Plans to postpone local elections are a democratic disgrace – but they are also a political mistake, writes John Rentoul F our million people will be denied the right to vote in local elections this year , unless Nigel Farage succeeds in a legal action to overturn the government’s decision. Twenty-seven councils, most of them Labour-controlled, have asked to delay elections that were due in May, because they will be abolished in 2028 or 2029. In other words, councillors who were elected for