Early results saw Labour haemorrhage hundreds of councillors and eight local authorities across England while Reform, the Greens and Liberal Democrats all made gains Polling guru Sir John Curtice said the incoming results at the local elections so far indicate the “fracturing of British politics”. He explained that Reform UK , which is expected to be the big winners of the contest , are “not quite at 30 per cent of the vote” and “none of the parties are very big” – marking a change from the two-