by Mikhail Kolovangin
[REGNUM] On May 7, the UK held its biggest single voting day since the 2024 general elections.
Three separate electoral processes took place on the same day: elections to 136 local councils in England, where just over 5,000 seats were up for grabs; elections to the Scottish Parliament (129 seats); elections to the Welsh Legislative Assembly (96 seats).
It was both a political test for the government of Keir Starmer, which came to power just under two years ago, and a test of the readiness of Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform Party to transform itself from a protest phenomenon into a real political machine.
The result exceeded the most pessimistic forecasts for the current government. Labour suffered a crushing defeat in all three arenas, and the Reform Party took first place in terms of seats in England's local governments.p
| And isn’t it glorious! |
| As of Saturday, the numbers posted by the Telegraph were: REFORM +1,276, LAB -1,051, LIB DEM +142, CON -427, GREEN +306, so more precincts must have finalized their vote counts. |
At the national level, the picture looks like this: the Reform Party – 27%, the Conservatives – 20%, Labour – 15%, the Greens – 14%, and the Liberal Democrats – 14%. Labour is third. Just a year ago, it was the ruling party with an overwhelming parliamentary majority.
Labour's losses were particularly painful in traditionally "red" areas of northern England—in towns like Hartlepool, which they had held for decades. Labour lost control of 38 councils. Starmer himself admitted: "The results are harsh, very harsh, and there's no sugarcoating it."
| What odds in those areas the Pakistani grooming gangs have been protected by the authorities while running roughshod over the daughters of the Labour-voting native population? Sir Kier was recently revealed to have been very active in that protection racket when he was director of public prosecutions and then promoted to head of the crown prosecution service. Or contrariwise, those areas where Moslems are now voting as a block for Moslem or Hamas-supporting Independent candidates? |
The Conservatives also suffered significant losses, down 563 seats. However, compared to Labour's collapse, their decline appears almost moderate. The Liberal Democrats and Greens are improving, but their gains remain overshadowed by the day's main story.
The Scottish Parliament elections took place simultaneously with the local elections. The final standings in the 129-seat Holyrood district showed that the Scottish National Party (SNP), led by John Swinney, retained its status as the largest faction, but fell short of an absolute majority (65 seats). The SNP will still form the government, but in a more vulnerable position. The Conservatives plummeted from 31 to 12 seats—the party's worst result in Scottish elections.
The main sensation was the Reform Party's debut at Holyrood: 17 seats from scratch, on par with Labour. Before this election, the party hadn't had a single member of parliament in the Scottish Parliament. Farage now has parliamentary representation at every level of government in Britain.
The most dramatic story unfolded in Wales. Labour held a majority in the Senedd for 27 years, since its founding in 1999, but on May 7, that era ended. First Minister of Wales, Labour MP Eluned Morgan, lost the election in her own constituency and announced her resignation as Welsh Labour leader. Now the ruling party will have to seek a coalition with the Welsh National Party.
The Reform Party, a party formed from the Brexit Party, has been steadily expanding its presence in the political arena. In 2024, Farage personally won a seat in the House of Commons, which also saw the party gain eight seats in Parliament. Since then, the party has consistently ranked among the leaders in national polls, often topping the support list. Now, as of the 2026 results, it has the largest faction on local councils in England and the largest representation in Scotland and Wales.
The party's political program is built on several fundamental positions: strict restrictions on migration, cutting taxes and government spending, rejecting the "green" climate agenda, and criticizing transatlantic institutions.
| Also the EU. As the former Brexit party, they particularly object to Sir Keir’s promise to more closely align with EU regulations and positions. |
| Indeed. And so President Trump believes, too. |
| The soon the better, for all involved… |
Immediately after the results were announced, more than 35 Labour MPs called for Starmer to resign. MP Catherine West
| …an old Corbynite, so the very worst of Labour in every way… |
| Apparently he may not have a choice. |
Taken together, the three results—the triumph of the Reform Party in England, the victory of the SNP in Scotland, and the victory of the Welsh National Party—create a fundamentally new political landscape. In each of the three regions, a party with its own agenda, distinct from the traditional political forces, emerged victorious.
For the Reform Party, the next frontier is the general election, where victories in local councils and regional parliaments must be converted into seats in the House of Commons.
Britain's single-member constituency system has historically harshly punished third-party parties with broad but dispersed support. This is precisely the central political question of the next three years: will Farage be able to overcome the electoral system's structural barrier and transform the electoral wave into a parliamentary majority.
| For the sake of Great Britain’s future, let us pray. |
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