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61 resultsfor “Reform UK council election results”

Politics

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

results reflecting wider political fragmentation across [England](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/england). Labour [lost hundreds of council seats in England](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales), many to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which made big gains across the Midlands

The Guardian WorldMay 8
Politics

Lib Dems can counter extremes of Reform and Greens, Davey says

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

The Guardian WorldMay 8
Politics

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

election win and said the next two years would be a test for One Nation, which now faces the tough challenge of translating the popular anger it has tapped into concrete results. “They will successfully

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 9
Politics

Reform wins across northern England overturn decades of Labour control

results were ominous for several of the party’s big beasts. In Wigan, the constituency of the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, [Reform UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) won all but one of the 25 seats

The Guardian WorldMay 8
Politics

The Tories are still on life support – so why is Badenoch in celebratory mood?

elections. It lost about 500 councillors in England and ceded control of three local authorities to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – losing to the rightwing upstarts in England, Wales and Scotland. Why then is Kemi

The Guardian WorldMay 10
Politics

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

results in decades, a sharp reversal of fortunes driven by policy U-turns and political controversies. Labour is also facing pressure from parties at either end of the spectrum. The hard-right Reform UK

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 5
Politics

Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

elections are just over three weeks away, and Labour is using this announcement as a platform to attack Reform UK, saying that Nigel Farage’s party can’t be trusted to stand up for women

The Guardian WorldApr 15
Politics

British leader Keir Starmer under pressure after heavy election losses

results now counted after voting on Thursday, [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) had lost more than 1,400 representatives from English councils, the local government structures that deliver many neighbourhood services. Starmer’s party also crashed

The Guardian WorldMay 9
Politics

How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins

UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) became increasingly apparent. By the early hours, the BBC’s election analyst John Curtice noted, Reform had claimed 45% of all council seats that had been declared so far. On Friday

The Guardian WorldMay 8
Politics

No leadership pressure on Badenoch despite Tory losses

UK, with both Reform and the Liberal Democrats taking votes off Kemi Badenoch's party. In England, the Tories lost more than 500 seats and lost control six councils, while in Wales they lost

BBC NewsMay 8
Politics

Sarwar says he will 'absolutely' stay on as Labour leader

results if his government could "step up and deliver the scale of change the country craves". The Labour party won just 17 of the 129 available in last week's election, losing four. Only three

BBC NewsMay 10
Politics

How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland

UK gained 17 MSPs. In north-east England, if the local election results went better than Reform's wildest dreams, they were the stuff of nightmares for Labour. What Labour and Reform agree

BBC NewsMay 9
Politics

Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

Reform UK won hundreds of seats and control of more councils in England, Labour went backwards in Scotland as the [SNP claimed a historic fifth victory](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/john-swinney-declares-victory-for-snp-in-holyrood-elections) and [Plaid Cymru ended a century

The Guardian WorldMay 9
Politics

John Curtice: Early results show how fragmented UK politics has become

UK politics has become The overnight local election results have confirmed that, for the time being at least, electoral politics in Britain has become highly fragmented. Reform are certainly the winners. The party

BBC NewsMay 8
Politics

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

election results in which the party lost support to Reform UK and the Greens. However, his chances of staying in No 10 appeared to be diminishing on Sunday as about 40 [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour)

The Guardian WorldMay 10
Politics

Six things to watch out for in the Scottish election

UK-wide, the party managed just 0.2% of the list vote. But after Nigel Farage returned to the front lines the party has exploded in national polls and is hoping to make a real impact

BBC NewsMay 7
Politics

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

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

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 8
Politics

‘I’ll talk to work on Monday’: what happens when a ‘paper candidate’ actually wins

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

The Guardian WorldMay 9
Politics

AI platforms reference Nigel Farage more than other leaders when prompted on UK politics, study shows

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

The Guardian WorldMay 4
Politics

Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says

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

The Guardian WorldMay 10
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