Reform has more candidates in local elections than Labour or Tories

Across the 11 councils holding elections in the Midlands and eastern England (Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Northamptonshire and Worcestershire), Reform and the Tories are both fielding 710 candidates, Labour 707 and the Lib Dems 601.