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Reform UK gains first councillor in west London borough as Labour member defects (www.standard.co.uk)

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Councillor Bandna Chopra, who represents Hounslow West, has quit Labour after 20 years with the party to join Reform

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[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago

Turn out is so lo for these local elections. Real idiots never get excluded.

If folks actually turned up to vote and paid attention to who was running. Things may improve.

But when high turnout locals still tend to be in the 10% or less of voters. Way lower for most.

Most councilors only have to rely on a few hundred loyal supporters at most to turn an election.