2025 Durham County Council election

2025 Durham County Council election
← 2021 1 May 2025

The 2025 Durham County Council election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Durham County Council in County Durham, England.[1] 98 seats will be elected, down from 126.[2] This will be on the same day as other local elections.

Background

At the 2021 election, the Labour Party lost overall control of the council for the first time in a century.[3] The 2025 election will be held under new ward boundaries.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". Electoral Commission. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Durham county councillor numbers reduced in ward boundary change". BBC News. 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  3. ^ "Election 2021: Labour loses control of Durham County Council". BBC News. 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  4. ^ "This is the reaction to plans to cut dozens of councillors from Durham County Council". The Northern Echo. 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2024-11-29.

See also

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