Alex Wilson | |
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![]() Wilson in 2024 | |
Leader of Reform UK in the London Assembly | |
Assumed office 6 May 2024 | |
Leader | Richard Tice Nigel Farage |
Preceded by | office established |
Member of the London Assembly for Londonwide | |
Assumed office 6 May 2024 | |
Member of Redbridge London Borough Council for Wanstead | |
In office 23 April 2009 –22 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1984 (age 40–41) London,England |
Political party | Reform UK (since 2021) |
Other political affiliations | Conservative (1999–2020) |
Alex Wilson (born 1984) is a British politician and businessman,serving as a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since 2024. He is a member of Reform UK. He was previously a member of the Conservative Party for over twenty years and was an elected Conservative Party councillor.
Wilson previously served as a Conservative Party councillor on Redbridge London Borough Council from 2009 to 2014. [1] [2] Whilst serving as a councillor he was forced to resign from his cabinet position after implying he had been accused of not dedicating enough time to his portfolio. [3]
Initially a member of the Conservative Party for 21 years,he quit in 2020 and defected to Reform UK. Explaining his decision,he told the Evening Standard :"Lockdown was what drove me out [of the Tories],but then since then,it's high tax,it's net zero,it's not controlling the borders - it's all these kinds of issues which make me not even want to think about going back." [4]
Wilson ran in the North East constituency at the 2021 London Assembly election,coming fifth with 4,251 votes (1.9%). [5] [6] He later contested the June 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election,receiving 1.1% of all votes cast. [7] [8]
At the 2022 Redbridge London Borough Council election,he came second-to-last in the Bridge ward,polling 274 votes. [9] [10]
For the 2024 London Assembly election,Wilson stood in Havering and Redbridge,coming third,and receiving 19,696 votes. [11] [12] He was also the lead candidate on the Reform list for the London-wide region,and was the party's only candidate to be elected. [13] At the time of his election,Wilson had been working as a pollster for Reform. [14]
Wilson was the Reform candidate for Ilford North in the 2024 UK general election,where he finished fourth with 3,621 votes. [15]
Wilson is the sole director of Psephos Consulting,a public relations and communications firm specialised in the development industry. [16] [17]
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