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UK right-populist party led by Nigel Farage; governs 14 English councils after May 2026.
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#18 1 Oct
Lost two Northumberland seats and four councillors to Restore Britain
UK Local Elections 2026: Labour takes Hirst and Amble from Reform#18 29 Sept
Mentioned in: Burnham pledges to change voting system
UK Local Elections 2026#18 22 Sept
Voted in none of the five divisions
UK Local Elections 2026: Marra's MSPs vote for right to decide#18 22 Sept
Changed its leader in Wales
UK Local Elections 2026: Rhun ap Iorwerth sets six goals for Wales#18 16 Sept
Mentioned in: Lib Dem Amjid Ali takes over Luton
UK Local Elections 2026#18 15 Sept
Lost three councillors to the independent benches
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform down to 50 of 98 Durham seats#18 14 Sept
Mentioned in: Peers table four caps on party donors
UK Local Elections 2026#18 11 Sept
Received £72m from two donors in two days
UK Local Elections 2026: Delo and Harborne give Reform £72m#18 7 Sept
Mentioned in: McMahon drops four mergers on legal advice
UK Local Elections 2026#4 4 Sept
Pledged £80bn a year of spending cuts
Is Britain Actually Broke?: Jenrick pledges £80bn a year in cuts#4 4 Sept
Is Britain Actually Broke? · source event
#17 3 Sept
Accepted the most money of any party in Q2
UK Local Elections 2026: Delo's £4m arrived as cash, not crypto#17 2 Sept
Rayner's finance Bill goes to the Lords
UK Local Elections 2026#17 2 Sept
Finished third with a weak vote share
UK Local Elections 2026: Lib Dems hold Kingswood on a Wednesday#17 1 Sept
Mentioned in: MP says option D splits Huntingdonshire
UK Local Elections 2026#17 1 Sept
Lost three more councillors from its May intake
UK Local Elections 2026: Three more of Reform's May intake quit#17 27 Aug
Finished second without winning the ward
UK Local Elections 2026: Greens take Dover ward on 28.8%#17 27 Aug
Gained the ward from Labour
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform gains Southey on 15.6% turnout#17 27 Aug
Lost the ward it had won in May 2026
UK Local Elections 2026: Labour retakes a St Helens ward#17 27 Aug
Held the ward on a reduced vote share
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform holds Throckley on a cut share#17 27 Aug
Finished fifth with 51 votes
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform finishes fifth on 51 votes#16 20 Aug
Lost St Neots Eynesbury despite a 3.1-point rise in its own vote share
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform up 3.1 points, out of St Neots#16 20 Aug
Gained Harraby South, a ward it did not contest in 2022
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform gains Harraby South from Labour#16 20 Aug
Lost a councillor it had elected in Dalton and Dawdon, with no by-election triggered
UK Local Elections 2026: Durham councillor joins UK Social Democratic Party#16 20 Aug
Lost the Penistone East ward it had held since May
UK Local Elections 2026: Labour takes Penistone East from Reform#16 14 Aug
Fielded Farage as its only prospect against an opposition that declined to stand
UK Local Elections 2026: Farage wins Clacton back by 12,784 votes#16 14 Aug
Mentioned in: Clacton's non-Farage vote fell by 11,861
UK Local Elections 2026#16 13 Aug
Lost the Almondbury ward it had won in May
UK Local Elections 2026: Lib Dems take Almondbury off Reform#15 11 Aug
YouGov puts Labour ahead of Reform
UK Local Elections 2026#15 7 Aug
Lost its Plymouth deputy group leader to resignation
UK Local Elections 2026: Carol Ney quits Reform over a post#15 6 Aug
Gained three council seats and held a fourth across ten by-elections
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform wins three of ten by-elections#15 6 Aug
Finished second in four of the by-elections it did not win
UK Local Elections 2026: Greens take a seat Reform came second in#15 6 Aug
Carr takes his Reform seat to the SDP
UK Local Elections 2026#15 3 Aug
Lost 56 councillors since the May 2026 elections
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform sheds 56 councillors since May#14 30 Jul
Contested its first Greater Manchester mayoral race
UK Local Elections 2026: Craig wins Manchester in its first second round#14 27 Jul
Fell two points to 24%
UK Local Elections 2026: A second pollster puts Labour ahead of Reform#14 24 Jul
Mentioned in: Crime agency to investigate its own data leak
UK Local Elections 2026#13 20 Jul
Compared against Labour in both polls
UK Local Elections 2026: Pollsters split on the Burnham bounce#13 17 Jul
Clacton draws a record 34 candidates
UK Local Elections 2026#14 17 Jul
Clacton's ballot paper splits the right four ways
UK Local Elections 2026#13 16 Jul
Lost Old Catton, falling to third place
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform loses Old Catton to the Tories#13 16 Jul
Held second place in both by-elections
UK Local Elections 2026: Labour crumbles in two more wards#12 13 Jul
Reform plateau breaks after five weeks
UK Local Elections 2026#12 10 Jul
Police question two over Reform money
UK Local Elections 2026#12 10 Jul
Mentioned in: Banks flag £1m Cottrell payment to NCA
UK Local Elections 2026#11 7 Jul
Agreed to cover the estimated £200,000 cost of the by-election
UK Local Elections 2026: Farage to quit Clacton and refight it#11 7 Jul
Mentioned in: Every party but Binface boycotts Farage
UK Local Elections 2026#12 6 Jul
Mentioned in: The finance bill Reform outran returns
UK Local Elections 2026#11 6 Jul
Reform holds 25% through the storm
UK Local Elections 2026#11 5 Jul
Mentioned in: Labour flags Cottrell's funding of Farage
UK Local Elections 2026#11 2 Jul
Reform's councillor losses start to slow
UK Local Elections 2026#11 18 Jun
Increased its vote share to 34.5% despite losing the seat
UK Local Elections 2026: Burnham storms back to win Makerfield#10 1 Jun
YouGov puts the Greens at 15%, down from 17%
UK Local Elections 2026#10 1 Jun
Filed LGR pre-action letters through its newly elected council administrations
UK Local Elections 2026: Suffolk warns of legal action over abolition#10 28 May
Formed the new Essex administration after winning 53 of 78 seats on 7 May
UK Local Elections 2026: Essex audit unit meets the spend wall#10 22 May
Fielded Robert Kenyon on 40% in a seat Reform leads Labour by 11 on a generic ballot
UK Local Elections 2026: Right split may hand Burnham Makerfield#9 21 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#9 20 May
Grantham: 7 of 9 Reform councils cut climate
UK Local Elections 2026#9 19 May
Mentioned in: IfG counts 61 NOC councils, record
UK Local Elections 2026#9 18 May
Essex sues to stop its own abolition
UK Local Elections 2026#9 15 May
Mentioned in: Labour NEC clears Burnham for Makerfield run
UK Local Elections 2026#9 14 May
Mentioned in: Findlay co-opts his Scottish Tory rivals
UK Local Elections 2026#8 14 May
Mentioned in: Swinney pushes Section 30, seven short
UK Local Elections 2026#8 14 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#8 14 May
Mentioned in: Findlay refuses to quit Tory leadership
UK Local Elections 2026#9 13 May
Standards probe opens on Farage £5m gift
UK Local Elections 2026#8 13 May
Mentioned in: Standards opens Farage £5m gift inquiry
UK Local Elections 2026#8 13 May
Mentioned in: King's Speech: 27 bills, no RPA Bill
UK Local Elections 2026#8 12 May
Nine of 14 Reform councils raise council tax
UK Local Elections 2026#9 11 May
Took Lancashire control and announced UKRS withdrawal; 14 other Reform councils watching precedent
UK Local Elections 2026: Lancashire plans to quit UKRS#8 11 May
Mentioned in: Essex Reform elects Harris, AGM 28 May
UK Local Elections 2026#7 9 May
Lancashire quits Home Office refugee scheme
UK Local Elections 2026#7 8 May
Mentioned in: Plaid Cymru forms Welsh minority government
UK Local Elections 2026#7 8 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#7 7 May
Mentioned in: Greens take Hackney and Lewisham boroughs
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
Thurrock: Reform 41/49 with no budget
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
Norfolk hung: Reform 40 of 84 seats
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
Reform sweeps Sunderland and Wakefield councils
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
returned 1,448 councillors in 14 English councils, 894 below MRP projection
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform short 894 seats on MRP#7 7 May
Mentioned in: Welsh Labour collapses to nine seats
UK Local Elections 2026#7 7 May
entered the Scottish Parliament for the first time on 17 seats
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform enters Holyrood on 17 MSPs#6 6 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#6 5 May
Mentioned in: SNP at 62, three short of 65
UK Local Elections 2026#6 5 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#6 5 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#6 5 May
Projected at 34 Senedd seats (29%), down from 37 in second MRP
UK Local Elections 2026: Wales Greens fall from 10 to 2#6 2 May
Expelled David Prior the day after Farage personally addressed him at a rally
UK Local Elections 2026: Fourth Reform candidate on BNP list#6 1 May
Mentioned in: 22% of councils on emergency support
UK Local Elections 2026#17 30 Apr
#14 29 Apr
Mentioned in: How English mayors got the transfer vote back
UK Local Elections 2026#6 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh Labour at 12%, lowest since 1906
UK Local Elections 2026#5 25 Apr
Confirmed all three candidates expelled after HOPE not hate disclosure
UK Local Elections 2026: BNP-list disclosures expel three Reform names#5 25 Apr
Entered polling day with no statutory obligation to return unverifiable crypto donations
UK Local Elections 2026: RPA Bill misses the wash-up window#5 24 Apr
Mentioned in: More in Common puts SNP short of majority
UK Local Elections 2026#5 24 Apr
Mentioned in: Sarwar wins NHS round; Compston backs SNP
UK Local Elections 2026#5 22 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#5 22 Apr
Recorded 27% Westminster VI, the party's largest-ever national polling lead
UK Local Elections 2026: Greens overtake Labour in YouGov national VI#5 21 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#5 21 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects SNP, sweep hits six-of-six
UK Local Elections 2026#5 19 Apr
Mentioned in: Welsh leaders debates expose immigration paradox
UK Local Elections 2026#5 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Swinney bids for 2028 vote; Streeting refuses
UK Local Elections 2026#5 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Section 106 conviction vacates Reform seat
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects Scottish Labour plan same day
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS sweep: five of five Holyrood parties
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Lib Dems ask FCA to probe Farage crypto stake
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 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#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Plaid and Wales Greens trade public blows
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
#3 13 Apr
projected to win control of three major English county councils
UK Local Elections 2026: Reform projected for three county halls#3 13 Apr
failed to provide wallet addresses for cryptocurrency donations to the Electoral Commission
UK Local Elections 2026: Electoral Commission blind on crypto cash#4 13 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#3 13 Apr
Mentioned in: Candidate database hits 99.97% ahead of vote
UK Local Elections 2026#3 13 Apr
65 Reform councillors gone in a year
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
#4 14 Apr
#3 13 Apr
“donated twelve million pounds to reform”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 13 Apr
“confirmed inability to verify reform crypto donations”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 13 Apr
“cold called rival councillor to stand as paper candidate”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 13 Apr
“condemned reform candidate vetting as nil”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 13 Apr
“would govern councils under lgr restructure”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 13 Apr
“projected to take control of essex county council”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 13 Apr
“projected reform uk to control essex norfolk suffolk”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 13 Apr
“reported reform uk councillor attrition rate”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 13 Apr
“completed candidate coverage enabling reform cross reference”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#4 13 Apr
#4 13 Apr
#3 11 Apr
projected second on 20 Holyrood seats per YouGov MRP
UK Local Elections 2026: Second MRP confirms SNP majority path#3 11 Apr
IFS rejects every Scottish party's fiscal plan
UK Local Elections 2026#3 11 Apr
“confirmed reform scottish manifesto unaffordable”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 10 Apr
Mentioned in: Candidate Database Jumps From 2.6% to 86% in Three Days
UK Local Elections 2026#4 9 Apr
Lost Cliftonville Kent CC seat to Green Party
UK Local Elections 2026: Greens flip Kent seat from Reform UK#4 9 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#4 9 Apr
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#4 9 Apr
#2 8 Apr
IFS Demolishes Both Scottish Opposition Manifestos
UK Local Elections 2026#4 9 Apr
#4 9 Apr
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 8 Apr
“found no credible evidence reform tax cuts would self fund”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 7 Apr
Mentioned in: Tories Projected to Hold Zero Scottish Constituency Seats
UK Local Elections 2026#2 7 Apr
Six Reform Wales Candidates Gone, Three From One Seat
UK Local Elections 2026#3 7 Apr
led national Westminster polling at 24%
UK Local Elections 2026: Labour and Greens draw level at 16%#1 7 Apr
Projected 14 regional list seats in Scotland, displacing Conservatives
UK Local Elections 2026: Electoral Calculus projects first SNP majority since 2011#3 8 Apr
“projected reform uk second at 20 holyrood seats”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 7 Apr
“lost candidates reducing list ceiling under closed list pr”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 7 Apr
#2 7 Apr
“resigned citing racism allegations and parachute selections”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 7 Apr
“drew level with labour nationally”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#4 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Spotlight on Corruption finds 3 gaps in crypto ban
UK Local Elections 2026#2 1 Apr
Wales Hardening Into Two Blocs, Researchers Find
UK Local Elections 2026#1 1 Apr
Locked with Plaid in Welsh polling
UK Local Elections 2026: Plaid and Reform in dead heat 30 days out#2 1 Apr
Davey Frames English Locals as Lib Dems Versus Reform
UK Local Elections 2026#2 1 Apr
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#4 1 Apr
#2 1 Apr
“framed election as lib dems versus reform”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 25 Mar
Crypto Ban Lands on Reform Ahead of Polling Day
UK Local Elections 2026#2 25 Mar
“imposed 30 day return window for unlawful crypto receipts”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 25 Mar
“failed to disclose crypto donation amounts to regulator”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 18 Mar
Mentioned in: John Major questions first past the post
UK Local Elections 2026#3 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Finance reform bill stalls past polling day
UK Local Elections 2026#3 18 Mar
“imposed retrospective crypto donation ban targeting reform”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#1 1 Mar
Projected second party at 30 seats
UK Local Elections 2026: YouGov MRP gives Plaid 43 seats, Labour 12#2 1 Mar
Mentioned in: Rupert Lowe's Party Tests Itself in Great Yarmouth Only
UK Local Elections 2026#2 1 Mar
#1 16 Feb
Mentioned in: Government delays six mayoral votes to 2027-28
UK Local Elections 2026#1 16 Feb
Reed reverses postponement, government pays Reform UK costs
UK Local Elections 2026#1 9 Feb
Mentioned in: Jenrick tells Commons prior advice already judged postponement unlawful
UK Local Elections 2026#1 1 Feb
Reform took 2.7x Labour's Q4 donations as campaign began
UK Local Elections 2026#1 1 Oct