Reform Rising: Farage’s Party Surges in Polls Following Historic Local Election Results

Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform UK party has seen its support among British voters surge higher after it thrashed both Westminster establishment parties in last week’s local elections.

The latest Westminster voting intention survey from YouGov, conducted on Sunday and Monday in the wake of last week’s results for the English council elections, the Scottish Holyrood parliament, and the Welsh Senedd, has shown a noticeable bump for Farage’s Reform UK.

The populist party, which dominated the council elections, picked up over 1,450 council seats, including in traditional Labour and Conservative heartlands such as the ‘Red Wall’ seats in the north and Tory strongholds in Essex. Demonstrating nationwide appeal, Reform also saw strong second-place finishes in both Scotland and Wales, a feat that has long eluded the Conservatives.

The historic results for the upstart party have apparently convinced some voters that Reform is a future worth backing, with the YouGov survey