List of Reform UK politicians

This is a list of Reform UK politicians. Most politicians have defected from other parties and some have left Reform UK since joining.

Members of Parliament

Main article: List of Reform UK MPs

Members of the House of Lords

• Malcolm Offord, former Conservative peer ^[1]

Former Members of Parliament

• Lucy Allan, former Conservative MP ^[2]
• Alan Amos, former Conservative MP ^[3]
• Sarah Atherton, former Conservative MP ^[4]
• Jake Berry, former Conservative MP ^[5]
• Michael Brown, former Conservative MP
• Aidan Burley, former Conservative MP
• Chris Butler, former Conservative MP
• Douglas Carswell, former UK Independence Party and Conservative MP
• Maria Caulfield, former Conservative MP
• Simon Danczuk, former Labour MP
• Nadine Dorries, former Conservative MP ^[6]
• Chris Green, former Conservative MP ^[7]
• Jonathan Gullis, former Conservative MP ^[8]
• Adam Holloway, former Conservative MP ^[9]
• Andrea Jenkyns, former Conservative MP ^[2]
• David Jones, former Conservative MP ^[10]
• Marco Longhi, former Conservative MP
• Anne Marie Morris, former Conservative MP
• Lia Nici, former Conservative MP ^[11]
• Lembit Öpik, former Liberal Democrat MP
• Henry Smith, former Conservative MP
• Mark Reckless, former UK Independence Party and Conservative MP
• Ross Thomson, former Conservative MP and MSP
• Ann Widdecombe, former Conservative MP ^[12]

Members of the Scottish Parliament

• Graham Simpson ^[13]

Former Members of the Scottish Parliament

• Michelle Ballantyne ^[14]
• Brian Monteith ^[15]
• Ross Thomson

Members of the Senedd

• Laura Anne Jones ^[16]

Former Members of the Senedd

• Caroline Jones ^[17]
• Mandy Jones
• Mark Reckless ^[18]
• David Rowlands

Members of the London Assembly

• Alex Wilson ^[19]
• Keith Prince ^[20]

Metro mayors

• Luke Campbell ^[21]
• Andrea Jenkyns ^[2]

Police and crime commissioners

• Rupert Matthews ^[22]

Prospective parliamentary candidates

Notable Prospective parliamentary candidates who stood in the 2024 United Kingdom general election include:

Name
Jay Aston
David Bull
David Burgess-Joyce
Chris Butler
June Mummery
Martin Daubney
Peter Dawe
Michelle Dewberry
Mitch Feierstein
Mike Greene
Colin Lambert
Chidi Ngwaba
James Wells

Notable Councillors

Name	Former Party	Councillor	Ref.
Darren Grimes	Conservative	Durham County Council	[23]
George Finch	Conservative	Warwickshire County Council	[24]
Linden Kemkaran	Conservative	Kent County Council	[25]
Thomas Kerr	Scottish Conservatives	Glasgow City Council	[26]

Former Reform UK politicians

• Catherine Blaiklock (until 2019). ^[27]
• Nick Buckley (until 2025) ^[28]
• Howard Cox (until 2025) ^[29]
• Nathan Gill (until 2021) ^[30]
• Ben Habib (until 2024) ^[31]
• Rupert Lowe (until 2025) ^[32]
• James McMurdock (until 2025) ^[33]

References

1. "Millionaire Tory donor defects to Reform UK in major boost for Farage". The Independent. 2025-12-06. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
2. "Access Restricted". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
3. "Complex discussions over who runs Worcestershire County Council - Reform". BBC News. 2025-05-07. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
4. "Former Conservative armed forces minister joins Reform UK". The Independent. 2025-10-02. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
5. "Ex-Conservative Party chairman Jake Berry defects to Reform UK". BBC News. 2025-07-09. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
6. Mason, Rowena; editor, Rowena Mason Whitehall (2025-09-04). "Nadine Dorries defects to Reform, saying Conservative party 'is dead'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-10-10.{{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
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8. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-defections-tories-nigel-farage-jonathan-gullis-b2875553.html
9. "Former Kent Conservative MP defects to Reform". BBC News. 2025-07-30. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
10. "Former Conservative cabinet minister David Jones joins Reform UK". BBC News. 2025-07-07. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
11. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-defections-tories-nigel-farage-jonathan-gullis-b2875553.html
12. "Ann Widdecombe says Reform would put migrants in 'secure reception centres'". Sky News. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
13. "Conservative MSP Graham Simpson defects to Reform". BBC News. 2025-08-27. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
14. "Former Tory MSP to lead Scots wing of rebranded Brexit Party". BBC News. 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
15. Pidd, Helen (2019-05-26). "'Scottish Thatcherite' who lives in France becomes Brexit party MEP". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-10-11.
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17. "Senedd election 'could be seismic for Welsh politics', expert says". BBC News. 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
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20. "Tory London Assembly member Keith Prince defects to Reform UK". BBC News. 2025-10-04. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
21. "Reform UK's Luke Campbell elected Hull and East Yorkshire mayor". BBC News. 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
22. "Reform UK gets first police and crime commissioner after Tory defection". The Independent. 2025-08-04. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
23. "Durham County Council election results: Reform UK takes control". www.bbc.com. 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
24. Gilbert, Simon (22 July 2025). "Teenager voted in as UK's youngest council leader". BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
25. "Reform UK take control of Kent County Council with new cabinet". BBC News. 2025-05-22. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
26. "Scottish Conservative councillor Thomas Kerr defects to Reform". BBC News. 2025-01-16. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
27. Christopher Hope (15 August 2019). "Brexit Party founder Catherine Blaiklock who quit over anti-Muslim comments 'joined Tories after Boris Johnson became PM'". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 18 August 2019.
28. "Reform UK – Another Pro-Immigration Party?". 2025-06-16.
29. Nevett, Joshua; Pike, Joe (22 March 2025). "Grassroots anger tests Farage's grip on Reform UK". BBC News . Retrieved 24 March 2025.
30. "Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill stopped being a member of the party straight after the Senedd election". Nation.Cymru. 16 March 2022.
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32. "Three branch officers in Great Yarmouth quit Reform UK". BBC News. 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
33. "MP James McMurdock says he will not return to Reform UK after Covid loan claims". BBC News. 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-09-29.