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Local Council elections in England 2009

Local elections will be held in England on 4 June, the same day as voting for the European Parliament election.

A total of 34 local authorities will be holding elections: 27 county councils, two existing unitary councils and five new unitaries.

COUNTY COUNCILS - 27

Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Hertfordshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Warwickshire
West Sussex
Worcestershire

EXISTING UNITARIES - 2

Bristol Isle of Wight

NEW UNITARIES - 5

Bedford
Central Bedfordshire
Cornwall
Shropshire
Wiltshire


Cornwall, Shropshire and Wiltshire cover exactly the same areas as the old county councils they replace. Bedfordshire had been divided into two unitary areas: Bedford and Central Bedfordshire.



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