Farage's party making big gains in local British elections | 3 May 2025 | The right-wing Reform UK party has won 677 out of more than 1,600 seats in England's local elections, while the Labour and the Conservative [sic] 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... 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%.