In recent years, local government in Hull has been dominated by two parties – Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
Both took a hit from Reform UK.
The Lib Dems may feel a sense of déjà vu, one year after council leader Mike Ross was beaten into second place by Reform’s Luke Campbell in the race to become the first elected mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire.
Labour will feel badly bruised in a city they once dominated.
Back in the 1990s, Labour held 59 of 60 seats in the Guildhall council chamber.
Some commentators will point to Hull as a place where many voters have fallen out of love with the established Westminster parties.
Nigel Farage will be hopeful that significant gains made locally could be transformed into seats at the next general election.
Reform’s opponents will continue to paint them as a party of protest, not a party of power.
But after many years of a Labour-Lib Dem duopoly, three party politics has arrived in Hull and it may be that way for some time.
