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King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion (Old Norman French: Quor de Lion) because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of Cyprus; Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes; and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period.

Battle of Lundenæs

The Battle of Lundenæs (Danish: Slaget ved Lundenæs), also known as the Battle of Skjern River (Danish: Slaget ved Skjern Å) was a military engagement between Holsteinian and Jutish rebel forces on 2 May 1340 possibly at Lundenæs Castle near Skjern River in the then Holsteinian-held Jutland. The battle ended in a Jutish rebel victory and it is alleged that many Germans died in the Skirmish.

The surrender of the Acropolis of Athens to Nerio Acciaioli ends the Catalan presence in the Duchy of Athens

The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: Hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Η Ακρόπολη των Αθηνών, romanized: I Akrópoli ton Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

Uckermark War (1425–1427)

Uckermark War was a military conflict fought in Uckermark, Brandenburg, between 1425 and 2 May 1427. It was fought by Pomerania-Stettin, Pomerania-Wolgast, Pomerania-Stolp, Pomerania-Stargard, Mecklenburg-Stargard, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, and Werle, attacking the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Brandenburg, Germany

Battle of Rapallo (1495)

The battle of Rapallo was a naval battle fought on 2 May 1495, during the First Italian War, between a fleet of the Republic of Genoa under the command of Francesco Spinola and a French fleet under the command of Louis de Miolans.

Rapallo, Italy

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft

Anne Boleyn (; c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.

Battle of Glentaisie

The Battle of Glentaisie, was an Irish battle fought in the north of Ulster on 2 May 1565. The result was a victory for Shane O'Neill over the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. The conflict was a part of the political and military struggle, involving the English and occasionally the Scots, for control of northern Ireland. Although the MacDonalds were a Scottish family, based principally on the island of Islay in the Hebrides, they had long been associated with the Gaelic polity rather than the kingdom of Scotland.

Ballycastle, County Antrim, United Kingdom · Ireland

Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Lochleven Castle

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died, and she inherited the throne.

Siege of Schenckenschans (1599)

The siege of Schenkenschans was a siege that took place from 28 April to 2 May 1599 as part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. Schenkenschans was garrisoned largely by English troops and was besieged by a Spanish force led by Francisco de Mendoza. The siege failed with losses and the Spanish were forced to retreat when a relief force arrived.

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Germany

The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker

The King James Bible, widely known by the nickname King James Version (KJV) and the Authorized Version, is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England and Church of Scotland, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa

Father Afonso Mendes (18 June 1579 – 21 June 1659) was a Portuguese Jesuit theologian, and Patriarch of Ethiopia from 1622 to 1634. While E. A. Wallis Budge has expressed the commonly accepted opinion of this man, as being "rigid, uncompromising, narrow-minded, and intolerant", there are some who disagree with it. The writings of Mendes include Expeditionis Aethiopicae, which describes the customs and conditions of Ethiopia.

Siege of Trarbach

The siege of Trarbach (10 April – 2 May 1734) was conducted during the War of the Polish Succession by French troops against a garrison of troops of the Holy Roman Empire in the fortress at Trarbach in the County of Sponheim, a small principality of the Holy Roman Empire (Trarbach is now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). The French, led by Marshal Belle-Isle, were victorious, and destroyed the fortress.

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Skirmish of Loch nan Uamh

The Skirmish of Loch nan Uamh was a conflict that took place on 2 May 1746 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. It was fought by the British Royal Navy against French privateers who were supporting the Jacobite rebels.

Atlantic campaign of May 1794

The Atlantic campaign of May 1794 was a series of operations conducted by the Royal Navy's Channel Fleet against the French Navy's Atlantic Fleet, with the aim of preventing the passage of a strategically important French grain convoy travelling from the United States to France.

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Battle of Gujrat (1797)

The Battle of Gujrat (1797) was fought between the forces of the Durrani Empire led by Ahmad Khan Shahanchibashi and the Sikh forces led by various Sardars. After Zaman Shah's third failed invasion of Punjab, he left Shahanchibashi as governor of the Rohtas Fort and the region between the Jhelum and Indus rivers. Known for his oppressive rule and ambition to conquer Gujrat, Shahanchibashi faced a holy war organized by Ram Singh Bedi.

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Pakistan

Battle of Pulkkila

The Battle of Pulkkila was fought between Swedish and Russian forces near Pulkkila in Northern Ostrobothnia on 2 May 1808 during the Finnish War. At the battle of Pulkkila on 2 May 1808, Johan August Sandels marched eastwards to liberate those parts of Finland that were under Russian control. During the march they encountered some Russian troops at Pulkkila. Theses Russian troops were led by Colonel Obuhov. The Russians were soon surrounded and tried desperately to break out, but they were forced back to a nearby village where the Russians were defeated after some vicious fighting.

Pulkkila, Finland

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war started when French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807, and escalated in 1808 when France turned on Spain, its ally until then. The war on the peninsula lasted until the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon in 1814, and is regarded as one of the first wars of national liberation, significant for the emergence of large-scale guerrilla warfare.

Southern France, France

Dos de Mayo Uprising

The Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising took place in Madrid, Spain, on 2–3 May 1808. The rebellion, mainly by civilians, with some isolated military action by junior officers, was against the occupation of the city by French troops, and was violently repressed by the French Imperial forces, with hundreds of public executions.

Madrid, Spain

Siege of Brăila (1809)

The Siege of Brăila was a significant event during the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812). Between 20 April and 2 May 1809, the city of Brăila (present-day Brăila, Romania) was besieged by Russian forces under the command of Generals Alexander Prozorovsky and Mikhail Kutuzov. The siege ended in a decisive Ottoman victory, as the defending garrison successfully repelled the Russian attack.

Battle of El Maguey

The Battle of El Maguey was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 2 May 1811 at El Maguey, in the State of Aguascalientes. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown, commanded by General Miguel Emparan, and the Mexican rebels fighting for independence from the Spanish Empire, commanded by Ignacio López Rayón.

Mexico

Siege of Cuautla

The Siege of Cuautla was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred from 9 February through 2 May 1812 at Cuautla, Morelos. The Spanish royalist forces loyal to the Spanish, commanded by Félix María Calleja, besieged the town of Cuautla and its Mexican rebel defenders fighting for independence from the Spanish Empire. The rebels were commanded by José María Morelos y Pavón, Hermenegildo Galeana, and Mariano Matamoros. The battle results are disputed, but it is generally agreed that the battle resulted more favorably for the Spanish whose siege was ultimately successful with the Mexican withdrawal on 2 May 1812.

Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico · Morelos, Mexico

Battle of Lützen (1813)

In the Battle of Lützen (German: Schlacht von Großgörschen, May 2, 1813), Napoleon I of France halted the advances of the Sixth Coalition after his devastating losses in Russia. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to preempt Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked Napoleon's isolated right wing near Lützen, Germany. After a day of heavy fighting, the combined Prussian and Russian force retreated, but due to French losses and the lack of strong French cavalry, Napoleon was unable to pursue his defeated enemy.

Germany

Siege of Besançon (1814)

The siege of Besançon was an event during the War of the Sixth Coalition, which occurred in 1814 in Besançon (Franche-Comté), France. The First French Empire, commanded by Napoleon I, engaged in battles with a number of European powers in the early 1800s.

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France

1837 Chicago mayoral election

The 1837 Chicago mayoral election was held on May 2, 1837. It was the first Chicago mayoral election, taking place the same year as Chicago's incorporation as a city. Democratic candidate William B. Ogden defeated Whig incumbent Town President John H. Kinzie by a landslide 38.5 point margin. Shortly after the election Ogden was sworn in as Chicago's first mayor.

1858 Portuguese legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Portugal on 2 May 1858.

Portugal

1861 Newfoundland general election

The 1861 Newfoundland general election was held on May 2, 1861 to elect the members of the 8th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. It was triggered following the forced resignation of Premier John Kent by Governor Alexander Bannerman after Kent accused Bannerman of colluding with the Conservative Party.

Mito Rebellion

The Mito rebellion (水戸幕末争乱, Mito bakumatsu sōran), also called the Kantō Insurrection or the Tengutō Rebellion (天狗党の乱, tengutō no ran), was a civil war that occurred in the area of Mito Domain in Japan from May 2, 1864 to January 14, 1865. It involved an uprising and terrorist actions against the central power of the Shogunate in favour of the sonnō jōi ("Revere the emperor, expel the barbarians") movement.

Japan

Battle of Callao

The Battle of Callao (in Spanish, called Combate del Dos de Mayo mainly in South America ) occurred on May 2, 1866 between a Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez and the fortified battery emplacements of the Peruvian port city of Callao during the Chincha Islands War. The Spanish fleet bombarded the port of Callao (or El Callao), and eventually withdrew without any notable damage to the city structures, according to the Peruvian and American sources; or after having silenced almost all the guns of the coastal defenses, according to the Spanish accounts and French observers.

Callao, Peru

Battle of Estero Bellaco

The Battle of Estero Bellaco was one of the bloodiest battles of the Paraguayan War (1865–1870), with the Republic of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay banded together against the Paraguayan government of Marshal Francisco Solano López. This battle took place on 2 May 1866, in which the Allied army repulsed a surprise Paraguayan attack.

Paraguay

Albert Günther publishes the first study to recognise that the New Zealand tuatara is not a lizard

Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther , also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described and the third-most productive fish taxonomist with about 1600 fish species described.

Six Years' War

The Six Years' War (Spanish: Guerra de los seis años) was a civil war in the Dominican Republic which lasted from 2 May 1868 to 2 January 1874 that "constituted the third war of independence fought by the Dominican people", in this case against the administration of President Buenaventura Báez, which in 1869 negotiated the Dominican Republic's annexation to the United States.

Dominican Republic

Battle of Cut Knife

The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by a flying column of mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars near Battleford, Saskatchewan. The warriors defeated the Canadian forces, with losses on both sides.

Canada

Treaty of Wuchale

Treaty of Wuchale (or, Treaty of Ucciale; in Italian, Trattato di Uccialli) was a treaty signed by King Menelik II of Shewa, later the Emperor of Ethiopia with Count Pietro Antonelli of Italy in the town of Wuchale, Ethiopia, on 2 May 1889. The treaty ceded territories that had previously been a part of Ethiopia, namely the provinces of Bogos, Hamasien, Akkele Guzay, and Serae and is the origin of the Italian colony and modern state of Eritrea. In return, Italy promised financial assistance and military supplies.

Ethiopia

Portuguese legislative election, 1897

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 2 May 1897. Boycotted by the Portuguese Republican Party, they resulted in a victory for the Progressive Party, which won 88 seats.

Portugal

1899 Baltimore mayoral election

The 1899 Baltimore mayoral election saw Thomas Gordon Hayes defeat incumbent mayor William T. Malster by a 8,748 vote margin-of-victory. This was the first election under a new charter that extended mayoral terms from two years to four years and moved mayoral elections to May. By campaigning on a "good government" platform, Democrats managed to defeat Malster, who in his previous election had defeated Democrat Henry Williams by a 6,000 vote margin-of-victory.

1911 Baltimore mayoral election

The 1911 Baltimore mayoral election saw the election of James H. Preston.

Khost rebellion (1912)

The Khost rebellion was a rebellion in Khost that took place in 1912 in the Emirate of Afghanistan, and was the only serious crisis during the reign of Habibullah Khan. Its causes laid in the "rapacity and exactions" of Muhammad Akbar Khan, the local governor of the Khost district. The rebellion, which was led by Jehandad Khan, began on 2 May 1912, when Mangal and Jadran tribesmen in Khost, Afghanistan rose up, quickly overwhelmed various isolated garrisons, and besieged Muhammad Akbar at Matun.

Afghanistan

1915 Copa del Rey final

The 1915 Copa del Rey final was the 15th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Estadio de Amute in Irun on 2 May 1915. The match was won by Athletic Bilbao, who beat RCD Español 5–0. The star of the match was Athletic's Pichichi, who scored a hat-trick to help his side clutch a 5–0 win.

1920 Copa del Rey final

The 1920 Copa del Rey final was the 20th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at El Molinón, in Gijón, on 2 May 1920, in front of an attendance of 10,000 spectators, who saw FC Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 2–0, thus winning their fourth cup title. The goals were scored in the second-half by Vicente Martínez and Paulino Alcántara.

Gijón, Spain

Nicaraguan Civil War (1926–1927)

The Nicaraguan Civil War of 1926–1927, or the Constitutionalist War, broke out after a coup d'état by Emiliano Chamorro, a member of the Conservative Party, removed Nicaragua's democratically elected government, resulting in a rebellion by members of the Liberal Party. The conflict came to an end after a military and diplomatic intervention by the United States resulted in the Pact of Espino Negro, which began the Peace of Tipitapa.

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Nicaragua

1928 Welsh Cup final

The 1928 Welsh Cup final, the 47th in the competition, was contested by Bangor and Cardiff City at Farrar Road Stadium, Bangor. Cardiff won 2–0.

1931 Brisbane City Council election

The 1931 Brisbane City Council election was held on 2 May 1931 to elect councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane. The election resulted in 8 seats for Labor, 7 seats for Civic Reform, 3 seats for non-party progressives and 2 seats for National Citizens. The new council elected John William Greene as Lord Mayor.

1933 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 1933 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on May 2, 1933, with a run-off election on June 6, 1933. Incumbent John Clinton Porter was defeated by Frank L. Shaw, a Los Angeles County Supervisor, in the runoff election. During the election, Shaw's citizenship was questioned as his birth records could not be located. Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

1939 Baltimore mayoral election

The 1939 Baltimore mayoral election saw the reelection of Howard W. Jackson for a third consecutive and fourth overall term.

1941 Iraqi coup d'état

The 1941 Iraqi coup d'état (Arabic: ثورة رشيد علي الكيلاني, Thawrah Rašīd ʿAlī al-Kaylānī), also called the Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani coup or the Golden Square coup, was a nationalist coup d'état in Iraq on 1 April 1941 that overthrew the pro-British regime of Regent 'Abd al-Ilah and his Prime Minister Nuri al-Said and installed Sharaf bin Rajeh as Regent and Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.

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Japanese invasion of Cagayan de Oro

Japanese Invasion in Cagayan de Oro, (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa Cagayan de Oro, Cebuano: Pagsulong sa mga Hapon sa Cagayan de Oro) a military conflict during early days of World War II in the Philippines. It took place from May 6 to 12, 1942. Their main objective was to capture vital Del Monte Fields and link with Sakaguchi Detachment from the south via Sayre Highway.

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Raid on Darwin (2 May 1943)

The Japanese raid on Darwin of 2 May 1943 was a significant battle in the North Western Area Campaign of World War II. During the raid a force of over 20 Japanese bombers and Zero fighters attacked the Australian town of Darwin, Northern Territory, inflicting little damage on the ground. This attack was the 54th Japanese airstrike over Australia. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) unit responsible for protecting the town, No. 1 Wing RAAF, intercepted the Japanese force after it had completed its attack, and suffered heavy losses from the Japanese fighters, aggravated by fuel shortages.

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Battle of Berlin

The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II. After the Vistula–Oder Offensive of January–February 1945, the Red Army had temporarily halted on a line 60 km (37 mi) east of Berlin.

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Germany

Battle in Berlin

The battle in Berlin was an end phase of the Battle of Berlin. While the Battle of Berlin encompassed the attack by three Soviet fronts (army groups) to capture not only Berlin but the territory of Germany east of the River Elbe still under German control, the battle in Berlin details the fighting and German capitulation that took place within the city.

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Germany

Operation Crossbow

Crossbow was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket, which were launched against Britain from 1944 to 1945 and used against continental European targets as well. Initial intelligence investigations in 1943 into the progress of German long range weapons were carried out under the code name Bodyline.

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Germany · France · Belgium · Netherlands

Surrender at Caserta

The Surrender at Caserta (Italian: Resa di Caserta, pronounced [ˈreːza di kaˈzɛrta, ˈreːsa -, - kaˈsɛrta]) of 29 April 1945 was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of German and Italian Fascist forces in Italy, ending the Italian Campaign of World War II.

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1950 Aberdeen Corporation election

An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 2 May 1950, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. 12 of the corporation's 37 seats were up for election. The election saw the Progressives regain one seat from Labour in the Gilcomston Ward and hold a one-seat majority on the council. The overall turnout for the election was 39.4%.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Indian presidential election, 1952

The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 507,400 votes over his nearest rival K. T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.

India

1953 FA Cup final

The 1953 FA Cup final, also known as the Matthews Final, was the eighth to be held at Wembley Stadium after the Second World War. The football match was contested between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers, with Blackpool winning 4–3, equalling the record for the highest scoring FA Cup Final which had been set in the final of 1890.

United Kingdom

Coronation of Faisal II

Faisal II (Arabic: الملك فيصل الثاني, romanized: al-Malik Fayṣal al-thānī; 2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regicide marked the end of the thirty-seven-year-old Hashemite monarchy in Iraq, which then became a republic.

1954 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954. The electoral system used was the multiple non-transferable vote. The result was a landslide victory for the Democrat Party, which won 503 of the 541 seats. Voter turnout was 88.6%.

Turkey

1954 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections were held in Taiwan in 1954, the second nation-wide elections in the post-war era of Taiwan, electing all 21 mayors of cities and magistrates of counties. The election for the Provisional Taiwan Provincial Council was held alongside the local elections to elect 57 councillors.

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Taiwan

1957 Cannes Film Festival

The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held on 2-17 May 1957. The Palme d'Or went to the Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler. The festival opened with Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson.

Cannes, France

South Korean legislative election, 1958

Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 2 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 126 of the 233 seats. Voter turnout was 87.8%.

South Korea

1958 Cannes Film Festival

The 11th Cannes Film Festival took place from 2 to 18 May 1958. French writer Marcel Achard served as Jury President for the main competition. The Palme d'Or was awarded to The Cranes Are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov.

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France

Hamilton by-election, 1959

The Hamilton by-election 1959 was a by-election held in the Hamilton electorate in Hamilton in the Waikato during the term of the 32nd New Zealand Parliament, on 2 May 1959. The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Hilda Ross of the National Party on 6 March 1959. The by-election was won by Lance Adams-Schneider, also of the National Party.

New Zealand

1959 Tasmanian state election

The 1959 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1959 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The number of members were increased from this election from 30 to 35. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were elected from each of five electorates. This change was at least party due to evidence presented by Dr.

1959 Bulgarian Cup final

The 1959 Bulgarian Cup final was the 19th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Spartak Plovdiv on 2 May 1959 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 1–0.

1959 FA Cup final

The 1959 FA Cup final was contested by Nottingham Forest and Luton Town at Wembley. Forest were playing in their second FA Cup final, while Luton were making their first final appearance in their history. Forest won 2–1 to win their second title, with goals from Roy Dwight and Tommy Wilson just four minutes apart. Dave Pacey scored Luton's consolation goal.

United Kingdom

1961 Edinburgh Corporation election

Elections to Edinburgh Corporation were held on 2 May 1961, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election. However, only 16 seats were contested, as councillors were returned unopposed in seven wards. Only one seat changed hands; Corstorphine ward was gained by the Liberal Party from the Progressive Party.

Scotland, United Kingdom

1962 European Cup final

The 1962 European Cup final was a football match played at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2 May 1962 as the conclusion to the 1961–62 European Cup. The match was contested by the only two teams to have previously won the trophy – defending champions Benfica of Portugal and five-time winners Real Madrid of Spain. Benfica won the match 5–3 as they successfully defended their title.

Netherlands

Attack on USNS Card

The attack on USNS Card was a Viet Cong (VC) operation during the Vietnam War. It took place in Saigon Port in the early hours of 2 May 1964, and was mounted by commandos from the 65th Special Operations Group (Vietnamese: Đội Biệt động 65). Card was first commissioned into the United States Navy during World War II.

1964 FA Cup final

The 1964 FA Cup final was the 83rd final of the FA Cup. It took place on 2 May 1964 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between West Ham United and Preston North End. West Ham, captained by Bobby Moore and managed by Ron Greenwood, won the match 3–2 to win the FA Cup for the first time.

1964 Tasmanian state election

The 1964 Tasmanian state election was held on 2 May 1964 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were elected from each of five electorates. The Labor Party, in power since 1934, was seeking a tenth term in office, and Premier Eric Reece was contesting his second election in that role, this time against Leader of the Opposition Angus Bethune of the Liberal Party.

1967 Liberian general election

General elections were held in Liberia on 2 May 1967. In the presidential election, incumbent William Tubman of the True Whig Party was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.

Liberia

1967 Edinburgh Corporation election

An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 2 May 1967, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 24 were up for election; two in Liberton and St. Andrew's wards, and one in every other ward. After the election, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 37 Progressives, 29 Labour councillors, 2 Conservatives, and 1 Liberal. The Progressives increased their majority to five seats.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Sudanese parliamentary election, 1968

Parliamentary elections were held in Sudan between 12 April and 2 May 1968. The election followed the resignation of a third of the members of the Assembly elected in 1965. The result was a victory for the new Democratic Unionist Party, formed by a merger of the National Unionist Party and the People's Democratic Party in December 1967 and led by President Ismail al-Azhari, which won 101 of the 218 seats. Voter turnout was 61.0%. In contrast, since the last election the Umma Party had fractured, with competing wings being led by Sadiq al-Mahdi and Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi.

Sudan

Operation Maine Crag

Operation Maine Crag was a US Marine Corps, United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) operation that took place in northwest Quảng Trị Province, lasting from 15 March – 2 May 1969.

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Vietnam

ALM Flight 980

ALM Flight 980 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight that originated in John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, to Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, on May 2, 1970. After several unsuccessful landing attempts, the aircraft's fuel was exhausted, and it made a forced water landing in the Caribbean Sea 48 km (30 mi; 26 nmi) off St.

Edinburgh Corporation election, 1972

An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 2 May 1972, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election. Following the election, with two by-elections pending, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 33 Labour councillors, 21 Progressives, 9 Conservatives, and 5 Liberals. Labour did particularly well in the 1972 municipal elections across Scotland, and this was also the case in Edinburgh, where the party came close to gaining control of the council for the first time, controlling 33 of the councils 68 seats. The Liberals, with 5 seats, held the balance of power in the new council.

Scotland, United Kingdom

1972 Alabama Democratic presidential primary

A presidential primary was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on May 2, 1972 to elect delegates representing Alabama to the 1972 Democratic National Convention. To elect thirty-five of its thirty-seven pledged delegates, the state was divided into twenty-nine delegate districts based on population and Hubert Humphrey's performance in the state in 1968, which would each nominate a delegate. These twenty-nine delegates would then elect six at-large delegates.

Alabama, United States

1972 Aberdeen Corporation election

An election to the Aberdeen Corporation was held on 2 May 1972, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. 12 of the corporation's 36 seats were up for election. The election saw no change in the seat composition of the corporation, with all incumbents winning reelection, and Labour candidate George Whyte replacing Dr. Norman Hogg as a councilor from Torry.

Scotland, United Kingdom

First Battle of Quảng Trị

The First Battle of Quảng Trị (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Trị Thiên) resulted in the first major victory for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Easter Offensive of 1972. Quảng Trị Province was a major battleground for the opposing forces during the Vietnam War. As South Vietnamese soldiers were gradually replacing their American counterparts, North Vietnam's General Văn Tiến Dũng was preparing to engage three of his divisions in the province.

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Vietnam

Ealing London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Ealing Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Ealing London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Croydon London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Croydon Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Barnet London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Barnet Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Hammersmith London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Hammersmith Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Hammersmith London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Westminster City Council election, 1974

The 1974 Westminster Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Camden London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Camden Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Havering London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Havering Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went in no overall control.

United Kingdom

Islington London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Islington Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

London, United Kingdom

Hillingdon London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Hillingdon Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Hillingdon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Redbridge London Borough Council election, 1974

The 1974 Redbridge Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Redbridge London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

United Kingdom

Attack on UDR Clogher barracks

On 2 May 1974 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked a British Army base manned by the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) near the Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland border at Clogher, County Tyrone. The IRA unit engaged the small base with automatic weapons, rockets and improvised mortars. Ferret armoured cars were deployed to the scene and a fierce firefight erupted. The IRA withdrew behind the border with the Republic.

County Tyrone, United Kingdom

1974 London local elections

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 2 May 1974. Ward changes took place which increased the total number of councillors by 4 from 1,863 to 1,867. All London borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1971.

London, United Kingdom

1974 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 2 May 1974. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 18.3%.

1974 Southwark London Borough Council election

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1974. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 24.2%. This was the last local election to feature aldermen as well as councillors. Labour got all ten aldermen as well as 56 elected councillors.

Battle of Svay Rieng

The Battle of Svay Rieng was the last major offensive operation of the Vietnam War to be mounted by the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) against the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Cambodia · Vietnam

1977 Indonesian legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 2 May 1977. They were the third legislative elections since independence, and the second under the New Order regime. There were three participants; the two political parties and functional group Golkar.

Indonesia

Scottish regional elections, 1978

Regional elections were held in Scotland on Tuesday 2 May 1978, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. They saw a resurgence of support for the Labour Party, retaining control of Strathclyde and Fife and winning Central and Lothian.

Scotland, United Kingdom

1978 Shetland Islands Council election

Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 2 May 1978 as part of Scottish regional elections, with 11 seats uncontested. The election saw 14 new councillors enter the Shetland Islands Council, an unusually large number, in part attributable to the charged political context surrounding the devolution debate of the late 1970s.

Scotland, United Kingdom

1978 Highland Regional Council election

An election to Highland Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Independents win control of 37 of the councils 47 seats.

Scotland, United Kingdom

1978 Fife Regional Council election

The second election to Fife Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of the region's 42 seat council.

Scotland, United Kingdom

1978 Orkney Islands Council election

The 1978 Orkney Islands Council election, the second election to Orkney Islands Council, was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. Only independent candidates contested the election and ten seats were uncontested.

Scotland, United Kingdom

1978 Central Regional Council election

The second election to Central Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections.

1978 Borders Regional Council election

The 1978 election to Borders Regional Council took place on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. There were 23 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

1978 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election

The second Dumfries and Galloway regional council election was held on 2 May 1978, a year after the second district council elections. Turnout was down. Only 15 of the 35 wards in the region were contested.

1978 Strathclyde Regional Council election

Elections to Strathclyde Regional Council were held on Tuesday 2 May 1978, on the same day as the eight other Scottish regional elections. This was the second election to the regional council following the local government reforms in 1974. The election was the last to use the 103 electoral divisions created by the Formation Electoral Arrangements in 1974. Each electoral division elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.

1978 Grampian Regional Council election

The 1978 election to Grampian Regional Council took place on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. There were 53 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

1978 Tayside Regional Council election

The second election to Tayside Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. The election saw the Conservatives maintain their control of the region, gaining an absolute majority. Following the election, the Conservative former Lord Provost of Dundee, William K. Fitzgerald, became convener of the council.

1981 DFB-Pokal final

The 1981 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1980–81 DFB-Pokal, the 38th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 2 May 1981 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart. Eintracht Frankfurt won the match 3–1 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, to claim their 3rd cup title.

Sinking of ARA General Belgrano

The Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk on May 2, 1982, by the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War. The sinking led to the death of 323 Argentine sailors, almost half of all Argentine casualties during the conflict, and sparked controversy, as the attack occurred outside the exclusion zone established by the British government around the islands.

Falkland Islands

1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983 was held in Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi to elect 56 councillors to the Delhi Metropolitan Council. This council had no legislative powers, but only an advisory role in administration of the territory.

India

1984 Bulgarian Cup final

The 1984 Bulgarian Cup final was the 44th final of the Bulgarian Cup, and was contested between Levski Sofia and Botev Plovdiv on 2 May 1984 at Druzhba Stadium in Kardzhali. Levski won the final 1–0.

Lincolnshire County Council election, 1985

The 1985 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of 76 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council with a majority of 1, winning 39 seats.

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1985

The 1985 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council of eighty-eight members was up for election and the result was that the Labour Party retained control of the Council, winning forty-eight seats. The Conservatives won thirty-seven councillors and the SDP–Liberal Alliance made gains in terms of percentage vote share, but won just two seats.

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

1985 Norfolk County Council election

The 1985 Norfolk County Council election took place on 2 May 1985 to elect members of Norfolk County Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

1985 Suffolk County Council election

The 1985 Suffolk County Council election took place on 2 May 1985 to elect members of Suffolk County Council in Suffolk, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Suffolk, United Kingdom

1985 United Kingdom local elections

The 1985 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 2 May 1985 in England and Wales, and Wednesday 15 May 1985 in Northern Ireland. Labour had the largest share of the vote in local council elections for the first time since 1981. Both Conservatives and Labour lost some seats to the Liberal-SDP Alliance, who were rebuilding with the SDP under the leadership of David Owen and enjoying strong showings — including a brief lead — in the opinion polls.

United Kingdom

1985 Cornwall County Council election

The 1985 Cornwall County Council election for the Cornwall County Council was held on 2 May 1985, as part of the wider 1985 local elections.

Cornwall, United Kingdom

1985 Northumberland County Council election

Local elections to Northumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 2 May 1985. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council, which fell under no overall control.

Northumberland, United Kingdom

1985 Cumbria County Council election

Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 2 May 1985. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The whole council of 83 members was up for election and the Labour Party lost control of the council, which fell under no overall control.

Cumbria, United Kingdom

1985 Essex County Council election

The 1985 Essex County Council election took place on 2 May 1985 as part of the 1985 United Kingdom local elections. 98 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Essex, United Kingdom

1985 Ontario general election

The 1985 Ontario general election was held on May 2, 1985, to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada. The Progressive Conservatives won the most seats, but came short of a majority, and lost the popular vote to the Liberals. This left the NDP with the balance of power in the 33rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Canada

1985 East Sussex County Council election

The 1985 East Sussex County Council election took place on 2 May 1985 to elect members to East Sussex County Council in East Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

1985 Hertfordshire County Council election

The 1985 Hertfordshire County Council election took place on 2 May 1985 to elect members of Hertfordshire County Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

1986 Soviet Cup final

The 1986 Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on May 2, 1986. The match was the 45th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Shakhtar Donetsk. The Soviet Cup winner Torpedo won the cup for the sixth time.

1986 European Cup Winners' Cup final

The 1986 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Atlético Madrid of Spain and FC Dynamo Kyiv of the Soviet Union. It was the final match of the 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 26th competition final. The final game was held at Stade de Gerland in Lyon, France. Kyiv won the match 3–0 thanks to goals by Aleksandr Zavarov, Oleg Blokhin and Vadim Yevtushenko.

France

Operation Law and Order

Operation Law and Order was a 1988 Israeli military operation against a Hezbollah base in the village of Maydoun.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Lebanon

1990 Soviet Cup final

The 1990 Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on 2 May 1990. The match was the 49th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Dynamo Kyiv (I tier) and FC Lokomotiv Moscow (II tier). The Soviet Cup winner Dynamo qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round for the Soviet Union.

1990 Cupa României final

The 1990 Cupa României final was the 52nd final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Dinamo București and Steaua București, and was won by Dinamo București after a game with ten goals. It was the seventh cup for Dinamo București.

Battle of Borovo Selo

The Battle of Borovo Selo on 2 May 1991 (known in Croatia as the Borovo Selo massacre, Croatian: Pokolj u Borovom Selu and in Serbia as the Borovo Selo incident, Serbian: Инцидент у Боровом Селу) was one of the first armed clashes in the conflict which became known as the Croatian War of Independence. The clash was precipitated by months of rising ethnic tensions, violence, and armed combat in Pakrac and at the Plitvice Lakes in March. The immediate cause for the confrontation in the heavily ethnic Serb village of Borovo Selo, just north of Vukovar, was a failed attempt to replace a Yugoslav flag in the village with a Croatian one by four Croatian policemen.

Borovo, Croatia, Croatia

Bristol City Council election, 1991

The 1991 Bristol City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Windmill Hill due to an extra vacancy occurring. There was a general swing against the Conservatives.

England, United Kingdom

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1991

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 1991. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1995. The Conservative party retained overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Manchester City Council election, 1991

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 1991. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1995. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

England, United Kingdom

Sheffield City Council election, 1991

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 2 May 1991. One third of the council was up for election. Since the previous election, Richard Old had defected from the Conservatives, sitting as an Independent Conservative. His failure to win re-election for the Ecclesall ward returned them to 11 seats.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Basildon District Council election

The 1991 Basildon District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1987. An addition seat was up for election in Fryerns Central ward.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Peterborough City Council election

The 1991 Peterborough City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

1991 East Northamptonshire District Council election

The 1991 East Northamptonshire District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of East Northamptonshire District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council which it had held since the council's creation in 1973.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Epping Forest District Council election

The 1991 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex, England. 20 members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex were elected. The council remained under Conservative majority control.

Essex, United Kingdom

1991 Cardiff City Council election

The 1991 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 to the district council of Cardiff in South Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in Wales and England. The Labour Party regained a majority on Cardiff City Council, after sharing government for the previous four years. The previous Cardiff City Council election took place in 1987.

Wales, United Kingdom

1991 Mid Suffolk District Council election

The 1991 Mid Suffolk District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Mid Suffolk District Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Suffolk, United Kingdom

1991 Breckland District Council election

The 1991 Breckland District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Breckland District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

1991 York City Council election

The 1991 York City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of York City Council in North Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Welsh local elections

Local elections in Wales were held on 2 May 1991 to elect members to the 37 district councils. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections to the upper-tier counties were held in 1989, while the previous election to the second-level districts were held in 1987.

Wales, United Kingdom

1991 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election

The 1991 King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

1991 Harlow District Council election

The 1991 Harlow District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since the council's creation in 1973.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Erewash Borough Council election

Elections to Erewash Borough Council were held on 2 May 1991 as part of nationwide local elections. The election saw the Labour Party gain control of the Council for the first time since 1976.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Uttlesford District Council election

The 1991 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Essex, United Kingdom

1991 Thurrock Borough Council election

The 1991 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Essex, United Kingdom

1991 Stevenage Borough Council election

The 1991 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1987. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Worthing Borough Council election

The 1991 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

West Sussex, United Kingdom

1991 Chester City Council election

The 1991 Chester City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Cheshire, United Kingdom

1991 Cambridge City Council election

The 1991 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

1991 Exeter City Council election

The 1991 Exeter City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Devon, United Kingdom

1991 North Norfolk District Council election

The 1991 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of North Norfolk District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Wansdyke District Council election

The 1991 Wansdyke Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 to elect councillors to Wansdyke District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. These were the final elections of the district council, before its abolition on 1 April 1996 when it was merged with Bath City Council to form Bath and North East Somerset Council.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Chelmsford Borough Council election

The 1991 Chelmsford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Chelmsford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Essex, United Kingdom

1991 Bath City Council election

The 1991 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Bathwick due to an extra vacancy occurring.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Bournemouth Borough Council election

The 1991 Bournemouth Borough Council election was held on 2 May 1991 to elect members to Bournemouth Borough Council in Dorset, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives lost control of the council to No overall control, with the Liberal Democrats (the successor to the Alliance) emerging as the largest party and one seat away from a majority.

Dorset, United Kingdom

1991 United Kingdom local elections

The 1991 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 2 May 1991. The results were a setback for the governing Conservative Party, who were left with their lowest number of councillors since 1973, though their popular vote was an improvement from the 1990 local elections. This was the first electoral test for Prime Minister and Conservative leader John Major, who had taken the helm from Margaret Thatcher in November 1990.

United Kingdom

1991 Tendring District Council election

The 1991 Tendring District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Tendring District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. At the election, the Liberal Democrats emerged as the largest party on the council for the first time since its creation in 1973. The Conservatives fell to second placed and Labour recovered their position to become the third largest party.

Essex, United Kingdom

1991 Braintree District Council election

The 1991 Braintree District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Essex, United Kingdom

1991 Corby District Council election

The 1991 Corby District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Corby District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, which it had held since 1979.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 1991 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Essex, United Kingdom

1991 Reading Borough Council election

The 1991 Reading Borough Council election was held on 2 May 1991, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election. Since the previous election in 1990, the Conservative group on the council had split, with councillors Hamza Fuad and Pam Fuad forming their own independent group, the "Thames Conservatives", reducing the official Conservative numbers from 13 to 11.

Berkshire, United Kingdom

1991 Horsham District Council election

The 1991 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives retained control of the council with a reduced majority. The Liberal Democrats gained a net total of 7 and Independent candidates had 2 councillors elected.

England, United Kingdom

1991 West Dorset District Council election

The 1991 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election. District boundary changes took place before the election but the number of seats remained the same.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Plymouth City Council election

The 1991 Plymouth City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party, who had held it since its creation in 1973.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 1991, with one third of the council up for election. Prior to the election, the defending councillor in Penistone West had changed their affiliation from Residents to Independent, ending the Residents presence on the council that had endured since its creation in 1973. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

The 1991 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991, to elect all 40 members in 19 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections as part of the 1991 United Kingdom local elections. For the first time since 1979, opposition parties re-entered the council at an all-out council election, but the Conservative Party still managed to secure a landslide victory.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Derby City Council election

The 1991 Derby City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1991. This was on the same day as other local elections. 15 of the council's 44 seats were up for election. The council, which had previously been under Conservative control, fell under no overall control with the Conservatives and Labour holding exactly half the seats each.

England, United Kingdom

1991 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 2 May 1991. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

1991 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 2 May 1991. All 53 seats were up for election.

1991 City of Lincoln Council election

The 1991 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 2 May 1991. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1987. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election

The 1991 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 1991, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council. The Conservatives made a net loss of three seats, and only narrowly retained their majority on the council.

1991 Ipswich Borough Council election

The 1991 Ipswich Borough Council election was an election to the Ipswich Borough Council under the arrangement, whereby a third of the councillors were to stand for election, each time. It took place as part of the 1991 United Kingdom local elections. There were 16 wards each returning one councillor plus one bye-election for Town Ward. The Labour Party retained control of the Council.

United Kingdom

1995 East Northamptonshire District Council election

The 1995 East Northamptonshire District Council election took place on 2 May 1995 to elect members of East Northamptonshire District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. This was the first election to be held under new ward boundaries. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council for the first and only time in the council's history.

England, United Kingdom

1995 Las Vegas mayoral election

The 1995 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on May 2, 1995, to elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Mayor Jan Laverty Jones was reelected. With Jones winning a majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff was needed.

Las Vegas, United States

Zagreb rocket attacks

The Zagreb rocket attacks were two rocket attacks conducted by the Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina that used multiple rocket launchers to strike the Croatian capital of Zagreb during the Croatian War of Independence. The attack killed seven and wounded over 200 Croatian and foreign civilians. The missile attack was carried out on 2 May and 3 May 1995 as retaliation for the Croatian army's offensive in Operation Flash.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

1995 Denver mayoral election

The 1995 Denver mayoral election took place on took place on June 6, 1995, following a primary election on May 2, 1995. Incumbent Mayor Wellington Webb ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged by City Councilwoman Mary DeGroot, City Auditor Bob Crider, and attorney John Frew. Webb's administration supervised the construction of the Denver International Airport, but repeated delays in the airport's opening attracted criticism in the lead-up to the 1995 election.

This entry records the primary, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 1996

The eleventh legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 2 May 1996. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led front won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the chief minister.This was his fourth term in office. S.Balakrishnan, also known as So.Balakrishnan, of Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) became the Leader of the Opposition. The incumbent Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) government was defeated in a landslide with its leader and outgoing chief minister J. Jayalalitha losing the election from the Bargur constituency.

India

Stevenage Borough Council election, 1996

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. The council was one of a number where the Conservatives lost their last seats.

England, United Kingdom

Manchester City Council election, 1996

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2000. There were also two vacancies being contested; one in Blackley and the other in Woodhouse Park. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

England, United Kingdom

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1996

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 1996. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2000. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council, from no overall control.

England, United Kingdom

1996 Exeter City Council election

The 1996 Exeter City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Devon, United Kingdom

1996 Derby City Council election

The 1996 Derby City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1996. This was on the same day as other local elections. This election was held ahead of Derby City Council becoming a unitary authority on 1 April 1997.

England, United Kingdom

1996 Basildon District Council election

The 1996 Basildon District Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control, for the first time since 1991.

England, United Kingdom

1996 Epping Forest District Council election

The 1996 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex, England. 20 members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex were elected, alongside one by-election in Loughton Roding. The council remained in no overall control allowing Labour, as the largest party, to join into a coalition with the Liberal Democrats who had experiences significant gains and beat the Conservatives into third place across the district in terms of seats.

Essex, United Kingdom

1996 Reading Borough Council election

The 1996 Reading Borough Council election was held on 2 May 1996, at the same time as other local elections across England. Sixteen of the 45 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (15 seats) plus a by-election in Redlands ward, where Labour councillor Tony Jones had resigned.

Berkshire, United Kingdom

1996 Colchester Borough Council election

The 1996 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members to Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. They were held on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Liberal Democrats maintained their majority on the council. The Labour Party made a net gain of 4 seats to displace the Conservatives as the official opposition.

Essex, United Kingdom

1996 Harlow District Council election

The 1996 Harlow District Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since the council's creation in 1973.

England, United Kingdom

1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

1996 Peterborough City Council election

The 1996 Peterborough City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

1996 Cambridge City Council election

The 1996 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

1996 Rochford District Council election

Elections to Rochford Council were held on 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election.

Essex, United Kingdom

1996 Chester City Council election

The 1996 Chester City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Cheshire, United Kingdom

1996 Worthing Borough Council election

The 1996 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

West Sussex, United Kingdom

1996 United Kingdom local elections

The 1996 United Kingdom local elections were held on 2 May 1996. They were the last local elections until 2010 to show a decline in the number of Conservative councillors and an increase in the number of Labour councillors. The main opposition Labour Party gained 468 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 10,929. Their share of the vote was projected to be 43%, 4% down on the 1995 local elections.

United Kingdom

1996 North Hertfordshire District Council election

The 1996 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 1996 at the same time as other local elections across England. There were 18 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Hitchin Oughton ward. The council had previously been under no overall control, being led by a Labour minority administration with some support from the Liberal Democrats.

1996 City of Lincoln Council election

The 1996 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 2 May 1996. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

1996 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party achieved overall control of the council.

1996 Ipswich Borough Council election

The 1996 Ipswich Borough Council election was an election to the Ipswich Borough Council under the arrangement, whereby a third of the councillors were to stand for election, each time. It took place as part of the 1996 United Kingdom local elections. There were 16 wards each returning one councillor plus three bye-elections, one each for Chantry, Stoke Park and Town Wards.

United Kingdom

Accession of Tony Blair

Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, held shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007.

Taranaki-King Country by-election, 1998

The Taranaki-King Country by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Taranaki-King Country, a large and predominantly rural district in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It took place on 2 May 1998, and was precipitated by the resignation from parliament of sitting MP Jim Bolger. Bolger was retiring from politics, having recently been replaced as Prime Minister by Jenny Shipley. The by-election was contested by all major parties. It was won by Shane Ardern, a member of Bolger's National Party, although Ardern gained a majority of only 988 votes.

New Zealand

1998 Coupe de France final

The 1998 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on 2 May 1998, that saw Paris SG defeat RC Lens 2-1 thanks to goals by Raí and Marco Simone. Vladimír Šmicer scored for the Division 1 champion which could not enjoy two successes in a single season. This final was also the first ever played in the newly-built Stade de France.

Panamanian general election, 1999

The Republic of Panama held a general election on 2 May 1999, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly.

Panama

1999 Dallas mayoral election

The 1999 Dallas mayoral election took place on May 2, 1999, to elect the mayor of Dallas, Texas. The race was officially nonpartisan. It saw the reelection of Ron Kirk, who won the election by taking a majority in the initial round of voting, thereby negating the need for a runoff to be held.

2000 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary

The 2000 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on May 2, 2000, as one of 3 contests scheduled in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election, following the Alaska caucus the weekend before. The North Carolina primary was a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 103 delegates towards the 2000 Democratic National Convention, of which 86 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

North Carolina, United States

2000 Indiana Democratic presidential primary

The 2000 Indiana Democratic presidential primary took place on May 2, 2000, as one of 3 contests scheduled in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election, following the Alaska caucus the weekend before.

Indiana, United States

2000 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary

The 2000 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary took place on May 2, 2000, as one of 3 contests scheduled in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election, following the Alaska caucus the weekend before.

District of Columbia, United States

2000 Anchorage mayoral election

The 2000 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 4 and May 2, 2000, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of George Wuerch. Incumbent mayor Rick Mystrom was term-limited. Proposition 10, passed in 1999, required mayoral candidates to receive 50% of the votes cast in a race to avoid a runoff.

Winchester City Council election, 2002

The 2002 Winchester Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The boundary changes were the first since the 1970s and they saw the number of seats increased by 2. The results saw the Liberal Democrats stay in overall control of the council after retaining 35 seats on the council. However the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Sabine, lost his seat in New Alresfords ward.

England, United Kingdom

Worthing Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party. Overall turnout was 30.67%. After the previous election in 2000 the Conservatives had controlled the council with 20 seats compared to the Liberal Democrats 16. 12 seats were up for election in 2002 with the Liberal Democrats needing to gain 2 seats to make Worthing a hung council.

West Sussex, United Kingdom

Manchester City Council election, 2002

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 2002. One third of the council - alongside a vacancy in Moss Side - was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place in that year. The Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour". Overall turnout rose to 24.4% and the Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

England, United Kingdom

Southwark London Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 elections to Southwark Council were held in the London Borough of Southwark, England, on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election, with boundary changes since the last election in 1998, reducing the number of seats by one. There were 63 seats in 21 wards. The Council moved from Labour controlled to no overall control, with a minority Liberal Democrat executive. Turnout was 26.2%. Southwark local elections are held every four years, with the next held in 2006.

England, United Kingdom

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

Essex, United Kingdom

City of Lincoln Council election, 2002

Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.

England, United Kingdom

Basildon District Council election, 2002

The 2002 Basildon District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The council stayed under no overall control.

England, United Kingdom

Havant Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Havant Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

England, United Kingdom

Sheffield City Council election, 2002

Sheffield City Council elections took place on 2 May 2002. One third of seats were up for election. Since the previous election, the Liberal Democrats and Labour had each suffered one defection - Ronald Shepherd left the Labour grouping to sit as an Independent and Lib Dem Matthew Dixon defected, firstly as an Independent and then to the Conservatives.

England, United Kingdom

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Basingstoke and Deane Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 3. The council stayed under no overall control.

England, United Kingdom

Fareham Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Fareham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 11. The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Hart District Council election, 2002

The 2002 Hart Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

England, United Kingdom

Enfield London Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Enfield Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Enfield London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 3. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.

England, United Kingdom

Islington London Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Islington Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 4. The Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Ipswich Borough Council election, 2002

Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour party kept overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Stevenage Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Stevenage Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 32.16% (47,091 voters of an electorate of 146,407). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.

West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Epping Forest District Council election, 2002

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The council stayed under no overall control.

England, United Kingdom

Harlow District Council election, 2002

The 2002 Harlow District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 9. The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

England, United Kingdom

Bristol City Council election, 2002

The 2002 Bristol City Council election took place on 2 May 2002, on the same day as other local elections. Despite suffering some losses, the Labour Party managed to retain a slim majority.

England, United Kingdom

Havering London Borough Council election, 2002

Elections for Havering London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year for three of the four years. Gains or losses of seats are not applicable in this election due to the reduction of seats from the last election in 1998.

United Kingdom

Barnet London Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Barnet Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Colchester Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2002 local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, every seat was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Essex, United Kingdom

Brent London Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 3. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 31.8%.

England, United Kingdom

United Kingdom local elections, 2002

Local elections took place in many parts of England on 2 May 2002. All London borough council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs. Many unitary Authorities and District councils also had elections. There were no local elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The Conservatives, now led by Iain Duncan-Smith, enjoyed a narrow lead over Labour in terms of votes.

United Kingdom

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 52.3%.

England, United Kingdom

Gosport Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Gosport Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 4. The council stayed under no overall control.

England, United Kingdom

Derby City Council election, 2002

The 2002 Derby City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes since the last election in 2000 had increased the number of seats by 7. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Camden London Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Camden Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 5. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

2002 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 2002 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2002 United Kingdom local elections. The whole council was elected due to changes to ward boundaries following an electoral review by the Boundary Committee for England.

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

2002 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

The 2002 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council, despite winning fewer votes than the Conservative party.

England, United Kingdom

2002 Reading Borough Council election

The 2002 Reading Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2002, at the same time as other local elections across England. Sixteen of the 45 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (15 seats) plus a by-election in Redlands ward, where Labour councillor Rajinder Sohpal had resigned.

Berkshire, United Kingdom

2002 Exeter City Council election

The 2002 Exeter City Council election took place on 2 May 2002, to elect members of Exeter City Council in England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held since 1995.

England, United Kingdom

2002 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2002 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2002 as part of the wider local elections. Twenty-one seats were up for election across every ward in Stockport and it resulted in the Liberal Democrats having a majority of seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats held this majority until the 2011 local elections.

United Kingdom

2002 Slough Borough Council election

The 2002 Slough Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2002, at the same time as other local elections across England. Fourteen of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (13 seats) plus a by-election in Stoke ward, following the death of Liberal councillor James Moore.

United Kingdom

2002 Chester City Council election

The 2002 Chester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Cheshire, United Kingdom

2002 Bexley London Borough Council election

The 2002 Bexley Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.

England, United Kingdom

2002 Cambridge City Council election

The 2002 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

United Kingdom

2002 Hillingdon London Borough Council election

The 2002 Hillingdon London Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of the Hillingdon London Borough Council. In this election, the number of seats was reduced by four because of boundary changes. The election resulted in no overall control by any single party.

London, United Kingdom

2002 Westminster City Council election

The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect 60 members of Westminster City Council. It resulted in a Conservative majority.

United Kingdom

2002 Redbridge London Borough Council election

lElections for Redbridge Council in London were held on 2 May 2002. It was a part of the wider 2002 London local elections. The Conservatives won 43% of the vote in the borough. The turnout was 34.26%, a decrease from the 36% seen in the 1998 London local elections.

London, United Kingdom

2002 London local elections

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 2 May 2002. Ward changes took place in every borough, following a series of reviews and 32 statutory instruments which reduced the total number of councillors by 56 from 1,917 to 1,861. All London borough council seats were up for election.

London, United Kingdom

2002 Harrow London Borough Council election

Elections for Harrow London Borough Council in London were held on 2 May 2002. It was a part of the wider 2002 London local elections. The Conservatives won 50.4% of the vote in the borough. The turnout was 31.5%.

London, United Kingdom

2002 Ealing London Borough Council election

Elections for Ealing Council in London were held on 2 May 2002. The 2002 United Kingdom local elections took place on the same day. All 69 seats in the council was up for election, with three seats in each of the electoral wards. Labour Party retained their control of the majority with 48 seats.

London, United Kingdom

2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002 to elect members to the council. All seats were up for election following boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council, but lost 5 seats. Overall turnout was 22.76%.

2002 Newham London Borough Council election

Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 25.49%. Labour won all but one seat. The sole opposition councillor was Alan Craig of the Christian Peoples Alliance.

2002 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 12. The Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

2002 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

2002 Daventry District Council election

Elections to Daventry District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 35%.

2002 Merton London Borough Council election

Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 2 May 2002. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. These elections were held under new ward boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to sixty from fifty-seven. Labour remained in overall control of the council with a reduced majority.

2002 Portsmouth City Council election

Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 3. The council stayed under no overall control, with the Conservatives as the largest party with 15 seats.

2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election

Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes reducing the number of councillors by one since the last election in 1998. Labour despite having the largest number of votes with 36.6% of the vote, it still lost 13 seats, while the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party gained seats, resulting in Labour losing control of the council and no party having a majority.

2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election

The 2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 2002, at the same time as other local elections across England. 18 of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Royston Heath ward.

2002 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

Elections to Waltham Forest Council were held in May 2002. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 1998 election. These elections were the first held on new ward boundaries which increased the total number of Councillors by 3, from 57 to 60. Waltham Forest local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2006.

2002 Sutton London Borough Council election

The 2002 Sutton London Borough Council election was a local election for the representation of the Sutton district in London. It was a part of the 2002 London local elections. The Liberal Democrats won 49.1% of the vote in the district which was their most successful district of that election, and the only district which they retained control of since the previous 1998 London local elections.

Stu Hart's 88th Birthday Celebration

The Stu Hart's 88th Birthday Celebration (also called Stampede Wrestling 50th Anniversary Show) was a professional wrestling supercard produced by the Stampede Wrestling promotion that took place on May 2, 2003, at the Ogden Legion Hall in Calgary, Alberta. It was initially to be held at the Victoria Pavilion, however, the event was later moved to another venue.

Calgary, Canada

Both these newspapers and the Liberty Times, the "big three" in Taiwanese journalism, initially blocked Apple Daily first published on 2 May 2003

Apple Daily (Chinese: 蘋果日報; pinyin: Píngguǒ Rìbào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pîn-kó Ji̍t-pò) was a Chinese-language tabloid published in Taiwan, known for its sensational headlines, paparazzi photographs, and animated news videos. The paper was owned by Next Digital (fka Next Media), which published an eponymous newspaper in Hong Kong. Next Digital filed for liquidation in September 2021, and a Hong Kong court ordered the winding-up of the company in December 2021.

Panamanian general election, 2004

The Republic of Panama held a general election on Sunday, 2 May 2004, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly.

Panama

Yelwa massacre

The Yelwa massacre was a series of related incidents of religious violence between Muslims and Christians which took place in Yelwa, Nigeria between February and May 2004. These incidents killed over 700 people. The first wave occurred on 4 February 2004 when armed men attacked Christians in Yelwa, killing more than 78, including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound.

The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa, Nigeria. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2.

2005 FA Women's Cup final

The 2005 FA Women's Cup Final was the 35th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the 12th final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA) and was known as the FA Women's Cup Final in partnership with Nationwide for sponsorship reasons. The final was contested between Charlton Athletic and Everton on 2 May 2005.

2006 Ukrainian Cup final

The 2006 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that took place at the Olympic NSC on 2 May 2006. The match was the 15th Ukrainian Cup final, and it was contested by Metalurh Zaporizhzhia and Dynamo Kyiv. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the Cup final.

Mayoral elections in Norfolk, Virginia

Mayoral elections in Norfolk, Virginia are held every four years to elect the mayor of Norfolk, Virginia. The Norfolk mayor has been elected by popular vote since 2006. All Norfolk municipal elections are required to be non-partisan, but most candidates can be affiliated with political parties. The elections occur in line with presidential election years after shifting from midterm years in 2016.

Bahamian general election, 2007

General elections were held in the Bahamas on 2 May 2007. The result was an opposition victory, with the Free National Movement, led by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, claiming 23 of the 41 seats. Incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie conceded defeat in a phone call to his rival. Ingraham was sworn into the office of Prime Minister on 4 May. The Progressive Liberal Party was expected to win re-election until the Anna Nicole Smith scandal, when Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson, a PLP Member or Parliament was accused of cozying up to the former playmate by fast-tracking residency for her and Howard K.

The Bahamas

Cyclone Nargis

Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis (Burmese: နာဂစ်) was an extremely deadly and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar during early May 2008. The cyclone made landfall in Myanmar on 2 May 2008, sending a storm surge 40 kilometres up the densely populated Irrawaddy delta, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 138,373 fatalities.

World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 8

World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 8 was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Victory Road. It took place on May 2, 2009 and featured the second round of WVR's 2009 Featherweight Grand-Prix.

Tokyo, Japan

2009 Greek Football Cup final

The 2009 Greek Cup final was the 65th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 May 2009 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' nineteenth Greek Cup final in their 85-year history and Olympiacos' thirty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 84 years of existence.

2009 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 2 May 2009. The three seats up for election were Derwent, held by Labor MLC Michael Aird; Mersey, held by retiring independent MLC Norma Jamieson; and Windermere, held by independent MLC Ivan Dean. These seats were last contested in 2003.

2009 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election

In 2009, the Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership election to choose a successor to Stéphane Dion. The election was prompted by Dion's announcement that he would not lead the party into another election, following his party's defeat in the 2008 federal election in Canada. The Liberals had won 77 seats, maintaining its role as Official Opposition, but only captured just slightly over 26% of the total votes, their lowest percentage in the party's history to that date.

Canada

Canadian federal election, 2011

The 2011 Canadian federal election (formally the 41st Canadian general election) was held Monday, May 2, 2011, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 41st Canadian Parliament. The writs of election for the 2011 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on March 26. Prime Minister Stephen Harper advised the Governor General to dissolve parliament after the House of Commons passed a motion of non-confidence against the government, finding it to be in contempt of parliament. A few days before, the three opposition parties had rejected the government's proposed budget.

Canada

2011 Canadian federal election in Quebec

In the 2011 Canadian federal election, there were 75 members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons from the province of Quebec, making up 24.4% of all members of the House.

Hungarian presidential election, 2012

An early indirect presidential election was held in Hungary on 2 May 2012, following the resignation of Pál Schmitt as President of Hungary on 2 April 2012. János Áder was elected President with an absolute majority.

Hungary

Lancashire County Council election, 2013

An election to Lancashire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 84 councillors were elected from single-member electoral divisions by first-past-the-post for a four-year term of office. Electoral divisions were the same as those at the previous election in 2009. Elections were held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities in a similar way to Greater Manchester and most of Merseyside. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council, instead overtaken in number of seats by the Labour Party, without any absolute majority.

England, United Kingdom

Northamptonshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Northamptonshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. Following a boundary review, the number of county councillors was reduced from 73 to 57 from this election. All members were elected by first-past-the-post voting from single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term of office. The Conservative Party held on to their overall majority, having held overall control of the council since 2005. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Leicestershire County Council election, 2013

An election to Leicestershire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 55 councillors were elected from 52 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The Conservatives held control of the council with a reduced majority of 5 seats. Despite a strong challenge from UKIP, the party only gained 2 seats (including one where the sitting Conservative councillor had previously defected to UKIP) whilst the Liberal Democrats lost one seat and Labour recouped some of their 2009 losses, gaining 6 seats.

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Hampshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Hampshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 78 councillors were elected from 75 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those of the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Portsmouth and Southampton, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. The election saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council, with a reduced majority of five councillors.

Hampshire, United Kingdom

Lincolnshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Lincolnshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 77 electoral divisions returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in North Lincolnshire or North East Lincolnshire, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Surrey County Council election, 2013

The Surrey County Council election, 2013 took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 81 electoral divisions returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a review, new electoral division boundaries were introduced for this election, increasing the number of councillors from 80 to 81. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

England, United Kingdom

Gloucestershire County Council election, 2013

Elections to Gloucestershire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 53 electoral divisions elected one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. No elections were held in South Gloucestershire, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. Control of the council went from the Conservative Party to no party having overall control. Turnout across the county was 32% with 151,250 votes cast. The Conservatives gained most votes in four of the six parliamentary seats, the Liberal Democrats coming first in Cheltenham and UKIP in the Forest of Dean.

England, United Kingdom

Staffordshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Staffordshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 62 electoral divisions returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a boundary review, new electoral division boundaries were established for this election. No elections were held in Stoke-on-Trent, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The council continues to be administered on the Leader and Cabinet model. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Staffordshire, United Kingdom

North Yorkshire County Council election, 2013

An election to North Yorkshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 72 councillors were elected from 68 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The four divisions which elected two members were Harrogate Bilton & Nidd Gorge, Harrogate Central, Knaresborough, and Selby Barlby. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

Hertfordshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Hertfordshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 77 electoral divisions elected one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

England, United Kingdom

West Sussex County Council election, 2013

The West Sussex County Council election, 2013 took place on 2 May 2013, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. All 71 electoral divisions were up for election, which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. At this election, the Conservative Party was seeking to retain overall control of the council, and the Liberal Democrats to maintain their position as the main opposition party. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

West Sussex, United Kingdom

Dorset County Council election, 2013

An election to Dorset County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections. 45 councillors were elected from 42 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Bournemouth or Poole, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the council.

Dorset, United Kingdom

Cambridgeshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 69 councillors were elected from 60 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Peterborough, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council.

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Buckinghamshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Buckinghamshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 49 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a boundary review, the size of the council was reduced from 57 to 49 members for this election. No elections were held in Milton Keynes, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The council continues to be administered on the Leader and Cabinet model. The Conservative Party won a reduced majority on the council.

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

United Kingdom local elections, 2013

The 2013 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 2 May 2013. Elections were held in 35 English councils: all 27 non-metropolitan county councils and eight unitary authorities, and in one Welsh unitary authority. Direct mayoral elections took place in Doncaster and North Tyneside. These elections last took place on the 4 June 2009 at the same time as the 2009 European Parliament Elections, except for County Durham, Northumberland and the Anglesey where elections last took place in 2008. On the same day a parliamentary by-election took place in the North East constituency of South Shields following the departure of David Miliband, with the Labour Party retaining the seat.

United Kingdom

Isle of Wight Council election, 2013

The 2013 Isle of Wight Council election was held on 2 May 2013 to elect all 40 members for a four-year term to the Isle of Wight Council, a unitary authority which governs the Isle of Wight. Going into the election, the Conservative Party was looking to gain a third term in power after first being elected to overall control in 2005, but in one of the shock results of the wider local elections being held in the country, the Conservatives lost overall control of the council, having been reduced to 15 seats, 6 short of a majority of 21.

Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Derbyshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Derbyshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. Following the final draft of the 2012 electoral review, 64 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. No elections were held in the City of Derby, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Labour Party won back control of the council by a landslide victory, taking forty-two of the authority's sixty-four seats.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Cumbria County Council election, 2013

An election to Cumbria County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. All 84 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following an electoral review carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, newly drawn electoral divisions were used without change in the number of county councillors. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Cumbria, United Kingdom

Oxfordshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Oxfordshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 63 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a boundary review, the electoral divisions were not the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council as the party found itself one seat short of an overall majority.

England, United Kingdom

Durham County Council election, 2013

An election to Durham County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. Following a boundary review, 126 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which returned either one, two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The previous election took place in 2008 in advance of the council becoming a unitary authority after the 2009 changes to local government. The election saw the Labour Party increase their majority on the council.

England, United Kingdom

South Shields by-election, 2013

The South Shields by-election was a by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Shields. It was triggered by the resignation of David Miliband, the previous Member of Parliament (MP) and former Shadow Foreign Secretary, who had held the seat for Labour since 2001. The by-election took place on 2 May 2013, coinciding with local elections across England. The by-election was won by Emma Lewell-Buck of the Labour Party with 50.4% of the vote. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) came second with 24.2%, with the Conservatives dropping to third with 11.5%.

United Kingdom

Suffolk County Council election, 2013

Elections to Suffolk County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 75 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. Labour and the Conservatives were the only parties with candidates standing in all sixty-three electoral divisions. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Suffolk, United Kingdom

Worcestershire County Council election, 2013

An election to Worcestershire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 57 councillors were elected from 53 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council with a significantly reduced majority of just 2 seats. All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Essex County Council election, 2013

An election to Essex County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 75 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Thurrock or Southend-on-Sea, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Essex, United Kingdom

Somerset County Council election, 2013

An election to Somerset County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 55 councillors were elected from 54 electoral divisions, which returned one county councillor each with the exception of the two-member Glastonbury & Street division. Members were elected by the first-past-the-post voting system for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were changed from those used at the previous election in 2009, reducing the number of county councillors from 58 to 55 from this election. No elections were held in North Somerset or Bath and North East Somerset, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.

Somerset, United Kingdom

Nottinghamshire County Council election, 2013

The Nottinghamshire County Council Election took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 67 councillors were elected from 54 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in the City of Nottingham, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Labour Party won a narrow majority of one seat, gaining overall control from the Conservative Party who had controlled the council since the 2009 election.

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Warwickshire County Council election, 2013

An election to Warwickshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 62 councillors were elected from 56 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

England, United Kingdom

Kent County Council election, 2013

The Kent County Council election, 2013 was an election to all 84 seats on Kent County Council held on Thursday 2 May as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 84 councillors were elected from 72 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Medway, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The election saw the Conservative Party narrowly retain overall control of the council.

Kent, United Kingdom

Devon County Council election, 2013

An election to Devon County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 62 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Plymouth and Torbay, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections.

Devon, United Kingdom

Wiltshire Council election, 2013

Elections to the Wiltshire Council unitary authority took place on 2 May 2013. All ninety-eight seats were up for election, with each councillor being elected in a single-member electoral division, although in six of the divisions only one candidate was nominated and was thus declared the winner without elections taking place. The previous elections were held in June 2009 and resulted in the Conservatives taking overall control of the newly formed council, the successor to Wiltshire County Council and four recently abolished district councils, with the Liberal Democrats forming the largest of four opposition political groups.

Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Norfolk County Council election, 2013

The Norfolk County Council election took place across Norfolk on 2 May 2013, coinciding with local elections for all county councils in England. The results were announced the following day, Friday 3 May 2013. The result brought to an end 12 years of Conservative Party rule, who finished three seats short of a majority after losing 20 seats. UKIP and the Labour Party both made gains of 14 and 11 seats respectively. The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party both lost three seats each, while an independent won a single seat in North Coast.

England, United Kingdom

Northumberland County Council election, 2013

Local elections to Northumberland County Council, a unitary authority in the north east of England, were held on 2 May 2013, resulting in a council with no overall control and with Labour members forming the largest political group on the new Council.

Northumberland, United Kingdom

Bristol City Council election, 2013

Elections for one third (23 seats) of Bristol City Council were held on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. No party gained overall control. The Liberal Democrats, who had been the largest party on the council, lost 10 seats and conceded largest party status to Labour. The Green Party also gained 2 new seats, whilst Independents for Bristol gained their first seat on the Council.

England, United Kingdom

2013 Council of the Isles of Scilly election

The 2013 Council of the Isles of Scilly election took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 local elections in the United Kingdom The council is a sui generis unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Cornwall. The whole council of 21 members was up for election, with thirteen members elected in the St Mary's electoral division and another eight from the 'Off Islands': being two each from Bryher, St Martin's, St Agnes and Tresco.

United Kingdom

2013 Isle of Anglesey County Council election

An election to the Isle of Anglesey County Council was held as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections and took place on 2 May 2013. Anglesey was the only Welsh authority voting in 2013, the election having been postponed from 2012 by the Welsh Government, in order to allow an electoral review to take place. The next full council election took place on 4 May 2017.

Wales, United Kingdom

2013 Shropshire Council election

The 2013 elections to Shropshire Council were held on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. These were the second elections to the unitary authority created as part of local government restructuring in Shropshire, following on from the previous elections in 2009. All 74 seats in the 63 electoral divisions (consisting of 53 single member divisions, nine 2-member divisions and one 3-member electoral division) were up for election across Shropshire.

2013 East Sussex County Council election

The East Sussex County Council election, 2013 took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. All 49 councillors of East Sussex County Council were elected from 44 electoral divisions, which return either one or two councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009.

2013 Cornwall Council election

The Cornwall Council election, 2013, was an election for all 123 seats on the council. Cornwall Council is a unitary authority that covers the majority of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, with the exception of the Isles of Scilly which have an independent local authority. The elections took place concurrently with other local elections across England and Wales.

2015 European Rugby Champions Cup final

The 2015 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the first European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twentieth European club rugby final in general, as the competition replaces the Heineken Cup. The final was played between the French clubs Clermont and Toulon at Twickenham Stadium on 2 May 2015. Toulon won the final, beating Clermont by 24 points to 18.

2015 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 2 May 2015. The three seats up for election were the electoral division of Derwent, the electoral division of Mersey and the electoral division of Windermere. Mersey and Windermere were previously contested in 2009, with Derwent contested in a by-election in 2011. All three seats were retained by the incumbent members.

2015 North Somerset Council election

North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then.

2016 Russian Cup final

The 2016 Russian Cup final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Russian Cup, the 24th season of Russia's main football cup. It was played on 2 May 2016 at the Kazan Arena in Kazan, between CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg. After being level 1—1 at halftime, Zenit scored three second half goals to emerge victorious with a 4-1 win.

Kazan, Russia

2017 Dogofry ambush

On May 2, 2017, Malian forces were ambushed by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin fighters near Dogofry, Mali.

Mali

2017 Russian Cup final

The 2017 Russian Cup final decided the winner of the 2016–17 Russian Cup, the 25th season of Russia's main football cup. It was played on 2 May 2017 at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, between Ural Yekaterinburg and Lokomotiv Moscow. Lokomotiv won the game courtesy of goals from Igor Denisov and Aleksei Miranchuk.

2019 Brentwood Borough Council election

The 2019 Brentwood Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Brentwood Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 Rutland County Council election

The 2019 Rutland County Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rutland County Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. New boundaries were used in this election and the number of councillors increased from 26 to 27.

United Kingdom

2019 East Devon District Council election

The 2019 East Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of East Devon District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was elected on new ward boundaries that increased the number of seats from 59 to 60.

Devon, United Kingdom

2019 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election

The 2019 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.

Lancashire, United Kingdom

2019 Plymouth City Council election

The 2019 Plymouth City Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. The Labour Party took control of the council after the 2018 election, with thirty-one members and a working majority. Labour defended nine seats, and the Conservatives defended ten. Labour won the election, winning ten of the nineteen seats up for election, with the Conservatives winning the other nine.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Thurrock Council election

The 2019 Thurrock Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Thurrock Council in England.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Runnymede Borough Council election

Elections for Runnymede Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019 alongside nationwide local elections. Due to changes to the ward boundaries, all 41 seats on the Council were up for election. The Conservative Party lost seats, but retained its majority on the council.

United Kingdom

2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election

The 2019 East Staffordshire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the East Staffordshire Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Staffordshire, United Kingdom

2019 Tendring District Council election

The 2019 Tendring District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Tendring District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The overall turnout was 31.8%. Following the 2015 election the size of the council was reduced from 60 seats to 48 seats with ward boundaries being redrawn accordingly. These changes took effect from this election.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 Blaby District Council election

The 2019 Blaby District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Blaby District Council in England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Leicester City Council election

The 2019 Leicester City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all fifty-four members of the Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Gedling Borough Council election

Elections to Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire were held on 2 May 2019, the same day as the other local government elections in England and Northern Ireland. The election used the nineteen wards created as a result of boundary commission recommendations formulated for the 2015 contest, with each division electing between one and three Councillors using the first-past-the-post electoral system. A total of 41 representatives were elected.

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

2019 High Peak Borough Council election

The 2019 High Peak Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 43 members of High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. The election resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the council from the Conservative Party after winning 22 of the 43 seats up for election. The Conservatives lost 7 of the seats they were defending and lost their majority on the council.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2019 Brighton and Hove City Council election

Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council took place on 2 May 2019, electing all 54 members of the council, alongside other local elections in England and Northern Ireland. The Labour Party lost 3 seats compared to the last election in 2015 but recovered its place as the largest party on the council, having seen its numbers reduced from 23 to 19 over the four years following 2015, while the strength of the Conservative group had been increased by one member in 2019, as a Labour councillor had changed allegiance shortly before the election.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Middlesbrough Council election

The 2019 Middlesbrough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Middlesbrough Council in England.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Babergh District Council election

The 2019 Babergh District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Babergh District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Suffolk, United Kingdom

2019 Torridge District Council election

The 2019 Torridge Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Torridge District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries.

Devon, United Kingdom

2019 Darlington Borough Council election

The 2019 Darlington Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Darlington Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bolton Council in Greater Manchester, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

United Kingdom

2019 South Holland District Council election

The 2019 South Holland District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the South Holland District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Selby District Council election

The 2019 Selby District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Selby District Council in England. It was the final election to the authority before its dissolution in 2023, and subsequent subsumption into the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the District Council with a reduced majority.

England, United Kingdom

2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election

The 2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 67 members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained control of the council.

East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

2019 Guildford Borough Council election

The 2019 Guildford Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2019, to elect all 48 seats to the Guildford Borough Council in Surrey, England as part of the 2019 local elections. The Liberal Democrats won the most seats (17), the Residents for Guildford and Villages, a new political party formed in early 2019, came second with 15 seats, while the ruling Conservatives lost their majority, coming third with 9 seats.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Wokingham Borough Council election

The 2019 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019. That was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections in order to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election.

United Kingdom

2019 Worthing Borough Council election

The 2019 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 11 councillors were elected from council's wards, there being no election in Durrington and Northbrook in this cycle.

United Kingdom

2019 Blackpool Council election

The 2019 Blackpool Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Blackpool Council in England. Blackpool Council had been controlled by the Labour Party since 2011, which held a majority of ten with 26 councillors. The Conservatives were defending twelve seats, and independent councillors were defending four.

Lancashire, United Kingdom

2019 Southampton City Council election

Elections to Southampton City Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. The Labour Party held a narrow majority of two at the last election and the seats contested in this election were last contested in 2015. Labour were defending 6 seats, the Conservatives were defending 8, whilst independent councillors, who held two seats, were not standing re-elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 United Kingdom local elections

The 2019 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, with 248 English local councils, six directly elected mayors in England, and all 11 local councils in Northern Ireland being contested. A total of 8,886 councillors were elected: terms were up for 8,861 seats, but eight elections for a total of 14 seats were postponed due to the death of a candidate; there were also casual vacancies to be filled: 38 in England (including on nine councils with no other elections) and one on Dundee City Council in Scotland.

United Kingdom

2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council election

The 2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Cheshire West and Chester Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Five fewer seats were contested because of boundary changes. No party gained overall control.

Cheshire, United Kingdom

2019 Herefordshire Council election

The 2019 Herefordshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect 52 of 53 members of Herefordshire Council in England. The election in Ross North ward was deferred until 6 June 2019 following the death of the UKIP candidate.

Herefordshire, United Kingdom

2019 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election

The 2019 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party held their control of the council, even though their majority decreased to 12.

England, United Kingdom

2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. With one third of the seats on the council up for election Labour lost control of four seats although Labour retained overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Test Valley Borough Council election

The 2019 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Test Valley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries, with the number of seats reduced from 48 across 24 wards to 43 across 20.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Mid Devon District Council election

The 2019 Mid Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Mid Devon District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. At the elections the Conservatives lost control of the council, with no party winning an overall majority.

Devon, United Kingdom

2019 Bolsover District Council election

The 2019 Bolsover District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 37 members of Bolsover District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Labour Party losing control of the council for the first time in 40 years after winning 18 seats, one short of a majority.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2019 Uttlesford District Council election

The 2019 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 Newark and Sherwood District Council election

The 2019 Newark and Sherwood District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 39 members of Newark and Sherwood District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. This took place as part of the 2019 local elections.

United Kingdom

2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election

The 2019 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Staffordshire, United Kingdom

2019 Chesterfield Borough Council election

Elections to Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held on 2 May 2019.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election

The 2019 Spelthorne Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Spelthorne Borough Council in England. The Conservatives retained control of the council, but with a reduced majority of 7, down from 31.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Folkestone and Hythe District Council election

Elections to Folkestone & Hythe District Council were held on 2 May 2019.

Kent, United Kingdom

2019 Cheshire East Council election

Elections to Cheshire East Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 in all 52 wards, with each ward returning between one and three councillors to the council. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council, losing 17 seats; the Labour Party gained 9 seats, independents gained 6 and the Liberal Democrats gained 2. The elections were held against a background of a number of controversies, with the council facing eight criminal investigations.

Cheshire, United Kingdom

2019 Newcastle City Council election

The 2019 Newcastle City Council election took place on 2 May 2019, on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of the seats — 26 out of the 78 — were up for election, being the seats of the councillors who finished third in each individual ward at the all-out elections in 2018, with an additional seat up in the Monument ward following the resignation of a Labour councillor.

Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

2019 North East Derbyshire District Council election

The 2019 North East Derbyshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of North East Derbyshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries. The Conservatives gained control of the council from the Labour Party for the first time ever.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. The election led to the majority Conservative administration being replaced by a "rainbow coalition" between the Independents, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, which was voted in by a vote of 27-20.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 Derbyshire Dales District Council election

The 2019 Derbyshire Dales District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 39 councillors for Derbyshire Dales District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council for the fifth consecutive election, with a significantly reduced majority of 1.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2019 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election

Elections to Oadby and Wigston Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. All wards were up for election, each with 2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The Liberal Democrats retained overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election

The 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect the inaugural members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in England, formed from the former unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole, and borough of Christchurch. At the same time an election for the new Christchurch Town Council was held.

Dorset, United Kingdom

2019 Dartford Borough Council election

The 2019 Dartford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dartford Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

The 2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bath and North East Somerset Council in England. The Liberal Democrats took control of the council in 2019, winning thirty-seven seats with a working majority of seven.

England, United Kingdom

2019 New Forest District Council election

The 2019 New Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of New Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives were the only party to stand enough candidates to gain an outright majority, as they were the only party to stand a candidate in more than half the seats, with Liberal Democrats, who defended 2 seats, standing 28 candidates, and Labour, which had no incumbents, standing 30 candidates.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Epping Forest District Council election

The 2019 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Havant Borough Council election

The 2019 Havant Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Cotswold District Council election

The 2019 Cotswold District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Cotswold District Council, as part of the United Kingdom local elections. The Conservatives had controlled the council since 2003 but lost ten seats. The Liberal Democrats won overall control of the council for the first time since the council's creation in 1974.

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Stafford Borough Council election

Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on Thursday 2 May 2019.

Staffordshire, United Kingdom

2019 Hartlepool Borough Council election

The 2019 Hartlepool Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Hartlepool Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

United Kingdom

2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

Elections to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council took place on Thursday, 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. Elections took place in 20 of the 60 seats.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Erewash Borough Council election

The 2019 Erewash Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Erewash Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2019 Dover District Council election

The 2019 Dover District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Dover District Council in Kent, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election to be held after boundary changes reduced the number of seats from 45 to 32. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Bedford Borough Council election

The 2019 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in England. Bedford Borough Council has been under no overall control since 2010. The Conservatives defended fifteen seats, Labour defended fourteen, the Liberal Democrats defended nine and independent councillors defended two seats. Bedford is run by the directly elected Mayor of Bedford, who has been Liberal Democrat Dave Hodgson since 2009.

England, United Kingdom

2019 South Hams District Council election

Elections to the South Hams District Council took place on 2 May 2019, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. All 20 wards were up for election, each with either 1, 2, or 3 councillors to be elected. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, but with its majority reduced to just 1 seat.

United Kingdom

2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election

The 2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Telford and Wrekin Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Labour group, led by Shaun Davies, increased their number of councillors by 9, giving them an overall majority. The Conservative group, led by Andrew Eade, lost 10 councillors.

Shropshire, United Kingdom

2019 Cambridge City Council election

The 2019 Cambridge City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other nationwide local elections. There were 90,575 registered electors, and turnout was 36.6%.

United Kingdom

2019 South Derbyshire District Council election

The 2019 South Derbyshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of South Derbyshire District Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2019 Torbay Council election

The 2019 Torbay Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Torbay Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives lost the council to no overall control.

Devon, United Kingdom

2019 Broxtowe Borough Council election

Elections to Broxtowe Borough Council were held on 2 May 2019.

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

2019 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

The 2019 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

2019 North Somerset Council election

The 2019 North Somerset Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of North Somerset Council in England. North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative Party control, or no party has held a majority.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Rushmoor Borough Council election

The 2019 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council election

An election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 54 members of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. Parish council elections were held on the same day. The Conservatives retained control of the council despite losing seats. The Green Party won their first seats on the council, winning 2 seats in Judd ward.

United Kingdom

2019 Somerset West and Taunton District Council election

The 2019 Somerset West and Taunton District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Somerset West and Taunton District Council in Somerset, England. This was the first election since the West Somerset District Council and Taunton Deane merged, with the whole council being up for election.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

The 2019 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Staffordshire, United Kingdom

2019 Rushcliffe Borough Council election

The 2019 Rushcliffe Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Rushcliffe Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections, as well as parish council elections in the borough.

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

2019 Teignbridge District Council election

The 2019 Teignbridge District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Teignbridge District Council in England. At the election, the Liberal Democrats won control of the council.

Devon, United Kingdom

2019 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect members of the Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Breckland District Council election

The 2019 Breckland District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Breckland District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The boundaries for this election were the same as those used in 2015.

United Kingdom

2019 Forest of Dean District Council election

The 2019 Forest of Dean District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. This was the first election in the Forest of Dean following a boundary review, which reduced the total number of Councillors from 48 to 38. Due to the boundary review, party seat changes in the summary box (right) are based on notional results, not the actual 2015 results.

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Stockport Council is elected in thirds, which means that in each three member local ward, one councillor is elected every year, except every four years which is classed as a fallow year.

United Kingdom

2019 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council election

Elections to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. Following the trend of the elections across the UK, the Liberal Democrats made significant gains in the popular vote at the cost of the Conservative Party and Labour.

United Kingdom

2019 West Berkshire Council election

The 2019 West Berkshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of West Berkshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, despite significant gains by the Liberal Democrats and the election of the first Green Party councillors in West Berkshire.

Berkshire, United Kingdom

2019 Redditch Borough Council election

The 2019 Redditch Borough Council elections took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council, a district-level local authority in Worcestershire, England.

United Kingdom

2019 West Suffolk District Council election

The 2019 West Suffolk District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 and was the inaugural election of the new West Suffolk District Council. It was held concurrently with other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won 36 of the 64 seats, giving it outright control of the new council.

Suffolk, United Kingdom

2019 Charnwood Borough Council election

The 2019 Charnwood Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Charnwood Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Leeds City Council election

The 2019 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England and Northern Ireland. As per the election cycle, one third of the council's 99 seats were up for election. This followed the re-election of all of the 99 council seats in the 2018 all-out council election.

England, United Kingdom

2019 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election

The 2019 King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

2019 Medway Council election

Elections to Medway Council were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The elections were for all 55 councillors across 22 wards.

Medway, United Kingdom

2019 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2019 last stood for election in 2015.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Worcester City Council election

The 2019 Worcester City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the Worcester City Council in England.

United Kingdom

2019 Allerdale Borough Council election

The 2019 Allerdale Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 49 members of Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The number of councillors had been reduced from 56 at the previous election following a boundary review, meaning that several seats were combined. Four seats were uncontested, all of which were won by Conservative candidates.

Cumbria, United Kingdom

2019 Stevenage Borough Council election

Elections to Stevenage Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of the council was up for election; the seats that were last contested in 2015. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it has held continuously since 1973.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Nottingham City Council election

The 2019 elections to Nottingham City Council were held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 55 members to the council across 20 wards.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Chelmsford City Council election

The 2019 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Chelmsford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

United Kingdom

2019 Chichester District Council election

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 2 May 2019. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party had its majority wiped out.

United Kingdom

2019 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council stood for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2023.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2019 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council was up for election after ward boundaries changed and the Labour Party retained control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Liverpool City Council election

The 2019 Liverpool City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Liverpool City Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections. Due to the 'in thirds' system of election, one third of the council were up for election, with comparisons to previous results made with the corresponding vote at the 2015 Liverpool City Council election.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

2019 West Devon Borough Council election

The 2019 West Devon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect members of West Devon Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Devon, United Kingdom

2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Immediately before the election, the council comprised 31 Conservatives, 11 Greens, four Liberal Democrats, three independents and two Labour councillors. This included Knowle councillor Alan Rebeiro, who had left the Conservative group to sit as an independent in July 2018.

England, United Kingdom

2019 East Suffolk District Council election

The 2019 East Suffolk District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 55 members of the recently formed East Suffolk District Council in England. This was held on the same day as other local council elections across England.

Suffolk, United Kingdom

2019 Ashford Borough Council election

The 2019 Ashford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Ashford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Kent, United Kingdom

2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Eden District Council election

The 2019 Eden District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Eden District Council in England. The council went from Conservative control to No overall control. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Halton Borough Council election

The 2019 Halton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Halton Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Melton Borough Council election

The 2019 Melton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Melton Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Wyre Forest District Council election

The 2019 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.

Worcestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election

The 2019 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019. That was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections in order to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election.

Berkshire, United Kingdom

2019 Rother District Council election

The 2019 Rother District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rother District Council in East Sussex, England.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Northern Ireland local elections

Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 2 May 2019. The last elections were held in 2014. 819 candidates contested 462 seats across Northern Ireland's 11 local government districts. 1,305,384 people aged 18 and over were eligible to vote, and 52.7% of the electorate turned out.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

2019 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election

The 2019 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Stratford-on-Avon District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 North Devon District Council election

The 2019 North Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of North Devon District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries.

Devon, United Kingdom

2019 Waverley Borough Council election

The 2019 Waverley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Waverley Borough Council in England as one of the 2019 local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Hart District Council election

The 2019 Hart District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Hart District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Bassetlaw District Council election

The 2019 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 48 members of Bassetlaw District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council with an increased majority. The Conservative Party suffered its worst defeat in Bassetlaw since 1973, winning only 5 seats of the 12 seats it was defending.

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

2019 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election

The 2019 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Liberal Democrats gaining control of the council from the Conservatives.

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Harborough District Council election

The 2019 Harborough District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Harborough District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

2019 South Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2019 South Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election. The Conservatives lost control of the council.

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

2019 Vale of White Horse District Council election

The 2019 Vale of White Horse District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Vale of White Horse District Council in England. This was held on the same day as other local elections as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The election saw a landslide for the Liberal Democrats, who regained control of the council from the Conservatives after having previously lost control in 2011.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Braintree District Council election

The 2019 Braintree District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Some minor ward boundary changes were made in February 2019. 49 members were elected from 26 wards.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 Gravesham Borough Council election

The 2019 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party. Cllr Gurdip Bungar was elected as Mayor of Gravesham for the year 2019-2020.

Kent, United Kingdom

2019 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. In 2018 Labour retained its majority of the council with 94 seats to the Liberal Democrats making up the opposition of 2, led by former MP John Leech.

Manchester, United Kingdom

2019 Swindon Borough Council election

The 2019 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect members of Swindon Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Bromsgrove District Council election

The 2019 Bromsgrove District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Bromsgrove Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Worcestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Eastbourne Borough Council election

The 2019 Eastbourne District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. All 27 members of the council were elected over 9 3 member wards. The Liberal Democrats maintained majority control of the Council.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Maldon District Council election

The 2019 Maldon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Maldon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 Mid Ulster District Council election

The 2019 Mid Ulster District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Ulster District Council in Northern Ireland. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

2019 Horsham District Council election

The 2019 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. Every seat was contested and the Conservatives retained control of the council with a majority of 8.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Milton Keynes Council election

The 2019 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Milton Keynes Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

2019 Mid Suffolk District Council election

The 2019 Mid Suffolk District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Suffolk District Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Suffolk, United Kingdom

2019 Reading Borough Council election

The 2019 Reading Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members in 15 wards of Reading Borough Council. There was also a casual vacancy in Thames ward. The Labour Party held control of the council. The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party succeeded in making significant increases in their vote across the borough, the Liberal Democrats gaining Tilehurst from the Conservatives and the Green Party gaining Redlands Ward from The Labour Party.

Berkshire, United Kingdom

2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election

The 2019 East Hertfordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of East Hertfordshire District Council in England. The Conservatives retained control of the council, but lost 10 seats.

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

2019 South Gloucestershire Council election

The 2019 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of South Gloucestershire Council in England as part of nationwide local elections. A 2018 boundary change meant that the total number of seats in the council was reduced from 70 to 61. The Conservatives retained their control of the council, sliding from 40 seats to 33.

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Canterbury City Council election

The 2019 Canterbury City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Canterbury City Council in Kent, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

United Kingdom

2019 East Hampshire District Council election

The 2019 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the East Hampshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. New ward boundaries were used, with some new wards created, with others having their boundaries amended. Wards with the same name but amended boundaries are noted.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Wychavon District Council election

The 2019 Wychavon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wychavon District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council (45 seats) was up for election.

Worcestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Broadland District Council election

The 2019 Broadland District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Broadland District Council in England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

2019 Dorset Council election

The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. These were the first elections to the new unitary council, which has come into effect on 1 April 2019.

Dorset, United Kingdom

2019 St Albans City and District Council election

The 2019 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 South Staffordshire District Council election

The 2019 South Staffordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the South Staffordshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Staffordshire, United Kingdom

2019 Mendip District Council election

The 2019 Mendip District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mendip District Council in England. The council was abolished when Somerset became a Unitary Authority in 2022.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

The 2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour minority administration.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Amber Valley Borough Council election

Elections to Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England took place on Thursday 2 May 2019. One third of the council seats were up for election. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council, taking a total of five seats from the Conservatives. In addition, the Green Party gained representation for the first time.

Derbyshire, United Kingdom

2019 North Kesteven District Council election

The 2019 North Kesteven District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of North Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was held on the same day as other local elections.

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

2019 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

The 2019 Tewkesbury Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members for the 20 wards of the Tewkesbury Borough Council in England. At the election, the Conservatives retained control of the council.

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Thanet District Council election

Elections to Thanet District Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country and parish council elections across Thanet, UK. The result saw the Conservative Party return to being the largest party on the council, after UKIP formed a majority then split into groups. The Labour Party also became the second largest party on the council.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 North West Leicestershire District Council election

The 2019 North West Leicestershire District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect all 38 members of North West Leicestershire District Council in Leicestershire, England, as part of that year's local elections across England. The Conservative Party retained control of the council but with a reduced majority, losing five seats to finish with 20 of the 38 seats.

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

2019 Fenland District Council election

The 2019 Fenland District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 for all 39 seats of the Fenland District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. In these elections, twelve councillors were returned unopposed, with Fenland District Council topping the Electoral Reform Society's list of 'rotten boroughs'.

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

2019 Exeter City Council election

The 2019 Exeter City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect the members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 14 of the 39 seats were up for re-election: those of the candidates who had finished second in the all-out election of 2016, with a double vacancy in Priory ward.

England, United Kingdom

2019 North Lincolnshire Council election

The 2019 North Lincolnshire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 43 members of North Lincolnshire Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council.

Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

2019 Mid Sussex District Council election

The 2019 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in West Sussex, England.

West Sussex, United Kingdom

2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Winchester City Council election

Elections to Winchester City Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. The Conservatives Party held a narrow majority of one at the last election, with the seats contested in this election being last contested in 2016 election. The Conservatives defended 10 seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats defended 4. Town and parish councils in the city boundary were also up for election.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Peterborough City Council election

Elections to Peterborough City Council took place on 2 May 2019. 20 of the 60 seats were contested. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom

2019 South Norfolk District Council election

The 2019 South Norfolk District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect the whole council as part of 2019 United Kingdom local elections.

Norfolk, United Kingdom

2019 Luton Borough Council election

The 2019 Luton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Luton Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Colchester Borough Council election

The 2019 Colchester Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. Seventeen members of the council (one-third of the whole) were up for election, one from each of the 17 wards.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 Mansfield District Council election

The 2019 Mansfield District Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect all 36 seats to the Mansfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. It was prior to the election run by the Mansfield Independent Forum.

United Kingdom

2019 South Lakeland District Council election

The 2019 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Warwick District Council election

The 2019 Warwick District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Warwick District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries. The Conservative Party lost control of the council.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Ashfield District Council election

The 2019 Ashfield District Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect all members of Ashfield District Council in England. The election resulted in the Ashfield Independents gaining control of the council with a large majority, winning 30 of the 35 seats up for election. The Labour Party suffered heavy losses, winning just 2 seats, a decrease of 20 compared with the last election in 2015.

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

2019 Chorley Borough Council election

The 2019 Chorley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Chorley Borough Council in Chorley, Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.

Lancashire, United Kingdom

2019 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 City of York Council election

Elections to City of York Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the United Kingdom local elections. The election resulted in substantial gains for the Liberal Democrats, who became the largest party, although no party surpassed the 24-seat majority threshold. The Conservatives suffered badly in this election, and lost 12 of the 14 seats they had won at the previous election.

York, United Kingdom

2019 Arun District Council election

The 2019 Arun District Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, electing all 54 members of Arun District Council, and taking place alongside the other local elections in England and Northern Ireland.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

The 2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England. The Conservative Party has controlled the council since its establishment as a unitary authority in 1998, and ended up securing a seventh term in office.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council election

The 2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Carlisle City Council election

The 2019 Carlisle City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Carlisle City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Following the election, a Conservative administration was formed.

Cumbria, United Kingdom

2019 Sunderland City Council election

The 2019 Sunderland City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Sunderland City Council in England. The election took place on the same day as other local elections.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Lewes District Council election

The 2019 Lewes District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Lewes District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. Before the 2019 election, the Council was composed of 20 Conservatives, nine Liberal Democrats, three Greens and nine Independents. To take control of the council, 21 councillors out of 41 would be needed.

England, United Kingdom

2019 Malvern Hills District Council election

The 2019 Malvern Hills District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Malvern Hills District Council in England.

Worcestershire, United Kingdom

2019 North of Tyne mayoral election

The inaugural North of Tyne mayoral election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect the first Mayor of the North of Tyne. The area was made up of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland. Subsequent elections have been for the Mayor of the North East, a position covering an expanded area.

United Kingdom

2019 Basildon Borough Council election

The 2019 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party lost control of the council. which fell under no overall control.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 Harlow District Council election

The 2019 Harlow District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex. This was on the same day as other local elections. The council remained under Labour Party control, with no seats changing hands.

Essex, United Kingdom

2019 King Cup final

The 2019 King Cup final was the 44th final of the King Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition. It took place on 2 May 2019 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Ittihad and Al-Taawoun. It was Al-Taawoun's second King Cup final and Al-Ittihad's 18th. This was the first-ever meeting between these two clubs in the final.

Saudi Arabia

2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election

Elections to Central Bedfordshire Council were held on 2 May 2019, along with other local elections. The whole council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2023.

2019 Ards and North Down Borough Council election

The second election to Ards and North Down Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party once again won a plurality of seats.

2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 41 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.

2019 Portsmouth City Council election

Elections to Portsmouth City Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. The seats contested in this election were last contested in 2015. The Conservative Party had 8 seats they were defending, the Liberal Democrats 5 and Labour 1 seat. A by-election occurred within the vacant Cosham seat from last years election, due to the sitting Conservative standing down.

2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

Elections to Mid and East Antrim District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.

2019 Eastleigh Borough Council election

The 2019 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect one third of members of Eastleigh Borough Council. The outcome was a strengthened majority for the incumbent Liberal Democrats who gained two Conservative seats. No election was held in Botley, a two-member ward, this year.

2019 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

The second election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.

2019 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election

Elections took place for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council on 2 May 2019, part of that year's local elections. 40 Councillors were elected via STV. Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with Fifteen seats, six ahead of the Ulster Unionist Party and six seats away from overall control. The Alliance Party and Cross-Community Labour Alternative both gained representation onto the council for the first time.

2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election

The 2019 election to the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections that were held on 2 May 2019 returned 41 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

2019 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on Thursday 2 May 2019; one of a number of local council elections taking place across England and Northern Ireland on the same day. One of each ward's three seats was up for election, having last been contested in the 2016 elections.

2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election

The 2019 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election was the second election to Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, which returned 40 members to the Lisburn and Castlereagh city Council via Single Transferable Vote.

2019 Norwich City Council election

Elections to Norwich City Council were held on 2 May 2019. Following boundary changes, all 39 seats were put up for election, with three councillors being elected per ward using the block vote system. The election saw the Green Party reclaim five seats from the Labour Party, while losing one to Labour in Town Close. The Labour Party retained its majority on the council.

2019 North Hertfordshire District Council election

The 2019 North Hertfordshire Council election was held on 2 May 2019, at the same time as other local elections across England and Northern Ireland. Of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council, 16 were up for election. The Conservatives had a majority on the council prior to the election, but lost a net total of six seats, leaving the council under no overall control.

2019 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

The 2019 election to the Derry City and Strabane District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

2019 North Warwickshire Borough Council election

On 2 May 2019, an election took place to elect members of the North Warwickshire Borough Council in the English Midlands. It was held on the same day as other local elections in the UK. It resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council. Both the Conservative and Labour parties saw increases in their vote share, especially the former, which was likely due to UKIP losing nearly 20% of their vote share.

2019 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.

2019 Belfast City Council election

The 2019 election to Belfast City Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 60 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

2019 Lichfield District Council election

The 2019 Lichfield District Council election took place on 2 May to elect members of Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England. The whole council - 47 members - was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

2019 Ipswich Borough Council election

The 2019 Ipswich Borough Council elections for the Ipswich Borough Council took place on 2 May: 16 seats were contested - one in each of the 16 wards and also on 26 September when a by-election took place where 1 seat was contested (Alexandra Ward).

United Kingdom

2018 Supercopa Argentina

The 2018 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 7th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions.

Argentina

2019 Hyndburn Borough Council election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 2 May 2019. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.

2020 Kansas Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Kansas Democratic presidential primary took place until May 2, 2020, in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, as in-person voting had been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kansas primary was a closed party-run primary, undertaken completely by mail-in voting, it was the sole contest held on that date.

United States

2021 Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015) leadership by-election

The Democratic Party held its leadership by-election on 2 May 2021 following the resignation of the incumbent Lee Nak-yon in March 2021. Lee stepped down from party leader due to party rule which bans any party contender for president from holding party position at least for a year before the presidential election.

South Korea

2021 Supercopa Uruguaya

The 2021 Supercopa Uruguaya was the fourth edition of the Supercopa Uruguaya, Uruguay's football super cup. It was held on 2 May 2021 between the 2020 Primera División champions Nacional and the 2020 Torneo Intermedio runners-up Montevideo Wanderers, who qualified for the Supercopa since Nacional also won the Torneo Intermedio in the 2020 season. Nacional won the match by a 2–0 score to claim their second Supercopa Uruguaya title in four appearances.

Uruguay

2023 Shimla Municipal Corporation election

The election to the Shimla Municipal Corporation was held on 2 May 2023.Votes were counted and results declared on 4 May 2023.

India

2023 Lincoln, Nebraska mayoral election

The 2023 Lincoln, Nebraska mayoral election was held on May 2, 2023, to determine the mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska. It was preceded by a primary election on April 4 where the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advanced to the general election. Incumbent Democratic mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird ran for reelection to a second term in office, and was re-elected. The election was officially nonpartisan.

2024 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2024 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. One third of the 57 seats on the Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council was contested, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2028. Labour retained their majority on the council.

United Kingdom

2024 St Albans City and District Council election

The 2024 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 21 members of the council up for election, being the usual approximate third of the council plus three by-elections.

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

2024 Warrington Borough Council election

The 2024 Warrington Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect members of Warrington Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.

Cheshire, United Kingdom

2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election

The 2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in Surrey, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The council remained under no overall control following the election.

England, United Kingdom