03 Apr Council elections 2024

Voting takes place on May 2 2024 in 107 councils in England. The first results are expected just after midnight on Friday May 5, and results are likely to be announced until late that evening, and over the weekend where there are also mayoral and police elections.

These are the councils with elections:

Unitary: 18

Blackburn with Darwen, Bristol, Dorset, Halton, Hartlepool, Hull, Milton Keynes, North East Lincolnshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Swindon, Thurrock, Warrington and Wokingham

Metro: 31

Barnsley, Bolton, Bradford, Bury, Calderdale, Coventry, Dudley, Gateshead, Kirklees, Knowsley, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, Oldham, Rochdale, Rotherham, Salford, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield, Solihull, South Tyneside, Stockport, Sunderland, Tameside, Trafford, Wakefield, Walsall, Wigan and Wolverhampton

Non-Met: 58

Adur, Basildon, Basingstoke & Deane, Brentwood, Broxbourne, Burnley, Cambridge, Cannock Chase, Castle Point, Cheltenham, Cherwell, Chorley, Colchester, Crawley, Eastleigh, Elmbridge, Epping Forest, Exeter, Fareham, Gloucester, Gosport, Harlow, Hart, Hastings, Havant, Hyndburn, Ipswich, Lincoln, Maidstone, Mole Valley, North Hertfordshire, Norwich, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Oxford, Pendle, Preston, Redditch, Reigate & Banstead, Rochford, Rossendale, Rugby, Runnymede, Rushmoor, St Albans, Stevenage, Stroud, Tamworth, Tandridge, Three Rivers, Tunbridge Wells, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield, West Lancashire, West Oxfordshire, Winchester, Woking, Worcester and Worthing

PA will run a series of tests, including “as live” tests, running up to election day. A full schedule of tests will be published later.