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List of Reform UK MPs Member Portrait Constituency Years served Lee Anderson [a] 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
Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party) is a right-wing populist political party and limited company in the United Kingdom. [14] Nigel Farage has served as the party's leader since June 2024 and Richard Tice has served as the party's deputy leader since July 2024.
Lord John Russell, architect of the Reform Act 1832 was elected in 1832 as MP for Devonshire Southern. 1832 was the first general election in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Representation of the People Act 1832 (commonly known as the "Reform Act 1832" or the "Great Reform Act") had introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system.
Yorkshire, which was represented by four MPs before the Act, was given an extra two MPs (so that each of its three ridings was represented by two MPs). 22 large towns were given two MPs. Another 21 towns (of which two were in Wales) were given one MP. Thus 65 new county seats and 65 new borough seats were created in England and Wales.
The Leader of Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party) is the highest position in Reform UK. The current holder is Nigel Farage, who became leader on 3 June 2024, previously having served in the position from 2019 to 2021. The longest serving leader of the party was Richard Tice having served 3 years and 90 days.
Not counting MPs who served as minors, adult contenders for this record in modern times include Sarah Teather, MP for Brent East 2003–2010 and Brent Central 2010–2015, who in 2014 was held to be the shortest MP then sitting, at 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 m) [33] and is now regarded as the shortest woman member in British parliamentary history.
The Tory Reform Group (TRG) is a pressure group associated with the British Conservative Party that works to promote "modern, progressive Conservatism [...] economic efficiency and social justice" and "a Conservatism that supports equality, diversity and civil liberties", [1] values sometimes associated with Harold Macmillan's "Middle Way" or what the group consider a moderate one-nation ...
Born in the Clerkenwell neighborhood of central London, John Wilkes was the third child of distiller Israel Wilkes Jr. and Sarah Wilkes, née Heaton. His siblings included: eldest sister Sarah Wilkes, born 1721; elder brother Israel Wilkes III (1722–1805); younger brother Heaton Wilkes (1727–1803); younger sister Mary Hayley, née Wilkes (1728–1808); and youngest sister Ann Wilkes (1736 ...