Rakorne elections on the edge of a knife with a high UK reform

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The nail prices in the Ronalcorn & Helsby in northwestern England are being re -sorted after thousands of voters swing behind the reformist reform of Nigel Farage, threatening to drop the work for what was long ago the party’s stronghold.

The re -sorting the votes was arranged after the election of more elections from the knife to British political history, with reform that he says four votes before the Labor Party appeared.

The Labor Party occupied the seat in the general elections last July by a majority of nearly 15,000 votes.

Both the Labor Party and the conservatives have been restored to a painful group of local elections and mayor’s competitions throughout England, which seems ready to provide a snapshot of public dissatisfaction with the two main parties.

Early results indicated a great swing towards reform with its candidate in the Greater Lincolnchyir, the former conservative party, Andrea Jenkins, and won easily.

The reform is also close to lengthening the municipal race in northeast in Northeast England. Karen Clark won this battle by 30.2 percent, and is advancing from the reform by 29.4 percent.

The support of the Labor Party in North Tenniside decreased 23 percentage points compared to 2021, when the party won 53 percent of the votes in the region. Conservatives fell 11 points to 21 percent.

Richard Tess, deputy leader of the Reform, said the early results were “very encouraging” to his party and suggested a “seismic shift” in the patterns of voting.

“I think we have made more seats from the Labor Party more than the conservatives,” he told Sky News. “It is great that we take a lot of voices from the Labor Party in its heart.”

The image close to the photos in Ronalcorn will be sent to Cheshire in reflux through the Labor Party, whose popularity has befed since it won the Comong’s collapse last summer.

The seat of Ronkorn, former deputy Mike Amesberry last year, was held by a majority of 14696. Its guarantee of assaulting the sub -elections.

Reform candidate Sarah Pochin made a big campaign on the anti -immigration ticket that targeted a local hotel asylum, and benefited from local anger from government discounts.

The seat turnout was 46.3 percent, and it is relatively high for the sub -elections.

The Labor Party sought to emphasize government funding for NHS and employment reform package, while trying to encourage supporters of other parties to tactically vote against reform.

“These elections have always been a challenge,” said Elie Reeves, head of the Labor Party. “We know that people are not fully beneficial, and we are exactly like their patience like change like the rest of the country.”

UK reform is currently Forward in British opinion polls On average 26 percent, just a slogan before the Labor Party by 24 percent with conservatives who leave 21 percent, according to a survey survey of politico surveys.

Workers’ strategists fear that reform can capture large parts of the previous hearts in northern England and Midlands in the upcoming general elections.

In a sign of the low expectations of the Labor Party of sub -elections, Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer did not visit the electoral district in the period before the polling day.

The scheduled results are also expected to form a headache for Kimi Badnouch, the conservative leader, where her party is expected to lose hundreds of seats.

Conservatives face a threat from all liberal reforms and democrats in the center, who hope to achieve gains in the southern councils.

This group of English language councils was waived when former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was increasingly popular thanks to “bounced the vaccine” during the Covid.

“If we lose half of our seats, which I think we will do, it will be a bad night for us.”