2010 United Kingdom local elections

All seats in the 32 London Boroughs were up for election. ==Metropolitan boroughs==

One third of the seats in all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs were up for election. ==Unitary authorities==

One third of the council seats were up for election in 20 unitary authorities. The elections in Stoke-on-Trent had originally been cancelled following a referendum result which decided to abolish the existing Mayor and Cabinet system of governance, with replacement elections to take place in 2011 following a review of the council by the Boundary Committee for England. However, it was later decided to hold elections to one-third of the council in 2010 as planned. ==Non-metropolitan districts==

The elections that were due to be held in Exeter and Norwich were cancelled due to structural changes. Following the 2010 general election, the structural changes were cancelled, leading to elections in both cities in September 2010 (see 2010 Exeter City Council election and 2010 Norwich City Council election). Half of council Seven district councils had half of their seats up for election. Third of council 69 district councils had one third of their seats up for election. ==Mayoral elections==

There were four mayoral elections. ==References==