Key results and trends as the dust settles on election

With the dust settling on the outcome of the 2025 local and mayoral elections, here is a summary of the key results and trends to emerge from a potentially seismic moment in UK politics.

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Council elections

Two trends defined the results of the council elections: a widespread collapse in support for the Conservatives; and voters throwing their support behind a range of different parties, leading to substantial gains for Reform, plus success for the Liberal Democrats.

The stand-out statistic is the number of local authorities where Reform now has a majority: 10 of the 23 councils in which elections took place.

Eight of these were gained directly from the Conservatives (Derbyshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and West Northamptonshire), while one was gained from Labour (Doncaster) and one from no overall control (Durham).

Reform did not control any councils in England before these elections.

Moreover, on three of the councils where Reform now has a majority, Derbyshire, Doncaster and Staffordshire, the party did not have a single councillor before polling day.

In a further four councils, Reform is now the largest party, though short of a majority: Cornwall, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, all of which were previously run by the Tories.