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Reform: 'No one wants to work with us at city council'
Birmingham Mail
|May 13, 2026
PARTY LEADER ADMITS HE CANNOT FORM A COALITION AND WILL 'BE IN OPPOSITION'
BIRMINGHAM Reform’s new leader Jex Parkin has confirmed there is “no viable route” to Reform running the council and they will be “in opposition”.
Speaking to Birmingham Live, he said the party was 28 seats shy of the 51 seats needed to form a majority on the 101-seat council and “other groups have repeatedly made clear they do not want to work with us”.
Nor did the party wish to go into coalition with anyone, he added.
“I was elected as group leader and naturally our ambition has always been to govern Birmingham City Council. We've always had that ambition, that’s why we aimed for a majority, which for us was certainly the best case scenario and we believe the best scenario for the residents of the city.
“Other groups on the council have repeatedly made it clear that they're not willing to work with us. So, clearly, there’s going to be a challenge to reach a majority there.”
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