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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T23:01:02.000Z",
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    "Nigel Farage issues appeal to 'patriotic working-class' as Reform extends olive branch to unions",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nReform UK has set its sights on bagging a triple election victory as Nigel Farage's party gears up for an electoral debut across three seats this Thursday.\n\nAll three of the wards are up for grabs for the first time since 2023, before Reform had the opportunity to throw its hat in the ring.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nNow, three years later, residents in Christleton & Huntingdon (Cheshire), Apsley & Corner Hall (Hertfordshire) and Cippenham Green (Buckinghampshire) will be able to weigh in on the national debate all the way from their local ballot box.\n\nNationally, Reform continues to secure top favour with voters across the UK. This week, pollsters at YouGov forecast Mr Farage's party was due to receive 25 per cent of national votes at the next General Election.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis figure is a two per cent drop from their previous poll the week before. Both six per cent behind, Labour and the Conservatives are tied on 19 per cent, with Zack Polanski's Green Party on 14 per cent.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats are shown to be winning 12 per cent, while both Restore Britain and the SNP are due to scoop up three per cent of votes in the prediction.\n\nAt the last round of Local Elections, Reform UK won over huges swathes of the country at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives up and down Britain.\n\nHowever, this week, the party will be able to show its strength across three wards across Cheshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### Christleton & Huntingdon (Cheshire West & Chester)\n\n\n\n\nCurrently under Conservative control, the vote for the ward was fairly divided between the political parties when Britons last voted back in 2023.\n\nThe Tories took home 24 per cent of the vote, with the Greens trailing two points behind on 22 per cent. Labour won 20 per cent of the vote share, while the Liberal Democrats and Independent candidate were tied on 17 per cent.\n\nThe election was called after the death of Conservative councillor Stuart Parker.\n\nThe MP for Christleton and Huntington is the Tories' Aphra Brandreth, who represents the Chester South and Eddisbury constituency, who has been out campaigning with her candidate, Stephen Mosley.\n\nPrevious results (2023):\n\n  * Green Party - 22 per cent\n  * Conservatives - 24 per cent\n  * Labour - 20 per cent\n  * Liberal Democrats - 17 per cent\n  * Independent - 17 per cent\n\n\n\nTHE FULL LIST OF CANDIDATES (Christleton & Huntingdon):\n\n  * Green Party - Steve Davies\n  * Reform UK - Martin Andrew Kemp\n  * Conservatives - Stephen James Mosley\n  * Labour - Fran Riley\n  * Liberal Democrats - Chris Ward\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### POLITICS LATEST:\n\n\n\n\n  * David Lammy to roll out 'AI legal assistants' to tackle rising case backlog\n  * Volodymyr Zelensky says Nigel Farage risks 'breaking big friendship' as Reform remove Ukraine flags\n  * Nigel Farage issues appeal to 'patriotic working-class' as Reform extends olive branch to unions\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### Apsley & Corner Hall (Dacorum)\n\n\n\n\nCurrently under the control of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey's party won a massive 49 per cent vote share last time voters cast their ballot in 2023.\n\nMeanwhile, Conservatives came in second place with 33 per cent and Labour trailed behind on 19 per cent.\n\nDavid Taylor, the Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, covers the ward's boundary. He won his seat at the 2024 General Election after the Conservative MP Sir Mike Penning stood down.\n\nThe by-election was called after the serving Liberal Democrat councillor resigned.\n\nPrevious results (2023):\n\n  * Labour - 19 per cent\n  * Conservative - 33 per cent\n  * Liberal Democrats - 49 per cent\n\n\n\nTHE FULL LIST OF CANDIDATES (Christleton & Huntingdon):\n\n  * Reform UK - Andrew Garnett\n  * Liberal Democrats - Hugo James Hardy\n  * Labour - Bailey Hewitt\n  * Independent - Eric Johnson\n  * Greens - Connor Manship\n  * Conservatives - Hubert Harvey Wilson\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### ​Cippenham Green (Slough)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe ward is currently under control of the Conservatives and is now up for the grabs following the resignation of Robert Stedmond in April.\n\nLast time voters headed to the polls, the Tories won 44 per cent of the vote, with Labour behind on 28 per cent.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats' candidate scooped up 10 per cent, while the Independent candidate was just ahead of 13 per cent.\n\nThe serving MP for the ward is Labour's Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, who has been in post to represent Slough since 2017.\n\nPrevious results (2023):\n\n  * Conservatives - 44 per cent\n  * Labour - 28 per cent\n  * Liberal Democrats - 10 per cent\n  * Independents - 13 per cent\n  * Other - 5 per cent\n\n\n\nTHE FULL LIST OF CANDIDATES (Cippenham Green)\n\n  * Labour - Preston Brooker\n  * Conservatives - Raja Muhammad Fayyaz\n  * Greens - Chloe Hart\n  * Reform UK - Christina Mahboob\n  * Liberal Democrats - Jen Simpson\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Reform sets sights on bagging triple election victory as Nigel Farage's party gears up for debut three seats"
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