2027 United Kingdom local elections
Elections to local councils and mayoralties
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Local elections in the United Kingdom will be held on 6 May 2027. These include all local authorities in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, some local authorities in England, and some directly elected mayors in England. The next Northern Ireland Assembly election is expected to happen at the same time.
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England
Council elections
Due to the upcoming structural changes to local government in England, it is intended that all areas with a two-tier local government system of county councils and district councils will have those councils abolished and replaced by new single-tier unitary authorities. It is intended that the first elections to the new councils will be on 6 May 2027, and the councils will begin operation on 1 April 2028.
Bolding and shading denotes the parties in charge of each council.
| Council | Seats | Previous election | Current council control | Election details | Council control after election | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| up | of | Lab | Ref | Con | LD | Grn | Other | Lab | Ref | Con | LD | Grn | Other | |||
| Bath and North East Somerset | 59 | 2023 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 9 | Details | ||||||||
| Bedford | 46 | 2023 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | Details | ||||||||
| Bolton | 20 | 60 | 2026 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 11 | Details | ||||||
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 76 | 2023 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 22 | Details | |||||||
| Bracknell Forest | 41 | 2023 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | Details | ||||||||
| Bradford | 30 | 90 | 2026 | 17 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 13 | Details | ||||||
| Brighton and Hove[n 3] | 54 | 2023 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 5 | Details | |||||||||
| Bury | 17 | 51 | 2026 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 12 | Details | ||||||||
| Calderdale | 17 | 51 | 2026 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 3 | Details | |||||||
| Central and Eastern Suffolk | 60 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Central Bedfordshire | 63 | 2023 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 28 | Details | |||||||
| Cheshire East | 82 | 2023 | 28 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 16 | Details | |||||||
| Cheshire West and Chester | 70 | 2023 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Details | |||||||
| Coventry | 18 | 54 | 2026 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | Details | ||||||||
| Cumberland | 46 | 2022 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Details | ||||||||
| Darlington | 50 | 2023 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | Details | |||||||
| Dudley | 24 | 72 | 2026 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 3 | Details | |||||||
| East Norfolk | 65 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 67 | 2023 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 12 | Details | |||||||
| Gateshead | 22 | 66 | 2026 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 3 | Details | ||||||||
| Greater Norwich | 63 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Halton | 18 | 54 | 2026 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 4 | Details | ||||||||
| Hartlepool | 12 | 36 | 2026 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | Details | ||||||||
| Herefordshire | 53 | 2023 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 12 | Details | ||||||||
| Hull | 19 | 57 | 2026 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 5 | Details | ||||||||
| Ipswich and South Suffolk | TBD | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Kirklees | 23 | 69 | 2026 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 14 | Details | |||||||
| Knowsley | 15 | 45 | 2026 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | Details | |||||||
| Leeds | 33 | 99 | 2026 | 48 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 10 | Details | ||||||
| Leicester[n 3] | 54 | 2023 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Details | ||||||||
| Liverpool | 85 | 2023 | 59 | 13 | 4 | 9 | Details | |||||||||
| Luton | 48 | 2023 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 1 | Details | |||||||||
| Manchester | 32 | 96 | 2026 | 63 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 1 | Details | |||||||
| Medway[n 3] | 59 | 2023 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 6 | Details | |||||||||
| Mid Essex | 79 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Mid Hampshire | 92 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Middlesbrough | 46 | 2023 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16 | Details | ||||||||
| Milton Keynes | 20 | 60 | 2026 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 20 | Details | ||||||||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 26 | 78 | 2026 | 2 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 3 | Details | |||||||
| North East Essex | 100 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| North East Lincolnshire[n 3] | 15 | 42 | 2026 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | Details | |||||||
| North Hampshire | 85 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| North Lincolnshire[n 3] | 43 | 2023 | 15 | 1 | 27 | Details | ||||||||||
| North Somerset | 50 | 2023 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Details | |||||||
| North Tyneside | 20 | 60 | 2026 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | Details | |||||||
| North Yorkshire | 90 | 2022 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 17 | Details | |||||||
| Oldham | 20 | 60 | 2026 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 16 | Details | |||||||
| Plymouth[n 3] | 19 | 57 | 2026 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Details | |||||||
| Reading | 16 | 48 | 2026 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 11 | Details | ||||||||
| Redcar and Cleveland | 59 | 2023 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 15 | Details | |||||||||
| Rochdale | 20 | 60 | 2026 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | Details | |||||||
| Salford | 20 | 60 | 2026 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Details | ||||||
| Sandwell | 24 | 72 | 2026 | 28 | 41 | 2 | 1 | Details | ||||||||
| Sefton | 22 | 66 | 2026 | 36 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 5 | Details | |||||||
| Sheffield | 28 | 84 | 2026 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 4 | Details | |||||||
| Slough | 42 | 2023 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 1 | Details | |||||||||
| Solihull | 17 | 51 | 2026 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 4 | Details | ||||||||
| Somerset | 110 | 2022 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 62 | 5 | 4 | Details | |||||||
| South East Essex | 90 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| South East Hampshire | 99 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| South Gloucestershire | 61 | 2023 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 2 | Details | |||||||||
| South Tyneside | 18 | 54 | 2026 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 2 | Details | ||||||||
| South West Essex | 82 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| South West Hampshire | 82 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Stockport | 21 | 63 | 2026 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 9 | Details | ||||||
| Stockton-on-Tees | 56 | 2023 | 22 | 26 | 8 | Details | ||||||||||
| Stoke-on-Trent[n 3] | 44 | 2023 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 2 | Details | |||||||||
| Sunderland | 25 | 75 | 2026 | 5 | 58 | 12 | Details | |||||||||
| Tameside | 19 | 57 | 2026 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 8 | Details | ||||||||
| Telford and Wrekin | 54 | 2023 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 3 | Details | |||||||||
| Trafford | 21 | 63 | 2026 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | Details | |||||||
| Wakefield | 21 | 63 | 2026 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Details | |||||||
| Walsall | 20 | 60 | 2026 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 9 | Details | ||||||||
| West Berkshire[n 3] | 43 | 2023 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 1 | Details | ||||||||
| West Essex | 83 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| West Norfolk | 72 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Western Suffolk | 60 | Newly-created council in 2027 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Westmorland and Furness | 65 | 2022 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 3 | Details | ||||||||
| Wigan | 25 | 75 | 2026 | 42 | 26 | 9 | Details | |||||||||
| Windsor & Maidenhead | 41 | 2023 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 12 | Details | |||||||||
| Wirral | 66 | 2023 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 2 | Details | |||||||
| Wokingham | 18 | 54 | 2023 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 1 | Details | ||||||||
| Wolverhampton | 20 | 60 | 2026 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 2 | Details | ||||||||
| York | 47 | 2023 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | Details | |||||||||
| All councils | 3,817 | 5,364 | 1,401 | 732 | 713 | 667 | 274 | 412 | ||||||||
Mayoral elections
| Council | Mayor before | Mayor-elect | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | Tom Wootton (Con) | |||
| Leicester | Peter Soulsby (Lab) | |||
| Middlesbrough | Chris Cooke (Labour Co-op) | |||
All combined authority mayors up for election in 2027 are newly-established roles.[1]
| Combined authority | Mayor after | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Cheshire and Warrington | Details | |
| Cumbria | Details |
Northern Ireland
| Council | Seats | Previous election | Current councillors[2] | Election details | Councillors after election | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF (N) |
DUP (U) |
APNI (O) |
UUP (U) |
SDLP (N) |
TUV (U) |
Green (O) |
Others | SF (N) |
DUP (U) |
APNI (O) |
UUP (U) |
SDLP (N) |
TUV (U) |
Green (O) |
Others | ||||
| Antrim & Newtownabbey | 40 | 2023 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Details | ||||||||||
| Ards & North Down | 40 | 2023 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Details | ||||||||||
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 41 | 2023 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Details | |||||||||
| Belfast | 60 | 2023 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Details | ||||||||
| Causeway Coast & Glens | 40 | 2023 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Details | |||||||||
| Derry City & Strabane | 40 | 2023 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | Details | |||||||||||
| Fermanagh & Omagh | 40 | 2023 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | Details | ||||||||||
| Lisburn & Castlereagh | 40 | 2023 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Details | ||||||||||
| Mid & East Antrim | 40 | 2023 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | Details | ||||||||||
| Mid Ulster | 40 | 2023 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Details | |||||||||||
| Newry, Mourne & Down | 41 | 2023 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Details | ||||||||||
| All councils | 462 | 144 | 121 | 66 | 52 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 29 | ||||||||||
In the table above, U signifies unionist, N nationalist and O other.
Scotland
Bolding and shading denotes the parties in charge of each council.
| Council | Seats | Previous election | Current council control[3] | Election details | Council control after election | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Lab | Con | LD | Ref | Grn | Other | SNP | Lab | Con | LD | Ref | Grn | Other | ||||
| Aberdeen City | 45 | 2022 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Details | ||||||||
| Aberdeenshire | 70 | 2022 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 11 | Details | |||||||||
| Angus | 28 | 2022 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Details | ||||||||||
| Argyll and Bute | 36 | 2022 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | Details | ||||||||
| Clackmannanshire | 18 | 2022 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Details | |||||||||
| Dumfries and Galloway | 43 | 2022 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 13 | Details | |||||||||
| Dundee City | 29 | 2022 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Details | |||||||||
| East Ayrshire | 32 | 2022 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 6 | Details | ||||||||||
| East Dunbartonshire | 22 | 2022 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Details | |||||||||
| East Lothian | 22 | 2022 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Details | |||||||||
| East Renfrewshire | 18 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | Details | ||||||||||
| City of Edinburgh | 63 | 2022 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 | Details | |||||||||
| Falkirk | 30 | 2022 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Details | |||||||||
| Fife | 75 | 2022 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | Details | ||||||||
| Glasgow City | 85 | 2022 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | Details | ||||||||
| Highland | 74 | 2022 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 28 | Details | ||||||||
| Inverclyde | 22 | 2022 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | Details | ||||||||||
| Midlothian | 18 | 2022 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Details | ||||||||||
| Moray | 26 | 2022 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | Details | |||||||||
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 29 | 2022 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | Details | ||||||||||
| North Ayrshire | 33 | 2022 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Details | |||||||||
| North Lanarkshire | 77 | 2022 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 15 | Details | |||||||||
| Orkney Islands | 21 | 2022 | 1 | 20 | Details | ||||||||||||
| Perth and Kinross | 40 | 2022 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | Details | |||||||||
| Renfrewshire | 43 | 2022 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Details | ||||||||
| Scottish Borders | 34 | 2022 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | Details | |||||||||
| Shetland Islands | 23 | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 21 | Details | |||||||||||
| South Ayrshire | 28 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | Details | |||||||||
| South Lanarkshire | 64 | 2022 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Details | ||||||||
| Stirling | 23 | 2022 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Details | |||||||||
| West Dunbartonshire | 22 | 2022 | 7 | 8 | 7 | Details | |||||||||||
| West Lothian | 33 | 2022 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Details | ||||||||
| All councils | 1,226 | 414 | 259 | 173 | 88 | 23 | 32 | 237 | |||||||||
Wales
Bolding and shading denotes the parties in charge of each council.
| Council | Seats | Previous election | Current council control[4] | Election details | Council control after election | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lab | PC | Con | LD | Ref | Grn | Other | Lab | PC | Con | LD | Ref | Grn | Other | ||||
| Blaenau Gwent | 33 | 2022 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Details | ||||||||||
| Bridgend | 51 | 2022 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | Details | |||||||||
| Caerphilly | 69 | 2022 | 43 | 19 | 1 | 6 | Details | ||||||||||
| Cardiff | 79 | 2022 | 50 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Details | |||||||
| Carmarthenshire | 75 | 2022 | 16 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 19 | Details | |||||||||
| Ceredigion | 38 | 2022 | 21 | 7 | 10 | Details | |||||||||||
| Conwy | 55 | 2022 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 25 | Details | |||||||
| Denbighshire | 48 | 2022 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 15 | Details | |||||||||
| Flintshire | 67 | 2022 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 34 | Details | |||||||||
| Gwynedd | 69 | 2022 | 46 | 1 | 22 | Details | |||||||||||
| Isle of Anglesey | 35 | 2022 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Details | |||||||||
| Merthyr Tydfil | 30 | 2022 | 14 | 1 | 15 | Details | |||||||||||
| Monmouthshire | 46 | 2022 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Details | |||||||||
| Neath Port Talbot | 60 | 2022 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 19 | Details | |||||||||
| Newport | 51 | 2022 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Details | |||||||||
| Pembrokeshire | 60 | 2022 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | Details | ||||||||
| Powys | 68 | 2022 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 15 | Details | |||||||
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 75 | 2022 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 7 | Details | ||||||||||
| Swansea | 75 | 2022 | 44 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Details | ||||||||
| Torfaen | 40 | 2022 | 28 | 4 | 8 | Details | |||||||||||
| Vale of Glamorgan | 54 | 2022 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 8 | Details | |||||||||
| Wrexham | 56 | 2022 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | Details | |||||||||
| All councils | 1,234 | 485 | 202 | 102 | 67 | 22 | 14 | 339 | |||||||||
Notes
- The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
- As "Party leader in the North"
- Council may be modified due to local government reorganization
