Posted on 05/01/2025 4:30:47 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Nigel Farage's Reform UK is expected to be the major winner in elections tonight as disaffected voters hammer Labour and the Conservatives.
The hard right party is expected to get its hands on real political power for the first time with wins in mayoral and council elections at the expense of Kemi Badenoch's war-weary Tories.
Former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns is expected to become mayor of Greater Lincolnshire and former Olympic boxer Luke Campbell is in with a chance of winning in Hull and East Yorkshire.
Reform is also expected to win hundreds of council seats, mainly at the expense of the Tories, who are expected to lose up to 500 councillors.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately told BBC Newsnight the party was on course for 'a bit of a battering'.
But the party could also give Sir Keir Starmer a real bloody nose in Labour's first test since the general election, after months in which the government's approval rating has plummeted.
As well as local elections, Reform are the bookies' favourite in a by-election in Runcorn and Helsby, a previously safe Labour seat in the North West that could now go either way.
Mr Farage said he wanted to 'smash the two-party system', adding: 'The two major parties are more fearful of the results tonight than we are.'
Senior Labour sources have also suggested Reform could win Durham Council, which would raise eyebrows as it is an area where the party would expect to do well.
On Sir Keir's left flank, the party's Helen Godwin is also being pushed in the race to become mayor of the West of England by the Green Party's Mary Page.
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Net Zero will destroy the UK
The vote count late into the night but Reform UK and Nigel Farage seeking a big victory and likely to get it.
The counting is all that matters. Watch for the usual late night dump favoring only the left.
Nigel is still somewhat “of the system” but better than nothing. UK is going down the tubes and the people need some hope.
Maybe Tommy Robinson will replace him at Reform. (Won't happen, they'll just arrest him again)
Now compare to Javier Milei and Jair Bolsonaro.
It's still early, but increasingly confident we're in turquoise tsunami territory for Reform.
Better than expected results across the board.
Hearing even West of England Mayoralty is in play for them.— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) May 2, 2025
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