Suffolk County Council is among 63 authorities being invited by the government to give their views on postponing next May’s local elections.
A council spokesperson confirmed it was among them and that its “cabinet will consider that question on 12 January, informed by a full-council debate”.
Local government minister Alison McGovern told Parliament that “should a council say they have no reason to delay their elections, there will be no delay. If a council voices genuine concerns we’ll take these issues seriously”.
Andrew Stringer, leader of the council’s Green, Liberal Democrat and Independents opposition group, said: “Democracy delayed is democracy denied.”