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Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It has five members of Parliament in the House of Commons, two members of the London Assembly, one member of the Senedd, one member of the Scottish Parliament and one police and crime commissioner. It also controls twelve local councils. It is considered to be more right-wing than the Conservative Party. Nigel Farage has been Leader of Reform UK since June 2024.
Co-founded by Farage and Catherine Blaiklock in 2018 as the Brexit Party, advocating a no-deal Brexit, it won the most seats at the 2019 European Parliament election in the UK, but won no seats at the 2019 general election. The UK withdrew from the European Union in January 2020, and later in the same year the COVID-19 pandemic began in the UK. The Conservative government imposed a series of national lockdowns and Farage focused on anti-lockdown campaigning. The party was renamed Reform UK in January 2021. Farage stepped down as leader in March 2021 and was succeeded by Richard Tice.
Since 2022, the party has campaigned on a broader platform, pledging to limit immigration, reduce taxation, oppose net-zero emissions policies and massively cut public spending. In March 2024, Lee Anderson, who was elected in 2019 as a Conservative MP, defected to Reform UK, becoming its first MP. In June 2024, Farage resumed the leadership, and the party won five seats at the 2024 general election, the first time it had elected MPs.
The incorporation of the Brexit Party in November 2018 was formally announced on 20 January 2019 by the former UK Independence Party (UKIP) economics spokesperson Catherine Blaiklock, who served as the Brexit Party's initial leader. On 5 February 2019, it was registered with the Electoral Commission to run candidates in English, Scottish, Welsh and European Union elections.
On the day of the announcement, Nigel Farage, who had been an independent member of the European Parliament (MEP) since his departure from UKIP in early December 2018, said that the party was Blaiklock's idea but that she had acted with his full support. On 8 February 2019, Farage stated he would stand as a candidate for the party in any potential future European Parliament elections contested in the United Kingdom. The MEPs Steven Woolfe and Nathan Gill, also formerly of UKIP, stated that they would also stand for the party.
The party's lead aim was for the United Kingdom to leave the EU, and then for Britain to trade internationally on World Trade Organization terms. In April 2019, Farage said that there was "no difference between the Brexit party and UKIP in terms of policy, [but] in terms of personnel, there's a vast difference", criticising UKIP's connections to the far right. He also said that the party aimed to attract support from "across the board", including former UKIP voters and Conservative and Labour voters who had supported Brexit. Later in the month he said that the party would not publish a manifesto until after the European elections had taken place, saying that the party would have a policy platform instead of a manifesto.
In May 2019, Farage described his admiration for how fellow Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy members, Italy's Five Star Movement, had managed to grow from a protest group into the country's largest political party in both houses of the Italian Parliament. He saw the Brexit Party doing the same kind of thing and "running a company, not a political party, hence our model of registered supporters" and building a base using an online platform.
On 11 November 2019, the last day for candidates to register, Farage declared that the Brexit party would not field candidates in the 317 seats in which there was an incumbent Conservative MP. This was done with the support of most of the Brexit party candidates, so as not to split the anti-EU vote.
Reform UK
Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It has five members of Parliament in the House of Commons, two members of the London Assembly, one member of the Senedd, one member of the Scottish Parliament and one police and crime commissioner. It also controls twelve local councils. It is considered to be more right-wing than the Conservative Party. Nigel Farage has been Leader of Reform UK since June 2024.
Co-founded by Farage and Catherine Blaiklock in 2018 as the Brexit Party, advocating a no-deal Brexit, it won the most seats at the 2019 European Parliament election in the UK, but won no seats at the 2019 general election. The UK withdrew from the European Union in January 2020, and later in the same year the COVID-19 pandemic began in the UK. The Conservative government imposed a series of national lockdowns and Farage focused on anti-lockdown campaigning. The party was renamed Reform UK in January 2021. Farage stepped down as leader in March 2021 and was succeeded by Richard Tice.
Since 2022, the party has campaigned on a broader platform, pledging to limit immigration, reduce taxation, oppose net-zero emissions policies and massively cut public spending. In March 2024, Lee Anderson, who was elected in 2019 as a Conservative MP, defected to Reform UK, becoming its first MP. In June 2024, Farage resumed the leadership, and the party won five seats at the 2024 general election, the first time it had elected MPs.
The incorporation of the Brexit Party in November 2018 was formally announced on 20 January 2019 by the former UK Independence Party (UKIP) economics spokesperson Catherine Blaiklock, who served as the Brexit Party's initial leader. On 5 February 2019, it was registered with the Electoral Commission to run candidates in English, Scottish, Welsh and European Union elections.
On the day of the announcement, Nigel Farage, who had been an independent member of the European Parliament (MEP) since his departure from UKIP in early December 2018, said that the party was Blaiklock's idea but that she had acted with his full support. On 8 February 2019, Farage stated he would stand as a candidate for the party in any potential future European Parliament elections contested in the United Kingdom. The MEPs Steven Woolfe and Nathan Gill, also formerly of UKIP, stated that they would also stand for the party.
The party's lead aim was for the United Kingdom to leave the EU, and then for Britain to trade internationally on World Trade Organization terms. In April 2019, Farage said that there was "no difference between the Brexit party and UKIP in terms of policy, [but] in terms of personnel, there's a vast difference", criticising UKIP's connections to the far right. He also said that the party aimed to attract support from "across the board", including former UKIP voters and Conservative and Labour voters who had supported Brexit. Later in the month he said that the party would not publish a manifesto until after the European elections had taken place, saying that the party would have a policy platform instead of a manifesto.
In May 2019, Farage described his admiration for how fellow Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy members, Italy's Five Star Movement, had managed to grow from a protest group into the country's largest political party in both houses of the Italian Parliament. He saw the Brexit Party doing the same kind of thing and "running a company, not a political party, hence our model of registered supporters" and building a base using an online platform.
On 11 November 2019, the last day for candidates to register, Farage declared that the Brexit party would not field candidates in the 317 seats in which there was an incumbent Conservative MP. This was done with the support of most of the Brexit party candidates, so as not to split the anti-EU vote.
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