[arista]

This is due to them changing their boundaries.



[East Sussex,
West Sussex,
Essex,
Thurrock,
Hampshire,
the Isle of Wight,
Norfolk,
Suffolk and
Surrey


will be delayed for one year to allow
major reorganisations to take place,
local government secretary
Angela Rayner has said.]


[She said that holding elections
for authorities that were due to
be scrapped would be "an expensive and
irresponsible waste of taxpayers' money".

However, Conservative shadow minister
Kevin Hollinrake said the
"mass postponement" was a
"worrying day for democracy".]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qjdex1ed8o

[arista]

Only one of the 9 counties is Labour

Whatever they change to
should take place, next year,
or later.



East Sussex : No overall control
Essex : Conservative
Hampshire : Conservative
Norfolk : Conservative
Surrey : Conservative
Suffolk :Conservative
West Sussex : Conservative
Isle of Wight : No overall control
Thurrock : Labour

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_U...ocal_elections


Nigel Farage is Angry
as Essex, he thinks they would take over

[Crimson Dynamo]

Running scared of Reform

[arista]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Running scared of Reform

It is Counties that can Merge
and save money.

[arista]

[In addition to merging councils, the government
has also said it wants more places in England
to have mayors, who would get powers
over areas such as housing and transport.

In her statement, Rayner announced
six new devolution areas which she hoped
would get to elect new mayors
in May 2026: Cumbria, Cheshire
and Warrington, Greater Essex
, Hampshire and Solent,
Norfolk and Suffolk, and Sussex
and Brighton.

"These places will get a fast-track ticket
to drive real change in their area," she told MPs.

"While devolution can sound techie,
the outcome is simple - it's a plan for
putting more money in people's pockets,
it's a plan for quicker, better, cheaper
transport designed with local people in mind,
a plan for putting politics back in the service."

Bodies representing smaller councils have argued
that the proposals will not save money
but will weaken the link between communities
and their councillors.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qjdex1ed8o

[joeysteele]

I'm not usually in favour of delaying elections being held.
This makes a bit of sense though.
Pointless having voting then all change and voting again possibly within a year or so.

Very different scenario I know but ALL elections were delayed by a year during the pandemic.

I don't see this as a big thing really.