UK Local Elections: In Many Firsts, Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Wins Mayor, Parliamentary By-Poll

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has sent shockwaves through British politics. In a dramatic turn, Reform narrowly won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, flipping a seat held by Labour with a 15,000-vote lead last year. With mayoral wins and council gains, Reform UK may be ending Britain’s century-old two-party dominance. Labour is downplaying the upset, but numbers tell a different story.