Why there are no Local Elections in Trafford on May 1

It's a 'fallow year' in Greater Manchester

Local elections take place in England on May 1, but not in Trafford.

Council elections in Greater Manchester are held three times every four years, and a third of the council is elected each time.

This means 2025 is a ‘fallow year’ when there are no elections for the borough’s 63 councillors to contest.

Currently, the council is made up of 43 councillors from the controlling Labour group, followed by eight Conservatives, and six each for the Liberal Democrats and Greens.

Elsewhere, all seats on 14 county councils and eight unitary authorities in England will be up for election.

They will be the first local elections to follow the 2024 general election. Most of these seats were last contested at the 2021 local elections.

There will also be six mayoral elections - but not for Greater Manchester - including the inaugural elections for the mayor of Greater Lincolnshire and the mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire.

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