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ER Editor: We covered Thursday’s UK local elections and by-elections only in brief on Friday as council election results were not yet compiled. See from Friday —
Farage’s Reform Party Beats Labour in Safe Seat, Takes Key Mayoral Race
The rising popularity of Reform UK parallels that of right-wing populist party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) in Germany.
Breakdown of voting can be found here on the BBC website —
England local election results 2025
‘It’s the most historic local election result in British history… the odds have narrowed on Nigel being our next Prime Minister!’@ZiaYusufUK says Reform UK’s local election results prove the country is ready for change — 10 councils, 2 mayors, 32% of the vote. pic.twitter.com/ZmgrZaKM9l
— GB News (@GBNEWS) May 3, 2025
🇬🇧 Britain Fights Back
Reform UK just crushed the 2025 local elections:
✅ 677 council seats gained
✅ 10 councils under full control
✅ 2 mayors
✅ 1 MP
✅ 228,000+ members strong
Tories lost 677.
Labour dropped 189.This wasn’t a vote—it was a rejection of globalism.
Britain… pic.twitter.com/vVtCnte28f— The Report (@TheReportX) May 3, 2025
UK: “Work from home? Forget it. And if you’re a DEI officer, I’d start looking for a new job,” declared Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, promising that his party will take a “quite radical” approach in councils where they’ve gained power following England’s local elections. pic.twitter.com/znaMEQXZXd
— @amuse (@amuse) May 3, 2025
#NEWS | The final results of the Council races show an extremely strong performance for Reform and the LibDems while Labour suffers some losses.
The Conservative party appears headed towards extinction as they have lost control of every single Council they previously held.
– RN pic.twitter.com/VJ07EU7UOe— The Global Eye (@TGEThGlobalEye) May 3, 2025
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For an interpretative take, here’s Gary Chappell for News Uncut —
AS THE dust settles on the 2025 local elections, one truth is unmistakable: Britain’s political centre did not just shift it imploded. While Reform UK surged to an unprecedented 677 council seats and 10 councils, Labour haemorrhaged votes across its former heartlands. But Keir Starmer? He is too busy adjusting his tie to notice the building is on fire.
Reform UK did not just win, they won where it hurt. They tore through Red Wall territory Labour assumed was permanently theirs. County Durham, once a Labour fortress, now waves a Reform flag. In Runcorn and Helsby, Labour lost by six votes, a loss that symbolises more than a recount could ever fix.
Nigel Farage, meanwhile, called the night the ‘death of two-party politics’. He might be right. Reform is far from polished and clearly has problems – the spat involving Rupert Lowe is a case in point – but they are speaking directly to a public that feels abandoned, lied to and laughed at.
Labour had a decade to reclaim the trust of working-class Britain. Instead, they offered manager-speak, U-turns, and a party leadership that seems more comfortable in Davos than Doncaster.
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Farage’s party making big gains in local British elections
The right-wing Reform UK has won control of ten of 23 local authorities up for grabs
RT
The right-wing Reform UK party has won 677 out of more than 1,600 (ER: 1,641) seats in England’s local elections, while the Labour and the Conservative parties suffered heavy defeats across the country.
As results began to trickle in on Friday, the party led by firebrand and Brexit proponent Nigel Farage emerged as the strongest performer in contests held in 23 local authorities across England, winning control of ten councils. These included eight taken from the Conservatives – Derbyshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and West Northamptonshire — along with Doncaster from Labour and Durham, where no party previously had a majority.
Reform also won hard-fought parliamentary by-elections in Runcorn and Helsby, snatching victory from Labour by just six votes after a recount. As a result, the party now controls five seats in the UK Parliament.
According to a BBC projection, if a general election were held today, Reform UK would receive 30% of the vote, ahead of Labour at 20% and the Conservatives at 15%. However, the next general election is not due until May 2029. The last one was held last year and saw Labour secure a landslide victory, riding a wave of public dissatisfaction with the economic policies of the Tories.
Commenting on his party’s strides, Farage remarked: “In post-war Britain, no one has ever beaten both Labour and the Tories in a local election before. These results are unprecedented… Reform can and will win the next general election.”
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that while he felt a “sharp edge of fury,” he said he understood the voters’ choice while promising to “go further and faster in pursuit of… national renewal.” Meanwhile, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch bluntly acknowledged that the elections were a predictable “bloodbath,” stressing that the Tories must continue work to rebuild trust in the party.
Reform UK’s rise has been driven by voter frustration over high levels of immigration, the rising cost of living, and what many see as years of mismanagement by both major parties. The party campaigned heavily on promises to cut migration – including by small boat crossings – lower taxes, and reduce council spending, positioning itself as the only alternative to what it calls “a failed political establishment.”
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