This quarter 60,251 votes were cast in 35 local authority contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. 22 council seats changed hands. For comparison you can view Quarter Four's results here.
Party
|
Number of Candidates
|
Total Vote
|
%
|
+/- Q4
|
+/- Q1 24
|
Avge/
Contest |
+/-
Seats |
Conservative
|
33
| 10,756 |
17.9%
| +0.9 |
-4.2
|
326
|
+1
|
Labour
|
29
| 9,437 |
15.7%
| +4.3 |
-6.2
| 325
|
-8
|
Lib Dem
|
32
| 9,397
|
15.6%
| -5.1 |
-2.2
|
293
|
+1
|
Reform
|
34
| 15,211
|
25.2%
| -4.1 |
+8.5
|
447
| +8
|
Green
|
28
| 9,060
|
15.0%
| +5.5
|
+7.4
|
324
|
+1
|
SNP*
|
2
| 1,693 |
2.8%
| -0.8 |
-3.8
| 904
|
0
|
PC**
|
3
| 970 |
1.6%
| +0.5 |
+1.2
| 808
|
+1
|
Ind***
|
28
| 2,410 |
4.0%
|
-3.3
|
323
|
-4
| |
Other****
|
9
|
1.8%
| +0.0 |
+0.6
|
118
|
0 |
* There were two by-elections in Scotland
** There were three by-elections in Wales
*** There were five Independent clashes
**** Others this quarter were Advance (161, 57), Derbyshire Community Party (50), Flint's People's Voice (79), One Leicester (636), Scottish Family Party (35, 25), TUSC (16), and UKIP (2)
A couple of things worthy of note this quarter. The Greens, unsurprisingly, have scored the party's best ever quarterly aggregate score. The surge in the party's support isn't just a polling phenomenon or a parliamentary by-election one-off, but it would be nice to see it pick up seats akin to Reform's ability to do so. And the second is Reform itself, this being the first time they've dropped vote share since the general election. Again, the poll decline appears to be real. Not great news for Nigel Farage fans when council by-elections disproportionately turn out the party's core vote and they're registering falling support.
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