2026 Council Changes Tracker
All-UK status changes since the 7 May 2026 local elections, two-source verified per entry.
All parties tracked equally. Current concentration in Reform UK reflects the publicised May 2026 Reform vetting cycle. The Considered and excluded list below shows candidates surveyed across other parties whose seat or event falls outside the 7 May 2026 election window.
Per-councillor rate context. Raw entry counts are not proportional to party size. On the live councillor register: Reform UK has approximately 2,350 active councillors UK-wide, Green (E&W) about 1,350, Conservative about 3,847. Per-councillor incidence at the current tracker count: Reform 0.43 per cent, Green 0.30 per cent, Conservative 0.05 per cent. The first two are within a fifth of each other; the Conservative rate is an order of magnitude lower. Headline counts and per-councillor rates are both correct readings; neither is the whole story.
Party breakdown (party at the time of the event, i.e. party left)
Destinations (where they went next)
Independent counts councillors who sit as Independent following suspension or expulsion. Vacant counts seats that have been vacated by resignation (Section 80 disqualification or full resignation from the council). Defections to named parties are counted by destination.
Considered and excluded
Candidates the pipeline surfaced and we reviewed but did not list. Each row shows the indicated change and the documented reason for excluding it. The methodology is party-neutral; non-Reform names appear here because they were surveyed, not because they were dismissed lightly.
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