Nigel Farage’s right -wing party takes 10 of the 23 local councils and shows strength against traditional conservative and labor parties
The UK’s right -wing party led by Nigel Farage, beaten the traditional labor and conservative parties by winning 10 of the 23 councils in the local elections of Thursday (1st.MAI.2025).
Democratic liberals took control of 3. Conservatives lost all 15, 8 for the reformists. The labor, 1. With this, the control of the councils (understand below) was divided as follows among the parties:
- Reform: 10;
- Democratic Liberals: 3;
- others: 10.
The reform also applied a harsh defeat to conservatives regarding the number of elected counselors. The elections ended with 677 – 648 chairs gun. The conservative party lost 635 seats. The Labor, 198, according to.
This was the first major vote since Prime Minister Keir Stmerer and the Labor Party in 2024. Therefore, the result acts as a thermometer to measure support for the new government. Starmer, however, faces a drop in popularity.
The victory of the reform reflects the wear and tear of traditional parties and the growth of feeling anti-establishment.
Conservatives suffered from the 14 -year -old legacy in power, while labor, despite leading the government since 2024, have not yet gained consistent support.
Popular dissatisfaction with topics such as immigration, economy and cost of living also favored Farage’s party – which adopts a populist narrative and an alternative to the other 2 parties.
Mayor
Six mayors were elected this Friday (2.mai) in the United Kingdom:
- 2 mayors of unique authority in Doncaster and North Tyneside;
- 4 regional mayors (“metro mayors”), em West of England, Cambridgeshire e Peterborough, Greater Lincolnshire e Hull and East Yorkshire.
The reformists won in the regions of E, with the victories of former Minister Andrea Jenkyns and former boxer Luke Campbell, respectively.
The Labor Party took in Doncaster, North Tyneside and West of England. Conservatives kept control of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Mayors of single authority are political leaders of local councils and responsible for the management of municipal services. Regional, on the other hand, commands combined authorities – consortia formed by different local councils – and have attributions in the areas of housing, transportation and economic development.
RUNCORN E HELSBY
In the northwest of England, the Electoral District of Runcorn and Helsby held a supplementary election (“by-election”) For the Chamber of the Common. The vote was called after the resignation of labor deputy Mike Amsbury, who left office after being convicted of assaulting a voter.
The election ended with a tight victory of the UK reform, which won by 6 votes after the recount. With the result, the reform wins its 5th chair in Parliament, which stayed with the reformist Sarah Pochin.
In the 2024 election, Amsbury beat Runcorn and Helsby for the Labor Party with 52.9% of the votes, a majority of 14,696.
Local advice
Elections to local councils in the UK define representatives responsible for managing public services in cities and regions of England, such as garbage collection, local transportation and urban planning. These representatives integrate the so -called “local councils”bodies equivalent to city councils in Brazil.
This year, the local elections in the UK went to the following types of local authorities:
- 14 County Advice (“county councils”) – Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire e Worcestershire;
- 8 Unit Councils (“unitary councils”) – Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, County Durham, North Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, West Northamptonshire e Wiltshire;
- 1 Metropolitan District Council (“metropolitan borough council”) – Doncaster.
The difference between the councils are as follows:
- District Council – Responsible for garbage collection, parks and urban planning;
- county – Take care of all the county, especially the maintenance of roads, schools and libraries;
- unit council – Responsible for services such as housing.
In addition, local elections in different years and not all are at the same time. The local government can choose from the following options:
- elect all local counselors every 4 years;
- elect half the local counselors every 2 years;
- Elect ⅓ every year for 3 years and not hold elections in the 4th year.
