Clark, A., & Middleton, A. (2022). United Kingdom: Diversity amid the Cinderella elections? In A. Gendźwiłł, U. Kjaer, & K. Steyvers (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Local Elections and Voting in Europe (pp. 84-94). London: Routledge.
- Region: British Isles
- Local elections:
- England: once a year, non-simultaneous
- Wales: 06.05.1993, 04.05.1995, 06.05.1999, 10.06.2004, 01.05.2008, 03.05.2012, 04.05.2017
- Northern Ireland: 19.05.1993, 21.05.1997, 07.06.2001, 05.05.2005 05.05.2011, 22.05.2014, 02.05.2019
- Scotland: 07.05.1992, 04.05.1995, 06.05.1999, 01.05.2003, 03.05.2007, 03.05.2012, 04.05.2017
- Electoral code
- Representation of the People Act 1983
Electoral law in the UK, as applied to both local and national elections, is in need of extensive reform. Many of its provisions have Victorian roots. There is no single statute, and instead its provisions are spread over many primary and secondary pieces of legislation. Although often amended, one root of much current practice is the Representation of the People Act 1983.
- Representation of the People Act 1983
- Electoral data:
- Local elections are run by councils themselves, and they report the results on their websites. There is therefore no national database of local election results in the UK. For useful recent information, see:
- The Elections Centre
- England: Electoral Commission
- Wales: Electoral Commission
- Northern Ireland: Electoral Office of Northern Ireland
- Scotland: Electoral Management Board of Scotland
- Local elections are run by councils themselves, and they report the results on their websites. There is therefore no national database of local election results in the UK. For useful recent information, see:
- Country experts: Alistair Clark, Alia Middleton