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Sep 13, 2023 · On 4 May 2023, there were elections for local councillors in 230 local authorities in England. There were also local mayoral elections in Bedford, Leicester, Mansfield, and Middlesbrough. Around 27 million people were eligible to vote in these elections.
- Seats Up For Election
- Local Election Results in England
- Local Elections in Northern Ireland
Local councillors are elected for four-year terms using the first past the post system. Across England elections were held for 8,025 seats (8,519 including by-elections). With some exceptions, these seats were last up for election in 2019, when both Labour and the Conservatives lost seats to smaller parties and independents. After the 2023 election...
The diagram below shows changes in council control in England between 2019 and 2023. In 2019, there were 57 councils controlled by a Labour majority, which increased to 71 in May 2023. The Conservatives controlled 89 councils in 2019 and now have 33. Source: BBC, local election results 2023
Local elections were held for all seats on the 11 local councils in Northern Ireland on 18 May. Votes were counted using the Single Transferable Vote system. Sinn Fein became the biggest party in local government, winning 30.9% of first preference votes and 144 seats. The Democratic Unionist Party won 122 seats and 23.3% of first preference votes. ...
Counting is complete, all 230 councils have declared their results. National and local results are available below.
May 9, 2023 · Liberal Democrats have won 12 councils, including Windsor and Maidenhead, external and Stratford-on-Avon, external from the Conservatives.
About the May 2023 local elections. Elections were held in 230 councils in England on 4 May 2023. There were elections in 152 district councils, 32 metropolitan district councils, and 46 unitary authorities. Seven in ten English voters were eligible to vote in these elections.
On 4 May 2023, 230 councils in England were scheduled to hold elections in almost 5,000 wards: 152 district councils, 32 metropolitan district councils, and 46 unitary authorities.
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The 2023 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 2023 in England and on Thursday 18 May 2023 in Northern Ireland. [4] These included district councils , unitary authorities , and directly elected mayors in England, and included all local councils in Northern Ireland.
