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A little about me…
After a long career in IT, as a technician and manager, working for a number of large companies including Bass, Saga Insurance and Accenture, it was time for a change.
I have always had a great interest in politics, so in 2013 I decided to get actively involved.
I wanted to test the problem solving and organisational skills I had developed in a different environment.
“The world of politics” would definitely prove to be very different, but I have always relished a challenge !
A passionate believer in a strong, independent United Kingdom, I initially got involved with UKIP in my local area, and in campaigning to leave the EU.
I led the campaign to Leave in Sandwell in 2016, and was delighted when two thirds of the people who live in the borough voted “Out”.
Our departure was delayed and handled extremely badly, not least with the abject betrayal of our fishing industries and coastal towns, and the ridiculous, ultimately unworkable “fudge” that is the Northern Ireland Protocol, this led to me getting involved in the Brexit Party, pretty much from it’s creation, and Reform UK, also from its earliest days,
— although the Conservative government’s attempts to emulate, if not become more interfering and totalitarian in nature than the CCP in China, during Covid-19, in 2020/2021, were also a large inspiration for me accepting the invitation to start Reform UK up in the Midlands, in early 2021.
In November 2024 I became the Regional Director for the West Midlands, for Reform UK, continuing in the role until the end of June 2025, and was incredibly proud to have overseen the election of the 115 Reform UK county councillors, 46% of the 250 (“a full slate”) who stood for us in the county elections on May 1st 2025.
We put up the most candidates, and got the most elected, in the West Midlands, and nationally.
In May 2026 Reform was again “on the ballot paper” in every single one of the district, borough and metropolitan local council election held, 493 in total,
– -and we got 250 of our candidates elected as councillors, more than 50% of those who stood. In doing so, we took full control of Walsall, Sandwell and Newcastle-under-Lyme councils.
Reform has very much arrived at a local level, across the West Midlands and the UK.
Next up, repeating our success in a General Election.
Together we can, we must, and we will…. “Save Britain”.
Promoted by Pete Durnell, Reform UK, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP
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