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John Curtice: Early results show how fragmented UK politics has become
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- Sir John Curtice Professor of politics, Strathclyde University BBCThe overnight local election results have confirmed that, for the time being at least, electoral politics in Britain has become highly fragmented.
- The party has won most seats - 30% of those declared so far.
- Nigel Farage's party has done best in places that voted heavily for Brexit in 2016.
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Sir John Curtice Professor of politics, Strathclyde University BBCThe overnight local election results have confirmed that, for the time being at least, electoral politics in Britain has become highly fragmented.
Reform are certainly the winners. The party has won most seats - 30% of those declared so far.
Meanwhile in a sample of over 500 wards where the BBC has collected the detailed voting figures, the party has recorded an average vote share of 26% - not an especially high figure but still enough to put them well ahead of all of their rivals.
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