20 Apr May election declaration times for councils and mayors
Elections take place on May 5 for 200 councils in England, Scotland and Wales, while there are also seven mayoral elections in England.
This is a list of when each council will count the votes, with provisional estimated declaration times, some based on previous elections, and all are subject to change, in alphabetical order:
– Local authorities:
Aberdeen: Friday daytime, 15:00
Aberdeenshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
Adur: Friday daytime, 16:00
Amber Valley: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Angus: Friday daytime, 15:00
Argyll & Bute: Friday daytime, 14:30
Barking & Dagenham: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:00
Barnet: overnight Thurs/Fri, 07:00
Barnsley: overnight Thurs/Fri, 07:00
Basildon: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:00
Basingstoke & Deane: Friday daytime, 17:00
Bexley: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:30
Birmingham: Friday daytime, 16:00
Blackburn with Darwen: Friday daytime, 16:00
Blaenau Gwent: Friday daytime, 15:00
Bolton: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Bradford: Friday daytime, 18:00
Brent: overnight Thurs/Fri, 06:30
Brentwood: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:00
Bridgend: Friday daytime, 17:00
Bromley: Friday daytime, 15:00
Broxbourne: overnight Thurs/Fri, 00:30
Burnley: Friday daytime, 14:30
Bury: Friday daytime, 20:30
Caerphilly: Friday daytime, 15:00
Calderdale: Friday daytime, 13:30
Cambridge: Friday daytime, 13:00
Camden: overnight Thurs/Fri, 05:00
Cannock Chase: Friday daytime, 13:00
Cardiff: Friday daytime, 17:00
Carmarthenshire: Friday daytime, 14:00
Castle Point: Friday daytime, 14:00
Ceredigion: Friday daytime, 15:30
Cheltenham: Friday daytime, 14:00
Cherwell: Friday daytime, 19:30
Chorley: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Clackmannanshire: Friday daytime, 14:30
Colchester: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:30
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar: Friday daytime, 13:00
Conwy: Friday daytime, 14:00
Coventry: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:00
Crawley: Friday daytime, 14:00
Croydon: overnight Fri/Sat, 02:00
Cumberland: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:30
Denbighshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
Derby: overnight Thurs/Fri, 05:00
Dudley: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:00
Dumfries & Galloway: Friday daytime, 14:00
Dundee: Friday daytime, 14:00
Ealing: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:00
East Ayrshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
East Dunbartonshire: Friday daytime, 15:30
Eastleigh: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
East Lothian: Friday daytime, 14:30
East Renfrewshire: Friday daytime, 14:00
Edinburgh: Friday daytime, 15:30
Elmbridge: Friday daytime, 14:00
Enfield: overnight Thurs/Fri, 06:00
Epping Forest: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Exeter: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:00
Falkirk: Friday daytime, 15:30
Fareham: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:30
Fife: Friday daytime, 14:30
Flintshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
Gateshead: Friday daytime, 12:30
Glasgow: Friday daytime, 16:00
Gosport: Friday daytime, 17:00
Greenwich: Friday daytime, 18:00
Gwynedd: Friday daytime, 13:00
Hackney: Friday daytime, 19:00
Halton: overnight Thurs/Fri, 00:00
Hammersmith & Fulham: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Haringey: Friday daytime, 16:00
Harlow: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Harrow: Friday daytime, 17:00
Hart: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:00
Hartlepool: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Hastings: Friday daytime, 16:00
Havant: Friday daytime, 14:30
Havering: overnight Thurs/Fri, 05:00
Highland: Friday daytime, 15:45
Hillingdon: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:00
Hounslow: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:30
Huntingdonshire: Friday daytime, 13:00
Hyndburn: Friday daytime, 15:00
Inverclyde: Friday daytime, 14:00
Ipswich: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:30
Isle Of Anglesey: Friday daytime, 15:30
Islington: Friday daytime, 18:00
Kensington & Chelsea: overnight Thurs/Fri, 05:00
Kingston-Upon-Hull: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:30
Kingston-Upon-Thames: Friday daytime, 1800
Kirklees: Friday daytime, 18:30
Knowsley: Friday daytime, 15:00
Lambeth: Friday daytime, 18:00
Leeds: Friday daytime, 16:30
Lewisham: Friday daytime, 18:00
Lincoln: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:30
Maidstone: Friday daytime, 14:00
Manchester: Friday daytime, 15:00
Merthyr Tydfil: Friday daytime, 15:00
Merton: overnight Thurs/Fri, 05:00
Midlothian: Friday daytime, 16:00
Milton Keynes: Friday daytime, 15:00
Mole Valley: Friday daytime, 16:00
Monmouthshire: Friday daytime, 18:00
Moray: Friday daytime, 12:30
Neath Port Talbot: Friday daytime, 18:00
Newcastle-Under-Lyme: Friday daytime, 15:00
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:30
Newham: Friday daytime, 19:00
Newport: Friday daytime, 18:00
North Ayrshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
North East Lincolnshire: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:30
North Hertfordshire: Friday daytime, 18:30
North Lanarkshire: Friday daytime, 15:30
North Tyneside: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
North Yorkshire: Friday daytime, 17:00
Norwich: Friday daytime, 16:00
Nuneaton & Bedworth: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:00
Oldham: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:15
Orkney Islands: Friday daytime
Oxford: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Pembrokeshire: Friday daytime, 17:30
Pendle: Friday daytime, 16:30
Perth & Kinross: Friday daytime, 13:00
Peterborough: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:30
Plymouth: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Portsmouth: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Powys: Friday daytime, 17:00
Preston: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:30
Reading: Friday daytime, 15:00
Redbridge: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:30
Redditch: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Reigate & Banstead: Friday daytime, 14:30
Renfrewshire: Friday daytime, 17:30
Rhondda Cynon Taf: Friday daytime, 16:00
Richmond-Upon-Thames: overnight Thurs/Fri, 05:30
Rochdale: Friday daytime, 15:30
Rochford: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Rossendale: Friday daytime, 14:00
Rugby: Friday daytime, 16:00
Runnymede: Friday daytime, 14:00
Rushmoor: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:00
Salford: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:00
Sandwell: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Scottish Borders: Friday daytime, 14:30
Sefton: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Sheffield: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Shetland Islands: Friday daytime, 13:00
Slough: Friday daytime, 14:00
Solihull: Friday daytime, 13:00
Somerset: Friday daytime, 16:00
Southampton: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
South Ayrshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
South Cambridgeshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
Southend-On-Sea: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
South Lanarkshire: Friday daytime, 16:00
South Tyneside: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:30
Southwark: overnight Thurs/Fri, 05:00
St Albans: Friday daytime, 16:00
Stevenage: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:30
St Helens: Friday daytime, 17:00
Stirling: Friday daytime, 15:00
Stockport: overnight Thurs/Fri, 06:00
Sunderland: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Sutton: overnight Thurs/Fri, 04:00
Swansea: Friday daytime, 17:00
Swindon: Friday daytime, 17:00
Tameside: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:00
Tamworth: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:30
Tandridge: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Three Rivers: Friday daytime, 14:30
Thurrock: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Torfaen: Friday daytime, 15:00
Tower Hamlets: Saturday daytime, 17:00
Trafford: Friday daytime, 15:00
Tunbridge Wells: Friday daytime, 16:30
Vale Of Glamorgan: Friday daytime, 20:00
Wakefield: Friday daytime, 17:00
Walsall: Friday daytime, 13:00
Waltham Forest: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Wandsworth: overnight Thurs/Fri, 05:30
Watford: Friday daytime, 17:00
Welwyn Hatfield: Friday daytime, 15:00
West Dunbartonshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
West Lancashire: Friday daytime, 15:30
West Lothian: Friday daytime, 15:00
Westminster: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Westmorland & Furness: Friday daytime, 13:00
West Oxfordshire: Overnight Thurs/Fri, 0200
Wigan: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:30
Winchester: Friday daytime, 18:00
Wirral: overnight Thurs/Fri, 02:00
Woking: Friday daytime, 14:30
Wokingham: Friday daytime
Wolverhampton: overnight Thurs/Fri, 03:00
Worcester: overnight Thurs/Fri, 01:30
Worthing: Friday daytime, 14:00
Wrexham: Friday daytime, 14:00
– Mayoral elections
Croydon: Friday daytime, 22:30
Hackney: Friday daytime, 12:00
Lewisham: Friday daytime, 13:00
Newham: Friday daytime, 13:00
South Yorkshire: Friday daytime, 16:00
Tower Hamlets: Friday daytime, 17:00
Watford: Friday daytime, 13:00
Here is the list in chronological order:
– Local authorities
(all times are for Friday May 6 except where stated)
Halton 00:05
Broxbourne 00:30
Basildon 01:00
Brentwood 01:00
Exeter 01:00
Hart 01:00
Rushmoor 01:00
Tameside 01:00
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 01:30
South Tyneside 01:30
Tamworth 01:30
Wigan 01:30
Worcester 01:30
Amber Valley 02:00
Bolton 02:00
Chorley 02:00
Croydon 02:00
Harlow 02:00
Hartlepool 02:00
North Tyneside 02:00
Plymouth 02:00
Redditch 02:00
Rochford 02:00
Sandwell 02:00
Sefton 02:00
Sunderland 02:00
Thurrock 02:00
West Oxfordshire 02:00
Wirral 02:00
Oldham 02:15
Cumberland 02:30
Fareham 02:30
Ipswich 02:30
Lincoln 02:30
North East Lincolnshire 02:30
Peterborough 02:30
Preston 02:30
Stevenage 02:30
Eastleigh 03:00
Epping Forest 03:00
Hammersmith & Fulham 03:00
Oxford 03:00
Portsmouth 03:00
Sheffield 03:00
Southend-on-Sea 03:00
Tandridge 03:00
Waltham Forest 03:00
Westminster 03:00
Wolverhampton 03:00
Colchester 03:30
Kingston-upon-Hull 03:30
Redbridge 03:30
Barking & Dagenham 04:00
Coventry 04:00
Dudley 04:00
Ealing 04:00
Hillingdon 04:00
Nuneaton & Bedworth 04:00
Salford 04:00
Sutton 04:00
Bexley 04:30
Hounslow 04:30
Camden 05:00
Derby 05:00
Havering 05:00
Kensington & Chelsea 05:00
Merton 05:00
Southampton 05:00
Southwark 05:00
Richmond-upon-Thames 05:30
Wandsworth 05:30
Enfield 06:00
Stockport 06:00
Brent 06:30
Barnet 07:00
Barnsley 07:00
Gateshead 12:30
Moray 12:30
Cambridge 13:00
Cannock Chase 13:00
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 13:00
Gwynedd: Friday daytime, 13:00
Huntingdonshire 13:00
Orkney Islands 13:00
Perth & Kinross 13:00
Shetland Islands 13:00
Solihull 13:00
Walsall 13:00
Westmorland & Furness 13:00
Calderdale 13:30
Carmarthenshire 14:00
Castle Point 14:00
Cheltenham 14:00
Conwy 14:00
Crawley 14:00
Dumfries & Galloway 14:00
Dundee 14:00
East Renfrewshire 14:00
Elmbridge 14:00
Inverclyde 14:00
Maidstone 14:00
Rossendale 14:00
Runnymede 14:00
Slough 14:00
Worthing 14:00
Wrexham 14:00
Argyll & Bute 14:30
Burnley 14:30
Clackmannanshire 14:30
East Lothian 14:30
Fife 14:30
Havant 14:30
Reigate & Banstead 14:30
Scottish Borders 14:30
Three Rivers 14:30
Woking 14:30
Aberdeen 15:00
Aberdeenshire 15:00
Angus 15:00
Blaenau Gwent 15:00
Bromley 15:00
Caerphilly 15:00
Denbighshire 15:00
East Ayrshire 15:00
Flintshire 15:00
Hyndburn 15:00
Knowsley 15:00
Manchester 15:00
Merthyr Tydfil 15:00
Newcastle-under-Lyme 15:00
North Ayrshire 15:00
Reading 15:00
South Ayrshire 15:00
South Cambridgeshire 15:00
Stirling 15:00
Torfaen 15:00
Trafford 15:00
Welwyn Hatfield 15:00
West Dunbartonshire 15:00
West Lothian 15:00
Ceredigion 15:30
East Dunbartonshire 15:30
Edinburgh 15:30
Falkirk 15:30
Isle of Anglesey 15:30
North Lanarkshire 15:30
Rochdale 15:30
West Lancashire 15:30
Highland 15:45
Adur 16:00
Birmingham 16:00
Blackburn with Darwen 16:00
Glasgow 16:00
Haringey 16:00
Hastings 16:00
Midlothian 16:00
Milton Keynes 16:00
Mole Valley 16:00
Norwich 16:00
Rhondda Cynon Taf 16:00
Rugby 16:00
Somerset 16:00
South Lanarkshire 16:00
St Albans 16:00
Leeds 16:30
Pendle 16:30
Tunbridge Wells 16:30
Basingstoke & Deane 17:00
Bridgend 17:00
Cardiff 17:00
Gosport 17:00
Harrow 17:00
North Yorkshire 17:00
Powys 17:00
St Helens 17:00
Swansea 17:00
Swindon 17:00
Wakefield 17:00
Watford 17:00
Wokingham 17:00
Pembrokeshire 17:30
Renfrewshire 17:30
Bradford 18:00
Greenwich 18:00
Islington 18:00
Kingston-upon-Thames 18:00
Lambeth 18:00
Lewisham 18:00
Monmouthshire 18:00
Neath Port Talbot 18:00
Newport 18:00
Winchester 18:00
Kirklees 18:30
North Hertfordshire 18:30
Hackney 19:00
Newham 19:00
Cherwell 19:30
Vale of Glamorgan 20:00
Bury 20:30
Croydon: overnight Fri/Sat, 02:00
Tower Hamlets Saturday May 7 17:00
– Mayors
(all times are for Friday May 6)
Hackney 12:00
Newham 13:00
Lewisham 13:00
Watford 13:00
South Yorkshire 16:00
Tower Hamlets 17:00
Croydon 22:30