Smaller political parties have made their mark in the local elections this year by making gains from the leading parties. Two ...

Today's election results show the importance of local matters in campaigns Top news and views Small parties make historic gains in councils Local ...

Labour has won the inaugural East Midlands CA mayoral election after Claire Ward triumphed over Ben Bradley (Con). The result means that Labour has now ...

Melanie Williams on the need to invest in purpose build accommodation for people with complex needs.  It is "difficult" to ...

Labour has won the inaugural election for the mayor of York and North Yorkshire CA, taking an area that has been largely Tory for decades. Its candidate ...

Labour has beaten Independent candidate Jamie Driscoll to become the first mayor of the new North East CA. Kim McGuinness was almost 60,000 votes ahead of ...

Victory for Labour at the local elections in Thurrock will see the council enter an "era of genuine openness and engagement", the group leader has told LGC. Thurrock Council had a debt of around ...

Disagreements with the national Labour leadership’s stance on the war in Gaza have been blamed for the party’s surprise defeat in elections for Oldham MBC ...

Just 34% of candidates in the local election today are women, according to data analysed by the Fawcett Society and Democracy ...

Conservative candidate Ben Houchen has won a third term as mayor of the Tees Valley CA. He has won in all five of the council areas that make up the ...

Labour have won taken control of Rushmoor BC in Hampshire for the first time since the authority was created. Thirteen of the district’s 29 seats were in ...

The Local Government Association has demanded an "urgent" meeting with Michael Gove over a “lack of action” after a newspaper used Oflog data to to ...