Voters in some parts of England will elect councillors and mayors on Thursday 1 May.
These are the first local elections since the general election was held in July 2024.
Elections are taking place in 23 councils across England.
No routine elections are taking place in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Responsible for:
These are the first local elections since the general election was held in July 2024.
Elections are taking place in 23 councils across England.
No routine elections are taking place in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Responsible for:
- Roads and footpaths
- Libraries
- Household waste disposal
- Schools
- Adult and children's social care
14 county councils:
Derbyshire
2025 election results for Derbyshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Devon
2025 election results for Devon County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Gloucestershire
2025 election results for Gloucestershire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Hertfordshire
2025 election results for Hertfordshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Kent
2025 election results for Kent County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Lancashire
2025 election results for Lancashire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Leicestershire
2025 election results for Leicestershire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Lincolnshire
2025 election results for Lincolnshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Nottinghamshire
2025 election results for Nottinghamshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Oxfordshire
2025 election results for Oxfordshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Staffordshire
2025 election results for Staffordshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Warwickshire
2025 election results for Warwickshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Worcestershire
2025 election results for Worcestershire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
8 unitary authorities:
Buckinghamshire
Cornwall
County Durham
North Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Shropshire
West Northamptonshire
Wiltshire
1 metropolitan district:
Doncaster
Reform won its first-ever regional mayor while Labour managed to hold on to a hat-trick of mayors across the country.Greater Lincolnshire
Labour also held on to West of England mayor, albeit on an even lower share of the vote than at North Tyneside or Doncaster.
Helen Godwin won the contest with a majority of 5,945, but did so with just 25% of the vote, ahead of Reform on 22.1%, the Greens on 20.0%, the Conservatives on 16.6% and the Lib Dems on 14.0%.
Dan Norris, who was the Mayor of West England, did not stand after being elected MP for North East Somerset and Hanham last year. He has now been suspended from Labour after his arrest on suspicion of rape and child sex offences.
Two further mayoral contests, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough and Hull and East Yorkshire, are due to declare on Friday afternoon.
In addition, council elections are taking place in the Isles of Scilly.
By-Election
Voters in the Runcorn and Helsby constituency will also elect their new MP on 1 May.
The former Labour MP Mike Amesbury announced he was standing down after his conviction for assaulting a constituent.
When were these elections last held?
Most of the elections taking place in May 2025 were last held in 2021. Back then, the Government had just rolled out a Covid 19 vaccine, and fifteen months after Boris Johnson’s general election victory the Conservative Party was riding high in the polls at 43%. Keir Starmer and Labour, by contrast, were pretty unpopular. It’s no surprise then that the Conservatives did very well at those elections, gaining 235 council seats and control of 13 councils. Celebrations were topped off by victory in the Hartlepool by-election, held on the same day.
Labour did win the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and West of England Mayoralties from the Conservatives and kept control of most of its authorities in urban areas, such as Doncaster, Rotherham and Salford (the latter two elections held after a year delay due to the pandemic). Yet even in these areas, the party’s vote share dipped while Conservative support rose- a repeated occurrence across the country.
Labour failed to make inroads in those areas captured from them by Johnson in 2019 – places like Derbyshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire. Conservative Ben Houchen secured the mayoralty in Tees Valley. Indeed, after the party’s by-election loss in Hartlepool, leader Keir Starmer considered resignation.
Lots has changed since then. Keir Starmer is Prime Minister. At the general election, the Conservatives secured just 24% of the vote – twenty points fewer than they had been polling in May 2021. Kemi Badenoch (the third leader the Tories have had since the 2021 locals) has failed to significantly boost the party’s favourability.
All this said, most of the county councils up for election this year are in areas where Labour has never done particularly well locally. The few areas where Labour has traditionally performed well saw a strong performance from Reform UK at the general election. Combined with the fact that the Labour’s popularity has dropped precipitously since the general election- on top of which governing parties frequently receive a beating from voters at local elections – the Labour hierarchy may well be keeping their expectations in check.
Results
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby as Sir Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as prime minister.
The narrow victory for new MP Sarah Pochin saw Reform taking a constituency which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 less than 12 months ago.
Ms Pochin, a former Conservative councillor in Cheshire East, becomes the sixth ever Reform MP, and the party's first female in Parliament, taking their total back up to five.
In her victory speech, she said: "The people of Runcorn and Helsby have spoken. Enough is enough. Enough Tory failure, enough Labour lies."
She added: "I know our victory here in Runcorn and Helsby will inspire the rest of the country to believe they too can stand up for fairness, for what is right and for our British values and their voices can be heard.
Cambridgeshire
2025 election results for Cambridgeshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
2025 election results for Cambridgeshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Derbyshire
2025 election results for Derbyshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Devon
2025 election results for Devon County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Gloucestershire
2025 election results for Gloucestershire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Hertfordshire
2025 election results for Hertfordshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Kent
2025 election results for Kent County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Lancashire
2025 election results for Lancashire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Leicestershire
2025 election results for Leicestershire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Lincolnshire
2025 election results for Lincolnshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Nottinghamshire
2025 election results for Nottinghamshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Oxfordshire
2025 election results for Oxfordshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Staffordshire
2025 election results for Staffordshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Warwickshire
2025 election results for Warwickshire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Worcestershire
2025 election results for Worcestershire County Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
8 unitary authorities:
Buckinghamshire
2025 election results for Buckinghamshire Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Cornwall
2025 election results for Cornwall Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
County Durham
2025 election results for County Durham Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
North Northamptonshire
2025 election results for North Northamptonshire Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Northumberland
2025 election results for Northumberland Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Shropshire
2025 election results for Shropshire Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
West Northamptonshire
2025 election results for West Northamptonshire Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Wiltshire
2025 election results for Wiltshire Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
1 metropolitan district:
Doncaster
2025 election results for Doncaster Council.
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Six mayoral elections:
Following polling day yesterday, Thursday (1 May), votes for the County Council election are being counted today, Friday (2 May). Once the results for each division are declared , they will be published on their website.
Six mayoral elections:
Reform won its first-ever regional mayor while Labour managed to hold on to a hat-trick of mayors across the country.Greater Lincolnshire
Reform’s Dame Andrea Jenkyns enjoyed a comfortable victory in this brand new mayoral position, winning 42% of the vote, well ahead of the Conservatives in second place on 26.1%.
Labour finished a distant third on 12.3%. The result suggests Reform are likely to do well in the separate elections for Lincolnshire county council, which will be counted and declared later on Friday.
Jenkyns is a former Conservative MP who defected to Reform after losing her seat at the general election. She becomes Reform's first-ever directly-elected regional mayor.
She won on a very low turnout of just 29.9%.
Labour finished a distant third on 12.3%. The result suggests Reform are likely to do well in the separate elections for Lincolnshire county council, which will be counted and declared later on Friday.
Jenkyns is a former Conservative MP who defected to Reform after losing her seat at the general election. She becomes Reform's first-ever directly-elected regional mayor.
She won on a very low turnout of just 29.9%.
North Tyneside
Labour held on to the mayor of North Tyneside by a tiny margin, with Reform coming a close second.
The area is one of Labour's “red wall” heartlands and the party's candidate Karen Clark was favourite to win. However, the result was far closer than expected.
Ms Clark received 16,230 votes, just 444 ahead of Reform candidate John Falkenstein on 15,786.
There was clear evidence here of the electorate splitting between various parties, as Labour won with fewer than a third of the votes cast (30.2%), while Reform got 29.4%, the Conservatives 20.5%, the Greens 7.4% and the Liberal Democrats 6.4%.
Ms Clark's predecessor as Labour mayor, Norma Redfearn, had held the position since 2013 but stepped down.
Turnout was 33.6%.
Doncaster
Labour's Ros Jones won a fourth term in office, having held the position since 2013.
As in North Tyneside, Reform finished a close second, winning 23,107 votes to Ms Jones' 23,805, giving her a majority of just 698.
No party managed to win more than a third of the vote, with Labour taking 32.6%, Reform 31.7% and the Conservatives - who came second in 2021 - on 26.0%.
The Greens finished a distant fourth on 3.4%.
Turnout was 32.1%.
West of England
Labour held on to the mayor of North Tyneside by a tiny margin, with Reform coming a close second.
The area is one of Labour's “red wall” heartlands and the party's candidate Karen Clark was favourite to win. However, the result was far closer than expected.
Ms Clark received 16,230 votes, just 444 ahead of Reform candidate John Falkenstein on 15,786.
There was clear evidence here of the electorate splitting between various parties, as Labour won with fewer than a third of the votes cast (30.2%), while Reform got 29.4%, the Conservatives 20.5%, the Greens 7.4% and the Liberal Democrats 6.4%.
Ms Clark's predecessor as Labour mayor, Norma Redfearn, had held the position since 2013 but stepped down.
Turnout was 33.6%.
Doncaster
Labour's Ros Jones won a fourth term in office, having held the position since 2013.
As in North Tyneside, Reform finished a close second, winning 23,107 votes to Ms Jones' 23,805, giving her a majority of just 698.
No party managed to win more than a third of the vote, with Labour taking 32.6%, Reform 31.7% and the Conservatives - who came second in 2021 - on 26.0%.
The Greens finished a distant fourth on 3.4%.
Turnout was 32.1%.
West of England
Labour also held on to West of England mayor, albeit on an even lower share of the vote than at North Tyneside or Doncaster.
Helen Godwin won the contest with a majority of 5,945, but did so with just 25% of the vote, ahead of Reform on 22.1%, the Greens on 20.0%, the Conservatives on 16.6% and the Lib Dems on 14.0%.
Dan Norris, who was the Mayor of West England, did not stand after being elected MP for North East Somerset and Hanham last year. He has now been suspended from Labour after his arrest on suspicion of rape and child sex offences.
Turnout was 30.0%.
Two further mayoral contests, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough and Hull and East Yorkshire, are due to declare on Friday afternoon.
In addition, council elections are taking place in the Isles of Scilly.
By-Election
Voters in the Runcorn and Helsby constituency will also elect their new MP on 1 May.
The former Labour MP Mike Amesbury announced he was standing down after his conviction for assaulting a constituent.
When were these elections last held?
Most of the elections taking place in May 2025 were last held in 2021. Back then, the Government had just rolled out a Covid 19 vaccine, and fifteen months after Boris Johnson’s general election victory the Conservative Party was riding high in the polls at 43%. Keir Starmer and Labour, by contrast, were pretty unpopular. It’s no surprise then that the Conservatives did very well at those elections, gaining 235 council seats and control of 13 councils. Celebrations were topped off by victory in the Hartlepool by-election, held on the same day.
Labour did win the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and West of England Mayoralties from the Conservatives and kept control of most of its authorities in urban areas, such as Doncaster, Rotherham and Salford (the latter two elections held after a year delay due to the pandemic). Yet even in these areas, the party’s vote share dipped while Conservative support rose- a repeated occurrence across the country.
Labour failed to make inroads in those areas captured from them by Johnson in 2019 – places like Derbyshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire. Conservative Ben Houchen secured the mayoralty in Tees Valley. Indeed, after the party’s by-election loss in Hartlepool, leader Keir Starmer considered resignation.
Lots has changed since then. Keir Starmer is Prime Minister. At the general election, the Conservatives secured just 24% of the vote – twenty points fewer than they had been polling in May 2021. Kemi Badenoch (the third leader the Tories have had since the 2021 locals) has failed to significantly boost the party’s favourability.
All this said, most of the county councils up for election this year are in areas where Labour has never done particularly well locally. The few areas where Labour has traditionally performed well saw a strong performance from Reform UK at the general election. Combined with the fact that the Labour’s popularity has dropped precipitously since the general election- on top of which governing parties frequently receive a beating from voters at local elections – the Labour hierarchy may well be keeping their expectations in check.
Results
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby as Sir Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as prime minister.
The narrow victory for new MP Sarah Pochin saw Reform taking a constituency which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 less than 12 months ago.
Ms Pochin, a former Conservative councillor in Cheshire East, becomes the sixth ever Reform MP, and the party's first female in Parliament, taking their total back up to five.
In her victory speech, she said: "The people of Runcorn and Helsby have spoken. Enough is enough. Enough Tory failure, enough Labour lies."
She added: "I know our victory here in Runcorn and Helsby will inspire the rest of the country to believe they too can stand up for fairness, for what is right and for our British values and their voices can be heard.
See the victory speech below:
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