Reform faced first ever council seat defences - they lost both of them

Reform faced first ever council seat defences - they lost both of them

Reform UK faced their first ever council seat defences this week, and they managed to lose both of them.

Reform lose two council by-elections in seats they only won in May

Reform lost two council by-elections last night (3 July) in seats that it won in the local elections this May. This means Nigel Farage’s party only held onto them for two months. The Tories narrowly won the by-election in Newark West on Nottinghamshire County Council, picking up 34.7% of the vote to Reform’s 34.3%. In the Benfieldside by-election in Durham, meanwhile, Reform were pushed into third place. The Lib Dems came out on top, winning the…

Reform's first ever council by-election defences result in defeats, including to Lib Dems

Seven principal authority council by-elections on Thursday this week with two more a day earlier, on Wednesday. The two Wednesday contests were both in wards that had not had a Liberal Democrat candidate before, but did have one this time around: Killingworth (North Tyneside) Council By-Election Result: RFM: 38.5% (New) LAB: 31.9% (-22.7) CON: 21.4% (-3.5) GRN: 4.2% (-16.3) LDM: 4.0% (New)Reform GAIN from Labour.Changes w/ 2024.— Election Maps …