| Election Name: | 2025 United Kingdom local elections |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2024 United Kingdom local elections |
| Previous Year: | 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United Kingdom local elections |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | All 21 County Councils 10 Unitary Authorities 1 Metropolitan Borough Council of the Isles of Scilly City of London Corporation (on 19–20 March) 4 elected Mayors |
| Election Date: | 1 May 2025 |
| 4Blank: | Councillors ± |
| 5Blank: | Councils |
| 6Blank: | Councils ± |
| Leader2: | Keir Starmer |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader Since2: | 4 April 2020 |
| Last Election2: | 365 seats |
| Leader4: | Ed Davey |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 293 seats |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader Since1: | 2 November 2024 |
| Last Election1: | 1,448 seats |
| Leader5: | Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leader Since5: | 1 October 2021 |
| Last Election5: | 59 seats |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| 1Blank: | Councils before |
| 2Blank: | Mayors before |
The 2025 United Kingdom local elections will be held on 1 May 2025.[1] All seats on all 21 county councils in England and ten unitary authorities in England will be up for election. They will be the first local elections following the 2024 general election.
Two existing combined authority mayors and two existing single authority mayors will be up for election. In addition, the inaugural election for the Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, who will chair Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority, is expected to take place on 1 May 2025, along with the inaugural election for the Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire.
In addition, the Council of the Isles of Scilly will be elected.
The City of London Corporation will hold elections on 19–20 March.[2]
There are 21 county councils in England. All of them hold whole-council elections on a four-year cycle that includes 2025.
| Council | Seats | Party control | Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | Result | |||||
| Cambridgeshire | 61 | Details | ||||
| Derbyshire | 64 | Details | ||||
| Devon | 60 | Details | ||||
| East Sussex | 50 | Details | ||||
| Essex | 78 | Details | ||||
| Gloucestershire | 55 | Details | ||||
| Hampshire | 78 | Details | ||||
| Hertfordshire | 78 | Details | ||||
| Kent | 81 | Details | ||||
| Lancashire | 84 | Details | ||||
| Leicestershire | 55 | Details | ||||
| Lincolnshire | 70 | Details | ||||
| Norfolk | 84 | Details | ||||
| Nottinghamshire | 66 | Details | ||||
| Oxfordshire | 69 | Details | ||||
| Staffordshire | 62 | Details | ||||
| Suffolk | 70 | Details | ||||
| Surrey | 81 | Details | ||||
| Warwickshire | 57 | Details | ||||
| West Sussex | 70 | Details | ||||
| Worcestershire | 57 | Details | ||||
There are sixty-two unitary authorities, which are single-tier local authorities. Ten of them hold whole-council elections on a four-year cycle that includes 2025. Due to boundary changes several authorities will see a significant reduction in the number of councillors they elect: Buckinghamshire reduces from 147 to 97, Durham goes from 126 to 98 and West Northamptonshire will elect 76 instead of 93.
| Council | Seats | Party control | Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | Result | |||||
| Buckinghamshire | 97 | Details | ||||
| Cornwall | 87 | Details | ||||
| County Durham | 98 | Details | ||||
| Isle of Wight | 39 | Details | ||||
| North Northamptonshire | 68 | Details | ||||
| Northumberland | 69 | Details | ||||
| Shropshire | 74 | Details | ||||
| Thurrock | 49 | Details | ||||
| West Northamptonshire | 76 | Details | ||||
| Wiltshire | 98 | Details | ||||
| Combined authority | Mayor before | Mayor after | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | Details | ||||
| West of England | Details | ||||
| Greater Lincolnshire | Did not exist | Details | |||
| Hull and East Yorkshire | Did not exist | Details | |||
| Local authority | Post | Type | Current mayor | Party | Established | Next election | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | Mayor of Doncaster | Metropolitan borough | 2002 | 2025 | 291,600 | |||
| North Tyneside Council | Mayor of North Tyneside | Metropolitan borough | 2002 | 2025 | 196,000 | |||