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

Birmingham city council, one of Europe’s largest local authorities, with the 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

Election results so far at a glance - and what's still to come

Reform UK is targeting former Labour strongholds in the north of England and the Midlands like Sunderland, Gateshead and Walsall. In Birmingham - where the council is currently run by Labour - the new fragmented political landscape

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

result be a ‘coalition of chaos’? Paul Tilsley was 23 when he was first elected for the Liberal party in Birmingham’s 1968 council elections. At the time, the UK had an unpopular Labour government

Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains

UK election gains Conceding defeat at the election count at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on Friday, the outgoing Labour leader of the city council, John Cotton, made a plea. “What I would encourage the next

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

UK politics live Good morning. We are now into the final week of campaigning for the Scottish parliament, Welsh Senedd and English local elections. Keir Starmer had been planning a big speech today

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

UK politics is now so different, so atomised, to make headline polling almost irrelevant. One senior Lib Dem said: “A lot of people seem to be misreading the way things are going. We think