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Labour losses pile up in England local elections as Reform UK makes gains

party haemorrhaged councillors at the local elections and Reform made significant gains. Keir Starmer’s party

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

party polling since previous local elections. Councillor losses are based on change since last elections. Fisher estimates Reform will gain

UK’s Labour set for heavy losses in elections as Reform makes early gains

elections as Reform makes early gains United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is bracing for [heavy defeats in local

Reform UK will never take voters for granted, Yusuf says

Reform UK had faced an increased level of scrutiny following its successes in last year's local elections in England, where the party gained

‘Leader of the pack’: What next as Reform makes huge election gains?

Reform makes huge election gains? **Glasgow, United Kingdom –** Voters in England’s [local council elections](/news/2026/5/8/uk-elections-early-results-and-takeaways-will-starmer-have-to-resign) have delivered a damning verdict of Labour as it took hundreds of seats from the UK’s governing party

Australia’s populist One Nation scores first-ever lower house victory

Reform UK party [made sweeping gains](/news/2026/5/8/leader-of-the-pack-what-next-as-reform-makes-huge-election-gains) in local council elections at the expense of Labour

Nigel Farage hails ‘historic shift in politics’ after Reform UK election gains

gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives. Reform made advances in heartland areas of both parties, clocking up substantial early results in the English local elections

In the UK, Muslim votes are treated as a problem to be managed

Reform UK, which campaigned heavily on an anti-immigration platform, made significant gains in local council elections in England, largely at the expense of both the Conservative Party

Future of UK lies in the EU after Brexit ‘failure’, say European Greens

local elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/07/elections-2026-local-scotland-wales-reform-green-labour-conservatives-live-news-updates) at the expense of Nigel Farage’s Reform party gains

Keir Starmer's party lost big in U.K. local elections. Here's what comes next.

local election results show that the United Kingdom, traditionally a two-party system, now has at least five major political forces. All will now be hoping to make gains in the general election, which will

What does Makerfield make of by-election and can Burnham win?

gains in Manchester in last week's local elections. But the party has downplayed its prospects in Makerfield. Former Green leader Caroline Lucas said she hoped the party would not contest the seat in order

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales

Reform UK and the Green party are expected to make significant gains at the expense of Westminster’s two biggest parties in England, while the [Liberal Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liberaldemocrats) could turn swathes of local

Labour loses control of Birmingham city council after 14 years of leadership

gained 21 Reform and 11 Green councillors. The outgoing Labour leader of the council, John Cotton, said the party needed to “listen carefully to the message” of the electorate, and called on the party

‘Everything I do has climate at its centre’: Hackney’s first Green mayor gets to work

party’s membership has tripled and now stands at more than 200,000. As well as its success in the local elections, it gained a fifth MP in February when [Hannah Spencer saw off Labour

How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland

party now has just nine of 96 Senedd seats. From having virtually no presence, Reform has 34 Senedd seats, and in Scotland, Reform UK gained 17 MSPs. In north-east England, if the local election

UK launches ‘Great British Summer Savings’ to ease family costs

Party suffered significant losses in local elections while the right-wing populist Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, made major gains

Reform UK asks steel bosses to draft ‘alternative strategy’ for industry

Reform’s steel strategy has not yet been written, the push to woo the industry comes just weeks before the local elections on 7 May, in which the party is hoping to make gains

Winners, losers and a PM on the brink - what to expect in next week's elections

party insider tells me they should end up with seat gains of at least four figures in local councils, comfortably winning at least a thousand council seats in England. Some projections put them well over

Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader

local and devolved 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

‘Starmer’s referendum’: How local elections could expose a fractured UK

Reform UK is surging while the Green Party is gaining ground on the left. In Wales, the Welsh nationalist political party Plaid Cymru is polling strongly – an unprecedented challenge in a nation Labour has dominated