How many councillors has Reform UK lost since the May 2026 elections?

I'm in one of the areas that now has to have a by-election. The Tories moaning about the cost of a by-election are the same Tories who forced a by-election a couple years ago.

The whole lot is a shambles. A whole load of edgelords got themselves nominated as Reform councillors (notice people seem less interested about Green councillors), once the councils closed nominations, Hope Not Hate (in a roundabout way it is state funded) ran a campaign to force the candidates to stand down and thus prevent Reform from being on the ballot paper (as it was too late to nominate someone else).

The leader of our council (who is a shameless self-publicist) lost her seat, and her husband failed to get elected too. Both of them are now running again (in different wards) seeking re-election and the Tories are spending a lot of money on getting them re-elected.

Locals were fed up that nothing had been done locally, and the council was obsessed with selling off community assets.

Previously Tories had been in power (briefly the Lib Dems were) and this time Reform swept the board. I can't help but to feel it is an establishment stitch-up (wherever non Con/Lab/LD have taken power).

Update on previous post Carol Vorderman has spoken out and called Reform's Robert Kenyon a "disgusting online abuser":

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/carol-vorderman-makerfield-reform-sexism-37189585

Jack Benyon is Reform UK's Councillor for Thatto Heath, St Helens. He had a pro-Nazi Twitter account @Toadling_GB that he didn’t declare. He's now been appointed to St Helens Council cabinet. As of yet he isn't suspended.

Source:
https://x.com/reformexposed (good for updates on Reform suspensions)

There seems to be a recurring pattern. Quite a number of Reform councillors have neo-Nazi accounts on Twitter they conveniently forget to declare. Is there a Reform councillor in your area? It might be worth looking them up on Twitter to check if they are neo-Nazis or pro-Nazism.

I mentioned this on another thread:

Also on St Helens Council is bouncer Emma Beck, 47, who was convicted of beating a 60 year old woman. Fined £180 plus £100 to pay to the victim. Ironically she said she wanted to tackle anti-social behaviour and stop people feeling unsafe.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8p4xgn0mvo

"Only criminal convictions that attract custodial sentences of more than three months prevent candidates from standing in local council elections." So that means she can still be a councillor.

Makerfield Reform Candidate Robert Kenyon has been sexist, vile and disgusting towards Carol Vorderman. Image marked as sensitive.

He was also friends with neo-Nazi Gary Raikes who wears Nazi armbands and is leader of the fascist "New British Union" on his now deleted Facebook account, and RK's previous Twitter account was suspended (I'm not sure how exactly one managers to get their twitter suspended).

Where are the police in all of this? If the average person openly spouted calls for racist violence they would quite rightly be arrested and charged. I can only presume the police are full of Reform voters as they seem to be choosing to look the other way.

A couple more:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypdj4412ko

"One of Reform UK's councillors elected in Bradford last week is no longer a representative of the party, the group's leader on the council has said. Daniel Devaney, who was voted in as one of two Reform councillors for Clayton and Fairweather Green on 7 May, apologised before the election for previously describing Muslims as "pure scum" on social media."

https://www.easterneye.biz/ken-tranter-reform-uk-racism-hampshire/

Ken Tranter hasn't been suspended but he faced backlash after complaining about "non-white people" being in a park.

So it isn't even about illegal immigration to many of them, it's just about skin colour huh? Too bad if British-born people with brown skin wanted to go to the park in his area.

Stephen Place has deleted his misogynist rape joke Instagram page. It's all archived of course.

I'm waiting patiently on his resignation or suspension.

That will be interesting to watch. We may need to chase that up. It’s possible they’ll face a disciplinary hearing, get told off and just carry on as part of the greens.

Stephen Place is the Reform leader in Bradford. He has twitter (he got banned in the past but signed back up) and Instagram. Let's play Reform bingo...

Rapey, creepy and sexist jokes about women- check
AI images of children- check
AI images of Muslim women being beaten up - check
Pro-alcohol -check
Pro-horse racing -check
Defending Lucy Connolly, who hatefully threatened/incited arson attacks to burn asylum seekers alive- check

He needs investigated. Possibly by the police too for his rape jokes.

It's easy to see why women under 50 are overwhelmingly voting Greens and avoiding Reform like the plague. It's clearly a "boy's club" for the older generations where they spend a lot of time in the pub and tell rapey and racist jokes to each other.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7p450kejro?

Here's another. Defamation this time.

A council has confirmed there will be a by-election after a Reform UK councillor who posted a "defamatory" social media message about a Conservative candidate was found guilty of breaking electoral law.

He was convicted of making or publishing a false statement under the Representation of the People Act 1983 at Westminster Magistrates' Court last month.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0pd27kzgzo?

Here's another. This one shared Nazis swastikas, suggested the UK has a "subhuman underclass", and blamed Jewish people for anti-Semitism.

He denied being anti-semitic or pro-Nazi saying he "enjoys risky humour and pushing boundaries". He admits he "flirts" with far-right ideology.

Im interested in anti-semitism but also in their view on women's rights.

I dont need to click. I do know. No speculation here.
I live in Kent.

Keeping count, 6 so far.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/05/12/reform-uk-sixth-councillor-suspended/

This one is Glenn Gibbons the Reform councillor voted in in Sunderland who violently wanted Nigerians to be "melted down and used to fill potholes".

As Geordies may vouch the people of Sunderland aren't known for making the most intelligent decisions...

There’s a man who was elected for two different councils? Like, how? Didnt anyone notice before the election? 😵‍💫.

Yes, this is going to cause some pretty quick re-elections for a range of seats. There were also a few Greens who were suspended for antisemitism just before winning their seats, so not sure if they now stand as independents?

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/new-bootle-councillor-apologises-holocaust-33930906

And another. A holocaust denier this time.

Well, posting in the correct forum wasn't a rule

The other issue is the number of paper candidates- barely anyone had written a speil about their aims in my ward. Greens and reform alike. And now have to actually do the job!

some will quit or not last the distance

Well not really. This is a discussion forum and people in good faith are answering the question posed in your title with their opinion. You could have put the heading “here’s the link to keep tabs on Reform councillors who step down after election”.