Local Councillors gone so far, Reform

What a waste of time our local elections have turned out to be over the past couple of years, and what a wast of money!

Many of us have boundaries changes next year, so didn’t really need elections this year, but guess who stirred up the electorate to complain, stating “voters are being deprived of their democratic right to vote”.

Now, voting doesn’t come cheap, even in local elections. Some estimates put our entire cost at some £63m.

Here’s what’s happened thus far with Reform, remember we are still under two weeks since we voted:-

: Reform councillors quitting, suspended or imploding since the

Reform told voters they were sending in “common sense” candidates to fix local government. Instead, within days of the May elections we’ve already seen resignations, suspensions, expulsions and investigations.

❌ Andrew Osbourn (Cambridgeshire)
Lost his council seat after being convicted of breaking electoral law.

❌ Kenny Hope (Durham)
Suspended by Reform before resigning after internal disputes.

❌ Andrew Harrison (Durham)
Suspended by Reform before resigning from the party after internal disputes.

❌ Stephen Mousdell (St Helens)
Resigned from Reform less than two weeks after being elected.

❌ Barry Martin (Staffordshire)
Resigned his council seat after complaints over social media posts.

❌ Glenn Gibbins (Sunderland)
Suspended by Reform over alleged racist social media posts.

❌ Stuart Prior (Essex)
Expelled from Reform and resigned both his council seats after alleged racist and Islamophobic posts surfaced.

❌ Nathaniel Menday (Sheffield)
Suspended by Reform over alleged extremist social media activity.

❌ Ben Rowe (Plymouth)
Suspended by Reform after alleged antisemitic and Islamophobic posts emerged.

❌ Jo Monk (Worcestershire)
Suspended by Reform after a leadership row.

❌ Ashley Monk (Worcestershire)
Suspended by Reform during the Worcestershire infighting.

❌ Daniel Devaney (Bradford)
Publicly said he didn’t want to stand before polling day, then got elected anyway and resigned.

❌ Nick Farmer (Wakefield)
Suspended by Reform after internal disagreements.

❌ Jay Cooper (Sefton)
Declared “not welcome” by Farage himself and resigned from the party after Holocaust denial posts resurfaced. Still a sitting councillor.

❌ Worcestershire County Council Reform minority authority collapsed.”

Reform assured us after last years “fiasco” that their vetting system had been improved. Approx 40% of last years elected Reform councillors are no longer in post.

Sources, various.