The 2026 intake

Lol. Beggars belief.I don't know whether he or the electorate are worse.

Seems like he said he wouldnt be standing for Reform a week ago after criticism of his social media.

Glenn Gibbins was elected for Sunderland City Council on Thursday.

Suspended.

Schrodinger's block

Simultaneously blocking and trolling, lol.

Ha ha cider had  his post removed

A Reform UK councillor who was elected last week has resigned and has been expelled from the party.

Stuart Prior was one of 53 Reform members who were elected to Essex County Council and earned a majority on the authority for Nigel Farage's party. Prior also gained a seat on Rochford District Council.

But he was accused the week before the elections of creating racist and Islamophobic posts on social media by Hope Not Hate.

The BBC attempted to contact Prior. He denied being a racist when approached by the Daily Mirror newspaper.

Stuart Prior is alleged to have described white people as "the master race" who have "larger brains".

Reform had said over several days last week the party was "looking into these posts".

A party source said earlier that Prior had resigned from both councils and "he's had his membership revoked".

https://kidsgrove.substack.com/p/wrong-council-wrong-town-christine

..

Reform have now suspended six councillors who were
elected just five days ago

That might just keep that good bloke in a job for 3 more years.

What on earth was I thinking, that has nothing on some social meeja hurty words. hope please, not hate (or charlie). Sorry

who represented Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019






I love the smell of desperation in the morning.

that's ok then. a fraudster MP Who likes a bit of sniff

You might wanna do some digging on Clement Attlee while you're at it. That'll really show em.

A newly elected Lambeth councillor was suspended from the Green Party after she allegedly made a series of antisemitic social media posts.

Saiqa Ali, 56, was elected as one of 29 Green Party councillors in the south London borough on 7 May.

However, the Lambeth Green Party has since said Ali was suspended at the time of the election and would have to either sit as an independent councillor or join a different group.

I can't read laughable's posts, sorry if that is a duplicate :(

I'm sure he's not just singling out Reform wrong uns

A councillor has been "administratively suspended" by the Labour Party pending an investigation.

Keighley Central councillor Mohsin Hussain is now listed as an independent on Bradford Council's website.

At Prime Minister's Question Time on Wednesday, Keighley MP Robbie Moore urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to block Hussain from standing for re-election because of his 2014 conviction for attacking a man.

Following Moore's comments, Hussain said: "I've come out about my past in the press before. Society is about giving people second chances, and I'm proud my community have allowed me this second chance.

his 2014 conviction







You got a special google that goes way back.

Keep em coming
schrodinger's blocker et al

Update on the guy from my old neck of the woods


A newly elected Merseyside councillor has apologised for past comments in which he called the Holocaust "a hoax" and "propaganda" and has dramatically resigned from Reform UK, the party he was elected on behalf of last week.




Looks like Holocaust denial isn't enough to kick him out, but he resigned instead. Good to know what the appropriate levels are at.

More hurty words, chop his head off

anti-semitism = "hurty words"



cool

Not exactly torching ambulances, is it.

I thought anti semitism was frowned upon by cider

Maybe that's transient

I think it's fine if the perp is white.

Why it is that liberalists are so triggered about generic hurty words, but ambivalent about real crime, I really don't know.

Clearly it's an unsavoury and daft thing to write. That's as far as I would go, unless there are unreported offences.

I don't know what the green party person said, but my position would be the same on it if it was similar daft, unsavoury generic nonsense, too.

There will be far worse conspiracy theories and anti-semitism on display this week at eurovision. as an example.

but my position would be the same

Yes it would.

You won't find me demanding people getting fired etc for saying something generically hurtful or stupid, wherever they sit in politics. Unless it is personally targeted.

if whatabouery was an olympic sport, you'd be an all-timer. I can't think of a single forumite who'd be less "position would be the same".

Erm, no. Not whatabouery [sic].

Exposing hypocrisy.

If laughable is going to start a thread picking out wrong uns at the local elections, shouldn't it be all of them?

As I said, I can't read his posts. But I would put today's wages on it only being reform people that laughable is highlighting.

Absolutely, like labour and liberals included on the naughty tory thread

Keep em coming

But pop is correct

have any 2026 intake from other parties resigned so far?


That's what this thread is about isn't it. But only one poster is desperately seeing if he can bring John Prescott into the discussion.



But no. Not whataboutery at all.

Bizarre moment Reform Councillor Kieran Lay, Thorne and Moorends Ward, asks Full Council for measures to monitor UFO activity as part of reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Step 1- Work towards cutting council tax.
Step 2- Set up a panel for UAP sightings.

May 12, 2026 -- 10:52AM, PorcupineorPineapple wrote:

have any 2026 intake from other parties resigned so far?That's what this thread is about isn't it. But only one poster is desperately seeing if he can bring John Prescott into the discussion.But no. Not whataboutery at all.

Really? only resigned and not sacked or suspended?

I know Reform got way more elected than anyone else, so the odds aren't in their favour.

Are you claiming only Reform have recently elected people that have resigned?

fair.


Any resigned, sacked or suspended.



Ok. Let's go with that.

to be fair, we're still waiting for 2tk to resign

May 12, 2026 -- 10:52AM, ----you-have-to-laugh--- wrote:

Bizarre moment Reform Councillor Kieran Lay, Thorne and Moorends Ward, asks Full Council for measures to monitor UFO activity as part of reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport.Step 1- Work towards cutting council tax.Step 2- Set up a panel for UAP sightings.

To be fair to the Reform councillor, I knew a guy from Doncaster and in a certain light, looked faintly like ET.

Just to keep the lads happy.

What's the difference between ET and an illegal immigrant?

ET learned English and wanted to go home.

I'll get my coat.

After the close of polls last night (Thursday, May 7), Hollington councillor Danuta Kean announced her decision to leave the Labour Party group on Hastings Borough Council and become an independent.

Cllr Kean, a secondary school teacher, said her decision had been prompted by the party’s national platform, describing the government as one which has “consistently punched down on the poorest and most vulnerable in our society”.

she sounds a bit of a hero tbh

Ben Rowe – Ham, Plymouth (suspended)

Elected with 1,649 votes.

Rowe was suspended by Reform within days of his election, after posts on Facebook allegedly fantasised about impaling Muslims, accused “the Jews” of “creating division by forcing other races on our societies” (via The Times), described immigrants as “breeding like rats” and shared blackface memes.



Just more anti-semitism. Sorry, hurty words.

To be fair Mr lay, and Mrs kean are not 2026 intake

A former Reform UK council leader has been suspended by her party, it has been confirmed.

Jo Monk, who previously led Worcestershire County Council, has been suspended for "refusing to accept the democratic decision of the Reform UK group".

Fellow councillors removed her as group leader last month, replacing her with former Conservative MP Alan Amos.

Her son and fellow councillor, Ashley, has also been suspended for reportedly bringing the party into disrepute. Ms Monk told the BBC she would not comment until Thursday's council meeting.

When Jo Monk lost a vote among the party's councillors in April, her successor said he wanted to "be the first to thank Jo Monk for the hard work she's done", adding that they had "inherited a mess from the Conservatives".

A row erupted after the election, with Ashley Monk criticising the decision and the new leader on social media.

The ex-leader's time in office was marked by controversy, with council tax going up 9% and the authority needing £59.9m in emergency government help to avoid effective bankruptcy.

She is still formally leader of the county council itself, despite being kicked out as group leader.

Another Elected #Reform councillor bites the dust.

Ben Rowe, Plymouth, suspended.

That's ... 10 I think, since Thursday?

Reform has suspended new Sheffield councillor Nathaniel Menday,  after further social media posts were uncovered by my colleague @finnsmithjourno for the @SheffieldStar which included a huge photo of a Natzi flag with a swashtika on it and a photo of Hotler's Mine Kamf.

Related in part to 2026 intake

Kemi Badenoch has suspended the Tory leader on Worcestershire Council after entering a coalition with the Greens to overthrow Reform UK control

It led to a Green councillor becoming leader of the council

No sign he's leaving yet, but one to watch. Well maybe not one to actually watch.


Stephen Mousdell, a newly elected councillor for Haydock in St Helens, features in an extensive catalogue of g** p*** videos under the alias “LachlanTaylorUK”, with videos online appearing to show him engaging in s** acts - seemingly in public.

One video shows him wearing a grey baseball cap, with his trousers down and another man performing o*** s** on him, while Cllr Mousdell keeps watch by looking over his shoulder.

Cllr Mousdell was elected last week as a councillor in the Haydock Ward winning 1,331 votes as Reform romped to victory. Nigel Farage’s party won 34 of the 48 seats available, having previously had no representation whatsoever.

A Reform UK spokesman told LBC: “While Cllr Mousdell’s lifestyle choices may not be to everyone’s taste, he has not broken the law. What consenting adults do in their private lives is their own business.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch

Durham, 2 gone, 25 intake

It leaves Reform UK with 58 councillors at Durham County Council, down from the 65 elected under the party's banner in 2025.

2026 intake

8 greens gone...


Regent's Park (Camden) - Ineligible
North Acton (Ealing) - Resigned
Dalston (Hackney) - Elected Mayor
Hackney Central (Hackney) - Resigned
Northumberland Park (Haringey) - Disqualified
Clapham Park (Lambeth) - Resigned
Streatham St Leonard's (Lambeth) - Resigned
Crofton Park (Lewisham) - Elected Mayor

Rumours refuk have lost another councillor in durham

Meaning, technically Durham council is now noc.

Won 65 of 98 seats in elections

What??

Have reform 2025 limited dropped from 65 too 49 of 98 durham council seats in the 4 and a bit months since the may elections?

Crikey.

resignations? defections?

Resignations, defections, etc, I think the rumoured loss today takes them to 48, but
news seems a bit sketchy.

Last one confirmed was 5 days ago, with councillor apparently leaving area,

Council website still has them on 49