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Bruised Tories and Labour left working out how to tackle Reform
- Voters participated in local elections on Thursday, where Reform UK rose significantly, overturning several Conservative and Labour councils and winning multiple metro mayor seats.
- The Conservative and Labour parties both suffered heavy losses, leading to Liberal Democrats gaining control of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire and Reform UK exceeding expectations.
- Reform UK now holds overall control in eight councils, leads in 12, and narrowly won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by six votes, highlighting its growing influence.
- The Conservatives lost over 550 council seats with seats reduced from 18 councils to just two, while the Liberal Democrats gained 146 seats and the Greens increased by 36 seats.
- The results boosted Reform’s leader Nigel Farage, who declared a “Reform-quake” and claimed Reform “can and will win the next general election,” while all main parties oppose Reform’s council policies.
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As Reform grows, we urgently need a left electoral alternative
Thursday’s elections were a big success for Reform UK, and a disaster for the Tories and Labour. Most of all they highlight the need for a left alternative. Photo: Wikimedia/Creative Commons, cropped The elections in local government, and the by-election in Runcorn, had clear implications for the different parties: For the Tories – disaster Kemi Badenoch has described the results as a ‘bloodbath’, with the Tories winning their lowest vote share …
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