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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Ian Jones

Local elections 2025: Guide to every council and mayoral contest

Local elections are taking place on Thursday for 23 local authorities in England, many of them large county councils (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Archive)

Voters go the the polls in England on Thursday in the first big test at the ballot box for political parties since Labour won the general election.

A total of 1,641 council seats are up for grabs across 23 local authorities, while four regional mayors and two local mayors will be elected.

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