Overview

• Ros Jones retained her position as Doncaster mayor with a slim majority of 698 votes over Reform UK's Alexander Jones.
• Reform UK secured strong second-place finishes in North Tyneside and the West of England, narrowing Labour's previously comfortable leads.
• Ros Jones criticized Labour's national policies, including cuts to winter fuel payments and disability benefits, and called for a policy reversal.
• The Conservative Party questioned Keir Starmer's leadership following Jones's public criticism of Labour's fiscal decisions.
• Reform UK's Arron Banks described the election results as evidence of a 'tidal wave' of growing support for the party across the UK.