Former Conservative MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns has joined Reform UK and will stand as the party's candidate to be Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire in May 2025. Dame Andrea, who lost her seat in the July general election,

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who lost her seat in the general election, says she joined Nigel Farage's "party of the brave" because the Tory ship is "sinking beyond salvage".

Arch Brexiteer and Boris Johnson supporter was criticised when she was education minister after she appeared to raise her middle finger at protesters outside Downing Street

She was bitterly critical of Reform in July and slammed Richard Tice for displaying some “embarrassing behaviour”.

Former Conservative minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns has revealed she began discussions about defecting to Reform UK in August, while maintaining loyalty to the Tories through her final months as their MP.

It is time to step aboard a movement with vision and purpose and the courage to fight for Britain’s future.”Mr Farage suggested more Tories should follow Dame Andrea’s lead as he said: “The truth of it is that half of the Conservative Party in Parliament should join Reform and the other half should join the Lib Dems.

A former Tory minister has joined Reform UK just two months after insisting she would not be doing so. Andrea Jenkyns, who briefly served as an education minister under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, said she was now “politically aligned” with Nigel Farage’s right-wing party.

Former Conservative minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns has revealed her sadness over a message from a one-time close colleague following her defection to Reform UK. Speaking on GB News after announcing her move to Nigel Farage's party,

Farage welcomes Jenkyns as Reform UK’s newest member