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The 2013 United Kingdom local elections are due to take place on Thursday 2 May 2013.^[2] Elections will be held in 35 English councils, including all 27 non-metropolitan county councils, the five unitary authorities covering ceremonial counties, and three other unitary authorities, and to a single Welsh unitary authority. These elections last took place on the 4 June 2009 at the same time as the 2009 European Parliament Elections.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 are entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who are temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) are also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[3] although those who have moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. Those who are registered to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) are entitled to vote in the local elections at each address, as long as they are not in the same local government area.^[4]

England

Non-metropolitan county councils

All 27 county councils for areas with a two-tier structure of local governance will have all of their seats up for election.

Council	Previous control	Result
Buckinghamshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Details
Cambridgeshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Cumbria style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Derbyshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Devon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Dorset style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
East Sussex style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Essex style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Gloucestershire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Hampshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Hertfordshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Kent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Lancashire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Details
Leicestershire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Lincolnshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Norfolk style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
North Yorkshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Details
Northamptonshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Nottinghamshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Details
Oxfordshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Somerset style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Staffordshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Suffolk style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Surrey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Warwickshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
West Sussex style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Worcestershire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative

Unitary authorities

Eight single-tier unitary authorities are scheduled to hold elections. Seven of these will have all of their seats up for elections, whilst one, Bristol, will elect a third of its seats.

Council	Proportion up for election	Current control
Bristol	1/3 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
Cornwall	All style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
Durham	All style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour
Isle of Wight	All style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Isles of Scilly	All style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Northumberland	All style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control
Shropshire	All style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Wiltshire	All style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative

Mayoral elections

Two elections for directly-elected mayors are due to be held. There was also a plan to have a mayoral election in Hartlepool, however a referendum in November 2012 resulted in the post being abolished from May 2013.^[5]

Local Authority	Current Mayor
Doncaster #DCDCDC	Peter Davies (Independent) ^[6]
North Tyneside #0087DC	Linda Arkley (Conservative)

Wales

In Wales, a single council, the Isle of Anglesey, will be up for election. This election was postponed in 2012, when all other Welsh councils were elected, in order to allow an electoral review to take place for the council.^[7]

The Isle of Anglesey County Council election, 2013 will elect 30 members^[8]

Council	Current control
Isle of Anglesey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control

Elections not scheduled to be held in 2013 (other than by-elections)

The 32 London borough councils (next election 2014)
The 36 metropolitan district councils (next election 2014)
The 201 district councils in two-tier authorities (next election 2014 in the 67 councils where members are elected by thirds, and 2015 in the 127 councils where all members are elected together)
48 of the 49 district councils in unitary authorities, (next election 2014 in the 19 councils where members are elected by thirds, excluding Bristol, and 2015 in the 30 councils where all members are elected together)
Parish councils (next election 2015/16)
The Scottish local councils
Northern Irish local councils
The Welsh local councils (except Anglesey)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "BBC projected national vote shares for 2009". BBC News. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
^ "Elections and electoral arrangements". communities.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
^ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ Mulholland, Hélène. "Mayor H'Angus the Monkey finally loses his Hartlepool habitat". The Guardian. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21335384
^ "Anglesey council election postponed for year to 2013". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ The Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012/Gorchymyn Ynys Môn (Trefniadau Etholiadol) 2012 Legislation.gov.uk

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[bbc2009-1] "BBC projected national vote shares for 2009". BBC News. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.

[communities-2] "Elections and electoral arrangements". communities.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

[3] "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[4] "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

[angus-5] Mulholland, Hélène. "Mayor H'Angus the Monkey finally loses his Hartlepool habitat". The Guardian. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[6] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21335384

[7] "Anglesey council election postponed for year to 2013". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

[8] The Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012/Gorchymyn Ynys Môn (Trefniadau Etholiadol) 2012 Legislation.gov.uk

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