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Councils with 2026 Elections (Provisional)

Note, the new East Surrey and West Surrey UAs (not listed below as yet) will elect shadow authorities 7th May 2026, taking over some powers from the old county and district councils immediately, and all authority from 1st April 2027. West Sussex will have 72 councillors and East Sussex 90.

Additionally, 63 councils due to be abolished in 2028 were invited to request cancellation of their 2026 elections, in anticipation of 2027 shadow authority elections. 28 have made clear requests, 4 have written letters without making a clear request.

If trying to work out how many seats are up this year, don't forget to half or third the numbers for councils electing by halves or thirds, and to add 4 seats due to boundary changes.

Council	Model	Cycle	No. Seats 2025	Control	Notes
East Sussex	County	All-up	50	CON min	Delay requested
Essex	County	All-up	75	CON	No clear request made. Re-warding 75>78
Hampshire	County	All-up	78	CON	No request made
Norfolk	County	All-up	84	CON	No clear request made. Re-warding 84>84
Suffolk	County	All-up	75	CON	Delay requested. Re-warding 75>70
West Sussex	County	All-up	70	CON	Delay requested
Huntingdonshire	District	All-up	52	LD/LAB/IND/GRN	No request made
Newcastle-under-Lyme	District	All-up	44	CON	No request made
South Cambridgeshire	District	All-up	45	LD	No request made
Adur	District	Halves	29	LAB	Delay requested
Cheltenham	District	Halves	40	LD	Delay requested
Fareham	District	Halves	32	CON	No request made
Gosport	District	Halves	28	LD min	No request made
Hastings	District	Halves	32	GRN/IND	Delay requested
Nuneaton and Bedworth	District	Halves	38	LAB min	No request made
Oxford	District	Halves	48	LAB min	No clear request made
Basildon	District	Thirds	42	LAB min	Delay requested
Basingstoke and Deane	District	Thirds	54	IND/LD	No request made
Brentwood	District	Thirds	39	LD/LAB	No request made
Broxbourne	District	Thirds	30	CON	No request made
Burnley	District	Thirds	45	IND/GRN/LD	Delay requested
Cambridge	District	Thirds	42	LAB	No request made
Cannock Chase	District	Thirds	36	LAB	Delay requested
Cherwell	District	Thirds	48	LD/GRN	No request made
Chorley	District	Thirds	42	LAB	Delay requested
Colchester	District	Thirds	51	LD/LAB	No request made. Re-warding paused
Crawley	District	Thirds	36	LAB	Delay requested
Eastleigh	District	Thirds	39	LD	No request made
Epping Forest	District	Thirds	54	CON min	No request made
Exeter	District	Thirds	39	LAB	Delay requested
Harlow	District	Thirds	33	CON	Delay requested
Hart	District	Thirds	33	LD/IND	No request made
Havant	District	Thirds	36	LAB/LD/GRN	No request made
Hyndburn	District	Thirds	35	LAB	Delay requested
Ipswich	District	Thirds	48	LAB	Delay requested
Lincoln	District	Thirds	33	LAB	Delay requested
Norwich	District	Thirds	39	LAB min	Delay requested
Pendle	District	Thirds	33	IND min	No request made
Preston	District	Thirds	48	LAB	Delay requested
Redditch	District	Thirds	27	LAB	Delay requested
Rochford	District	Thirds	39	CON/IND	No request made
Rugby	District	Thirds	42	LAB min	Delay requested
Rushmoor	District	Thirds	39	LAB min	No request made
St Albans	District	Thirds	56	LD	No request made
Stevenage	District	Thirds	39	LAB	Delay requested
Tamworth	District	Thirds	30	LAB	Delay requested
Three Rivers	District	Thirds	39	LD min	Election going ahead
Tunbridge Wells	District	Thirds	39	LD	No request made
Watford	District	Thirds	36	LD Mayor	No request made
Welwyn Hatfield	District	Thirds	48	LAB/LD	Delay requested
West Lancashire	District	Thirds	45	LAB min	Delay requested
West Oxfordshire	District	Thirds	49	LD/LAB/GRN	No request made
Winchester	District	Thirds	45	LD	No request made
Worthing	District	Thirds	37	LAB	Delay requested
Barking and Dagenham	London	All-up	51	LAB
Barnet	London	All-up	63	LAB
Bexley	London	All-up	45	CON
Brent	London	All-up	57	LAB
Bromley	London	All-up	58	CON
Camden	London	All-up	55	LAB
Croydon	London	All-up	70	CON Mayor
Ealing	London	All-up	70	LAB
Enfield	London	All-up	63	LAB
Greenwich	London	All-up	55	LAB
Hackney	London	All-up	57	LAB Mayor
Hammersmith and Fulham	London	All-up	50	LAB
Haringey	London	All-up	57	LAB
Harrow	London	All-up	55	CON
Havering	London	All-up	55	IND/LAB
Hillingdon	London	All-up	53	CON
Hounslow	London	All-up	62	LAB
Islington	London	All-up	51	LAB
Kensington and Chelsea	London	All-up	50	CON
Kingston upon Thames	London	All-up	48	LD
Lambeth	London	All-up	63	LAB
Lewisham	London	All-up	54	LAB Mayor
Merton	London	All-up	57	LAB
Newham	London	All-up	66	LAB Mayor
Redbridge	London	All-up	63	LAB
Richmond upon Thames	London	All-up	54	LD
Southwark	London	All-up	63	LAB
Sutton	London	All-up	55	LD
Tower Hamlets	London	All-up	45	Aspire Mayor
Waltham Forest	London	All-up	60	LAB
Wandsworth	London	All-up	58	LAB
Westminster	London	All-up	54	LAB
Barnsley	Metropolitan	All-up	63	LAB	Re-warding 63>63
Birmingham	Metropolitan	All-up	101	LAB
St. Helens	Metropolitan	All-up	48	LAB
Bolton	Metropolitan	Thirds	60	LAB min
Bradford	Metropolitan	Thirds	90	LAB	Re-warding 90>90
Bury	Metropolitan	Thirds	51	LAB
Calderdale	Metropolitan	Thirds	51	LAB	Re-warding 51>54
Coventry	Metropolitan	Thirds	54	LAB	Re-warding 54>54
Dudley	Metropolitan	Thirds	72	CON min
Gateshead	Metropolitan	Thirds	66	LAB	Re-warding 66>66
Kirklees	Metropolitan	Thirds	69	LAB min	Re-warding 69>69
Knowsley	Metropolitan	Thirds	45	LAB
Leeds	Metropolitan	Thirds	99	LAB
Manchester	Metropolitan	Thirds	96	LAB
Newcastle upon Tyne	Metropolitan	Thirds	78	LAB min	Re-warding 78>78
North Tyneside	Metropolitan	Thirds	60	LAB Mayor
Oldham	Metropolitan	Thirds	60	LAB min
Rochdale	Metropolitan	Thirds	60	LAB
Salford	Metropolitan	Thirds	60	LAB Mayor
Sandwell	Metropolitan	Thirds	72	LAB	Re-warding 72>72
Sefton	Metropolitan	Thirds	66	LAB	Re-warding 66>66
Sheffield	Metropolitan	Thirds	84	LAB/LD/GRN
Solihull	Metropolitan	Thirds	51	CON	Re-warding 51>51
South Tyneside	Metropolitan	Thirds	54	LAB min	Re-warding 54>54
Stockport	Metropolitan	Thirds	63	LD min
Sunderland	Metropolitan	Thirds	75	LAB	Re-warding 75>75
Tameside	Metropolitan	Thirds	57	LAB
Trafford	Metropolitan	Thirds	63	LAB
Wakefield	Metropolitan	Thirds	63	LAB	Re-warding 63>63
Walsall	Metropolitan	Thirds	60	CON	Re-warding 60>60
Wigan	Metropolitan	Thirds	75	LAB
Wolverhampton	Metropolitan	Thirds	60	LAB
Isle of Wight	Unitary	All-up	39	IND/GRN	No request made
Swindon	Unitary	All-up	57	LAB	Re-warding 57>57
Thurrock	Unitary	All-up	49	LAB	Delay requested
Blackburn with Darwen	Unitary	Thirds	51	LAB	Delay requested
Halton	Unitary	Thirds	54	LAB
Hartlepool	Unitary	Thirds	36	LAB
Kingston upon Hull	Unitary	Thirds	57	LD
Milton Keynes	Unitary	Thirds	57	LAB	Re-warding 57>60
North East Lincolnshire	Unitary	Thirds	42	CON min	No request made. Re-warding paused
Peterborough	Unitary	Thirds	60	LAB min	Delay requested
Plymouth	Unitary	Thirds	57	LAB	No request made
Portsmouth	Unitary	Thirds	42	LD min	No request made. Re-warding paused
Reading	Unitary	Thirds	48	LAB
Southampton	Unitary	Thirds	51	LAB	No clear request made
Southend-on-Sea	Unitary	Thirds	51	LAB/IND/LD	No request made. Re-warding paused
Wokingham	Unitary	Thirds	54	LD

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