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

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

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

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

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

‘Leader of the pack’: What next as Reform makes huge election gains?

Labour … being wiped out by Reform in many of their most traditional areas”. Reform UK has also gained

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

Labour has lost more than 1,400 seats in English council elections, with Reform UK making huge gains

Reform UK will never take voters for granted, Yusuf says

Reform UK has gained more than 1,400 councillors across England so far, sweeping aside the Conservatives in Essex and Suffolk, and surging ahead of Labour

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

Labour party’s 14-year leadership in [Birmingham](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/birmingham) has come to an end after Reform, Greens and pro-Gaza independents made significant gains in the UK

Keir Starmer's party lost big in U.K. local elections. Here's what comes next.

Labour faltered, right-wing populist Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage – a Trump ally and central figure in the Brexit movement – made significant gains

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

Reform UK election gains Conceding defeat at the election count at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on Friday, the outgoing Labour

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) lost hundreds of council seats in England, many to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which made big gains

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

Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) had lost control of more than 25 councils and more than 1,000 council seats in England by Friday night, many to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which made large gains

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

gaining seats. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the party "didn't win the argument" and stood by his previous call for Sir Keir to resign as prime minister. Reform UK

In the UK, Muslim votes are treated as a problem to be managed

Reform UK, which campaigned heavily on an anti-immigration platform, made significant gains in local council elections in England, largely at the expense of both the Conservative Party and the Labour

'We need to move quickly,' says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

Labour government had "delivered" on the change it promised in the 2024 general election. The Cabinet minister warned that the rise of Reform UK - which made huge gains

Nigel Farage hails ‘historic shift in politics’ after Reform UK election gains

Reform UK as a “historic shift in British politics” on a day when the populist party made gains at the expense of Labour

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

Reform UK Party led by Nigel Farage has been sweeping up council seats across the country. It has gained 382 council seats in England, and could form the main opposition party in Scotland

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

Labour is also facing pressure from parties at either end of the spectrum. The hard-right Reform UK is surging while the Green Party is gaining

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

Reform UK party [made sweeping gains](/news/2026/5/8/leader-of-the-pack-what-next-as-reform-makes-huge-election-gains) in local council elections at the expense of Labour

How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland

Labour have dominated for a century, the party now has just nine of 96 Senedd seats. From having virtually no presence, Reform has 34 Senedd seats, and in Scotland, Reform UK gained

US justice department blocking Met police investigation into Mandelson, reports say – UK politics live

Reform UK has asked steel bosses to **draw up an “alternative steel strategy” to rival recent government plans,** stoking industry fears over a charm offensive by Nigel Farage’s party as it eyes gains