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UK elections – early results and takeaways; will Starmer have to resign?

Keir Starmer and his ruling Labour Party have suffered [heavy early losses](/news/2026/5/5/starmers-referendum-how-local-elections-could-expose-a-fractured-uk) in local

Starmer vows to fight on as PM despite heavy local election losses for Labour

losses for Labour Keir Starmer has vowed to fight on as prime minister despite [early results](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales) in local elections that show his party

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

losses in elections as Reform makes early gains United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party

Mandelson and McSweeney: a partnership forged on winning and crushing the Labour left

loss of the Hartlepool byelection, until Mandelson’s ultimate sacking as ambassador. When [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) became leader of the Labour party

Lucy Powell says Labour has ‘no magic bullet’ as MPs brace for heavy losses in local elections

losses in local elections Labour’s deputy leader has warned there will be “no magic bullet” to solve Labour’s problems – or major challenges facing the country – as its MPs grapple with how to navigate

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

Keir Starmer to go. “It has been a terrible night for the Labour party,” he said. “What I’ve seen here is extraordinarily good, hard-working Hartlepool people lose their seats. I’ve seen canvassers

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales

loss in Wales would have political significance of historic proportions. A former Welsh government minister told BBC Wales that if the results were "as bad as predicted" then UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer should

Political parties make final pitches ahead of key elections

losses to Reform UK and the Green Party candidates. The results will determine who runs vital public services such as schools, social care, rubbish collection, transport. But they could also indicate how voters feel about

Unhappy Labour MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet

Starmer yet Labour is trailing in the polls and the prime minister's personal ratings have plumbed the depths. The party is facing losses in forthcoming elections: losing control of Wales, shedding councillors in England

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

losses for Labour Labour is on track for its worst local election performance, data analysed by the Guardian shows, in a blow that will pile further pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership. Barring a drastic

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

Keir Starmer and his team are waiting so nervously for the results of next week's council elections in London is that it represents Labour's new heartland. One in seven Labour MPs represents constituencies

Digested week: King bites his tongue as a president indulges his fantasies | John Crace

Keir Starmer has now allowed 26 of them – 15 Tories, two Labour and nine crossbenchers – to return as long as they give up their family titles and assume new ones as life peers. This apparent

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

losses and ‘nervous breakdown’ this is bad news for Sir Keir and Labour. > > **Reform** will be biggest gainer from both Labour and Conservatives, overwhelmingly outside London. They will **gain 1550** seats > > Will their national equivalent

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

party’s lack of experience when it comes to governance, something which could be tested should they find themselves in charge of the council’s £3.5bn budget. A spokesperson for Reform said

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/23/karl-turner-former-labour-mp-calls-starmer-face-commons-committee-mandelson-vetting), and the wider Labour party, and would be likely to amplify already loud calls for him to resign. Separatists in office in all three devolved nations for the first time

Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform

losses in Thursday’s local elections in England, which could be decisive for Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister. In a message to voters on Thursday, Starmer said Reform’s Nigel Farage

No 10 considered giving Doyle ambassador role, sacked official says

losses were being discussed at his department. "I found it very hard to think how I would explain to the office what the credentials of Matthew [Doyle] were to be in an important head

Relish and dread as Starmer 'shambles' hangs over Scotland and Wales elections

Keir Starmer's woes? "It's just so huge," says a senior Labour MP who's been knocking on voters' doors in recent days. But these elections aren't remotely all about the government

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

loss of stronghold councils held since the 1970s.” James Johnson, the co-founder of **JL Partners**, told the Telegraph: > double quotation markIf these results come to pass, we will be looking at a major political

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales

Keir Starmer since the 2024 general election. Results across three nations could fundamentally change the political landscape and could have repercussions for the prime minister. In what is seen as the first true multiparty battle