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Reform UK Secures 26% Vote, Halts Immigration Devolution

5/16/2026

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Reform U.K., led by Nigel Farage, won the May 7, 2026 local elections as the largest party.
It secured 1,453 council seats and 26 percent of the vote, ahead of Labour (17 percent) and the Greens (18 percent).
Analysts say a Reform U.K. government could resist devolving immigration authority to Scotland or Wales, now that pro-independence parties control the devolved parliaments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Reform U.K., led by Nigel Farage, won the May 7, 2026 local elections as the largest party.
It secured 1,453 council seats and 26 percent of the vote, ahead of Labour (17 percent) and the Greens (18 percent).
Analysts say a Reform U.K. government could resist devolving immigration authority to Scotland or Wales, now that pro-independence parties control the devolved parliaments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.