In results that made news across the United Kingdom, the 4-year-old Reform UK party won a by-election Friday for its first-ever seat on the Town Council of Cardiff in Wales.
Although elections for local office — even by-elections — are seldom major news stories, this particular contest made headlines because of the ever-increasing strength of the party led by Nigel Farage, father of Brexit (the U.K.’s withdrawal from the European Union in 2016), member of Parliament and now the leading British voice for a moratorium on immigration and deportation of those in the U.K. illegally.
Running in the Trowbridge ward of Cardiff, Reformer Edward Topham topped the crowded field with 39.6%.
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