At a Glance: Election Results so Far
Labour lost 26 seats in the first three council counts as Reform UK gained 34, raising fresh pressure on Sir Keir Starmer.
- On Friday morning, early results showed Reform UK making significant gains across England, winning seats in traditional Labour heartlands while Labour and the Conservatives both suffered losses in the first councils to declare.
- Almost 25,000 candidates contested more than 5,000 seats across 136 councils in these major elections, which Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's party entered expecting to lose up to 1,850 councillors as senior figures described the contest as "tough."
- In Hartlepool, Reform won all 12 seats on offer, pushing the council into no overall control, while in Halton the party gained 15 councillors; overall, Labour lost 26 seats while Reform gained 34 in the first three councils.
- Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy urged his party not to play "pass the parcel" with the leadership, telling the BBC there were "questions that we have to answer" but ruled out changing the leader.
- Votes in Scotland and Wales await counting, with Labour facing potential losses in Wales and the Scottish National Party aiming for a fifth term as Reform challenges for second place in various regions.
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The first results of the local elections held this Thursday in the United Kingdom, where 5,000 councillors will be elected to more than a hundred local authorities, reveal the first defeats of the Labour Party, which with 37 of the 136 raided consistories has lost its control in seven of them, while the ultra-nationalist Reform UK gains its ground.
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