Elections

England council results

Number of councillors

23 of 23 councils. Counting complete.

  • Reform UK: 677 councillors, 677 councillors gained
  • Liberal Democrat: 370 councillors, 163 councillors gained
  • Conservative: 319 councillors, 674 councillors lost
  • Labour: 98 councillors, 187 councillors lost
  • Independent: 89 councillors, 20 councillors lost
  • Green: 79 councillors, 44 councillors gained

Summary

  • Reform become the biggest party on Warwickshire County Council with 23 seats

  • However, they are unable to secure a majority

  • Conservative Izzi Seccombe, who has led the council for almost 12 years, loses her seat to Lib Dems

  • The Lib Dems are the second largest party with 14 seats

  • Conservatives had a strong majority before the election, holding 41 of the 57 seats

  1. Thank you for joining uspublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 2 May

    We're wrapping up our live coverage of the Warwickshire County Council election – thanks for following along.

    There'll be more analysis this evening and in the coming days on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire and BBC Midlands Today.

    And you can find coverage of results from around the country here.

  2. Reform will figure it out, party chair sayspublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 2 May

    Reform's Stratford chair James Crocker, who won his Arden seat from the Conservatives, said it was too soon to say what comes next.

    “We will figure this out amongst ourselves and quickly, over the next few days."

    Crocker said a lot of the competing parties were very organised and had people who had been “doing this for a very long time”.

    “A lot of us [Reform] are doing this for the first time, it is not rocket science but we are only just learning some of the basics," he added.

    The party may not have a “huge amount of experience” but it does have “talent”, Crocker said.

    “It doesn’t worry me in the slightest, we will figure it out”.

    A man standing in a park. He is wearing a pink shirt and tie and a navy suit.
  3. The results were what we expected - Tory candidatepublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 2 May

    Graham Curtis, who was a Conservative candidate for Attleborough, said today’s results were not a huge surprise and reflected the feeling on doorsteps.

    “A lot of the Reform votes have come from the Conservatives, there seems to be that local feeling of protest and change,” he said.

    However, he remained hopeful the party’s supporters would return before the next General Election.

    “A lot of the comments are ‘I’ve been a Conservative all my life, I’m going to use this vote now but I’ll be back."

  4. Reform's performance 'ends two-party politics' - Faragepublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 2 May

    Reform Leader Nigel Farage has said his party’s performance is “a truly historic landmark” and “marks the end of two-party politics”.

    Speaking to activists in Durham after his party took control of Durham County Council, he said it was the “beginning of the end of the Conservative Party” and Reform were now the main opposition.

    Anyone working at Durham County Council on climate-change initiatives, or diversity, equality and inclusion, or thought they could go on working from home should “be seeking alternative careers”.

    Farage said the party wanted to give people better value for money, reduce excessive expenditure and bring local government back to "what it ought to be", which was providing social care, special education needs for children and mending pot holes.

    He claimed the public had been “enraged” by “unfair” immigration policies and said Reform would reindustrialise the country, criticising the government for its focus on Net Zero.

  5. Who would Reform join forces with?published at 17:09 British Summer Time 2 May

    Simon Gilbert
    Political Reporter, Coventry and Warwickshire

    The Conservatives would be the obvious choice, but that would be significant, not just locally, but nationally.

    A joint Reform and Conservative administration would surely be the focus of widespread attention with the recurring, incessant chatter around a possible future merging of the two parties.

    The coming days and weeks of political manoeuvring will decide who leads the county.

    But it could significant for the country - depending on the partnerships formed and their success or failure.

    It’s going to be fascinating.

  6. County set for a 'completely new broom' - Lib Demspublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 2 May

    Dan Sambell
    BBC Radio CWR

    Sarah Boad

    Sarah Boad, who has been re-elected for Leamington North and is deputy leader of Warwickshire’s Liberal Democrat group, said Lib Dem councillors who really work hard for their communities had been re-elected.

    “I think that shows people like what Lib Dems do and like how we do our politics.”

    She said most of the current portfolio holders had lost their seats and people were going to get a “completely new broom” with a new set of people in charge.

    She said the Liberal Democrats would bring some good policies to the council, a good manifesto, and concerns about climate change and getting value for money.

    “I think we’ll bring a very common-sense approach to what’s going on."

  7. Stratford-upon-Avon is being painted yellowpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 2 May

    Simon Gilbert
    Political Reporter, Birmingham

    While today has been a huge success for Reform in the north of the county, the failure of the Conservative leader Izzi Seccombe to hold on to her seat in Stour & The Vale is more to do with the surge of the Liberal Democrats in Stratford-upon-Avon.

    That’s a town now under Liberal Democrat control after the last district council election when they dethroned the Tories.

    The Liberal Democrats also ousted the Tory MP at the General Election.

    Stratford is, once again, being painted yellow.

  8. Reform happy to work with Tories at a local levelpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 2 May

    James Bovill
    BBC News, West Midlands

    Nigel Clarke

    Nigel Clarke, chairman of the Warwick and Leamington branch of Reform, has said his party is happy to work with the Conservatives on a local level.

    He said meetings were already planned in terms of working with other parties and Reform was "happy to talk with anyone who thinks they can add value to what we offer".

    "Reform is a lot more of a centrist party than people expect," he said. "They attract just as much from Labour heartlands as Conservative heartlands.

    "We’re way past a protest vote. We’re now at a stage where we understand that Britain is broken. We’ve had 100 years of Labour and Tories. Reform believe in starting again."

  9. A number of coalition options over coming dayspublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 2 May

    Simon Gilbert
    Political Reporter, Coventry and Warwickshire

    It’s not impossible that the other parties could attempt to stifle Reform.

    An unlikely Liberal Democrat, Tory and Green coalition would have the numbers to keep Reform out of power.

    A Tory and Liberal Democrat coalition could tie the numbers.

    Perhaps Whitnash Residents Association could become the kingmaker in that scenario.

    The next few days of negotiations will be crucial.

  10. Final result declared with a Liberal Democrat winpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 2 May

    Dan Sambell
    BBC Radio CWR

    Liberal Democrat group

    The final result has been declared in Stoneleigh, where Max Hugo Langer, from the Liberal Democrats, has won Leamington Clarendon.

    The county council make up is now - nine seats for the Tories, seven for Green, three for Labour, 14 for Lib Dem, 23 Reform and one for the Whitnash Residents Association.

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  11. How are Labour performing in Warwickshire?published at 16:02 British Summer Time 2 May

    A woman in a sports hall wearing a red blazer and white top

    So far the Labour Party has won seats in:

    • Benn
    • Brownsover & Coton Park
    • Warwick West

    Speaking from the count in Nuneaton, the Labour MP for Nuneaton Jodie Gosling says it’s “not unusual” in the first term of a government to have pushback at local elections, but it is usually from the main opposition.

    She says the support for other parties such as Reform and the Green Party, highlights the “disarray at the Conservatives”.

    “I think people have had a hard time, there’s still may families still feeling the pinch and the legacy we have been left with is going to take time to clean up,” she said.

  12. What did people consider before voting?published at 15:44 British Summer Time 2 May

    Sarah Turner from Leamington Spa said traffic, climate change, recycling centres and litter were all things she would consider before casting her vote.

    Charlene Taylor, from Bedworth, said she would consider each candidate's plans for "early years education" as it was "oversubscribed".

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    Meanwhile, Kiran Latusek, from Nuneaton, said she would look at provisions for social care.

  13. Here's how things standpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 2 May

    Bar chart showing result of council election in Warwickshire: Conservative loss - no party majority. Reform UK Councillors 23 Change since 2021 +23, Liberal Democrat Councillors 12 Change since 2021 +7, Conservative Councillors 8 Change since 2021 -32, Green Councillors 7 Change since 2021 +4, Labour Councillors 3 Change since 2021 -2, Residents' Association Councillors 1 Change since 2021 0. After 54 of 57 seats declared.
  14. Only four seats left to be declaredpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 2 May

    Fifty-three councillors have been elected.

    We are now waiting to find out who the final four will be.

  15. Reform gains see Tory seat go to Lib Demspublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 2 May

    A woman in a pink blazer outside of a building. She is smiling and has short brown hair. The sun is shining behind her.

    In former council leader Izzi Seccombe's Stour & The Vale ward, Reform made big gains, eating into Seccombe's vote share.

    While the Lib Dems won 1,129 votes, slightly down from last time, Seccombe lost 726 votes, almost as many as Reform gained.

  16. Council slips to no overall controlpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 2 May

    Simon Gilbert
    Political Reporter, Coventry and Warwickshire

    No party will have overall control of Warwickshire County Council.

    Exactly 29 seats are needed for an overall majority, and no one party is now able to reach that number.

  17. Council leader loses seat to Lib Demspublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 2 May
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    Conservative Izzi Seccombe, who has led the council for almost 12 years, lost her seat in Stour & the Vale to the Liberal Democrat, David Curtis.

  18. Reform will be biggest party in Warwickshirepublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 2 May

    Simon Gilbert
    Political Reporter, Coventry and Warwickshire

    The party has currently won 22 seats in the county, with more declarations to come.

    A further seven are needed for a majority and overall control of the council.

    It was always going to be a big ask for the party to receive the majority vote, however it will be the county's largest party.

    If it fails to achieve a clear majority, Reform is likely to look to form a joint administration and create a partnership that will allow it to govern and push the changes members want through council votes.

  19. What does the county council do?published at 14:48 British Summer Time 2 May

    So what does the county council do for you?

    It is responsible for services like social care, education, road maintenance, public libraries and long-term strategic planning.

    Other public services in the county council area are controlled by the more local district council.

  20. Whitnash Residents Association defeat Reformpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 2 May

    A woman in a hall where local election votes are being counted. She is wearing a yellow rosette

    Judith Falps from Whitnash Residents Association wins the seat in Whitnash with 939 votes, 500 more than Reform.

    Falps says she is pleased but today's results are a "wake-up call".