US EditionReform UK: All the Politicians Who Have Defected
Disillusionment with Conservative policies and leadership spurred defections by over 20 MPs and peers, boosting Reform UK’s presence across UK parliaments and local councils.
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Farage's party has stolen one of the most promising politicians from rivals; they have avenged themselves by betrayal
Reform UK: will high-profile defections change the party’s image?
A core function of political parties is to nurture talent and, in some cases, provide a credible path to power for ambitious politicians. In this fraught climate, Reform UK increasingly appears to be an alternative route for those who see no such path via the Conservative party. Before Robert Jenrick’s sacking (over his own supposed plan to defect), Nadhim Zahawi was the latest, and arguably the most high-profile, Conservative to throw his lot i…
Prominent UK Conservative defects to anti-immigration Reform
A prominent Conservative defected to Britain’s upstart Reform UK party, the most significant sign of fracturing in one of the world’s oldest and most consistently successful political parties — and of the European center-right. The Tories have been in government for most of the time since their formal founding in 1834, changing with the times to win power. But the party was badly beaten in 2024, is facing a growing challenge from the anti-immigr…
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Who has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives and why?
Robert Jenrick has become the latest Tory MP to defect to Reform UK.
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