About
Lee Anderson is Reform UK's Chief Whip and its first-ever MP, having defected from the Conservatives in March 2024 after the whip was suspended.
A former coal miner and Citizens Advice Bureau worker, he was first elected as a Labour councillor before winning Ashfield for the Conservatives in 2019 and later crossing to Reform.
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