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Former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns joins Reform and seeks Lincolnshire mayor bid
Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Reform UK Chairman Zia Yusuf, and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a press conference at The May Fair hotel in central London, on party growth and professionalisation, November 28, 2024

FORMER Conservative MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns has joined Reform UK and will run to be mayor of Lincolnshire.

Ms Jenkyns joined Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at a press conference where he announced her defection and said she had become the 100,000th member of his party.

She will run for the newly created role of Greater Lincolnshire Mayor in the May local elections.

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