“Life-long Labour voters tell me Labour doesn’t feel like Labour anymore,” says Alexa Jago, standing for Reform in Chelsea 

Lucy Carrier-Pilkington | 24th April 2026 | Politics
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London local elections exclusive: there's no such thing as a traditional Labour or Tory vote anymore on May 7th. All votes are up for grabs. 

Film producer turned would-be Chelsea councillor Alexa Jago has been out on the streets of Chelsea Riverside canvasing all week. What she is hearing dozens of times a day is that there is no longer any such thing as a traditional Labour or Tory vote that can be taken for granted. All votes are up for grabs.  According to recent data from YouGov, Reform UK is on course to make some of its strongest gains yet in the capital’s May elections, as support fragments away from the two main parties. But in Kensington and Chelsea — a borough held by the Conservatives for more than 60 years — the question is not simply whether Reform or the Greens can break through, but why voters are willing to consider it.   The Tories have held control of Kensington and Chelsea Council ever since 1965. The Borough was first created under the London Government Act of 1963 by merging the former metropolitan boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea.  For Reform or the Greens to take over would be hi...

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