Every registered voter across England and Wales will have the chance to vote this week.

107 council areas have #localelections. If you don’t have council elections in your area this year, you will have the opportunity to either vote for a Police and Crime Commissioner, in Combined Authority elections, or be in London and able to vote for the London Assembly and the Mayor of London.

Some ‘lucky’ voters will have the trifecta of local elections - council contests, police crime commissioner elections and the opportunity vote for a combined authority mayor! Ahead of polling day on Thursday heres a snapshot of some of the most interesting contests as judged by the Stephenson-Mohl Group team

The Newcastle based consultancy which celebrated its 7th anniversary this year, has welcomed two new members of the public affairs team to manage the growing demand in what will be a year of significant political change.