2025 local election candidate data summary
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The elections
1,751 English councillors are due to be elected on 1 May: 1,657 scheduled elections and 94 by-elections. This is the smallest set of local elections since 1975.
There are also six mayoral elections, one parliamentary by-election, and one Welsh council by-election.
The candidates
8,624 candidates are standing across 1,497 council wards on 1 May.
| Party | Candidates | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 1,706 | 97.5% | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,688 | 96.5% | |
| Labour Party | 1,634 | 93.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,474 | 84.2% | |
| Green Party | 1,261 | 72.1% | |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 103 | 5.9% | |
| Heritage Party | 25 | 1.4% | |
| Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall | 18 | 1.0% | |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 17 | 1.0% | |
| Social Democratic Party | 11 | 0.6% | |
| Ashfield Independents | 10 | 0.6% | |
| Independent Oxford Alliance | 10 | 0.6% | |
| Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First | 9 | 0.5% | |
| Shropshire First | 9 | 0.5% | |
| Tunbridge Wells Alliance | 8 | 0.5% | |
| Boston Independent | 7 | 0.4% | |
| Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents | 7 | 0.4% | |
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 6 | 0.3% | |
| Broxtowe Alliance | 6 | 0.3% | |
| Independents for Tunbridge Wells | 6 | 0.3% | |
| Blue Revolution | 5 | 0.3% | |
| Derwentside Independents | 5 | 0.3% | |
| Homeland Party | 5 | 0.3% | |
| The Liberal Party | 5 | 0.3% | |
| Workers Party of Britain | 5 | 0.3% | |
| Broxtowe Independent Group | 4 | 0.2% | |
| Christian Peoples Alliance | 4 | 0.2% | |
| Communist Party of Britain | 4 | 0.2% | |
| Our West Lancashire | 4 | 0.2% | |
| Seaham Community Party | 4 | 0.2% | |
| Swale Independents | 4 | 0.2% | |
| The North East Party | 4 | 0.2% | |
| The Socialist Party of Great Britain | 4 | 0.2% | |
| Animal Welfare Party | 3 | 0.2% | |
| British Democratic Party | 3 | 0.2% | |
| Mexborough First | 3 | 0.2% | |
| South Holland Independents | 3 | 0.2% | |
| Ashford Independent | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Belper Independents | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Libertarian Party | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Patria | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Rushcliffe Independents | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Stafford Borough Independents | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Wycombe Independents | 2 | 0.1% | |
| English Democrats | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Freedom Alliance | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Henley Residents Group | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Independent Network | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Independents for Direct Democracy | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Majority | 1 | 0.1% | |
| National Front | 1 | 0.1% | |
| National Housing Party United Kingdom | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Nork & Tattenhams Residents’ Associations | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Oxford Community Socialists | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Oxted & Limpsfield Residents Group | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Party Of Women | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Socialist Labour Party | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents’ Association | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Thanet Independents | 1 | 0.1% | |
| The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Transform Party | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Whitnash Residents Association | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Independents | 507 | - | |
| Total | 8,624 | - | |
No seats have been won uncontested on the mainland, but four of the Isles of Scilly’s five wards are uncontested.
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