U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday he would not resign from Downing Street after his Left-wing Labour Party suffered devastating losses in local elections across the country, while the Right-wing party led by Trump ally Nigel Farage made sweeping gains.
Early results suggest British voters up and down the country have delivered a scathing rebuke of Keir Starmer, who led Labour to a landslide general election victory in the summer of 2024.
Starmer’s approval ratings have plunged amid voter anger over mass migration, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/22/uk-inflation-rises-soaring-fuel-prices-iran-war">stubborn inflation</a>, and strains on the National Health Service. Public opinion polls show he&#8217;s the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/uk/keir-starmer-labour-party-conference-intl">least popular</a> Prime Minister in British history. 
Amid the disastrous results, some Labour members have <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8958faa6-cbde-499b-8016-b89ef857a22b?syn-25a6b1a6=1">called on Starmer to step down</a>.  Starmer said he&#8217;s not going anywhere.
&#8220;Let me be clear, these are really tough results. I&#8217;m not going to sugarcoat it,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2052659124173709523?s=20">Starmer told reporters</a>. &#8220;The voters have sent a message about the pace of change, how they want their lives improved. Labour was elected to meet those challenges, and I&#8217;m not going to walk away from those challenges and plunge the country into chaos.&#8221; 
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&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to walk away and plunge the country into chaos.&#8221;
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reflects on &#8220;really tough&#8221; results from the local elections in England, with Labour losing hundreds of council seats.
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In the United Kingdom, voters elect councillors who oversee services such as schools, housing, road maintenance, waste collection, libraries, policing budgets, and local planning decisions. Thursday&#8217;s vote included roughly <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/starmer-labour-reform-farage-uk-election-rcna344013">5,000 local government contests</a> in England, along with races that will shape control of the Welsh and Scottish parliaments.
Reform U.K., England&#8217;s Right-wing party, has won more than 700 council races across the country, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1428pev1n0t">according to the BBC.</a> Labour, in distant fourth place, has lost more than 470 races. 
Farage, who has campaigned on restricting immigration and cutting taxes, called the results a &#8220;historic shift in British politics.&#8221; 
“Labour are being wiped out by Reform in many of their most traditional areas, and what you’re going to see later on today is the Conservative Party being wiped out in their heartlands,”<a href="https://x.com/LBC/status/2052731245402964195?s=20"> Mr. Farage said.</a> &#8220;I would honestly say you’re witnessing a historic shift in British politics. This is now the most national of all parties.”
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&#8216;We are the only true national party!&#8217;
Nigel Farage was in jubilant mood after Reform won control of Havering, outlining his hopes for further success as results continue to roll in. <a href="https://t.co/W4rEs6G6lU">pic.twitter.com/W4rEs6G6lU</a>
— LBC (@LBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LBC/status/2052731245402964195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2026</a></blockquote>
President Donald Trump has repeatedly ripped into Keir Starmer over a range of issues, including his plans to cede control of the Chagos Islands and Starmer&#8217;s initial refusal to grant the United States access to UK military bases for operations related to Operation Epic Fury.
In March, Trump expressed disappointment with the United Kingdom and lashed out at the British leader. 
&#8220;This is not Winston Churchill that we&#8217;re dealing with,&#8221; Trump said of Starmer in the Oval Office. 
As results across the pond pour in, the ascendant Right-wing leader predicts the tides will continue to turn.  
&#8220;I suspect when you see the full results in the red wall, there&#8217;ll be a rebellion,&#8221; Farage said. &#8220;Personally, I&#8217;d be very sad to see the Prime Minister go. I would be very, very sad indeed. He&#8217;s the greatest asset we&#8217;ve got.&#8221;
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Reform UK has wiped out the Tories and won Essex County Council.
Kemi Badenoch would not even hold her own seat. <a href="https://t.co/hNOeZ7tM6X">pic.twitter.com/hNOeZ7tM6X</a>
— Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/reformparty_uk/status/2052707168357376209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2026</a></blockquote>

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