Reform UK have won another local council by-election, as the party continues to ride high in the national polls.
Vic Floyd won the Blackbrook seat on St Helens Council from Labour, after the incumbent, Linda Maloney died aged 71 after a short illness.
Mr Floyd held off Labour, beating candidate Sally Yeoman by 546 to 460 – a margin of just 86 votes. The turnout, however, was a meagre 16.3 percent.
Nevertheless, its another Reform UK win amid a tidal wave of positive developments for the party. Late last month Nigel Farage’s party topped 100,000 members, and this week secured the support of property tycoon Nick Candy, who has become the Treasurer and is investing “seven figures” into the party.
In October, Reform UK won another by-election seat. Anita Stanley won Bilston North in Wolverhampton on October 31.
Again, the number of votes were paltry. Reform UK candidate Anita Stanley secured 652 votes, almost 200 more than the Labour candidate, who only narrowly beat the Green Party.
The Tories won just 257 votes.
Reform UK Chairman Zia Yusuf branded the result a “stunning victory” claiming it demonstrated Labour wasn’t safe anywhere, while adding the Conservatives were lagging “even further behind”.
He said: “Reform is rapidly opening local branches and assembling its ground campaigning capabilities.
“By the time of the English county council elections in May, Reform will be a formidable electoral force.”
