All the pieces you should learn about Higher Manchester's native election outcomes

All the pieces you should learn about Higher Manchester’s native election ends in 12 bullet factors – Manchester Night Information

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There have been large features for Reform UK and notable wins for the Inexperienced Occasion as voters turned their backs on Keir Starmer’s beleaguered Labour social gathering

12:34, 09 Might 2026Up to date 12:35, 09 Might 2026

Members of the Labour Occasion are having a troublesome day in Manchester (Picture: Kenny Brown | Manchester Night Information)

Reform UK surge delivers devastating blow to Labour throughout Higher Manchester

Labour suffered devastating losses throughout Higher Manchester as Reform UK surged to victory in 79 wards, marking what veteran MP Graham Stringer known as the social gathering’s ‘worst ends in Manchester for 60 years’.
Labour misplaced management of Tameside for the primary time in 47 years. The social gathering misplaced 14 of the 15 seats it was defending to Reform – sufficient to deprive it of a majority and go away the council with no group giant sufficient to have total management.
In Wigan, Reform gained 24 of the 25 seats up for grabs with Labour dropping 20 of these. Labour retained management of the council which it was mathematically not possible for them to lose.
Within the bellweather borough of Bolton, Labour misplaced 5 seats, with council chief Nick Peel one of many casualties. Reform made 9 features and the Greens three. The council stays below no total management with Labour as the most important social gathering. It stays below no total management with Labour the most important social gathering.
In Manchester, the Greens dominated by claiming 18 of the 32 seats up for grabs, while the town elected its first seven Reform councillors. A number of long-standing and senior councillors misplaced their seats. Labour nevertheless retains a big majority on the city corridor.
Reform was the largest winner in Salford the place they gained 13 seats, as Labour misplaced 13. The Greens additionally gained three. Labour retain their majority, holding 34 of the 60 seats.
The Liberal Democrats capitalised on Labour’s woes in Stockport, taking total management of the council for the primary time since 2011. Reform gained its first two seats on the council while the Greens picked up one.
Labour narrowly clung onto management of Rochdale Council however their majority was slashed from 12 to only one. Reform gained 13 seats while The Employees Occasion snatched two seats.
Reform gained 13 new councillors in Oldham, which stays below no total management. Labour stays the most important social gathering with 18 seats. Reform now has 16, independents 16, the Lib Dems six and the Tories 4.
Labour ‘bucked the development’ in Bury the place it retained management of the council, albeit with a considerably diminished majority. Of the 16 seats up for grabs, Labour took seven; Reform 5; Radcliffe First two and The Employees Occasion one; and an Unbiased one every.
Labour maintained total management of Trafford Council after securing eight of the 14 seats it was defending, taking their complete quantity to 35. Labour misplaced six seats. Reform, made two features as did the Greens and the Tories.