Submitted on Tuesday 13th January 2026
Rejected on Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
All local elections scheduled for May 2026 should go ahead as planned.
We call on the relevant Secretary of State to decline to postpone any local elections scheduled for May 2026. These elections should go ahead as planned.
In 2025 many councils saw planned elections postponed for a year to allow for local government reorganisation on the basis that they would be held in May 2026. However the government is potentially going to postpone them again. This would be undemocratic as for example some of these councillors were last elected in 2021 meaning they would be given a 6 year term that was only meant to be 4 years. To delay yet again will simply increase distrust in politics and so the elections should be held as planned.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Stop the cancellation of Local Elections to help uphold democracy
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751384
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