Early results saw Labour haemorrhage hundreds of councillors and eight local authorities across England while Reform, the Greens and Liberal Democrats all made gains

Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has led the U.K.’s Labour Party to a humiliating defeat in local elections. Now, with five major parties competing for votes, the far right could be well positioned for a general-election victory.

The counting has barely started, but the spinning is already in overdrive, with the political consequences already clear, writes Sean Whelan.

Polls predict historic losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on Thursday as anti-immigrant Reform U.K. makes gains, and a new era of multiparty politics takes shape.

Nigel Farage's Reform U.K. gained over 1,000 seats, marking a seismic realignment in the traditional two-party system.

On dysfunctional governance in the United Kingdom. In July 2024, the Conservative Party was ejected from office with an ignominy that was towering and by a margin unprecedented in its long history. The Labour Party, thrashed at the previous election in ...

Britons heading to polls in local elections on Thursday will deliver an answer to the question of whether their country’s legacy parties still hold wide appeal. They will also illuminate just how willing British voters are to overlook antisemitism accusations around a rising left-wing party — and potentially propel its leader,

Elon Musk has once again entered the British political fray, this time promoting a new right-wing party, Advance UK, while criticizing the leader of the rapidly growing and influential Reform UK party, Nigel Farage. Musk recently posted on X: Go with @ ...

With the elections coming to a close, Labour is set to lose more than 1,300 councillor seats. Reform U.K., a right-leaning party established in 2018, will gain more than 1,400 seats per BBC. Labour has also lost its majority in Wales,