May 7th saw the local elections in England of 136 councils and about 5,000 councillors alongside six mayors. In Wales and Scotland, we saw the elections for the Senedd and Holyrood. Pre-election day, up and down the country, the biggest parties were Green, Reform and Liberal Democrats to gain seats across many councils but, remaining in a large majority, was Labour, despite losing many seats.
Many people nationally reflect on what has happened in Westminster despite it being the local elections in England. This has caused a large spike in not only Reform UK votes but in votes for the Greens as well. This spike in Green support is due to the recent charismatic and compelling campaigning by the new leader Zack Polanski. This rise in membership, and fan base of the Greens is due to the large number of young voters which the party are focusing on. Opposingly, Reform seems to be targeting not only Conservative voters but Restore voters as well which is a party who have little to no candidates right now; their policies to nearly scrap net zero aims, make the UK have more austerity than it already does is a huge concern.
So, will the votes across the three countries be calamitous for Keir or the saving grace he so desperately needs? Polling suggests that his support has gone down drastically while the support for parties like Reform, Greens, Plaid Cymru and the SNP is ever rising. Have people voted tactically to keep Reform out? Is the UK more fragmented now than ever? Will Keir Starmer resign?
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