Whether you are a long-time Councillor or have just been elected, you'll find useful campaign ideas, resources and information about being a Co-operative councillor here.
If you have just been elected as Labour & Co-operative, read our tips to getting recognised here.
Registration is open for existing Labour or Labour & Co-operative Councillors to be endorsed as a Labour and Co-operative candidate at the 2026 local election.
Including the Co-operative Party Charter on Modern Slavery
Using what we already have to generate local economic growth co-operatively
A co-operative agenda for enhanced city and county regions
Labour & Co-op-led local councils has shown what’s possible in local government. Across the UK, councils have stepped up by signing the Councils for Fair Tax Declaration.
Community Right to Buy, High Street Rental Auctions, and the wider reforms offered by the Devolution White Paper, will allow councils like ours to build on this thread further, by giving communities control over their surroundings.
Our connection with local people means we are in touch with what they want and expect from the council and is the reason we have stepped up to take on services threatened with closure.
Clubs are as important as public libraries and parks, if they’re managed well and understand what they are and what they have.
Commit to ensuring that there's nowhere to hide for modern slavery in your council's supply chain by joining the growing number of local authorities who have signed the Co-operative Party Charter Against Modern Slavery.
Are you a current Co-operative councillor or a council candidate? Here are 12 campaign ideas and issues to take on in your manifesto.
The Co-operative Party is campaigning for food justice. There are plenty of opportunities for Councillors to get involved. Read our briefing to find out more.
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