Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2017

The 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to take place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. The election of the Mayor of Doncaster will also take place on the same day.[1] All 55 councillors will be elected from 21 wards which will return either two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Previously, the council was elected by thirds every year except the year in which county council elections took place in other parts of England. In 2015, the whole council was elected due to boundary changes to the wards and it was decided that the whole council would be elected every four years in future from 2017, so that the council elections would coincide with the election of the Mayor of Doncaster in future.[2]

References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. "The Borough of Doncaster (Scheme of Elections) Order 2013". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2016.


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