2025 United Kingdom local elections

Summary

Local elections in the United Kingdom were held on 1 May 2025 for 1,641 English council seats in 24 local authorities. All seats on 14 county councils and eight unitary authorities in the United Kingdom were up for election. They were the first local elections to follow the 2024 general election. Most of these seats were last contested at the 2021 local elections. No local elections were held in the rest of the United Kingdom, with none held in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.