Marco Longhi defects to Reform UK

Former Tory MP Marco Longhi defects to Reform
A former Conservative MP has defected to Reform UK. During the Reform UK East Midlands Conference in Leicester, party leader Nigel Farage introduced Marco Longhi to the stage as "a loyal member of the Conservative Party for the last goodness knows how many years".
Marco Longhi defects to Reform UK after calling Tories 'unrecognisable' and 'captured by the left-wing'
Former Conservative MP Marco Longhi has switched allegiance to Reform UK in the latest high-profile defection to Nigel Farage's party. Longhi, who served as the MP for Dudley North from 2019 to 2024,
Former Conservative MP Marco Longhi defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party
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Reform UK membership surpasses Tories, party says
A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservative Party during its leadership election ...