Local Elections 2026
 

Not looking good for anyone except Reform atm.

Results as of this post ;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/...ngland/results


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So, Two hours later it seems everyone else is in bed.

Reform are definitely clear winners in these elections, and Labour are losing out the most.

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I spoke to the reform candidate in the ward I was working in yesterday and he said he hoped he would win because he reckoned being a councillor would 'Be a right laugh'.

The one saving grace is only a third of the seats were up for election so it may not be as catastrophic as it could be.

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unfortunately i could not vote due to the photo id rule, been waiting for my renewed photo driving license to arrive ,and guess what ,it just dropped through the letter box :(

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Old one would've still would've been valid as id, unless it was really old and not a photo one.

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I believe you have to return the old one when applying for the new one, I now have to do it every 3 years.

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correct, i did have a postal vote but let it laps as i am now well enough to walk to the polling station

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Not being a driver, I wasn't aware of that.

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I did a postal vote on the 20th April

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My area was labour, but the town is now fully Conservative.

Dan Swords (Harlow) has done a lot of changes in the town, I think what helped was we had an old office block which was bought by a London council and fill with dodgy people, but Dan bought it back and they went back to London and the build is nor for people from Harlow, along with a load of new builds, which again will be for Harlow people to rent, a limited number of new builds will be to buy.

SKS is in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks he will be leader for the next GE.

My personal view is that Labour has done so many u-turns its dug a hole, and people still don't trust Conservatives, so Reform was the only option.

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For balance, having hit what I thought was rock bottom a couple of years ago, you're team's not having a day to be proud of and she's not looking like she's planning to go anywhere either.

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I forgot to vote :( was too busy still celebrating my birthday :D I would have remembered a general election so I don't know why this slipped my mind :shrug:

I don't really want reform but people aren't happy so voices must be heard :)

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From the people I know and speak to, this seems true.

If there was a GE now, I'm not even sure who I woud vote for.
I dont care for Reform (or Farage), Labour are a disaster, Cons are not much better atm, and I'm not fond of Liberals (and definitely not Greens).

Whoever says they'll fix the roads and get rid of the stupid OSA will get my attention.

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Looks like Reform are going to almost wipe the board here in Wakefield. The whole council up for election and of the 11 wards declared so far we've had 31 Reform and 2 Lib Dems.

Time to start planning what to do with all the cash I'll have from the promised Council Tax savings:rolleyes:.