Overall, 31 million electors are able to vote in local elections tomorrow, 5th May 2011.  There are a total of 279 local authorities running elections in England.  A full list of all authorities with elections can be found in the here.  There are no council elections in Wales or in London.   Five local authorities will also be holding elections for directly elected mayors. These are Middlesborough, Mansfield, Torbay,Bedford, andLeicester

Around half of all council seats up for grabs .  Of the 9404 seats contested tomorrow, the Conservatives hold 5038, Lib Dems hold 1836, Labour holds 1598 and the remainder are held by Independents and smaller parties.  The table below shows the full breakdown by council type and by party.