A Reform UK Councillor Has Been Suspended By The Party 3 Days After Being Elected

Nigel Farage has lost a councillor already.A Reform UK councillor has been suspended by the party just three days after being elected.Donna Edmunds faces an investigation after it emerged she had previously vowed to defect to another right-wing party in the future.She became one of Reform’s 677 new councillors when she was elected in Hodnet, Shropshire, on Thursday.But in a post on X today she said: “This morning I woke up to an email from Reform UK Head Office advising me that I have been suspended from the party ‘pending an investigation’. Why? Because I urged people here on X to lend Reform their support for the short term - for Thursday’s elections - even if they felt they couldn’t for the long term.“According to Head Office ‘this has brought the party into disrepute and damaged the interests of the party’.”She then went on to criticise the party for kicking out Rupert Lowe MP and ditching its former deputy leader, Ben Habib.Edmunds also shared a screengrab of a post she made on X last week in which she said: “I’m a Reform candidate. I’m waiting for Rupert and Ben to give us a real alternative and then I’ll defect. I’m far from being the only one.”She added: “This campaign has been a difficult one. For every resident in my ward who supported Reform, I found another who wanted an alternative to the failed Tories and vindictive Labour, but couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a party who would behave so shamefully toward their own.”Yesterday I woke up feeling very proud to be one of Reform's 677 new councilors. This morning I woke up to an email from @reformparty_uk Head Office advising me that I have been suspended from the party "pending an investigation." Why? Because I urged people here on X to lend… pic.twitter.com/oiBFyeRh72— Donna Rachel 🎗️ (@Donna_Rachel_) May 4, 2025A Reform UK spokesman said: “The reason for her suspension is that she posted on social media that she intended to defect to another party. We will not comment further until the completion of the investigation.”Related...Local Elections 2025: Reform UK Sees Support Surge As It Leaves Labour And The Tories In Its WakeReform UK’s Election Success Wasn’t About Blocking Closer EU Ties, Poll SaysA Controversial Former Tory Minister Has Become Reform UK's First Mayor

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