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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.
Electoral registration officers within local authorities have a duty to compile and maintain accurate electoral registers. Registration was introduced for all constituencies as a result of the Reform Act 1832, which took effect for the election of the same year.
Individual Electoral Registration (IER) is the voter registration system which took effect from 10 June 2014 in England and Wales and from 19 September 2014 in Scotland. [1] Under the previous system, the "head of the household" was required to register all residents of the household who are eligible.
8,000 councillors will be elected in unitary, borough and district councils taking place across England
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 ...
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.
The Conservatives have made a net loss of 40 seats in council by-elections since May 2022.
The local elections scheduled for May 2004 were postponed to June and combined with the European Parliament elections. The UK government used this opportunity to hold trials of all-postal voting in these elections in four regions, North East, North West, East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber. The pilots did show a significant increase in ...