I've not been able to confirm this online (maybe I'm looking in the wrong places!) but I believe there are local elections every year, but they don't affect all local authorities every time....

So Council "A" has elections in 2000, 2004, 2008, Council "B" has elections in 2001, 2005, 2009, Council "C" has elections in 2002, 2006, 2010, etc. Elections in May every year, but only a quarter of local authorities participate each time.

Something like that, anyway - I'm sure someone will jump in if I've got it wrong!!!

Yep, Paul it is something like that. If you recall there was a similar query not so long ago here http://www.lifeintheuk.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=226

Further to my previous post on this topic, I found why there is confused and contradictory information in the book. It is because there is no hard and fast rule about local elections so I suppose they have given an average answer.

see this extract

COUNCILLORS represent geographical WARDS (called ELECTORAL DIVISIONS in County Councils) and serve for four years before needing to seek re-election. A ward may represented by 1, 2 or 3 councillors. County Councils, London Boroughs, and Scottish and Welsh Unitaries elect all their councillors at once, every 4 years; Metropolitan Districts elect one-third of their councillors in each of the 3 years out of 4 which are not County Election years; English Unitaries and second-tier Districts were given the choice of the two methods: 18 out of the 46 Unitiaries and 88 of the 238 Districts elect by thirds.

from this web site http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/uklocalgov/structure.htm

and you may see where all the confusion begins.

Dear Sirs

I am bit confused here. The elections for local authority councillors are held every one year or every four year ?

please help me.

m mahendran