{"id":28909,"date":"2026-05-05T10:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/28909\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:12:32","slug":"yougov-poll-predicts-reform-uk-domination-in-west-midlands-and-a-chink-of-light-for-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/28909\/","title":{"rendered":"YouGov poll predicts Reform UK domination in West Midlands – and a chink of light for Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"

YouGov has predicted in Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Solihull and Dudley\"birminghammail\"<\/p>\n

05:29, 04 May 2026<\/p>\n

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New polling has Reform UK gaining the most votes in every 2026 local election.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the latest YouGov polling may actually be a relief to the Labour party<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As BirminghamLive has previously reported, Labour has been predicted to be wiped out in historically safe Birmingham<\/a> City Council, but YouGov’s latest polling suggests it will be level pegging with Reform UK in the city, on 21 per cent.<\/p>\n

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However, in every other West Midlands local election, Reform are predicted to land the most votes.<\/p>\n

That ranges from Labour heartlands like Sandwell<\/a>, where Reform is predicted to land 28% of the vote, to Solihull<\/a>, which has recently been Conservative-dominated, where it is projected to get 31%.<\/p>\n

The polling, however, is not really good news for Labour.<\/p>\n

The party has held power in Birmingham for years and previously had all 72 councillors on Sandwell Council – so seeing that eroded to this extent is historic.<\/p>\n

If YouGov’s polling were to come true, both Birmingham and Sandwell would be no-overall-control – but big wins for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, YouGov is predicting big wins for the Greens – polling 19% in Birmingham and between 14% and 21% elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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