This is a list of Reform UK MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing Reform UK. [1] Defections are also included.
Member | Portrait | Constituency | Years served |
---|---|---|---|
Lee Anderson [lower-alpha 1] | Ashfield | 2019–present | |
Nigel Farage | Clacton | 2024–present | |
Rupert Lowe | Great Yarmouth | 2024–present | |
James McMurdock | South Basildon and East Thurrock | 2024–present | |
Richard Tice | Boston and Skegness | 2024–present |
Constituency | 2019 | 2024 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashfield | Anderson [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
Clacton | Farage | ||||
Great Yarmouth | Lowe | ||||
South Basildon and East Thurrock | McMurdock | ||||
Boston and Skegness | Tice | ||||
No. of Reform MPs | 1 | 5 |
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