Our known election schedule over the next five years looks like this:
2025 Fallow year
2026 Local elections
2027 Local and Parish elections
2028 Local, Police & Crime Commissioner and Liverpool City Region Mayor elections
2029 Fallow year, but also last time to hold the next General election
The next scheduled election will take place on Thursday 7th May 2026.
| Election Timetable Thursday 7 May 2026 |  (pdf 45KB) |
| Notice of Election - May 7 2026 | (pdf 115KB) |
Sefton Borough & Parish Council Elections in 2027
Sefton Council Borough elections and Parish Council elections will be held on Thursday 6 May 2027.
Borough Council elections will elect one member to each of the 22 electoral wards across the borough. This will be the seat that recorded the third most votes at the whole council elections on 7th May 2026.
The winning candidate will then serve a 4-year term of office until May 2031.
Parish council elections occur every 4 years and every seat on each of the parish and town councils in Sefton will be up for re-election.