherham.

Council	Current control
Barnsley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Bolton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Bradford style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Bury style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Calderdale style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Coventry style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Dudley style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Gateshead style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Kirklees style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Knowsley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Leeds style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Liverpool style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Manchester style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
North Tyneside style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Oldham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Rochdale style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Salford style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Sandwell style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Sefton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Sheffield style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Solihull style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
South Tyneside style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
St Helens style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Stockport style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Sunderland style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Tameside style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Trafford style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Wakefield style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Walsall style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Wigan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Wirral style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Wolverhampton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour

Unitary authorities

Elections will take place in 46 unitary authorities. No elections will be taking place in Bristol, Cornwall, Durham, the Isle of Wight, Northumberland, Isles of Scilly, Shropshire or Wiltshire.

Whole council

In 30 English unitary authorities the whole council is up for election.

Council	Current control
Bath and North East Somerset style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Bedford style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Blackpool style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Bracknell Forest style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Brighton and Hove style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Central Bedfordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Cheshire East style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Cheshire West and Chester style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Darlington style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Dorset style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
East Riding of Yorkshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Herefordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Leicester style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Luton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Medway style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Middlesbrough style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
North Lincolnshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
North Somerset style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Nottingham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Redcar and Cleveland style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Rutland style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
South Gloucestershire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Stockton-on-Tees style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Stoke-on-Trent style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Telford & Wrekin style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Torbay style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
West Berkshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
Windsor & Maidenhead style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative
York style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control

Third of council

In 16 English unitary authorities one third of the council is up for election.

Council	Current Control
Blackburn with Darwenstyle="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour
Derbystyle="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" |	No overall control
Haltonstyle="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour

Non-metropolitan districts

Elections will take place in 179 non-metropolitan districts. Elections will not be held in Adur, Cheltenham, Fareham, Gloucester, Gosport, Harrogate, Hastings, Huntingdonshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Oxford, South Cambridgeshire or Stroud.

Whole council

In 130 English district authorities the whole council is up for election. The district authority of Somerset West and Taunton will have its first elections in 2019.

Third of council

In 49 English district authorities one third of the council is up for election.

Mayoral elections

Five direct mayoral elections will be held.

Local Authority	Incumbent Mayor
Bedford #FAA61A	Dave Hodgson (Liberal Democrats)
Copeland #DCDCDC	Mike Starkie (Independent)
Leicester #E4003B	Sir Peter Soulsby (Labour)
Mansfield #DDDDDD	Kate Allsop (Mansfield Independent Forum)
Middlesbrough #E4003B	Dave Budd (Labour)

Northern Ireland

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2019

In Northern Ireland, local elections were last held in 2014.

External links

• Trailer - Local Elections May 2019