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The 2022 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils, and for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Most seats in England were last up for election in 2018 and in Scotland and Wales in 2017. The elections coincided with the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly ...
Local elections 2022: key results so far. Ian Jones, PA. Updated May 6, 2022 at 4:22 AM. Voters went to the polls on Thursday in 200 local authorities across Britain.
The 2022 London local elections took place on 5 May 2022, as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Mayoral elections took place in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets, with Croydon electing a mayor for the first time following a local referendum in October 2021.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections ...
Here is a guide to when to expect the key results and events after polls close in the local elections on Thursday May 5. All declaration times are estimates and could change.
The 2022 election took take place under new election boundaries, with the number of councillors remaining the same. Labour held control of the council, winning 58 seats. The Liberal Democrats overtook the Greens as the second-largest group, winning three seats, becoming the official opposition.
The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors from 60 to 57. Labour remained the largest
The Green Party has one of its best ever results, with a net gain of 87 seats. In Scotland, the SNP gains 22 seats, while in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin receives the largest vote share. [3] [4] The 2022 Welsh local elections are contested under new boundaries.