An official recounts votes at Halton Stadium on the day of the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, in Widnes, Britain, May 2, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
WIDNES, England (Reuters) -Britain's right-wing Reform UK party won a vacant parliamentary seat, two mayoralties and control of several councils on Friday in early results from elections that its leader Nigel Farage said proved it was now the real opposition.
The populist Reform, led by the veteran campaigner for Brexit, hopes Thursday's local elections in England will mark the breakdown of a century of domination of British politics by the governing Labour Party and opposition Conservatives.
