List of Conservative Party defections to Reform UK

The following are MPs who defected while sitting as an MP in the House of Commons.

Backbenchers

• Lee Anderson (joined March 2024) – Elected in 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party, but joined Reform in March 2024 after becoming an independent after having the whip suspended for remarks about London Mayor Sadiq Khan that the Conservative Party deemed Islamophobic. He was re-elected as a MP at the 2024 general election for Reform UK, and appointed as the Chief Whip of Reform UK in the House of Commons on 11 July 2024.^[8][4]
• Suella Braverman (defected 26 January 2026) – First elected in 2015 for Fareham (Fareham and Waterlooville since 2024), Braverman served as Home Secretary from 6 September to the 19 October 2022 under Prime Minister Liz Truss, before resigning, then being reappointed 6 days later by, and serving under, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from the 25 October 2022 until her dismissal by Sunak on the 13 November 2023.^[9][4]

The following are MPs who defected after their term as MP in the House of Commons ended.

Former frontbenchers

Secretaries of State

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• Nadhim Zahawi (defected 12 January 2026) – Former Chancellor of the Exchequer (July–September 2022), and MP for Stratford-on-Avon (2010–2024)^{[10][11][12][4]}
• Nadine Dorries – Former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2021–2022) and MP for Mid Bedfordshire (2005–2023).^[8][4] Dorries was a member of the Conservative Party for 25 years.^[13]
• David Jones (defected 7 July 2025) – Former Secretary of State for Wales (2012–2014), Minister of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2017), and MP for Clwyd West (2005–2024).^[8][4] Jones was Conservative Party member for over 50 years.^[13]

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, and Ministers of State

• Lia Nici (defected 1 December 2025) – Former Assistant Government Whip (September–October 2022) and MP for Great Grimsby (2019–2024)^[8][4]
• Jonathan Gullis (defected 1 December 2025) – Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards (September–October 2022, and MP for Stoke-on-Trent North (2019–2024)^[8][4]
• Dame Andrea Jenkyns (defected 28 November 2024) – Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills from (July–October 2022) and MP for Morley and Outwood,^[8][4] elected as the first Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire in 2025 for Reform, becoming one of Reform's first two elected mayors, alongside Luke Campbell, who was elected concurrently as the inaugural Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire.^[14]
• Sir Jake Berry (defected 9 July 2025) – Former Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio (September–October 2022), Minister of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth (2017–2020), and MP for Rossendale and Darwen^[8][4]
• Adam Holloway (defected 30 July 2025) – Former Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (September–October 2022) and Former MP for Gravesham (2005–2024)^[8][4]

The following are Peers who defected while sitting in the House of Lords.

• Malcolm Ian Offord, Baron Offord of Garvel (defected 6 December 2025) – appointed Life Peer on the 13 October 2021 while a member of the Conservative Party by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.^{[17][18][19][20]} After defecting to Reform on the 6 December 2025, he was appointed by Reform Leader Nigel Farage as Leader of Reform UK Scotland on 15 January 2026, and resigned from the Lords on the 30 January 2026 due to his intention to run in the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.^[20][4]

The following are Members of the Scottish Parliament who have defected to Reform while sitting in the Parliament.

• Michelle Ballantyne (joined January 2021) – On 24 November 2020, Ballantyne quit the Scottish Conservatives to sit as an independent MSP, citing differences on policies and principles with the party and its new leader Douglas Ross.^[21][22][23] Ballantyne joined Reform UK in January 2021, and was appointed as the first Leader of Reform UK Scotland.^[24] Ballantyne lost her seat in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election,^[25] and resigned as Reform's Scottish Leader on the 16 February 2022.^[26][27]
• Graham Simpson (defected 27 August 2025) – Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland (2016–present)^[28][29]

The following are Members of the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament, who have defected to Reform while sitting in the Parliament.

• Laura Anne Jones (defected 22 July 2025) – Member of the Senedd for South Wales East (2003–2007; 2020–present), and Monmouthshire County Councillor for Wyesham ward (2017–2022)^[30][31]
• James Evans (defected 5 February 2026) – Member of the Senedd for Brecon and Radnorshire (2021–present)

The following are members of the London Assembly who have defected from the Conservative Party.

• Keith Prince (defected 4 October 2025) – Member of the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge (2016–present)^[32]
• Alex Wilson (defected in 2020) – Londonwide Member of the London Assembly and the Leader of Reform UK in the London Assembly (2024–present), formerly a member of Redbridge London Borough Council for Wanstead with the Conservative Party (2009–2014)^[33]

The following are individuals who defected while serving as a police and crime commissioner.

• Rupert Matthews (defected August 2025) – Elected in 2021, and re-elected in 2024, as the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner for the Conservatives, Matthews defected in August 2025, becoming Reform's first PCC.^[34]

The following are individuals who defected while serving as city or county councillors.

• Laila Cunningham (defected 23 June 2025) – Westminster City Councillor for Lancaster Gate (2022–present).^[37] On 7 January 2026, Cunningham was announced as the Reform candidate for the 2028 London mayoral election.^[38]
• Thomas Kerr (defected 16 January 2025) – Glasgow City Councillor for Shettleston (Ward 19) (2017–present), becoming Reform's first councillor in Glasgow.^[39][40]
• Dan Thomas, the Leader of Reform UK Wales defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK in June 2025 while a member of Barnet London Borough Council representing Finchley Church End^[35]
• Linden Kemkaran - Leader of Kent County Council since May 2025.