{"id":781044,"date":"2026-05-08T03:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/781044\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:08:15","slug":"elections-2026-live-election-results-declared-in-some-english-councils-as-reform-gains-seats-and-labour-suffers-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/781044\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections 2026 live: Election results declared in some English councils, as Reform gains seats and Labour suffers losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" height=\"2.5rem\" width=\"9.8125rem\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-h608ny-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>So far, it&#8217;s a successful night for Reformpublished at 03:15 BST<\/p>\n<p>03:15 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7b2e0a68-6940-426c-9b33-973f83545689.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><strong>Professor Sir John Curtice<\/strong><br \/>Polling expert<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Reform UK activists, including newly elected councillor for Clacton North Peter Harris (right), celebrate at Essex County Council count at Clacton Leisure Centre\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/05bcfb1a-1138-4ee0-9c78-44878cfc9ea9.jpg.webp\"  width=\"998\" height=\"561\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, PA MediaImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reform UK activists, including newly elected councillor for Clacton North Peter Harris (right), celebrate at Essex County Council count at Clacton Leisure Centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The night is so far proving to be one of substantial success for Reform. They are currently winning more than half of the seats that have been declared. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In contrast, Labour, who have been defending most seats this evening, have lost four in five of the seats that they have been trying to defend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">These figures reflect the fact that in the key wards where the BBC have collected detailed voting information, so far Reform have been averaging around 30% of the vote, whereas Labour have so far won just 16% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The other challenger party, the Greens, are performing creditably; their average of 15% of the vote is up 10 points on average compared to 2022. However, it is not enough for them to be picking more than the occasional gain. So far, just a net gain of eight seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Conservatives are also losing ground; their vote is on average down by 14 points and the party is losing more than half the seats it is trying to defend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Liberal Democrats&#8217; hopes of making notable net gains of seats are not being realised. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So far, the party has seen little change in its net tally. Moreover, the party&#8217;s share of the vote is down on average by 5 points since 2022, a drop that is shielded by the fact it is less than the drop of the Conservatives and Labour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So far, it&#8217;s a successful night for Reformpublished at 03:15 BST 03:15 BST Professor Sir John CurticePolling expert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":781045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[50,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-781044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116536758081736405","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}