Local Elections 2022: Results and analysis
This briefing analyses the results of the Local Elections which took place in England, Scotland and Wales on 5 May 2022

A briefing on the Sustainable Communities Acts (2007 and 2010), which allow local authorities and groups to propose action or legislative change to improve the economic, social or environmental well-being of their area.
The Sustainable Communities Act (1 MB , PDF)
The Sustainable Communities Act 2007 was introduced as a Private Member’s bill following a lengthy campaign by Local Works, a pressure group representing a range of organisations. The Act provides a channel whereby local people can ask central government, via their local authority, to take action which they consider will help improve the economic, social or environmental well-being of their area.
The first invitation to submit proposals took place in 2008. This resulted in a shortlist of 199 proposals. In 2010, the Government stated that they planned to implement or part-implement 37% of the proposals made.
The Sustainable Communities 2007 Act (Amendment) Act 2010 was passed shortly before the 2010 General Election, as no provision for a second round of proposals existed in the original legislation. A further invitation for proposals, with no deadline, was issued in December 2010. New regulations provided that proposals could be made direct to government, instead of having to go through a ‘selector’ (the LGA or NALC), as was the case under the original Act.
The power to submit proposals was extended to parish and town councils as of 14 October 2013.
A website, http://www.barrierbusting.communities.gov.uk, has also been set up to allow anyone, not just local authorities, to submit proposals. However, proposals from members of the public will have no formal status, nor will they have the right available to the ‘selector’ to ask Government to reconsider any proposals that it has rejected.
The Act extends to England and Wales only.
The Sustainable Communities Act (1 MB , PDF)
This briefing analyses the results of the Local Elections which took place in England, Scotland and Wales on 5 May 2022
This briefing paper explains the status of directly-elected mayors in English and Welsh local government, and the routes to establishing them, including the use of local referendums. It also includes an up-to-date list of elected mayors and statistics on previous referendums.
This briefing explains how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will work in practice, and compares it to the EU structural funding that it is intended to replace.