Talk:2023 United Kingdom local elections

BCP needed on map
Great overview map, but Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole needs adding. 2.30.175.252 (talk)

Map of elections
Medway is a unitary authority not a district council as shown in the map 81.105.81.245 (talk) 19:30, 10 September 2022 (UTC)


 * St. Helen’s shouldn’t be showed on the map as there are no elections there in 2023, confirm? 2A00:23C6:D529:4601:5550:A28D:97EB:843D (talk) 04:59, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Came to talk for this exact thing. St Helens Council has no elections this year. Perhaps there's Liverpool City Region or PCC election? 31.94.9.63 (talk) 09:40, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * no, there are no elections in St. Helen’s 2A00:23C6:D529:4601:3898:2C5B:7BC3:8E2C (talk) 06:29, 13 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Sinn Féin have a majority on Fermanagh and Omagh council (not No Overall Control as shown)


 * on the “largest party” map, i'm sure Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kensington and Chelsea are supposed to be the opposite colors — Preceding unsigned comment added by Realnoahsimpson (talk • contribs) 03:37, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

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order of parties
Tories should be listed before Labour as they’re defending about 1,000 more seats — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:D529:4601:CC38:8F47:6EFB:DFF9 (talk) 01:16, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

multiple councils missing pages
A remember of councils including Cambridge are missing pages. A draft was made for it though. every election last year had a page and I see no reason why this year ought to be different.

polling
Survation poll needs adding — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:D529:4601:7C31:DA76:E0FC:ACE7 (talk) 14:29, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

https://www.survation.com/great-expectation-management-will-labour-triumph-in-the-local-elections/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:D529:4601:7C31:DA76:E0FC:ACE7 (talk) 14:31, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Misnamed: no elections in Scotland or Wales
I realise that 2023 Some Parts of England and Northern Ireland local elections wouldn't make a great title, though. Scotland and Wales had their local elections last year.

See https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65013652 scruss (talk) 15:03, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * We call all these articles "YEAR United Kingdom local elections". That seems a sensible approach, even if different parts of the country are voting in different years. The title does not say there are elections in Scotland or Wales: it says there are elections in the UK, and there are. Bondegezou (talk) 18:02, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Not a particularly constructive suggestion. If we were pedantic, the last seven years would have been:
 * 2016 - Bits of England
 * 2017 - Wales, Scotland, and bits of England
 * 2018 - Bits of England
 * 2019 - Northern Ireland, and bits of England
 * 2021 - Bits of England, and Police and Crime Commissioners in Wales and most of England
 * 2022 - Wales, Scotland, and bits of England
 * Just sticking with "United Kingdom" is the most sensible way to deal with this level of variance, as there is never a single year in which absolutely every local elected position is up for grabs at the same time. Nick Cooper (talk) 20:03, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

The 4 May local elections were only in England, so this article should be 2023 England local elections. The Northern Ireland local elections aren't until 18 May, and they already have their own article at 2023 Northern Ireland local elections. These are not UK-wide elections, and local politics in England and Northern Ireland are very different, so it makes sense to deal with them separately. – Asarlaí  (talk) 09:23, 9 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I recognise the logic, but the problem is that England- except for London- has such a messy and inconsistent local election system. They happen every year and are prone to cross-over with other parts of the UK, the fact that NI is two weeks later is a curious fluke. As logical as the move would be, it would be inconsistent for the average Wikipedia reader to navigate. That consistency is key as readers
 * If we were to move it, then we would have to re-work UK local election articles probably going back to the 2000. The UK articles would have to be redirects, or a disam page for the local elections.
 * As a side rant, it would be great if the city regions with metro mayors like Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham had their Mayor and councils synced so they could just have a dedicated article to the region, like London, but alas. Jonjonjohny (talk) 06:28, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 * We could definitely do better at not confusing England for the UK (why are the results and analysis for the English local elections not under the "England" section for this article? Or at least under an "England" subsection in their respective sections), but the article is not just about the 4 May elections. The article series YYYY United Kingdom local elections contains all local elections in each year. That's the best way of doing it for navigation and consistency. I don't have any particular view either way about splitting off a dedicated YYYY English local elections series that's linked to from these pages, like we do for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and London. It would be more consistent but not necessarily very helpful: all those others are all elected at once every four or five years whereas the English elections are effectively four different four-year series that are often muddled around by boundary reviews, schedule changes and piecemeal structural changes. Ralbegen (talk) 09:03, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Post-election vacancy?
In watching the results on Sky and the BBC, I saw the description "Post-election vacancy". Should this be explained in the article somewhere? 2603:6081:4:5900:58B0:381C:C428:AC4F (talk) 02:39, 13 May 2023 (UTC)