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election is seen as a [key test of Starmer’s leadership](/news/2026/5/5/starmers-referendum-how-local-elections-could-expose-a-fractured-uk), with Labour trailing behind Reform UK in opinion polls in recent months. In response to the early results, Starmer said he would take
Reform UK were so keen to enlist candidates across the country that the party cold called members of the public – [including a Guardian journalist](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/reform-farage-cold-calling-public-paper-candidates-local-elections) – asking them to run. But this year
elections with a regional focus on Sutton, which political leaders are strongest on immigration policy?” The research found that Farage surfaced more than [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) in responses to queries across multiple
UK gained more than 1,400 councillors across England in this week’s local elections, came second in the Welsh parliament elections and joint second with Labour in Scotland. Farage hailed the results a “historic
elections will determine the composition of some 5,000 local council seats, a number of mayoral positions across England, as well as seats in the Scottish and Welsh devolved parliaments. Polls opened
result you’ll regret. Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria voted early today. Here they are arriving at a polling station in Westminster. . The result has once more put Starmer’s leadership in question. “I think the very best thing the prime minister could
UK can convert polling momentum into real council gains. The declaration guide itself flags the possibility of Reform making significant advances there as one of the key storylines of the night. If Reform performs strongly
results for the country". Reform UK has gained more than 1,400 councillors across England so far, sweeping aside the Conservatives in Essex and Suffolk, and surging ahead of Labour in its northern and Midlands
council elections. “It’s clear that the failed uniparty era is over and there is a battle for the soul of our country between Reform and the Greens,” said Yusuf, who has previously repeatedly – albeit
UK at general elections and in local elections such as the ones just held in England. An alternative is a system of proportional representation under which some attempt is made to distribute seats to reflect
Reform actually had the responsibility for running the local councils, they'd be somehow found out, and their appeal might fade. It doesn't look like voters will make that happen in this election
resulted in a divide within the Coalition – to try to [out-Hanson the minor party](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/14/taylors-trumpian-immigration-pitch-is-aimed-at-fighting-one-nation-but-puts-australias-identity-at-stake) or to stay the course as a “broad church” centre-right party. Barnaby Joyce’s [switch from
UK government said it wants to end the "pothole plague" although Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who is responsible for roads in England, [struck a pothole and damaged her Mini Cooper last month](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyj27e482jo).
UK politics live Good morning. We are now into the final week of campaigning for the Scottish parliament, Welsh Senedd and English local elections. Keir Starmer had been planning a big speech today
Reform UK candidates, Ms Noble and Mr Walker, all our leaflets displayed our three names together. However, the election results showed: Noble 120, Walker 115, and then Zhong (me) 102. That is about
UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. One senior Lib Dem said: “A lot of people seem to be misreading the way things are going. We think
result. After all votes were counted, it was clear that Labour had fared much better across the capital city compared to the rest of the country. It signalled just how dominant Labour was becoming
elections to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and councils across England](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/may-2026-elections), Singh said the policy threatened to push up the cost of building new infrastructure across the economy if investors lose faith
elections in England next month, arguing that tougher action is required to tackle an "epidemic" of illegal waste dumping across the country. The number of fly-tipping incidents dealt with by local councils in England