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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.
Registration was introduced for all constituencies as a result of the Reform Act 1832, which took effect for the election of the same year. Since 1832, only those registered to vote can do so, and the government invariably runs nonpartisan get out the vote campaigns for each election to expand the franchise as much as possible.
4 May: 2023 England local elections [1] 18 May: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections [2] 20 July: 2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election; 20 July: 2023 Selby and Ainsty by-election; 20 July: 2023 Somerton and Frome by-election; 5 October: 2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election; 12 October: 2023 Gibraltar general election; 19 ...
8,000 councillors will be elected in unitary, borough and district councils taking place across England
Several new authorities came into operation in April 2023. In each case, new councils were elected on 5 May 2022, at the same time as local elections in other parts of the country. See 2023 United Kingdom local elections for details.
In local elections, councillors are elected forming the local administrations of the United Kingdom. A number of tiers of local council exist, at region, county, district/borough and town/parish levels, and several regions directly elect mayors. A variety of voting systems are used for local elections.
Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013; Electoral registration in the United Kingdom; Erlam v Rahman; European Assembly Elections Act 1978; European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003; European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Act 2004; European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993; European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999
The Conservatives have made a net loss of 40 seats in council by-elections since May 2022.