UK Election Results Suggest Ruling Labour Party Has Lost Public Confidence
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a press conference at the UK Ambassador’s Residence in Paris, after a meeting with European leaders on strengthening support for Ukraine in Paris, Thursday, March 27, 2025. 
Some votes are still being counted in England, but one thing is already clear: Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has taken a major hit.What’s known so far?About 5,000 seats in municipal councils across 136 areas were up for election in England on May 7In Scotland and Wales, 129 and 96 parliamentary seats, respectively, were contested on the same dayThis has been the biggest set of elections since 2024 and is widely seen as a test of Starmer’s premiershipEnglandReform UK, the conservative populist party led by Nigel Farage, is seen as the biggest winner of the electionsIt has so far won 1,422 seats, according to Sky NewsLabour is second with 980, while the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives are third and fourth, with 834 and 754 seats, respectively.WalesPlaid Cymru, a centre-left party committed to Welsh independence, has become the largest party in the Welsh Senedd with 43 seatsReform UK is second with 34, while Labour is a distant third with 9Labour has already admitted defeat after being in power in Wales for 27 yearsScotlandThe Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats in the Scottish Parliament with 58, falling short of a majority of 65Labour and Reform UK are tied on 17 seats, while the Conservatives fell to 12Starmer refuses to step downDespite devastating results for his party, Starmer said he was “not going to walk away and plunge the country into chaos”Some politicians, including former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Labour MP for Hartlepool Jonathan Brash, suggested Starmer should consider stepping down
