REVEALED: Staggering number of elections Labour has LOST since General Election as voters punish Starmer
Voters have punished Labour for a series of unpopular decisions enacted by Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves, eye-opening analysis of council elections since the General Election has revealed.
The socialist party has suffered a net loss of 35 seats since July 2024, with their aggregate vote share crashing by 9.1 per cent.
It comes after Labour stripped pensioners of the winter fuel payment, slapped farmers with ‘punishing’ death duties, raised taxes by £40billion and presided over record small boat crossings in the English Channel.
As a result, Britain has been swinging back to the right just nine months after the Tories 14 years in power.
The Conservative party, despite being leaderless for much of the period and heavily beleaguered after an electoral drubbing, have recorded a net gain of 22 seats since the General Election.
This is despite the fact their aggregate vote share has only risen by 0.2 per cent, indicating that the party still enjoys the upper hand in a First Past The Post system.
Reform UK, the insurgent party led by Brexit supremo Nigel Farage, has recorded a net gain of 12 seats, something commentators have called ‘underwhelming’ after the party topped multiple national polls.
In response, Reform UK says it has only just began professionalising and has a fraction of the resources the establishment parties possess.
They also point to the fact their aggregate vote share has risen by 9 per cent- more than any other party- which would align with the party repeatedly coming second or third in tight contests.
For example, last week there were nine council by-elections in which Reform came second in six, third in two and fourth in one.
With voters going to polls in wards across London, Lancashire and Wales, the results confirm Reform UK has broad support and is capable of challenging both Tory and Labour wards but does not often enjoy enough concentrated support to win First Past The Post contests.
Elsewhere, the Liberal Democrats have won 41 seats (no net change) and have enjoyed a three per cent vote share bump.
The Greens are up two seats and the SNP down one while 11 independent candidates have also won contests.
It comes as Reform UK recover in the polls after a slight dip caused by the fall out between Rupert Lowe and Nigel Farage.
The spat began when Rupert Lowe called Farage a ‘messianic figure’ and questioned whether he had what it takes to be Prime Minister and turn Reform into ‘more than just protest party’.
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Days later Reform UK removed the whip from Lowe, citing two allegations of bullying in his office as well as threats of physical violence against party chairman Zia Yusuf. The latter is now being investigated by the police.
Lowe strenuously denies all allegations, arguing he has been kicked out for ‘daring to challenge Nigel Farage’ and that he has been given no evidence of the claims against him.
The pair have traded vicious criticism of each other online with Farage saying Lowe will never be allowed back into Reform. Today, Lowe launched a ‘final effort’ to rebuild their relationship after Farage ignored an invitation to have dinner.
But today respected pollsters Find Out Now published their latest poll which put Reform first on 27 per cent (up one).
The research put Labour second on 24 per cent (down one) and the Tories third with 21 per cent (no change).
Reacting to the poll, one voter said: “It’s only one poll but more or less in line with other recent polls. No discernible boost for distinguished statesman Sir Keir.
“No decline in support for Reform despite Lowe’s bust up with Farage. And for the Tories – the misery continues.”
Another said: “Starmer’s Falkland’s moment doesn’t seem to have shifted the dial (except downwards!)”