The public record on Greater Lincolnshire's mayor and Reform UK MPs
A constituent's compiled record of public statements, votes and associations. Every claim below is taken from primary sources or established news reporting and is linked. Readers can judge for themselves.
About this page
I am a Greater Lincolnshire constituent and the East Lindsey Green Party's named communications officer. The party's local communications is done as a three-person team; the named-officer title is procedural rather than hierarchical. This dossier is not journalism. The entries below were compiled from public statements, voting records, news reporting and the leaked 2007-08 British National Party membership list. Each row is linked to its source, and the framing is deliberately narrow so that readers can weigh the evidence themselves rather than rely on my characterisation of it.
I do not characterise anyone as anything: no labels, no inferences. I quote what people have said, link what has been reported, and let the reader decide. This is the form that survives both UK libel scrutiny and ordinary fairness, and it is the right form for material that touches on politically contested ground while the author has a disclosed political affiliation of his own.
If you find a factual error or a missing source, email paul.g.webster@redax.dev. Corrections will be applied with a visible changelog.
Andrea Jenkyns DBE
Path to Reform UK
Conservative councillor 2009 -> Conservative MP Morley & Outwood 2015-24 (Education Under-Sec 2022) -> Reform (Nov 2024) -> Mayor (May 2025)
Right-wing record
- Right-wing record (non-far-right-party): (1) ERG Vice-Chair from 2019 (replaced Steve Baker) - Brexit hardliner.
- Co-chair of Leave Means Leave political advisory board (Tice / Banks-aligned).
- Climate denier - on Times Radio July 2025: 'Do I believe that climate change exists? No', called climate policy a 'money-making racket'; unpaid director of Net Zero Watch 2023-25.
- Mayoral victory speech May 2025 said illegal migrants 'should be put in tents' - rival candidates walked off stage.
- Provided character reference (Feb 2020) for Conservative activist jailed for violent threats against Yvette Cooper MP.
- July 2022: filmed flipping the middle finger at protesters outside Downing Street; says 'no regrets'.
- GB News commentator.
- Pro-capital-punishment per public reporting.
- Voting record (TheyWorkForYou): almost always voted for stronger immigration laws (19 for / 3 against), generally voted to cut welfare, mixed on LGBT+.
- DBE in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list (June 2023).
EDL / Tommy Robinson
Publicly endorsed Elon Musk's video address to Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' rally (Sept 2025) - asked to justify it on Sky News, deflected. Hope not Hate piece on Reform Lincolnshire candidates frames her as part of a slate that included Tommy Robinson supporters.
Sources:
hopenothate.org.uk - https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/17/reform-party-candidates-lincolnshire/
hopenothate.org.uk - https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/17/andrea-jenkyns-climate-denier/
members.parliament.uk - https://members.parliament.uk/member/4490/contact
en.wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Jenkyns
www.theyworkforyou.com - https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25431/andrea_jenkyns/morley_and_outwood/votes
leftfootforward.org - https://leftfootforward.org/2025/05/reforms-andrea-jenkyns-gives-shocking-first-speech-as-lincolnshire-mayor/
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/andrea-jenkyns-begins-mayoral-term-with-controversial-asylum-proposal_uk_68146bfde4b0c3c651ebca7f
www.itv.com - https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-09/new-education-minister-should-explain-rude-gesture
Richard Tice
Path to Reform UK
Long-time Conservative donor/member -> donated £20,000 to UKIP for 2014 European elections (without joining) -> Leave.EU co-founder 2015 -> Brexit Party 2019 -> Reform
Right-wing record
- Right-wing record: (1) Co-founded Leave.EU (Jul 2015) with Arron Banks; Hope not Hate says it 'pumped out anti-immigrant propaganda more extreme than Farage's notorious Breaking Point poster'. Tice has refused to condemn the Breaking Point poster as racist.
- Leave.EU fined £70,000 by Electoral Commission May 2018 for failing to declare £77,380 of election spending; Tice publicly said the breach did not constitute 'cheating'.
- Channel 4 undercover (May 2021) at Brexit Party's Hartlepool branch (Tice was the candidate) caught councillors, organisers and activists displaying 'extreme Islamophobia and racism'; those activists were suspended.
- Stand Up to Racism reports unpaid tax of c.£100,000.
- Hope not Hate's profile of Tice characterises him as a key public-facing figure in Leave.EU's anti-immigrant messaging.
National Front
Same Leave.EU ad-targeting story applies to NF supporters per Channel 4.
Britain First / Patriotic Alternative / Homeland
Same Leave.EU ad-targeting story applies to Britain First supporters per Channel 4.
Sources:
members.parliament.uk - https://members.parliament.uk/member/5161/contact
en.wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Tice
hopenothate.org.uk - https://hopenothate.org.uk/chapter/who-is-richard-tice/
hopenothate.org.uk - https://hopenothate.org.uk/2024/09/24/reform-uk-are-far-right-heres-why/
standuptoracism.org.uk - https://standuptoracism.org.uk/farage-deputy-richard-tice-failed-to-pay-100000-in-tax/
Lincolnshire County Council under Reform (since May 2025)
Edge of Care / Safe Families service to be scrapped
On 24 April 2026, the council's Children and Culture committee heard that the contract for the "Edge of Care" service, delivered by the Christian volunteer charity Safe Families, will be ended on 30 June 2026, saving £133,000 per year. Safe Families provides support for families whose children are at risk of entering the care system, including parenting advice, practical help at home, and time-limited overnight stays. The decision was taken by Cllr Natalie Oliver (Reform, Woodhall Spa and Wragby), Executive Member for Children's Services, who took the portfolio after defeating long-serving Conservative Patricia Bradwell in the May 2025 elections.
Councillor Oliver: "It is not a cut, it's a duplication which is being removed. The council is in a difficult financial situation with rising cost pressures, and we have to make difficult decisions."
Conservative Councillor Lindsey Cawrey called the move "indefensible" and said it "runs counter to everything we stand for as a council". Labour Councillor Kev Clarke said: "This will have real consequences for families - it's performing well, and is valued by families and professionals."
Sources:
Lincolnshire County Council - consultation announcement, 26 January 2026.
Lincs Online (Jamie Waller, Local Democracy Reporter) - 24 April 2026.
Lincolnshire World - 25 April 2026.
Internal leadership challenge: Cllr Kelly removed from cabinet
Councillor Liam Kelly, previously Executive Councillor for Growth (one of the most senior cabinet positions on the council), was removed from the role after an unsuccessful challenge to council leader Shaun Matthews for control of the Reform group. The challenge took place several weeks before the full council meeting of 22 May 2026, at which Kelly was observed sitting on the back benches rather than his usual position at the front. Conservative Cllr Tom Dyer told the meeting he had witnessed the sacking at a conference on Monday evening and praised Kelly's conduct: “It is a real shame that Councillor Matthews has now removed someone from the executive committee who was doing an actually good job and doing it for the right reasons. It’s a real loss now to the council.” Two other senior councillors from other parties confirmed to the Local Democracy Reporting Service that the removal was connected to a recent unsuccessful leadership challenge. Matthews has taken over the growth portfolio himself. Kelly has also recently become Reform group leader on the City of Lincoln Council after the party won its first seat there in the May 2026 local elections.
Sources:
Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), reported via BowlerHatMan, 24 May 2026 (citing LDRS reporting). Direct LDRS article link to be added when available.
Cllr Bridgwood defects to Independent after Reform HQ ultimatum
Councillor Trevor Bridgwood (Cherry Willingham ward) left Reform UK to sit as an Independent on both Lincolnshire County Council and West Lindsey District Council after being given an ultimatum by Reform's central HQ. Bridgwood was told he must either resign from West Lindsey District Council, where he was part of a cross-party administration, or have the whip withdrawn. He chose to keep his West Lindsey seat and told HQ to remove the whip.
At the LCC full council meeting on Friday 22 May 2026, Bridgwood told members that Reform had previously approved his dual membership: The legality was checked by both councils and 12 months ago it was all agreed right up even to Reform HQ.
He said that on Wednesday he received a phone call from HQ telling him there were new rules
and giving him the choice. He stated: When councillors are elected they're here to represent the whole community regardless of party. That's what I've always done. To remove myself from the district council would have caused more chaos there than on Lincolnshire County Council. Therefore, I am telling Reform HQ to remove the whip.
West Lindsey's cross-party administration had been praised by other councillors. Council leader Jackie Maycock (Independent) told the LDRS: We've got a whole spectrum of opinions from the left to the right working well together and coming up with ideas. It is led to a much healthier political environment in West Lindsey.
Bridgwood's departure, combined with Cllr Kelly's removal from the executive (above), means Lincolnshire County Council's Reform group lost two members in the same week: one stripped of his cabinet post after an internal challenge, one pushed out by HQ for cooperating with other parties. The LCC moderngov record now lists Bridgwood as Independent (Unaligned).
Sources:
Lincolnshire County Council moderngov (confirms Independent status).
Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), reported via BowlerHatMan, 25 May 2026 (citing LDRS reporting).
Other sitting Reform UK MPs
The remaining sitting Reform UK MPs as of April 2026, with the most salient documented item per person. Full per-person notes are in the spreadsheet.
Nigel Farage
School-era racism allegations (Dulwich College staff, 1981) reported in his biography.
www.channel4.com · fullfact.org · members.parliament.uk · en.wikipedia.org
Lee Anderson
Long-time Labour councillor before defecting; no far-right party history on record.
members.parliament.uk · en.wikipedia.org
Sarah Pochin
Right-wing controversies: (1) First PMQs question (4 June 2025) called for a UK burqa ban citing France/Denmark/Belgium - Reform chair Zia Yusuf publicly called the question 'dumb' and said it wasn't party policy (he later said he'd 'probably' support a ban); LibDems tabled an EDM calling on Parliament to rebuke her racist comments. (2) TalkTV (Oct 2025): 'It drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people' - Farage himself called the comments 'wrong and ugly'; Streeting and Starmer condemned as racist.
members.parliament.uk · en.wikipedia.org · www.itv.com · www.libdems.org.uk · www.thenewworld.co.uk
Danny Kruger
Self-describes as communitarian; no far-right party history on record.
members.parliament.uk · en.wikipedia.org
Robert Jenrick
Pattern of attendance/endorsement of events organised by far-right operators while Shadow Justice Secretary, then Reform MP. No formal party membership of any far-right group. Repeatedly accused of Islamophobia. Labour called the Epping appearance 'a disgrace' and 'staggering lack of judgment'.
leftfootforward.org · novaramedia.com · leftfootforward.org · standuptoracism.org.uk
Andrew Rosindell
Monday Club membership is a Conservative-aligned far-right adjacent affiliation, distinct from BNP/NF/EDL.
members.parliament.uk · en.wikipedia.org
Suella Braverman
Critics (SUTR, openDemocracy, Novara) accuse her of using far-right rhetoric and 'Great Replacement' language as Home Secretary; no formal party affiliation.
members.parliament.uk · en.wikipedia.org · novaramedia.com
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain's drift toward attracting ethnonationalist support is post-Reform-suspension.
members.parliament.uk · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
James McMurdock
Suspended over Bounce Back loan allegations; separately, 2006 conviction for assault on ex-girlfriend was reported. No far-right party history on record.
members.parliament.uk · en.wikipedia.org · hopenothate.org.uk
Reform UK candidates with documented far-right links
Reform UK candidates who have been documented as having prior or active links to British far-right groups (chiefly the BNP and EDL/Tommy Robinson sphere). Three (Saint, Prior, Parnell) match the leaked 2007-08 BNP membership list by name and address.
- Raymond (Ray) Saint: Basingstoke, 2024 GE. BNP: YES - confirmed on 2007-08 BNP CSV at 6 Carbonell Close, Worting, Basingstoke (matches public address). Outcome: Dropped by Reform during campaign after Guardian exposed BNP membership; remained on ballot.. Asked by the Guardian, Saint said: 'I don't wish to discuss it, thank you.' Reform said he failed to declare prior BNP membership. [www.magzter.com, www.inkl.com]
- Grant StClair-Armstrong: North West Essex, 2024 GE. BNP: Online posts urging people to vote BNP. Outcome: Stood; remained as Reform candidate per Spectator coverage.. Spectator 'Full list: every controversial Reform candidate' lists prior BNP advocacy in posts. [spectator.com]
- Ian Harris: (constituency not specified in source), 2024 GE. BNP: Liked tweets by BNP leader Nick Griffin; EDL/Tommy Robinson: Liked tweets by EDL leader Tommy Robinson. Outcome: Dropped by Reform.. From the Spectator's '10 candidates dropped' list. [spectator.com]
- Ian Gribbin: Bexhill and Battle, 2024 GE. Outcome: Reform initially stood by him; remained on ballot.. 2022 comments said Britain would be in a better state if it had taken Hitler's neutrality offer; described women as the 'sponging gender'. Not BNP/EDL but pro-Hitler statements. [reformuk.com · en.wikipedia.org, spectator.com]
- Edward Oakenfull: Derbyshire Dales, 2024 GE. Outcome: Dropped by Reform.. Posts about IQ of sub-Saharan Africans and Muslim 'interbreeding'. No formal far-right-party membership reported. [www.channel4.com]
- Robert Lomas: Barnsley North, 2024 GE. Outcome: Dropped by Reform.. Past comments calling Black British people 'savages'. No formal far-right-party membership reported. [www.channel4.com]
- Leslie Lilley: Southend East and Rochford, 2024 GE. Outcome: Dropped by Reform.. Facebook post threatening violence against migrants. No formal far-right-party membership reported. [www.itv.com]
- David Prior: Saltwell and Bensham, Gateshead, 2026 local elections. BNP: YES - on 2007-08 BNP CSV at 35 Longwood Close, Sunniside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Outcome: Expelled by Reform (Apr 2026) for failing to declare prior BNP membership.. Joint HOPE not hate / Daily Mirror investigation (Apr 2026). [hopenothate.org.uk, leftfootforward.org]
- George Parnell: Fleet Town & Fleet Central, Hampshire, 2026 local elections. BNP: YES - on 2007-08 BNP CSV at 2 Folly Close, Fleet, Hampshire. Outcome: Expelled by Reform (Apr 2026).. Told the Mirror he 'may have joined for a week before realising what he signed up for', then later denied ever signing up. [hopenothate.org.uk]
- John Black: Little Harwood & Whitebirk, Blackburn with Darwen, 2026 local elections. BNP: Reported on the leaked list (denied being a member; said he had no idea why his name was on the list). Outcome: Expelled by Reform (Apr 2026).. Disputes the listing. [hopenothate.org.uk, www.thecanary.co]
Method and caveats
- Compiled. 2026-04-27
- Compiled by. Claude (claude-opus-4-7) at user request
- BNP CSV source. http://file.wikileaks.org/file/bnp-members.csv (12,801 records, 2007-08 leak)
- BNP CSV download. Local copy at /home/traderbot/political/reform_research/bnp-members.csv
- MP list source. Wikipedia 'List of Reform UK MPs' and 'Reform UK' as of April 2026
- Candidate sources. The Guardian, Channel 4 News, ITV, The Spectator, HOPE not hate, Left Foot Forward, Jewish News, Novara Media
- Matching method. Exact first-name + last-name match against BNP CSV (case-insensitive). For Saint/Parnell/Prior, address verified against published reporting.
- Limitations. (1) The 2007-08 list is one snapshot; people who joined BNP outside that window are not captured. (2) Common names (e.g. 'John Black') may produce false positives; reporters typically verify with DOB/address before publishing. (3) 'EDL' had no formal membership database; links are based on documented activism, photos, online endorsements. (4) This sheet covers only the 2024 GE candidates and 2026 council candidates that have been publicly reported - it is not an exhaustive vetting.
- Caveats on 'Sitting MPs' sheet. None of the current 8 Reform MPs (or Lowe/McMurdock) appears in the BNP CSV by exact first+last name match. 'No documented link' means I found no public reporting of a link, not that one cannot exist.
The full underlying spreadsheet (.xlsx / .ods) contains the same data with one row per person and column-by-column source citations.