Alex Wilson (British politician)
British politician and businessman (born 1984)
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Alexander James Wilson (born February 1984) is a British politician, serving as a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since 2024. He is a member of Reform UK. He was previously a member of the Conservative Party for over twenty years and a Conservative Party councillor.
Nigel Farage
Alex Wilson | |
|---|---|
Wilson in 2024 | |
| Leader of Reform UK in the London Assembly | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2024 | |
| Leader | Richard Tice Nigel Farage |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Member of the London Assembly for Londonwide | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2024 | |
| Member of Redbridge London Borough Council for Wanstead | |
| In office 23 April 2009 – 22 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1984 (age 42) Colchester, England |
| Party | Reform UK (since 2020) |
Other political affiliations | Conservative (1999–2020) |
Political career
Conservative Party
Wilson served as a Conservative Party on Redbridge London Borough Council from 2009 to 2014.[1][2] He was asked to resign from his cabinet position by council leader Keith Prince and implied he had been accused of not dedicating enough time to his portfolio.[3]
Reform UK
Defection
In 2020, after 21 years as a Conservative Party member, Wilson defected to Reform UK. He told the Evening Standard: "Lockdown was what drove me out [of the Tories], but then since then, it's high tax, it's net zero, it's not controlling the borders - it's all these kinds of issues which make me not even want to think about going back."[4]
Parliamentary and local candidacies
Wilson ran in the North East constituency at the 2021 London Assembly election, coming fifth with 4,251 votes (1.9%).[5][6] He later contested the June 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election, receiving 1.1% of the vote.[7][8]
At the 2022 Redbridge London Borough Council election, he came second-to-last in the Bridge ward, polling 274 votes.[9][10]
Wilson was the Reform candidate for the parliamentary constituency of Ilford North in the 2024 UK general election, where he finished fourth with 3,621 votes.[11]
Member of the London Assembly
For the 2024 London Assembly election, Wilson stood in Havering and Redbridge, coming third, and receiving 19,696 votes.[12][13] He was also the lead candidate on the Reform list for the London-wide region, and was the party's only candidate to be elected.[14] At the time of his election, Wilson had been working as a pollster for Reform.[15]