Local Elections 2025

Fact checks, analysis and comment about the 2025 UK local elections.

9 May 2025

Is Reform UK now the government’s ‘main opposition’?

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made that claim after his party picked up the most seats in last week’s local elections. We’ve looked at different ways political parties’ strength can be compared.

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Nigel Farage speaking at a Reform UK event.
14 February 2025

County council elections have not been ‘cancelled’ for the first time since World War Two

Contrary to claims made on social media, some county council elections were also delayed in May 2021 so the local authorities could be reorganised.

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