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party haemorrhaged councillors at the local elections and Reform made significant gains. Keir Starmer’s party
party polling since previous local elections. Councillor losses are based on change since last elections. Fisher estimates Reform will gain
elections as Reform makes early gains United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is bracing for [heavy defeats in local
Reform UK had faced an increased level of scrutiny following its successes in last year's local elections in England, where the party gained
Reform makes huge election gains? **Glasgow, United Kingdom –** Voters in England’s [local council elections](/news/2026/5/8/uk-elections-early-results-and-takeaways-will-starmer-have-to-resign) have delivered a damning verdict of Labour as it took hundreds of seats from the UK’s governing party
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
gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives. Reform made advances in heartland areas of both parties, clocking up substantial early results in the English local elections
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
local elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/07/elections-2026-local-scotland-wales-reform-green-labour-conservatives-live-news-updates) at the expense of Nigel Farage’s Reform party gains
local election results show that the United Kingdom, traditionally a two-party system, now has at least five major political forces. All will now be hoping to make gains in the general election, which will
gains in Manchester in last week's local elections. But the party has downplayed its prospects in Makerfield. Former Green leader Caroline Lucas said she hoped the party would not contest the seat in order
Reform UK candidate last week, but he did so by a significant margin, resurrecting his party’s support in an area where the populists had made sweeping gains during local elections
party, which is led by Nigel Farage, has surged. In local elections last month, Labour suffered heavy losses while Reform made major gains
Reform UK and the Green party are expected to make significant gains at the expense of Westminster’s two biggest parties in England, while the [Liberal Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liberaldemocrats) could turn swathes of local
gained 21 Reform and 11 Green councillors. The outgoing Labour leader of the council, John Cotton, said the party needed to “listen carefully to the message” of the electorate, and called on the party
party’s membership has tripled and now stands at more than 200,000. As well as its success in the local elections, it gained a fifth MP in February when [Hannah Spencer saw off Labour
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 17 MSPs. In north-east England, if the local election
Party suffered significant losses in local elections while the right-wing populist Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, made major gains
Reform’s steel strategy has not yet been written, the push to woo the industry comes just weeks before the local elections on 7 May, in which the party is hoping to make gains
party insider tells me they should end up with seat gains of at least four figures in local councils, comfortably winning at least a thousand council seats in England. Some projections put them well over