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Currently:
Reform 611 councillors (+611)
Lib Dem 358 (+153)
Con 290 (-610)
Labour 87 (-170)
Green 74 (+42)
Reform control 7 of the councils up for election; Lib Dems 3; and the Tories lost control of 13. And of course Reform won the by election by just 6 votes.
Labour equals worst projected national share score while Tories score party's lowest-ever
This is the first time that a party other than Conservatives or Labour have been ahead in the projected national vote share calculation - and Reform's estimated 30% is well above the 23% that Ukip scored at the height of its popularity in 2013.
Labour's tally equals its lowest previous recorded performance in 2009, while the Conservative estimate is the party's lowest-ever recorded.
This is the first time that the combined share of the vote for Conservative and Labour has been below 50%, underlining, as I reported earlier, the fragmentation of British politics in these elections.
This is the first time that a party other than Conservatives or Labour have been ahead in the projected national vote share calculation - and Reform's estimated 30% is well above the 23% that Ukip scored at the height of its popularity in 2013.
Labour's tally equals its lowest previous recorded performance in 2009, while the Conservative estimate is the party's lowest-ever recorded.
This is the first time that the combined share of the vote for Conservative and Labour has been below 50%, underlining, as I reported earlier, the fragmentation of British politics in these elections.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c39jedewxp8t?post=asset%3Af2c59447-d2a8-4f46-b680-ff7e2b86ca79#post
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