UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, reeling from crushing local election defeats, is facing a new setback to his leadership after a former minister said she would challenge him for the top job if no-one else stepped forward. Sir Kier’s Labour Party recorded the worst losses of a governing party in municipal polls since 1995,…
LONDON: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party had scooped up the most council seats in local elections in England by Friday night, even taking control of its first London council, as angry voters booted out hundreds of Labour and Conservative councillors in their traditional heartlands.By then, even though results continued to come in overnight for the…
Nigel Farage has proclaimed the local elections as “big historic night” for Reform UK as the far-right political party has seen a surge, according to early results. Millions of people across the country took to the polling stations as elections were held in 136 local authorities across England, including London and other cities. Plus, elections…
London — The United Kingdom’s governing Labour Party and the opposition Conservative Party, which together have dominated British politics and seated every prime minister for more than 100 years, both took a gut punch in a major round of local elections on Thursday. For Labour leader and current Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the heavy losses on…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has refused to resign in the face of local election losses for his Labour Party in what is being seen as a ‘midterm’ litmus test for his government. With the Reform Party gaining in English council election results and Labour losing several seats as trends trickled in on Friday (May…
Nigel Farage suggested Reform UK was on course for a general election victory after taking council seats from Labour in early local election results. Sir Keir Starmer’s party was haemorrhaging seats as local authorities began declaring overnight, in a set of contests that could prove decisive for his premiership. You can follow MyLondon’s live election…
Reform UK has surged in the UK local elections after taking council seats from the Labour Party, with Keir Starmer’s party haemorrhaging seats as local authorities began declaring overnight. Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK gains exceeded 210 seats when results were in from 37 of the 136 councils in the early hours of Friday, while Labour…
“As you can see, we are scoring stunning percentages in traditional old Labour areas” 04:26, 08 May 2026Updated 04:38, 08 May 2026 Nigel Farage has said that the local elections mark a ‘historic change’ in British politics(Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire) Nigel Farage is celebrating a ‘historic change’ in politics after Reform UK gains a swathe…
Nigel Farage suggested Reform UK was on course for a general election victory after taking council seats from Labour in early local election results. Sir Keir Starmer’s party was haemorrhaging seats as local authorities began declaring overnight, in a set of contests that could prove decisive for his premiership. Reform’s gains exceeded 150 seats when…
Local elections (Image: Getty) Voters across England, Scotland and Wales have been to the polls in the most explosive local elections in years – and now the results are about to come flooding in. Counts begin overnight in battleground councils where Reform UK and the Greens hope to smash Labour and the Tories, with the…