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election. “When your personal brand is so poor, it is seldom retrievable,” one added. Labour faces losing more than 1,500 council seats across England, a struggle for second place in Scotland and the prospect
results yet from Scotland or Wales. But nonetheless, there are trends that we can take a look at. Reform are ahead, winning the most votes, as they did in last year's local elections
Wales Plaid Cymru is hoping to do the same. Early results from Thursday night showed Reform making significant ground, picking up council seats across the north and the Midlands, in former Labour heartlands such
elections in English councils, and second in Wales and Scotland in 2021 too. That means the last time these contests were run was before the mess of Boris Johnson's departure, and the calamity
Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/wales) should become clear by around 4pm on Friday, with more local election results announced in the late afternoon and early evening. Counting for mayoral elections will only begin on Friday, with
Labour appeared on track for [smaller losses than election experts had predicted](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-local-elections-keir-starmer-cling-on). The yield – effectively the interest rate – had [jumped earlier this week](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/uk-borrowing-costs-bond-yields-gilts-rachel-reeves), amid fears that the prime minister
election where a party leader admitted their own perch in Parliament might disappear. Don't underestimate how totemic a Labour loss would be if it happens. The party has been winning in Wales
Wales to integrate and access public services. They would like to see it come to an end, arguing the money should be spent on public services instead. Plaid Cymru, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Green
results very hard to predict. At least one of Welsh Labour’s anticipated election woes is directly of the party’s making. In 2022, the special purpose committee on Senedd reform laid out several more
Wales are casting their ballots in local elections where far-right and left-wing parties are projected to make gains, dealing a heavy blow to the governing Labour Party. The elections will determine the composition
results in Wales may show that these challenges do not disappear even in a fully proportional system. Labour and the [Conservatives](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/conservatives) now have parties positioned on both their flanks, and turning
election we are dead," one Labour MP told the BBC. Another usually loyal Labour MP, in an area that went heavily Reform in Thursday's poll, told us that the reassuring thing was that voters
Wales since 1922 and every devolved election since 1999. The Scottish National Party is widely expected to triumph again in Scotland. The SNP hasn't soared in popularity in recent years, but [opinion polls
Labour) - Ketankumar Pipaliya (Voice) - Peter Taylor (Lib Dem) ## Scotland Members of the Scottish parliament are elected using the additional member system. People cast two votes: one for a local MSP chosen by first past
result would be the worst local election performance for any prime minister since comparable data began. Starmer already has the poorest local election performance of modern prime ministers — but 2026 could be worse Biggest losses
Wales after a century of domination, leaving thousands of angry local politicians who see themselves as victims of the government’s unpopularity. However, the vast majority of cabinet ministers are thought to be unwilling
Labour strongholds dubbed the "red wall", which the Conservatives initially made gains in the 2019 general election under the leadership of Boris Johnson before suffering losses in 2024. He said he was convinced a "fundamental
elections as proof his party is best positioned to confront what he described as the “extreme populist change” offered by Reform UK and the Greens. As Labour assessed a disastrous set of results
elections amount to a referendum on the prime minister's leadership. The Green Party of England and Wales, energised under its relatively new leader Zack Polanski, eyes gains at Labour's expense in urban England
result in fees going up while the "nice" extras nurseries can offer being reduced. "Ultimately if your cost of delivering a service privately is £10 or £11-an-hour and you're only receiving