US EditionNigel Farage says Reform UK is ‘main opposition’ after local elections success
- Reform UK gained a parliamentary seat in Runcorn and Helsby on 2025-05-03 by winning a local by-election by six votes.
- This close win overturned Labour’s previous majority of over 14,000 and followed Reform’s recent local election gains across several councils in England.
- Reform UK also took control of Staffordshire and Durham councils, won 21 seats in Northumberland, and elected Dame Andrea Jenkyns as Greater Lincolnshire mayor with a near 40,000 majority.
- Nigel Farage declared Reform UK the main opposition party, stating they have increased their seats to five MPs and secured hundreds of council seats, while others called this claim not credible.
- The election results suggest Reform UK is growing as a political challenge to Labour and Conservatives, potentially reshaping local government control and national opposition dynamics.
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Conservatives and Labour Avoid Self-Criticism While Reform UK Capitalizes Disgruntled England · Global Voices
Thursday’s local elections in England marked an unexpected milestone in the national political balance. Reform UK, the party led by Nigel Farage, consolidated itself as the great winner by winning 677 seats, taking control of 10 of the 23 disputed councils and adding two metropolitan mayors. Farage called the results “the end of bipartisanship” and “the death of the Conservative Party,” while celebrating the victory in the tight by-election of R…
‘TRUMP WITH A PINT’: Stellar Performance by Reform UK in Local Elections Confirms Nigel Farage as a Very Strong Contender for the Role of Next British Prime Minister
Not even the MSM can deny just how consequential the multiple electoral victories obtained yesterday by a surging Reform UK in Britain’s local elections were.
Farage does it again: Reform UK trashes Labour and Tories, becomes main opposition
Populist Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party surged into the lead in local elections across England and grabbed one of Labour’s safest parliamentary seats, trashing Conservatives and becoming head of Britain´s opposition, underline UK media.
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