Full list of local and mayoral elections taking place on May 1 2025

Here is a full list of the local and mayoral elections due to take place on Thursday May 1 2025, as well as details of the elections that have been postponed until 2026.

All the elections are in England; there are no local elections scheduled for May 2025 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The list is divided into five sections: county councils, metropolitan boroughs, unitary authorities, combined-authority mayors and local authority directly-elected mayors.

Information is given for which party or parties currently control each council, along with the incumbent party for each mayor.

At the end of each section are details of which elections have been postponed to May 2026.

– 1. County councils

Taking place on May 1 2025:

Cambridgeshire

– All seats up for election

– No party currently has a majority; the council is run by a joint administration of Liberal Democrats, Labour and Independent councillors

Derbyshire

– The Conservative Party has a majority

Devon

– Conservative majority

Gloucestershire

– No party currently has a majority; the council is run by a minority Conservative administration

Hertfordshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

– No party currently has a majority; the council is run by a minority administration of Liberal Democrat and Green councillors

Staffordshire

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Postponed to May 2026:

East Sussex

– All seats were up for election in 2025

Essex

– All seats were up for election

Hampshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Surrey

West Sussex

– 2. Metropolitan boroughs

Doncaster

– Labour majority

– 3.  Unitary authorities

Buckinghamshire

Cornwall

– No party currently has a majority; the authority is run by a minority Conservative administration

Durham

– No party currently has a majority; the authority is run by an administration made up of Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Green and independent councillors

North Northamptonshire

Northumberland

Shropshire

West Northamptonshire

Wiltshire

Isle of Wight

– No party currently has a majority; the authority is run by an administration made up of independent and Green councillors

Thurrock

– 4. Combined-authority mayors

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough

– Currently held by Labour

Greater Lincolnshire

– To be elected for first time

Hull & East Yorkshire

West of England

– 5. Local authority directly-elected mayors

North Tyneside