Reform UK is on track for historic gains in the 2026 UK local elections - seizing hundreds of seats in the early countswhile Labour and the Conservatives suffer heavy defeats across England.

With results from 39 of 136 councils declared overnight (roughly 28% of the vote counted), Reform UK has already gainedover 300seats- a remarkable surge for a party that had almost no local presence just a few years ago.

Now more than 300 seats won for Reform UK.Absolutely brilliant. 🤩🔥

Labour has lost220 seats, the Conservatives107, while the Liberal Democrats gained 35 and the Greens 22.

The scale of Labour’s collapse is stark.In areas where the party was defending seats, it has retained only 23% so far.One senior Conservative commentator noted on X that Labour is “currently losing 84% of the seats they are defending.”

Labour has already lost control of at least five councils, including long-held northern strongholds. Tameside fell after 47 years of Labour rule. Heavy losses were also recorded in Halton, Hartlepool, Redditch and Tamworth, with Reform UK making major inroads in former Labour heartlands across the North and Midlands.

Nowhere is the drama more intense than in Birmingham, where all 101 council seats are up for election. Pre-poll surveys had Reform UK as the largest party or very close to it,with some projections putting them on 47 seats- just short of an outright majority.

A widely shared post on X claimed Reform UK is “tipped to take control of Birmingham City Council in what could become one of the biggest political upsets in modern British politics.”Local issues including a prolonged bin strike and council finances have dominated the campaign. Results from Britain’s second city are expected later today.

If these projections are even close to accurate, today will go down as a historic moment in modern British politics.Reform UK potentially gaining nearly 1,600 council seats would represent one of the most dramatic political shifts in recent local election history.Labour and…https://t.co/P94MVzMTrPpic.twitter.com/tA8bAVkUUQ

Across the declared councils,Reform UK is winning approximately 48% of the seats contested so far.Many authorities are heading forno overall control, creating a fragmented political map.

Source: ZeroHedge News