In February, the government announced that local elections in East Sussex, West Sussex, Essex, Thurrock, Hampshire, the Isle ...

What elections are taking place? Voters will go to the polls on May 1 to elect councillors for 23 local authorities in ... People can register online at gov.uk/register-to-vote.

Elections are also taking place in England for two local ... and polling day due to councillors switching parties or seats falling vacant. Most of the seats were last contested in May 2021 ...

Lord Hayward said recent local by-elections suggest Nigel Farage’s party may not be as popular as recent polls have suggested ... Labour 301 and Reform UK just nine of the seats available.

He dismissed claims that the recent row between Nigel Farage and fellow MP Rupert Lowe will affect Reform UK’s support ... In the 2021 local elections, when the former prime minister was ...

Reform UK should secure as many seats in May’s local elections as Labour and the Tories based on polling figures ... a huge 66% of council seats in 2021 – a year he labelled “peak Boris ...

Lord Hayward said all three parties should have a realistic target of about 450 councillors after the local elections on May ... Labour 301 and Reform UK just nine of the seats available.