2020 Local Elections

Held in November 2020, The 2020 Local Elections were the first Local Elections to be held under the new Class system and with the smaller authorities that were introduced in the Local Government Act (2020). Seven councils elected 255 Councillors across Veldenland and the elections coincided with the Assembly Election in Brabant. The Local Elections were seen as a win for both Solidarity and Phoenix who were able to consolidate their power, both entering the three digits. The Conservative Union faced setbacks throughout the results, doing poorly in traditionally strong areas for them.

Results
In total, seven authorities declared results. The councils part of Class A and which went to the polls were Skoveland, North Coast, Upper East Side (Aarnselm), West Side (Aarnselm), Buryside, Ramsey and South Ramseyshire. Results continued to use proportional representation, first introduced in 2006, to elect 255 councillors.

Results showed strong results for Solidarity and Phoenix. In Ramsey, West Side, Buryside and North Coast Phoenix seemed to make progress against Solidarity since the 2019 Parliamentary Elections. Results for Solidarity were strong as they won the most councillors and crucially won Skoveland, a place that has recieved attention as a potential Bellwether between Solidarity and Phoenix. Results were poor for the Conservatives who narrowly came second in Buryside and were pushed to third in South Ramseyshire, a central part of the Bible Belt and strong source of support.

Overall, of the 7 councils, 3 went under Solidarity Control, (Ramsey, West Side and Skoveland), whilst the other 4 went under No Overall Control (North Coast, Upper East Side, Buryside and South Ramseyshire). Many commentators noted the return to three party politics in the mainland of Veldenland for the first time since the collapse of the Social Party and National Party Hegemony. James Walker, a journalist for the Guardian, said it was a return to "Two Party Plus", a state of two party politics with influential third parties seen particularly in Canada.