UofG Centre for Public Policy

6 May 2026: In this episode of our On the Elections podcast series, we’re looking to England and Wales, where elections are also being held on 7 May, with Professor Laura McAllister and Professor Jane Green.

In England, almost 5,000 councillors will be elected across 134 of England’s 317 councils, including all 32 London boroughs. And the Welsh Parliament – or Senedd – is also holding its elections, with a new voting system and a 50% increase in the number of Senedd members being elected.

We’re joined by Professor Jane Green, Director of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre and Co-Director of the British Election Study, and Professor Laura McAllister from Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre and one of Wales’ leading academics.

With Jane, we discuss England, from whether this election will be a test for Keir Starmer’s government, to bloc voting, how well we expect to see individual parties do from Reform UK to the Greens, and more.

And with Laura, we talk about Wales, from how the new electoral system might play out in the Senedd election, to the latest polls and frontrunners, and what has gone wrong for Welsh Labour.

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First published: 6 May 2026