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Reform's Great Yarmouth First Sweeps Nine Seats, Falls Short

5/13/2026

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Elon Musk posted on X that former Reform member Rupert Lowe’s new local party must win to save Britain.
Great Yarmouth First won all nine Norfolk Council seats it contested, leaving Reform three seats short of a majority.
The party took seven former Conservative seats and two Labour seats.
Turnout averaged 46 percent, with first-time voters backing the party, which pledged to stop housing, revive high streets and strengthen sea defences.

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Elon Musk posted on X that former Reform member Rupert Lowe’s new local party must win to save Britain.
Great Yarmouth First won all nine Norfolk Council seats it contested, leaving Reform three seats short of a majority.
The party took seven former Conservative seats and two Labour seats.
Turnout averaged 46 percent, with first-time voters backing the party, which pledged to stop housing, revive high streets and strengthen sea defences.