Reform wins control of Staffordshire County Council

BBC ^ | 5/2/2025 | Jen Aitken, Anna Whittaker and Richard Price

[Redmen4ever]

Reform UK has beaten the Conservatives in Staffordshire's local elections and secured the votes needed to claim control of the county council.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: reformparty

[Redmen4ever]

With 51 of 62 seats called, Nigel Farage's Reform Party has already secured a majority of the seats on the local government council for Staffordshire.

This is Reform's first control of a local government.

Of the 51 seats that have been called, Reform won 39 (39 being the party's net gain), Conservatives won 10 (for a next loss of 37), Labour won zero (for a net loss of 3), and one each have been called for a Green (a net pick-up of 1) and for an independent.

In this vote thus far counted in this place, Reform won 42 percent of the vote, which is quite good in a multi-party context.

[libertylover]

Good! I think. What are Reform’s major platforms?