List of Conservative Party defections to Reform UK
This is a list of defections from the British Conservative Party to Reform UK, including former Cabinet members, sitting Shadow Cabinet members and backbenchers, and former Members of Parliament (MPs). As of January 2026, eleven former Conservative Party cabinet ministers have also defected to Reform UK.[1]
All eight of Reform UK's MPs have been a Conservative Party member at some point, as was Rupert Lowe, who was suspended from Reform UK in March 2025[2] before launching his own rival party, Restore Britain the following year.[citation needed]
Sitting MPs
Danny Kruger, the first sitting Conservative MP to defect straight from the Conservatives to Reform UK.
The following are MPs who defected while sitting as an MP in the House of Commons.
Frontbench
Robert Jenrick (defected 15 January 2026) – Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (November 2024 to January 2026)[3][4]
Danny Kruger (defected 15 September 2025) – Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions (November 2024 to September 2025)[5][6][4]
Andrew Rosindell (defected 18 January 2026) – Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs (November 2024 to January 2026)[7]
Backbenchers
Lee Anderson, first Reform MP, Anderson was an independent MP when he joined, after having the Conservative Whip suspended for remarks about London Mayor Sadiq Khan that the Conservative Party deemed Islamophobic.
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]
Former MPs
The following are MPs who defected after their term as MP in the House of Commons ended.
Former frontbenchers
Secretaries of State
Nadine Dorries is a former Conservative MP who was the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2021 to 2022. She defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK in September 2025.
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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]
Former backbenchers
Ben Bradley (defected December 2025) – Former MP for Mansfield (2017–2024)[8]
Chris Green (defected 1 December 2025) – Former MP for Bolton West (2015–2024)[8][4]
Sarah Atherton (defected 2 October 2025) – Former MP for Wrexham (2019–2024)[8][4]
Maria Caulfield (defected 16 September 2025) – Former MP for Lewes (2015–2024)[8][4]
Anne Marie Morris (defected 2 July 2025) – Former MP for Newton Abbot[8][4]
Ross Thomson (defected 24 June 2025) – Former MP for Aberdeen South[8][4]
Alan Amos (defected 3 April 2025) – Former MP for Hexham (1987–1992)[8]
Marco Longhi (defected 3 January 2025) – Former MP for Dudley North[8][4]
Aidan Burley (defected 10 December 2024) – Former MP for Cannock Chase[8][4]
Lucy Allan (defected May 2024) – Former MP for Telford (2015–2024)[15][16][8]
Peers in the House of Lords
Malcolm Ian Offord, Baron Offord of Garvel, defected from the Conservative Party to Reform in December 2025, becoming the first Reform Peer in the House of Lords. He was appointed by Nigel Farage as Reform's Scottish Leader in January 2026.
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] At the election on 7 May 2026, Offord received 5,649 votes (17.6%) in Inverclyde, placing third behind the SNP's Stuart McMillan (14,193 votes) and Labour's Francesca Brennan (8,876 votes).[21] He was subsequently elected as a regional list M