[8] Ten local authorities in England required voters to provide identification as part of trial schemes.

[11][12] The result of the 2018 local elections saw the collapse of the United Kingdom Independence Party's vote, largely to the benefit of the Conservatives.

[21] Because of this longer extension, the UK participated within elections to the European Parliament in order to avoid a no-deal scenario on 1 June.

[21] In April, protests in London around Parliament Square and Westminster organised by the environmental pressure group Extinction Rebellion took place, in which activist blocked roads, bridges and glued themselves to public buildings.

[25] The Conservatives stood candidates in 96% of the available seats, Labour contested 77%, the Liberal Democrats 53%, the Green Party of England and Wales 30% and UKIP 16%.

[28] Chuka Umunna, Change UK's spokesperson, recommended voters support anti-Brexit parties like the Liberal Democrats or Greens.

Their changes saw the public procurement budget rise significantly, unemployment decrease and quality of life improve.

[34] Similarly, the Conservatives focused their campaign away from Brexit and instead on efficient local services, low council tax and green credentials.

[39] ConservativeHome interviewed ten Conservative councillors about how the campaigning had gone across the country and found a negative attitude.

[12] Defence secretary Gavin Williamson was sacked the day before the elections, which was predicted to be unhelpful for the Conservative campaign.

[48] The Liberal Democrats made the most gains of any party,[49][50] while the Greens also picked up seats with the largest percentage growth.

[52] The elections were marked by a number of spoiled ballots expressing anger toward the Brexit stances of the Conservative and Labour parties.

[54][55] Conservative peer Lord Robert Hayward projected that his party would lose at least 800 seats, with 500 to go to the Liberal Democrats and 300 to Labour.

[56] The BBC and other analysts calculated projected national vote shares from these local election results.

The BBC's estimate put Labour and the Conservatives on 28% (both down 7% from the local elections the previous year), the Liberal Democrats on 18% (up 2%) and all other parties combined on 25%.

Additionally, Curtice noted how the Green party benefited from recent climate protests across the country.

[n 5] Will Jennings, a professor at the University of Southampton analysed ward-level data and found little correlation between Labour's decline and the level of Brexit support in a ward.

[59] Simon Briscoe, statistician and director of The Data Analysis Bureau, was critical of the idea that the Liberal Democrats had experienced a surge on the scale that commentators described.

Bath and North East Somerset‡[62] Bedford Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole*[63][64] In 17 English unitary authorities one third of the council is up for election.

They replace Taunton Deane, West Somerset, Waveney, Suffolk Coastal, Forest Heath, and St Edmundsbury.

[75] Additionally, there were no elections in Adur, Cheltenham, Fareham, Gloucester, Gosport, Harrogate, Hastings, Huntingdonshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Oxford, South Cambridgeshire or Stroud.

In addition, Great Yarmouth and Wyre Forest switched from thirds to whole council elections.