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BREAKING NEWS Former Tory minister and MP Andrea Jenkyns defects to join Nigel Farage's Reform UK as party passes 100,000 members By DAVID WILCOCK, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 12:04, 28 November 2024 | Updated: 12:11, 28 November 2024 e-mail View comments Former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns has defected to Nigel Farage 's Reform UK and will run as a candidate in next year's local elections . The former skills minister, who lost her Morley and Outwood seat in Yorkshire in the Labour landslide in July, will stand to be mayor of Greater Lincolnshire in May. She was unveiled at a London press conference today in which Mr Farage revealed that the party had passed 100,000 paying members for the first time.
Dame Andrea has long been linked with a defection to Reform. In June she issued an election campaign leaflet with a prominent photo of her posing with Mr Farage, but no clear mention of the Conservative Party she was representing. She admitted this morning she has been 'tempted' to defect before losing her seat, and accused the Conservatives of having 'lost their way'.
The former skills minister, who lost her Morley and Outwood seat in Yorkshire in the Labour landslide, will stand to be mayor of Greater Lincolnshire in May. She was unveiled at a London press conference today in which Mr Farage revealed that the party had passed 100,000 paying members for the first time. Dame Andrea has long been linked with a defection to Reform.
In June she issued an election campaign leaflet with a prominent photo of her posing with Mr Farage, but no clear mention of the Conservative Party she was representing. Labour London Reform UK Nigel Farage Share or comment on this article: Former Tory minister and MP Andrea Jenkyns defects to join Nigel Farage's Reform UK as party passes 100,000 members e-mail Add comment.
