2025 United Kingdom local elections

2025 United Kingdom local elections

← 2024 1 May 2025 2026 →

At least 5 out of 21 county councils
10 unitary authorities
1 metropolitan borough
4 directly elected combined authority mayors
2 directly elected single authority mayors
Council of the Isles of Scilly
City of London Corporation (on 19–20 March)
  Keir Starmer Ed Davey
Leader Kemi Badenoch Keir Starmer Ed Davey
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2 November 2024 4 April 2020 27 August 2020 [n 1]
Last election 1,448 seats 365 seats 293 seats
Current seats 1,311 350 313

  Carla Denyer (left) and Adrian Ramsay (right) Nigel Farage
Leader Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay Nigel Farage
Party Green Reform UK
Leader since 1 October 2021 3 June 2024
Last election 59 seats 2 seats
Current seats 64 12

The 2025 United Kingdom local elections will be held on 1 May 2025.[2] All seats on all 21 county councils in England and ten unitary authorities in England will be up for election. They are expected to be the first local elections following the 2024 general election.[3]

Two existing combined authority mayors and two existing single authority mayors will be up for election. In addition, the inaugural election for the mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, who will chair Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority, is expected to take place on 1 May 2025, along with the inaugural election for the mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire.

In addition, the Council of the Isles of Scilly will be elected.[2]

The City of London Corporation will hold elections on 19–20 March.[4]

  1. ^ Stewart, Heather (27 August 2020). "'Wake up and smell the coffee': Ed Davey elected Lib Dem leader". The Guardian.
  2. ^ a b "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  3. ^ "Some local elections could be delayed by up to a year, says Angela Rayner". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  4. ^ Wardmote Book (PDF). City of London. 2022. pp. 2, 76. Retrieved 18 September 2024.


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