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Editor's factfile: Tuesday April 19
What other elections are being held on May 5?
The whole country goes to the polls on May 5 to elect their local MP. In total there are 646 constituencies - 529 in England, 59 in Scotland, 40 in Wales and 18 in Northern Ireland.
But there are also other elections on the same day.
All 34 county councils face elections with 2,203 seats being contested. There are also elections for the unitary authorities of Bristol, the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly and Stockton on Tees.
Local elections for executive mayors mayoral polls take place in Doncaster, Hartlepool, Stoke and North Tyneside.
In Northern Ireland all 26 local councils are up for election.
There are no local elections in either Scotland or Wales.
All local elections in England use the first-past-the-post voting system, which is the same system as that used for elections to the House of Commons.
But the local elections in Northern Ireland are run along the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of voting.
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