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'I'm Delighted to Have the Support of My Colleagues' - New Reform Wales Deputy
Jones was chosen by colleagues after Helen Jenner became leader, as Reform UK Wales reshapes its Senedd team following Dan Thomas’s exit.
- On Monday, Reform MS Laura Anne Jones was elected Deputy Leader of Reform Wales by her colleagues in a secret ballot, just one day after Helen Jenner assumed party leadership.
- Jenner assumed leadership after predecessor Dan Thomas stepped down last week following his arrest on suspicion of assault and coercive behavior; Thomas remains a Member of the Senedd for Casnewydd Islwyn.
- Jones, a former Conservative who defected to Reform in 2025, previously served a 14-day suspension from the Senedd in November for using a racial slur, for which she later apologized and denied being racist.
- "I'm delighted to have the support of my colleagues," Jones said, adding she is "excited to work with Helen Jenner" to deliver change; UK party leader Nigel Farage visited Cardiff to oversee the transition.
- Reform Wales now holds 34 seats as the largest opposition group in Welsh history, with the new leadership aiming to hold the Welsh Government to account for communities Jones claims have been ignored for too long.
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Laura Anne Jones, Tory defector who was suspended over racial slur named new deputy leader of Reform UK in Wales
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