Labour trounced, Conservatives on the backfoot – Reform UK crushes council elections

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