The results of the local elections taking place today in many parts of England will make a big difference to the daily lives of people living there.
But if you’re looking forward to an all-night political bonanza like last year’s general election, you might be disappointed.
Instead of a waterfall of results to carry us through until the early hours (with the equivalent of a Liz Truss loss at 7am), we’ll only get a handful until the late morning tomorrow.
However, among the few that appear overnight will be a couple of the most widely anticipated results.
Voters will pick who fills 1,641 council seats across the country and a handful of other important positions.
Where are the local elections today?
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Elections are taking place today for 23 local authorities, six mayors, Council of the Isles of Scilly and one parliamentary seat.
The local authorities that are electing new councillors are:
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cornwall
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Doncaster
- Durham
- Gloucestershire
- Hertfordshire
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- North Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Warwickshire
- West Northamptonshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
Mayoral elections are taking place in:
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
- Doncaster
- Greater Lincolnshire
- Hull & East Yorkshire
- North Tyneside
- West of England
The parliamentary by-election today is in Runcorn and Helsby.
Where do I vote for local elections?
If you are voting today, you should have already received a polling card.
This will contain information about the local polling place where you should go to cast your vote.
When will we know the local elections results?
10pm today
- Polling places in elections will close.
- Counting begins in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, the mayoral contests in Doncaster, Greater Lincolnshire, North Tyneside and West of England, and Northumberland Council.
2am on May 2
- Result of North Tyneside mayoral election
- Result of West of England mayoral elections
3am
- Result of Runcorn and Helsby by-election
3.30am
- Result of Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election
5am
- Result of Doncaster mayoral election
7am
- Result of Northumberland County Council election
9am
- Counting will begin in the remaining local authority and mayoral elections
1pm
- Result of Durham County Council election
1.45pm
- Result of Lancashire County Council election
2.30pm
- Result of Hull & East Yorkshire mayoral election
3pm
- Result of Doncaster Council election
- Result of Leicestershire County Council election
- Result of Buckinghamshire Council election
- Result of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayoral election
4pm
- Result of Gloucestershire County Council election
- Result of Hertfordshire County Council election
- Result of Shropshire Council election
- Result of Staffordshire County Council election
4.30pm
- Result of Derbyshire County Council election
5pm
- Result of Lincolnshire County Council election
- Result of North Northamptonshire Council election
- Result of Nottinghamshire County Council election
- Result of Warwickshire County Council election
- Result of Oxfordshire County Council election
- Result of Worcestershire County Council election
6pm
- Result of Cornwall Council election
- Result of Devon County Council election
- Result of Wiltshire Council election
- Result of Cambridgeshire County Council election
7pm
- Result of Kent County Council election
- Result of West Northamptonshire Council election
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