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Tories are still biggest party on the right, claims Cleverly

local elections was last held. The party lost more than half of the seats it was defending and fared particularly badly in areas where the Reform vote was highest. It did make some gains

Vote Lib Dem or ‘regret it’ living under a Reform council, Davey tells voters

party and Reform at the English local elections. More than 5,000 councillors will be elected on Thursday, with more than half of these being in either London or the south-east. Some [projections show

Badenoch claims Tories ‘coming back’ despite widespread losses in local elections

local elections Kemi Badenoch has claimed that the Conservatives are “coming back” after winning back Westminster and Wandsworth councils from Labour in London, despite her party suffering significant losses throughout England in Thursday’s elections

Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims

parties expected to make big gains in the elections on 7 May, Steve Reed also accused [Nigel Farage](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/nigel-farage) of being more interested in talking to Donald Trump then representing his Clacton constituency

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

local elections in Birmingham could not be more different. Tilsley, now a Lib Dem, faces afragmented field with candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and Independents all competing for his seat and no party

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

local authority – gaining 52 councillors. Suffolk and Newcastle-under-Lyme followed, also claimed from the Conservatives, then Sunderland, from Labour. In the Scottish parliament and, particularly, the Welsh Senedd, Reform was hoping to make

Starmer to face split cabinet as demands for his resignation mount

local elections last Thursday resulted in Labour losing more than 1,400 seats and losing power in Wales, with Reform and the Greens making gains. A leadership contest requires the endorsement of 81 Labour

Pressure grows on Starmer as more Labour MPs call for resignation – UK politics live

Reform leader **Nigel Farage** declared he had ushered in **“a truly historic shift in British politics”.** The **Liberal Democrats** and **Green party** also made gains at the expense of Labour, with Greens leader **Zack Polanski

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

Reform 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

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

local election performance ever. However, so far at least, the party has yielded a net gain of just 25 seats. The party has secured a number of creditable second and (especially) third places, but relatively

‘Grotesque’: parties criticise Reform UK plan to set up migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas

gains, such as one-time Labour strongholds in London and other cities. “Reform are a very modern political party, which farms outrage and wants people to be angry, so in a low turnout election

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

party had a night to forget in Thursday’s local, mayoral and devolved elections. It lost about 500 councillors in England and ceded control of three local authorities to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – losing

Labour’s better than expected thrashing may allow Starmer to cling on in No 10

local 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

Elections 2026 live: counting under way after votes in England, Scotland and Wales

elections. Hartlepool is one of the first major tests of whether Reform UK can convert polling momentum into real council gains. The declaration guide itself flags the possibility of Reform making significant advances there

Frustration, apathy and hope: Birmingham divided as extraordinary election looms

local election is anyone's guess. Polls suggest Birmingham's electorate has fully embraced five-party politics, with a healthy number of independent candidates giving city voters a sixth option. Reform UK is feeling confident

Could Lib Dems become the biggest party in English local government?

local elections in a row.  The Lib Dems are running a programme of digital adverts, contrasting Ed Davey’s willingness to criticise Trump with

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

gained their first two directly elected mayors – in [Hackney](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/greens-unseat-labour-to-win-mayoral-election-in-hackney-zoe-garbett) and Lewisham – although they missed out on some more ambitious targets in London, as their leader, Zack Polanski, declared Britain’s two-party

Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard

local elections. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images Although the Tories also anticipate tough results, they could retake control of Wandsworth council and make gains in Westminster, allowing Kemi Badenoch to channel Kenneth Baker, Margaret Thatcher

Local election campaigning enters final week as forecaster warns Labour could lose 1,850 English seats –UK politics live

local elections Photograph: ITV’s Peston And this is how Hayward explains it in his summary. > double quotation mark**England** all figures given are net losses and gains > > **Labour** will **lose 1850** seats > > The losses

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

local 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