Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) will hold a Full Council meeting on Wednesday 14 January, to decide whether to ask the government to postpone the May 2026 elections to help focus on Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) or to go ahead with the elections as planned.
On 18 December, the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, Alison McGovern MP, wrote to the leaders of councils with elections in 2026.
The letter was focused on councils where proposals for LGR have been submitted and decisions have not yet been taken on which unitary councils are to be formed. HDC is one of these councils.
The letter asks councils, by midnight on Thursday 15 January, to set out their views on the postponement of elections - specifically asking local councils to ‘consider if taking this step would release essential capacity to deliver LGR in the area and so allow reorganisation to progress more effectively’.
Town and parish council elections in 2026 are not impacted and will go ahead as planned.
View the report for Full Council.