What do the results mean for Labour – and is it the end of two-party politics in the UK?
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‘Out with the old’ was the prevailing sentiment of the 2026 local elections.
Around 25,000 candidates are campaigning this year, with new election styles in Scotland and Wales
A gulf is emerging between the party’s populist rhetoric and what it does in practice.
Reform UK and the Green party are expected to win their first seats in the Senedd, but they have contrasting views on the Welsh countryside.
Five experts tell us what they will be keeping their eye on during the May elections in England, Scotland and Wales.
Nigel Farage has criticised polling company YouGov for showing less Reform UK support than other agencies.
More choice can also mean greater opportunity to be heard.
Polling byelections is notoriously difficult so to predict a winner, you need to combine a variety of data.
Reform has eight MPs, but not everyone has been given a job in the top team.
The Reform candidate for Gorton and Denton has been expressing his views on what makes someone English or British.
Conservative voters have become more positive about Reform since the defections – but some Reform voters have been turned off.
Matt Goodwin has been announced as Reform’s candidate in a byelection for what should have been a safe Labour seat in Manchester.
Reform is at risk of absorbing so many former Tories that it starts to look like the establishment it denounces.
Elections are happening in Scotland and Wales, but the smaller parties lack firepower in those areas.
Diversity within Reform has become a flashpoint for internal dissent.
Rural and environmental issues are high on the political agenda in the upcoming Welsh election.
The dog whistle was brought out fairly frequently in 2025 as rightwing political figures tested our limits.
However you cut it, the big parties have lost significant ground to Reform.
Imperial nostalgia correlates strongly with support beyond the main parties: positively with Reform and negatively with the Greens.
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