
Defected
Left to found UKIP in 1992
Tory Years
N/A
Nigel Farage
Reform UK Leader
Former Conservative
Previous Record
Former Tory Member
Current Role
Reform UK Leader
Background
Former Tory Member and leader of Reform UK. He joined the party in 1978 while still a student at Dulwich College. Although a member, he famously voted for the Green Party in the 1989 European election because of their then-Eurosceptic stance. He resigned his membership in 1992 in protest against Prime Minister John Major's signing of the Maastricht Treaty, which formally established the European Union.
The Record Check
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