On Thursday 1 Might elections might be held for 23 councils and 6 mayors in England.
Round a 3rd of electors in England are eligible to vote, and greater than 1,600 councillors might be elected.
At the identical day there could also be a Westminster by-election within the Cheshire seat of Runcorn and Helsby.
In some portions of England, native elections were postponed for the reason that govt is making plans to reorganise native councils.
Use our instrument to determine whether or not there’s an election close to you, and who the applicants are.
Many of the councils up for election are county councils – huge government like Lancashire and Kent that take care of products and services together with social care, training, street repairs and libraries.
In portions of England and not using a district councils, like in Cornwall, Doncaster and Buckinghamshire, native government are answerable for the entire vary of products and services – those additionally come with bin collections, public housing and making plans.
Mayors in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Doncaster, North Tyneside, and the West of England are up for election. Whilst in two spaces – Hull and East Yorkshire, and Better Lincolnshire – citizens may have the danger to elect a mayor for the primary time.
