Reasons range from dodgy social media posts to not being eligible to stand in the first place

Over 600 new Reform councillors were elected in the May 2025 local elections – and many seem to have been unprepared for it.

Reform is seeing an unusual number of councillors resigning in their first few weeks in office. In each case, this will trigger a council byelection costing in excess of £20,000.

Meet Reform’s ‘regretters’: the councillors quitting just weeks into the job, informuk.org