Reform UK on Chelmsford City Council
Two elected councillors, and candidates now being selected in all 24 wards.

10 June 2026

What happens to Chelmsford City Council in 2028?

Under local government reorganisation, Chelmsford City Council is due to be abolished and replaced by a new authority. Residents have barely been consulted.

Chelmsford sits in a two-tier county area. Under the Government's local government reorganisation programme, the City Council is expected to be abolished in 2028, with elections to a new authority anticipated in 2027.

That is a fundamental change to how Chelmsford is governed — who collects your bins, who decides planning applications, and who sets your council tax.

Reform UK Chelmsford will keep pressing for residents to be properly consulted, and for whatever replaces the City Council to be accountable to the people who fund it.

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