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Election results so far at a glance - and what's still to come Reform UK has made significant gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in early council
election results showing so far? As counting continues, the populist, anti-immigration Reform UK Party led by Nigel Farage has been sweeping up council
councils as it looks to mount a serious challenge to Labour in the next UK general election, expected to be held by 2029. “Reform will understandably celebrate these results
UK. Labour has lost more than 1,100 English council seats, including in its heartlands across northern England and the Midlands, and faces further difficult results as counting continues throughout Friday. The results are bleak
councils up for election, and could face significant losses to Reform UK and the Green Party candidates. The results
results started coming in. Labour has lost more than 1,400 seats in English council elections, with Reform UK
UK,** having gained **more than 1,200 seats and control of 12 councils in England,** according to the Press Association’s tally of the results. Reform leader **Nigel Farage** declared he had ushered
results” scheme in the Channel. Labour, which is predicted to lose councils to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the local elections
UK, led by Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage, has soared. In local elections last week, Labour lost more than 1,460 council seats in England – most of them won by Reform – in the worst election results
result. In England, Labour lost ground to [Reform UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party) on the right as well as the Greens on the left. As of 7.30pm on Friday, there were at least 26 English
results?** About 5,000 seats were up for grabs across 136 council elections on Thursday. The Labour Party won just over 1,000 of the seats that were contested, losing more than 1,100 seats
Reform UK, which began from a standing start, having not contested the previous elections for these councils, and now has almost 400 councillors with undoubtedly many more to come. The size of losses and gains
Reform UK, the Greens and the [Liberal Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liberaldemocrats). The elections cover the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and 136 local councils in England, where 5,014 seats are being contested, including every
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
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, Reform UK and the Green party
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’s party
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
UK surge [saw the Lib Dems lose control of the council,](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c202dj2ymlko) while Nigel Farage's party thwarted their hopes of winning in Tory-run Hampshire. Speaking on a visit to Edinburgh
results showed Reform had gained support across swathes of the country, some targets eluded the party. The Tories secured all 11 district council seats available in Harlow, Essex. Reform also fell short of taking control
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 suffering heavy losses, many at the hands of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Starmer struck a defiant note on Friday morning in the face