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Labour will lose 1,900 councillors on 7 May – 74% of the number of seats the party currently holds that are up for re-election. Such a result would be the worst local election performance
losses pile up in England local elections as Reform UK makes gains The scale of the electoral challenge facing [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) was laid bare overnight as the party haemorrhaged councillors
Labour is trailing in the polls and the prime minister's personal ratings have plumbed the depths. The party is facing losses in forthcoming elections: losing control of Wales, shedding councillors
elections for these councils, and now has almost 400 councillors with undoubtedly many more to come. The size of losses and gains will change, but these [early headlines](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-reform-uk-england-local-elections-2026-scotland-wales) are unlikely to. However
Labour councillors told ministers that they needed unity to prosper. “It’s less than a week from the elections, and we have briefings every day from some would-be candidate or another,” one said. “Nothing
elections analyst and Conservative peer, has predicted Labour will lose 1,850 council seats on 7 May, above the 1,500 figure cited in one report as the possible trigger for a cabinet revolt. Adding
councillors for an unprecedented eighth set of local elections in a row.  The Lib Dems are running a programme of digital adverts, contrasting
elections results rolled in, a trickle of voices were calling for [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to quit – a couple of MPs, a trade union leader, and a Labour peer. The numbers are undoubtedly
election. This is true, up to a point – although the governing party didn't go backwards in terms of seats in 2011, 2015, 2017 or 2021 for example. And Labour are going backwards big time
councillors for an unprecedented eighth set of local elections in a row. The elections cover 136 local councils in England, with 5,014 seats being contested, including every seat on all of London
elections are not only a battle between Labour and the new kids on the political block. In some corners of the capital, it's a traditional fight between Labour and the Conservatives. The Tories
Loss | 0 | | Change | 0 | | Hold | 0 | ## Full council results \*Councils with ward boundary changes and/or seat number changes 0/136 councils declared ## Elected mayors There were six mayoral elections Awaiting result ### Croydon The list of candidates
election results would be a perilous moment for the prime minister. Robert Hayward, the Conservative peer and polling expert, has predicted the party could lose approximately 1,850 councillors in England, while polls suggest
Labour’s mayor in the West Midlands, Richard Parker, said the outcome of the council elections across the region were of crucial importance and would directly affect the delivery of his agenda. “We could
Labour councillor in Moray who admitted indecent child image offences in 2017. It came after the Sunday Times reported that Lord Doyle campaigned for Morton after he was charged with possessing and distributing indecent images
councillors, while in Scotland and Wales, representatives of devolved parliaments will be elected. Typically low-stakes affairs, local elections are shaped less by national politics than by everyday concerns like potholes, bin collections and council
elections. [Lucy Powell](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/lucy-powell) told the Guardian she understood there was “huge anger and despondency” from Labour MPs in the aftermath of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, but said the prime minister would
councillor under the leadership of “Red” Ted Knight. He came to despise the local party, [describing the](https://sites.harvard.edu/uk-regional-growth/directory/peter-mandelson/) Lambeth Labour party’s leadership as “contributing very little to the economic development of south