Reform UK election results

For elections pre-2021 as the "Brexit Party", see Brexit Party election results.

This article lists the election results of the Reform UK in UK parliamentary elections and in local elections.

By-elections, 2021–2024

Date of election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected MP	Ref
6 May 2021	Hartlepool, County Durham	John Prescott	368	1.2	Jill Mortimer (Conservative)	[1]
13 May 2021	Airdrie and Shotts, North Lanarkshire	Martyn Greene	45	0.2	Anum Qaisar (SNP)	[2]
17 June 2021	Chesham and Amersham, Buckinghamshire	Alex Wilson	414	1.1	Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat)	[3]
2 December 2021	Old Bexley and Sidcup, London	Richard Tice	1,432	6.6	Louie French (Conservative)	[4]
16 December 2021	North Shropshire, Shropshire	Kirsty Walmsley	1,427	3.7	Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)	[5]
3 March 2022	Birmingham Erdington, West Midlands	Jack Brookes	293	1.7	Paulette Hamilton (Labour)	[6]
23 June 2022	Wakefield, West Yorkshire	Chris Walsh	513	1.9	Simon Lightwood (Labour)	[7]
23 June 2022	Tiverton and Honiton, Devon	Andy Foan	481	1.1	Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat)	[8]
1 December 2022	City of Chester, Cheshire	Jeanie Barton	773	2.7	Samantha Dixon (Labour)	[9]
15 December 2022	Stretford and Urmston, Greater Manchester	Paul Swansborough	650	3.5	Andrew Western (Labour)	[10]
9 February 2023	West Lancashire, Lancashire	Jonathan Kay	994	4.4	Ashley Dalton (Labour)	[11]
20 July 2023	Selby and Ainsty, North Yorkshire	David Kent	1,332	3.7	Keir Mather (Labour)	[12]
20 July 2023	Somerton and Frome, Somerset	Bruce Evans	1,303	3.4	Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat)	[13]
5 October 2023	Rutherglen and Hamilton West, South Lanarkshire	David Stark	403	1.3	Michael Shanks (Labour)	[14]
19 October 2023	Mid Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire	Dave Holland	1,487	3.7	Alistair Strathern (Labour)	[15]
19 October 2023	Tamworth, Staffordshire	Ian Cooper	1,376	5.4	Sarah Edwards (Labour)	[16]
15 February 2024	Wellingborough, Northamptonshire	Ben Habib	3,919	13.0	Gen Kitchen (Labour)	[17]
15 February 2024	Kingswood, Gloucestershire	Rupert Lowe	2,578	10.8	Damien Egan (Labour)	[18]
29 February 2024	Rochdale, Greater Manchester	Simon Danczuk	1,968	6.3	George Galloway (Workers Party)	[19]
2 May 2024	Blackpool South, Lancashire	Mark Butcher	3,101	16.8	Chris Webb (Labour)	[20]

Notes

Bold denotes that either the majority of votes went in favour of Brexit or the percentage of votes was enough to retain the election deposit (5%).

*denotes that the candidate was originally selected as a Brexit Party prospective parliamentary candidate in a Conservative seat but after those candidates were pulled, they eventually stood as independent candidates.

Mayoral elections

2021

Reform UK endorsed Laurence Fox in the 2021 London mayoral election. ^[21]

Candidate	Mayoralty	Votes	%
Nick Buckley	2021 Greater Manchester mayoral election [22]	18,910	2.7
Waj Ali	2021 West Yorkshire mayoral election	14,983	2.5
Pete Durnell	2021 West Midlands mayoral election	13,568	2.2
Surjit Singh Duhre	2021 Doncaster mayoral election [23]	1,012	1.6
Robert Clarke	2021 Bristol mayoral election	806	0.6

2024

Candidate	Mayoralty	Votes	%
Dan Barker	2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election	49,532 #4	7.5
Elaine Williams	2024 West Midlands mayoral election	34,471 #4	5.8
Howard Cox	2024 London mayoral election	78,865 #5	3.1

Police elections, 2021

Reform UK stood candidates in 12 police and crime commissioner elections and one subsequent re-run election in Wiltshire. ^[24]

Candidate	Police area	Votes	%
Peter Jewell	West Mercia	16,419	5.1
Mark James Barker	Lancashire	17,926	4.8
Henry Lu	Warwickshire	6,692	4.1
Mark Hearn	Northamptonshire	7,715	4.0
Tim Prosser	Derbyshire	10,721	3.8
Malcolm James Webster	Merseyside [25]	11,662	3.7
Nick Goulding	Cheshire	8,258	3.7
Peter Escreet	Lincolnshire	6,101	3.6
Sue Morris	Avon and Somerset	8,031	3.5
Mark Hoath	West Midlands	18,002	3.0
Michael Riley	Staffordshire	5,504	2.3
Julian Malins	Wiltshire	4,348	2.1

2021 by-election

Candidate	Police area	Votes	%
Julian Malins	Wiltshire	1,859 [26]	2.1

Local elections

• Reform Derby won six seats in the 2023 Derby City Council election. ^[27]
• Reform won two seats in the 2024 Havant Borough Council election. ^[28]
• The 2025 local elections in England were described as a sweeping victory for Reform. The party placed first, winning the most seats and took control of a number of local authorities. The party also won the 2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election. ^[29] The party won control of Durham County Council. However, one new councillor steppped down within days as it transpired he was ineligible to stand, leading to a by-election in Benfieldside ward, in which Reform came third. ^[30]

2024 general election

See also: List of Reform UK MPs

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election

Election	Leader	Votes		Seats		Outcome
		No.	Share	Seats won	±
2024	Nigel Farage	4,117,620	14.3%	5 / 650	5	Opposition

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