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May 2025 local elections, Labour held 34% of all council seats in England, down 2% from 2024
England, Scotland and Wales The biggest set of elections since the 2024 general election will see millions of people head to the polls on Thursday 7 May. Voters in Scotland and Wales will elect representatives
2024 general election with 45.2% of the vote to Reform UK's 31.8%, recent local council elections in May 2026 saw a shift, with Reform UK winning 49.8% of the area's vote compared
may not be far off. In a [make-or-break speech speech](/news/2026/5/11/uks-keir-starmer-faces-likely-challenge-following-labours-election-defeat) on Monday, the leader of the ruling Labour Party said that he remains the man to deliver change and will take responsibility
2024 UK general election. Indeed, from dealing with internal challenges to his authority following a series of backbench Labour rebellions to the political fallout over the prime minister’s ill-fated [decision to appoint](/news/2026/4/20/uk-pm-starmer-admits-mistaken-call-on-mandelson-rejects-calls-to-resign
England’s local elections as proof his party is best positioned to confront what he described as the “extreme populist change” offered by Reform UK and the Greens. As Labour assessed a disastrous
England suggested this was going to be every bit as dire a set of results for Labour – and its leader – as feared. Miliband’s spokesperson may have disputed, if not quite emphatically, [reports](https://www.thetimes.com
local election results require careful interpretation. Not all places have them at the same time, a relatively small proportion complete their counts overnight and the early headlines may not reflect outcomes later
local elections were turned away due to the voter ID requirements. Of those initially turned away, 71% returned to vote later. All voters [need photo ID to vote in person](https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id) in general
2024 after leading Labour to a historic general election victory, Starmer promised the public that his government would “fight every day until you believe again”. Now, Starmer is faced with the uncomfortable truth that
council elections in England, largely at the expense of both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, the two dominant forces in British politics for over a century. In the devolved elections, Labour’s vote
May, with results expected to follow on Friday and over the weekend. The polls will be the biggest test of public opinion since Labour won the general election in 2024. Opinion polling suggests the results
May elections. MPs who fear Starmer cannot lead the party into the next general election because of his unpopularity are understood to have been discussing whether to lay out a timetable for his departure
England. An alternative is a system of proportional representation under which some attempt is made to distribute seats to reflect the popularity of parties. Both the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd in Wales use systems
2024. But less than two years later, Labour lost the most seats of any party in last week's regional elections. While Labour faltered, right-wing populist Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage – a Trump
elections, found that the causes about which voters said they were most exercised locally – more than the cost of living, the NHS or immigration – were potholes, congestion and road maintenance. For many, crumbling roads have
local elections in England and parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK won hundreds of seats and control of more councils in England, Labour went backwards in Scotland
local representatives than any other. For that to come to pass would mean a nasty night for Labour, and the Conservatives. The Tories were second last time round in the 2022 elections in English councils
England, councils are coloured by the current party with a majority. For Wales and Scotland, the map is showing the most recent winner for each of the devolved parliaments constituencies, but both parliaments also operate
local government expert at the London School of Economics, said that the Greens’ failure to make more of an imprint in London reflected the capital’s unique status in England, with results appearing favouring