Overview

• Lee Moffitt won Wigan Central for Reform with 1,391 votes to Labour’s 970, giving Wigan its first Reform councillor on a 30.9% turnout.
• Labour’s Kris Fisher retained Strawberry ward in Ellesmere Port by 602 to 539 over Reform’s Jason Moorcroft, preserving a finely balanced council after a 41.6% turnout.
• GB News reported that Reform secured six by-election wins overnight, including a three-seat sweep in Maidstone’s Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs that delivered its first Maidstone councillors.
• The same reporting cited a Reform hold in Lake North on the Isle of Wight and a gain in Hutton South, Brentwood, where Russell Quirk beat the Conservatives.
• Reform figures hailed the night as a major success, with Nigel Farage claiming six wins from seven contests, though aggregate councillor totals from partisan outlets require wider verification.