Reform UK makes big gains in English local elections
Summary
The Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, has had a significant victory in local English elections, securing control of several authorities and winning major seats. This has challenged the position of main political parties such as Conservative and Labour.Key Facts
- Reform UK won over 660 of the approximately 1,600 council seats in the recent local elections.
- The party gained control of eight councils from the Conservatives, including in areas known as Tory strongholds, Kent and Staffordshire.
- Reform UK also won control of Doncaster, previously under Labour, and Durham, where Labour was previously the largest party.
- The party won its first councils and mayoral seats in the newly-established Greater Lincolnshire, and Hull and East Yorkshire authorities.
- According to Nigel Farage, the Reform UK has now surpassed Conservatives as the main opposition to Labour.
- In these elections, the Conservatives lost over 650 seats and lost control of all 15 authorities they were defending.
- Labour, which had fewer seats to defend, lost over 180 seats.
- Liberal Democrats and the Green party also made progress, gaining nearly 160 and over 40 seats respectively.
- Before these recent elections, the Reform UK party held about 100 council seats.
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