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Reform UK
Right-populist party founded by Nigel Farage; governs 14 English councils after May 2026 elections.
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#921 May
Lost 22 councillors in 14 days at 27% annualised rate, tripling the projected 10%
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform loses 22 councillors in 14 days#920 May
Grantham: 7 of 9 Reform councils cut climate
UK Local Elections 2026#918 May
Essex sues to stop its own abolition
UK Local Elections 2026#915 May
Mentioned in: Labour NEC clears Burnham for Makerfield run
UK Local Elections 2026#914 May
Mentioned in: Findlay co-opts his Scottish Tory rivals
UK Local Elections 2026#813 May
Mentioned in: Swinney pushes Section 30, seven short
UK Local Elections 2026#813 May
Lost at least seven councillors in first seven days through suspensions, expulsions, defections and resignations
UK Local Elections 2026: Seven Reform exits in seven days#813 May
Mentioned in: Findlay refuses to quit Tory leadership
UK Local Elections 2026#913 May
Mentioned in: Standards probe opens on Farage £5m gift
UK Local Elections 2026#812 May
Mentioned in: Standards opens Farage £5m gift inquiry
UK Local Elections 2026#812 May
Mentioned in: King's Speech: 27 bills, no RPA Bill
UK Local Elections 2026#811 May
Nine of 14 raise tax, eight drop climate
UK Local Elections 2026#911 May
Took Lancashire control and announced UKRS withdrawal; 14 other Reform councils watching precedent
UK Local Elections 2026: Lancashire is first to quit UKRS#810 May
Mentioned in: Essex Reform elects Harris, AGM 28 May
UK Local Elections 2026#78 May
Lancashire quits Home Office refugee scheme
UK Local Elections 2026#77 May
tripled councillor base to 2,126 while facing projected 200+ annual departures from prior attrition rate
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform base triples to 2,126 councillors#77 May
Mentioned in: Plaid Cymru forms Welsh minority government
UK Local Elections 2026#76 May
Mentioned in: Welsh Labour collapses to nine seats
UK Local Elections 2026#76 May
entered the Scottish Parliament for the first time on 17 seats
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform enters Holyrood on 17 MSPs#76 May
Mentioned in: Greens take Hackney and Lewisham boroughs
UK Local Elections 2026#76 May
Thurrock: Reform 41/49 with no budget
UK Local Elections 2026#76 May
Norfolk hung: Reform 40 of 84 seats
UK Local Elections 2026#76 May
Reform sweeps Sunderland and Wakefield councils
UK Local Elections 2026#76 May
returned 1,448 councillors in 14 English councils, 894 below MRP projection
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform short 894 seats on MRP#66 May
Retained £12 million in cryptocurrency donations with no statutory return obligation on polling day
UK Local Elections 2026: RPA Bill stranded, FCA review without probe#65 May
Projected at 34 Senedd seats (29%), down from 37 in second MRP
UK Local Elections 2026: Wales Greens fall from 10 to 2#65 May
Projected to gain more than 1,300 England council seats, leading 11 of 13 West Midlands councils
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform projected to 2,342 council seats#65 May
Lost further councillors to Restore Britain in Kent while facing Norfolk trojan-horse candidate competition on 7 May
UK Local Elections 2026: Restore Britain enters tracker at 4% nationally#65 May
Mentioned in: SNP at 62, three short of 65
UK Local Elections 2026#62 May
Expelled David Prior the day after Farage personally addressed him at a rally
UK Local Elections 2026: Fourth Reform candidate on BNP list#61 May
Mentioned in: 22% of councils on emergency support
UK Local Elections 2026#628 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh Labour at 12%, lowest since 1906
UK Local Elections 2026#525 Apr
Entered polling day with no statutory obligation to return unverifiable crypto donations
UK Local Elections 2026: RPA Bill misses the wash-up window#525 Apr
Confirmed all three candidates expelled after HOPE not hate disclosure
UK Local Elections 2026: BNP-list disclosures expel three Reform names#524 Apr
Mentioned in: Sarwar wins NHS round; Compston backs SNP
UK Local Elections 2026#524 Apr
Mentioned in: More in Common puts SNP short of majority
UK Local Elections 2026#522 Apr
Recorded 27% Westminster VI, the party's largest-ever national polling lead
UK Local Elections 2026: Greens overtake Labour in YouGov national VI#522 Apr
Won Barton and Winton ward by-election, gaining first seat on Salford City Council
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform takes Salford ward off Labour#521 Apr
Projected to gain 7 seats from first MRP to reach 37 and lead the Senedd
UK Local Elections 2026: YouGov second Welsh MRP flips Plaid lead#521 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects SNP, sweep hits six-of-six
UK Local Elections 2026#519 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh leaders debates expose immigration paradox
UK Local Elections 2026#516 Apr
Mentioned in: Swinney bids for 2028 vote; Streeting refuses
UK Local Elections 2026#516 Apr
Mentioned in: Section 106 conviction vacates Reform seat
UK Local Elections 2026#414 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS sweep: five of five Holyrood parties
UK Local Elections 2026#414 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects Scottish Labour plan same day
UK Local Elections 2026#414 Apr
Left open as potential partner for First Minister confidence vote by Welsh Lib Dems
UK Local Elections 2026: Welsh Lib Dems leave Reform door open#414 Apr
Mentioned in: Plaid and Wales Greens trade public blows
UK Local Elections 2026#414 Apr
Mentioned in: Lib Dems ask FCA to probe Farage crypto stake
UK Local Elections 2026#414 Apr
#313 Apr
projected to win control of three major English county councils
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform projected for three county halls#313 Apr
65 Reform councillors gone in a year
UK Local Elections 2026#313 Apr
failed to provide wallet addresses for cryptocurrency donations to the Electoral Commission
UK Local Elections 2026: Electoral Commission blind on crypto cash#313 Apr
Mentioned in: Candidate database hits 99.97% ahead of vote
UK Local Elections 2026#413 Apr
Projected to win Sunderland and Wakefield metropolitan councils in addition to Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
UK Local Elections 2026: PollCheck puts Reform in Labour's north#413 Apr
#413 Apr
#313 Apr
“reported reform uk councillor attrition rate”
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#313 Apr
“projected to take control of essex county council”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#313 Apr
“projected reform uk to control essex norfolk suffolk”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#313 Apr
“cold called rival councillor to stand as paper candidate”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#313 Apr
“confirmed inability to verify reform crypto donations”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#313 Apr
“donated twelve million pounds to reform”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#313 Apr
“condemned reform candidate vetting as nil”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#313 Apr
“would govern councils under lgr restructure”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#312 Apr
“completed candidate coverage enabling reform cross reference”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#412 Apr
#412 Apr
#311 Apr
IFS rejects every Scottish party's fiscal plan
UK Local Elections 2026#311 Apr
projected second on 20 Holyrood seats per YouGov MRP
UK Local Elections 2026: Second MRP confirms SNP majority path#311 Apr
“confirmed reform scottish manifesto unaffordable”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#210 Apr
Mentioned in: Candidate Database Jumps From 2.6% to 86% in Three Days
UK Local Elections 2026#49 Apr
Lost 10 of 57 Kent County Council seats through expulsions, defections and resignations since May 2025
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform Kent group falls from 57 to 47#49 Apr
Lost Cliftonville Kent CC seat to Green Party
UK Local Elections 2026: Greens flip Kent seat from Reform UK#49 Apr
#49 Apr
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#28 Apr
IFS Demolishes Both Scottish Opposition Manifestos
UK Local Elections 2026#48 Apr
#48 Apr
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#28 Apr
“found no credible evidence reform tax cuts would self fund”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#27 Apr
Six Reform Wales Candidates Gone, Three From One Seat
UK Local Elections 2026#37 Apr
led national Westminster polling at 24%
UK Local Elections 2026: Labour and Greens draw level at 16%#17 Apr
Projected 14 regional list seats in Scotland, displacing Conservatives
UK Local Elections 2026: Electoral Calculus projects first SNP majority since 2011#27 Apr
Mentioned in: Tories Projected to Hold Zero Scottish Constituency Seats
UK Local Elections 2026#37 Apr
“projected reform uk second at 20 holyrood seats”
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#27 Apr
“lost candidates reducing list ceiling under closed list pr”
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#36 Apr
“drew level with labour nationally”
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#36 Apr
#26 Apr
“resigned citing racism allegations and parachute selections”
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#21 Apr
Wales Hardening Into Two Blocs, Researchers Find
UK Local Elections 2026#11 Apr
Locked with Plaid in Welsh polling
UK Local Elections 2026: Plaid and Reform in dead heat 30 days out#41 Apr
Mentioned in: Three crypto gaps persist through polling day
UK Local Elections 2026#21 Apr
Davey Frames English Locals as Lib Dems Versus Reform
UK Local Elections 2026#21 Apr
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#21 Apr
“framed election as lib dems versus reform”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#41 Apr
#225 Mar
Crypto Ban Lands on Reform Ahead of Polling Day
UK Local Elections 2026#225 Mar
“failed to disclose crypto donation amounts to regulator”
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#225 Mar
“imposed 30 day return window for unlawful crypto receipts”
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#218 Mar
Mentioned in: Major Questions FPTP Before Three-System Election Night
UK Local Elections 2026#318 Mar
Mentioned in: Finance reform bill stalls past polling day
UK Local Elections 2026#318 Mar
“imposed retrospective crypto donation ban targeting reform”
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#11 Mar
Projected second party at 30 seats
UK Local Elections 2026: YouGov MRP gives Plaid 43 seats, Labour 12#21 Mar
Mentioned in: Rupert Lowe's Party Tests Itself in Great Yarmouth Only
UK Local Elections 2026#21 Mar
#116 Feb
Mentioned in: Six devolution mayoral elections postponed to 2027-2028
UK Local Elections 2026#116 Feb
Reed reverses postponement, government pays Reform UK costs
UK Local Elections 2026#19 Feb
Mentioned in: Jenrick tells Commons prior advice already judged postponement unlawful
UK Local Elections 2026#11 Feb
Reform took 2.7x Labour's Q4 donations as campaign began
UK Local Elections 2026#11 Oct