Local Government: Elections
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to help ensure that local elections take place in Devon in May 2027.
Answered by Alison McGovern
We received final proposals from the Devon, Plymouth and Torbay invitation area on 28 November 2025. Government will consult in the new year on proposals that meet the terms of the invitation letter of 5 February 2025 before deciding which, if any, to implement.
The government will work with areas to hold elections for new unitary councils as soon as possible as is the usual arrangement in the process of local government reorganisation. Our expectation is that elections will be held to new councils in May 2027 ahead of “go live” for the new structures in 2028.
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