Local government

Local Government elections in 2008

Below is a list of local authorities currently scheduled to hold elections in 2008.

Non Metropolitan District Councils electing half of the council every two years (7)

  • Adur
  • Cheltenham
  • Fareham
  • Gosport
  • Hastings
  • Nuneaton and Bedworth
  • Oxford City

Non Metropolitan District Councils electing by thirds (71)

  • Amber Valley
  • Barrow -In-Furness *
  • Basildon
  • Basingstoke and Deane * 
  • Bassetlaw   
  • Brentwood
  • Broxbourne
  • Burnley
  • Cambridge City
  • Cannock Chase
  • Carlisle City
  • Castle Point
  • Cherwell  
  • Chorley
  • Colchester  
  • Craven
  • Crawley  
  • Daventry
  • Eastleigh   
  • Elmbridge
  • Epping Forest
  • Exeter City 
  • Gloucester City
  • Great Yarmouth
  • Harlow
  • Harrogate
  • Hart
  • Havant
  • Hertsmere
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Hyndburn
  • Ipswich 
  • Lincoln City  
  • Maidstone
  • Mole Valley
  • Newcastle-Under-Lyme
  • North Hertfordshire
  • Norwich City
  • Pendle
  • Preston
  • Purbeck
  • Redditch
  • Reigate and Banstead
  • Rochford
  • Rossendale
  • Rugby
  • Runnymede
  • Rushmoor
  • St Albans City  
  • South Cambridgeshire
  • South Lakeland *
  • Stevenage
  • Stratford-On-Avon
  • Stroud
  • Swale
  • Tamworth
  • Tandridge
  • Three Rivers
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Watford
  • Waveney
  • Welwyn Hatfield *
  • West Lancashire
  • West Lindsey
  • West Oxfordshire
  • Weymouth and Portland
  • Winchester
  • Woking
  • Worcester
  • Worthing
  • Wyre Forest

 

 

* = Whole council elections are likely to be held on revised and updated warding.

Metropolitan District Councils electing By thirds (36)

  • Barnsley
  • Birmingham City
  • Bolton
  • Bradford City
  • Bury
  • Calderdale
  • Coventry City
  • Doncaster
  • Dudley
  • Gateshead
  • Kirklees
  • Knowsley
  • Leeds City
  • Liverpool City
  • Manchester City
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne
  • North Tyneside
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Rotherham
  • Salford City
  • Sandwell
  • Sefton
  • Sheffield City
  • Solihull
  • South Tyneside
  • St Helens
  • Stockport
  • Sunderland
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • City of Wakefield
  • Walsall
  • Wigan
  • Wirral
  • Wolverhampton

Unitary Authorities electing by thirds (19)

  • Blackburn With Darwen
  • Derby
  • Halton
  • Hartlepool
  • Kingston Upon Hull
  • Milton Keynes
  • Peterborough
  • Plymouth
  • Portsmouth
  • North East Lincolnshire
  • Reading
  • Slough
  • Southampton
  • Southend on Sea 
  • Stoke on Trent
  • Swindon
  • Thurrock
  • Warrington
  • Wokingham

New Unitary Authorities electing whole shadow executives (4)

County Unitaries - Existing county councils which will take on district council functions after 1 April 2009, when the associated district councils in the area will be abolished

  • County Durham 
  • Northumberland 

District Unitary Authorities - New unitary authorities which will be established on 1 April 2009, following the abolition of both the county and district councils associated with the areas

  • Cheshire East
  • Cheshire West and Chester

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