28/08/2026
If we’re not careful this could happen in Bracknell.
Just like Bracknell before 2023, the good people of Dover, in this Ward at least, have historically always voted centre right.
It just did exactly that again, with 55.3% of the vote but this time they abandoned the Conservatives, with their vote share plummeting by half, even though they threw the kitchen sink at it. 14 years of betrayal, The Boris Wave, Partygate, the highest taxes since WW2…. They will not be forgiven for a long time yet.
Another party that threw everything at one of its first council by-elections, Restore UK, took just 10.7% of the vote…. a huge effort by them and they came… 5th.
Where were the Liberal Democrats, the self-proclaimed saviours of local democracy? … well, they didn’t even field a candidate! Just like in Bracknell where we’ve seen them stepping aside for Bracknell Labour, this time the liberal and far left voted tactically to keep Reform UK 🇬🇧 out and the die was cast.
Dover now has its first Green councillor, with a winning margin of 1.3%, just 34 votes.
The Tory and Restore vote combined was the same as Reform’s vote and that’s the fear of Reform UK Bracknell, with those desperately wanting change opting not to vote for the one Party capable of genuinely fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the majority.
Hopefully, we won’t see this repeated here next May.
So, if you truly want reform then make sure you vote Reform UK 🇬🇧 when you get the chance.