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Thursday, May 14, 2026

David Farrar: Final UK local election results


English Councillors
  • Reform 1,453 (+1,451) (+72550%)
  • Labour 1,068 (-1,496) (-58%)
  • Lib Dems 844 (+155) (+22%)
  • Conservatives 801 (-563) (-41%)
  • Greens 587 (+146) (+302%)
English Councils
  • No overall control 64 (+23) (+56%)
  • Labour 28 (-38) (-58%)
  • Lib Dems 15 (+1) (+7%)
  • Reform 14 (+14)
  • Conservatives 9 (-6) (-40%)
  • Greens 5 (+5)
Welsh Senedd
  • Plaid Cymru 43 (+20) (+87%)
  • Reform 34 (+34)
  • Labour 9 (-35) (-80%)
  • Conservatives 7 (-76%)
  • Greens 2 (+2)
  • Lib Dems 1 (+1)
Scottish Parliament
  • SNP 58 (-6) (-9%)
  • Labour 17 (-4) (-19%)
  • Reform 17 (+17)
  • Scottish Greens 15 (+6) (+67%)
  • Conservatives 12 (-19) (-61%)
  • Lib Dems 10 (-6) (-38%)
The UK may have gone from a three party system to a five party system. And Starmer may soon be gone.

David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn’t this because Starmer gave a job to a chap who had Epstein links and the public revolted and now they are having their say by going for a guy who has links to Palantir?

These are not the good guys.

Barend Vlaardingerbroek said...

If an undergraduate student had given me this report for an assignment, I would have slapped a big 'F' all over it. You don't just toss a barrage of figures at your readers, you should discuss them - point out trends, clarify terms that your readers may not be familiar with (e.g., what's 'Plaid Cymru?), and explain the conclusions you have drawn.

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