Elections due in May are expected to go ahead despite coronavirus, officials have said, amid warnings they are likely to be among the most logistically fraught and complicated the UK has witnessed. theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
But Boris Johnson told MPs this week that while the plan was still for local and mayoral elections, some of which were postponed from last year, to happen on 6 May in England, this remained “under review”.
In England, as well as a double set of council elections, there will be ballots for London mayor and assembly, for a series of other mayors, and police and crime commissioners.
Scotland and Wales hold elections on the same day for their parliaments, and for PCCs in Wales.
Scotland and Wales hold elections on the same day for their parliaments, and for PCCs in Wales.
While Scotland’s government has left open the prospect of the Holyrood elections being staged over two to three days, to allow distancing and cleaning at polling stations, England is committed to its usual timetable [or a Sage directed u-turn?]
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