Reform UK should secure as many seats in May’s local elections as Labour and the Tories based on polling figures, but recent council election results suggest Nigel Farage’s party may fall short of expectations, according to a polling expert.
Lord Hayward said all three parties should have a realistic target of about 450 councillors after the local elections on May 1, which would each represent about a quarter of the 1,641 council seats available.
