Voters in England and Wales are going to the polls in local elections that, they’re the first Mayormajorelectoral election tests since Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair with as Prime Minister last year. The most high-profile contest is the one for Mayor of London. Oliver Conway reports. Polls have beenare being held in 137 of the local authorities in England, and all 22 inWales. All together about four thousand seats have beenare being contested, roughly a fifth of the total. Although many of the campaigns are have focused on local issues, the results are likely to be seen as an indicator for help how the partiesy’smMayfair in the next general election, which must take place by 2010. In particular, all size sides will be watching the battle to become Mayor of London, with an annual budget of more than 11 billion pounds at stack, a the party that wins London will get a huge symbolic boost nationally.