The final results have been declared in the latest local elections as councils across England have been severely shaken up.
Nigel Farage's Reform UK now boasts a majority across 10 of the 23 councils up for grabs, leaving Kemi Badenoch's Tory party in the dust.
Eight of the newly elected Reform councils were snatched from Conservative control, with many having been comfortably under Tory rule for years.
Another of Farage's wins came from Labour (Doncaster council) and a local authority which previously had no majority by any party (Durham County).
Local election 2025 results in full
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Before Friday, Reform was yet to have a single councillor on Derbyshire, Doncaster and Staffordshire county councils - all of which turned turquoise.
The populist party became the largest party in four more formerly Conservative councils: Cornwall, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
However, Buckinghamshire proved trickier for Westminster's newest party, winning a meagre three out of 97 council seats.
Reform also proved less popular in the now Liberal Democrat-run Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire councils.
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The Lib Dems have also achieved a majority in Shropshire and became the largest party in Devon, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire and Wiltshire.
On the other hand, the Tories have managed to lose every county council they were defending across England.
Four regional mayors and two local mayors were elected on Friday with Labour keeping a hold of three elections, while Reform nabbed two and the Conservatives guarded their mayoralty in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
For Labour, Ros Jones won in Doncaster with a wafer-thin margin, while Karen Clark reigned supreme in North Tyneside and Helen Godwin in the West of England.
Conservative losses in local elections 2025
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All were closely followed by Reform.
Now, with the full results declared, it has been confirmed that Farage's party has taken the overall lead with 677 seats, while the Liberal Democrats became the other big winners of the day with 370 councillors across England.
The Conservative Party has been dealt a staggering blow, losing 676 council seats to its challengers in one fell swoop.
And, as is often the case with parties in government, Sir Keir Starmer's council numbers took a considerable hit, leaving Labour on 99 seats - down from its previous 285.
Independent candidates were slightly bruised, losing 20 councillors overall while the Greens reaped the benefits of other parties' losses, gaining a modest 45 seats.
