Editing Thursday (section)

===Elections in the United Kingdom===
In the [[United Kingdom]], all [[general election]]s since 1935 have been held on a Thursday, and this has become a tradition, although not a requirement of the law — which merely states that an election may be held on any day "except Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday, bank holidays in any part of the United Kingdom and any day appointed for public thanksgiving and mourning".<ref>{{cite act|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/schedule/1/part/I/1996-11-01|title=Representation of the People Act 1983|date=1 November 1996|access-date=3 November 2016|articletype=Schedule|article=1}}</ref>

Additionally, local elections are usually held on the first Thursday in May.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Understand how your council works |url=https://www.gov.uk/understand-how-your-council-works/local-councillors-and-elections |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=General elections - UK Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/}}</ref>

The [[Electoral Administration Act 2006]] removed [[Maundy Thursday]] as an excluded day on the electoral timetable, therefore an election can now be held on Maundy Thursday; prior to this elections were sometimes scheduled on the Tuesday before as an alternative.