Political career
Prince served as a councillor on Havering London Borough Council from 1990,representing Gidea Park ward,before being defeated by the Residents Association in 1994. He was elected as a councillor on Redbridge London Borough Council for the Barkingside ward from 2003 until 2018,serving as leader of the council between 2009 and 2014, [1] in coalition with the Liberal Democrats after May 2010. [2] In 2014 Labour won control of Redbridge Council [3] which consigned Prince to the backbenches.
In 2016,Prince stood to become the Conservative candidate for the London Assembly seat of Havering and Redbridge,after the retirement of the incumbent assembly member Roger Evans. [4] Prince was subsequently elected as the assembly member in May 2016 with a majority of 1,438. [5]
In 2017,Prince was involved in a heated row with a fellow passenger on a train,on his daily commute to work on the Southeastern train service from Dartford to London. [6] The confrontation was filmed and received attention on social media and in print and broadcast media. Prince subsequently released a statement,stating that "I'd like to apologise to my fellow commuters for the disturbance our initial disagreement caused." [7]
In 2022,Prince was elected as a councillor on Havering Council for the Squirrels Heath ward with a majority of 1,207. In May 2023 he was elected as leader of the Havering Conservatives. [8]
In 2023,Prince was re-selected as the Conservative candidate for the Havering and Redbridge constituency in the 2024 London Assembly election. [9]
On 4 October 2025,Prince defected from the Conservative Party to join Reform UK. [10]
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