Use our interactive map to find out where local elections are taking place near you

UK local elections are taking place in a matter of days, in which Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will face his biggest electoral test since Labour won a landslide victory last July’.
On May 1, 2025, millions of people will head to their polling stations to vote for 1,631 council seats, 23 county, unitary and metropolitan councils plus six mayors.
Voting in the 2025 local elections will cover local government elections, parish council elections, local authority mayoral elections, combined authority mayoral elections and combined county authority mayoral elections.
Not every UK resident will have a local election to attend, however. Elections will take place across 14 county councils: Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
The remaining are unitary authorities of: Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Durham, North Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, West Northamptonshire and Wiltshire, plus Doncaster Metropolitan Council.
On top of the council seats, there are six mayoral elections including four combined authority mayors in Greater Lincolnshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, West of England, plus two Metropolitan Borough Mayors in Doncaster and North Tyneside.
Plus, voters living in the constituency of Runcorn and Helsby, in Cheshire, will choose a new MP after former MP Mike Amesbury stood down after being given a prison sentence for assaulting a constituent.
You can find out what elections are taking place near you by using our interactive map.
How to see what elections are taking place
Here is a guide to the local elections in May, with an interactive map, full list of the scheduled polls and details of the votes to watch out for.
Where do I vote?
You can use Where Do I Vote? by following this link and entering your postcode to find your polling station, but the address of where you vote should also be on your polling slip that should come through the post.
When is the local election
The local elections 2025 are taking place on Thursday, May 1.
What time does voting start
Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm on election day, May 1. Most results are expected to be announced the following day, May 2.