When are the local elections in 2025?
Voters across 23 councils will have the opportunity to elect their local councillors on this date
Millions of people across England will head back to the polls this year to take part in their local elections.
The elections will be taking place on 1 May across 23 councils in England.
Six mayoral elections will also take place in the West of England, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Lincolnshire, Doncaster, Hull and East Yorkshire, and North Tyneside.
The Isles of Scilly, which has a separate governance structure, will also hold its own local election this year.
Local elections have been postponed in East Sussex, West Sussex, Essex, Thurrock, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Suffolk and Surrey until 2026.
No routine elections will take place in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
All voters intending to cast a ballot in the elections on May 1 will need to be registered and show a form of photo identification at the polling station - but not all types of photo ID will be accepted.
Passports, driving licences and blue badges are valid as forms of ID to take with you on the day you go to vote.
Anyone without the correct identification will need to apply for a voter authority certificate by 5pm on April 23, which can be done online at gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate.
On election day polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm and most results are expected to be announced in the afternoon on May 2.
Elections taking place 1 May
County Council Elections
- Cambridgeshire
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Gloucestershire
- Hertfordshire
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Staffordshire
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
Unitary Authorities
- Buckinghamshire
- Cornwall
- County Durham
- North Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Shropshire
- West Northamptonshire
- Wiltshire
Metropolitan District
- Doncaster
Combined authority and Metropolitan borough mayors
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- West of England
- Greater Lincolnshire
- Hull and East Yorkshire
- Doncaster
- North Tyneside
By-elections
- Runcorn and Helsby