Sorry to cause any confusion - I am guessing DMcG's quote of 4418 seats is the seats renewed this time round - My quote of 22,000 is the total number of seats in local government in the UK as stated by the BBC. If I remember rightly don't all the seats rotate every 5 years or so? Making 4.4k every year times 5 = 22K?

Cheers

DtG
Not DMcG - He is my Scottish cousin...:-)