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Labour party has lost hundreds of seats, while** **the rightwing party Reform UK has made inroads in England’s local elections.** Results have not yet been declared in [Scotland and Wales
elections across Britain prompted senior Labour MPs to call for him to step down within a year. In a disastrous set of results, [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) lost hundreds of council seats in England, many
Wales begins. Here is a Guardian guide to what’s at stake. Here is an article by our data team explaining why the polling suggests the results will be particularly difficult for Labour. And here
Wales and Scotland. The elections, the biggest since Starmer won power in mid-2024, showed how the UK’s traditional two-party system of Labour and the Conservatives has been smashed, with Reform taking
result at a Scottish Parliament election. Labour lost four seats last week, returning just 17 of the 129 seats available. Sarwar refused to be drawn on how long he would continue as leader
Labour on other issues. However, the SNP leader said Reform's leader in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, would not be invited for talks. The SNP leader said that election results in England, where Reform racked
Labour faces pressure from Reform amid frustration over immigration, living standards and distrust of Westminster politics. You can see a full election results timeline here: Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage
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, where Labour have dominated for a century, the 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
results. I will be relentless whilst constructive in doing so.” He will ask for more powers over justice and policing, devolution of the crown estate and fairer funding. “Labour have a choice. They can decide
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
Labour on 17%, and the Liberal Democrats on 16%.) The optimism is genuine, said the Tory election expert Robert Hayward. The Conservative peer, who first identified the phenomenon of “shy Tories” before the 1992 election
results started coming in. Labour has lost more than 1,400 seats in English council elections, with Reform UK making huge gains in former Labour heartlands in northern England and the Midlands. Meanwhile, the Greens
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