England local elections 2025

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England council results

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23 of 23 councils

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Huge swings see Reform gains in local elections while Lib Dems take control of three councils

Keir Starmer says the results are "disappointing" for Labour, while Nigel Farage says it signals "the end of two-party politics".
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  1. Leigh Frost is smiling as he stands in a garden with County Hall behind him. He has dark hair and brown eyes and is wearing a grey jacket and a grey and white striped shirt and a lanyard with his Cornwall Council identification on it.

  2. Headshot of Lucy Nethsingha, she is smiling, with a beech tree in the background.

  3. Ian Thorn smiles at the camera wearing a pinstripe suit and floral tie. Behind him, the council HQ is out of focus, a sunny day

  4. Dark-haired man wearing charcoal-coloured zipped up jacket and dark blue shirt, in front of a blurred background of parkland, pavements and benches

  5. Rob Howard, a man wearing a checked shirt and glasses, is standing against a light-coloured backdrop.

  6. Group of Reform UK councillors most wearing suits and the party rosettes

  7. A man in a white shirt with blue waistcoat and blue cap and light blue tie and light blue Reform UK rosette standing against a green wall

  8. Mark Arnull, who is wearing a black suit and a light blue tie looking directly at the camera. He is also wearing black framed glasses.

  9. Reform UK supporters in navy suits and ties and teal and white rosettes cheer with fists in the air and hands clapping. In the background are the brutalist plain white signs with the names of local council wards in simple black font that signpost the site of the election count - a sports hall with a blue wall framing the celebrating supporters.

  10. A picture of Buckinghamshire Council leader Martin Tett. He is stood outside the council Gateway building in Aylesbury. He is wearing a blue shirt with a yellow tie with black dots on it.

  11. A headshot of a man wearing a red top and a grey jacket.

  12. Centre of Higham Ferrers, showing a two-storey stone building in the centre, two bare trees to the right, a church steeple in the background, and two notice boards in front of the stone building. There are further stone buildings in the background and a road sweeping round to the right.

  13. Councillors outside gathered together holding signs saying "Liberal Democrats winning here".

  14. Eight people dressed in suits and formal clothes with green rosettes stand together.

  15. Donna Edmunds, smiles at the camera. She has dark hair and is stood with a woodland behind her

  16. Sir Keir Starmer giving a campaign speech in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, during the local elections in April, with Labour activists in the background.

  17. Liberal Democrat leader on Wiltshire Council Ian Thorn smiles at the camera in a blue suit jacket and woolly scarf.

  18. Head and shoulders shot of Martin Hill

  19. A man with grey hair in a grey jacket with a blue shirt and dark blue tie standing in front of County Hall in Truro

  20. Dame Andrea Jenkyns with blond hair and wearing a yellow dress in front of a banner for the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority

  21. Luke Campbell with short, dark hair wearing a blue top signing the acceptance of office declaration in an glass sided office with a view of the Humber Bridge in the background

  22. A man in a blue top with a long beard and wispy hair sat in a kitchen.

  23. A woman with short grey hair and glasses wearing a blue patterned blouse and dark blue jacket stood next to a man with short dark hair and blue suit in front of a large brick building

  24. Mark Arnull, who is wearing a black suit and a light blue tie looking directly at the camera. He is also wearing black framed glasses.