Councillor profile
Christine Parsonage
Defected- Council
- Cornwall
- Ward
- St Columb Minor & Colan
- Next Election
- 3 May 2029
Timeline
How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May?
A running tracker listing all 73+ Reform UK councillors who had left the party since the May 2025 local elections, covering resignations, expulsions, defections to other parties, and suspensions across England.
markpack.org.uk
1 in 18 Reform councillors suspended, expelled, or resigned since May
Some 38 Reform councillors had been suspended, expelled, or resigned since being elected in May, meaning more than 1 in 18 locally elected politicians acting on behalf of Nigel Farage's party had left their positions, citing a range of different reasons and scandals.
thelondoneconomic.com
New political group is formed after yet more Reform resignations in Cornwall
Five Reform UK councillors — Rob Parsonage, Christine Parsonage, Anna Thomason-Kenyon, Rowland O'Connor and Karen Knight — resigned from the party and formed the new Cornish Independent Nonaligned Group, citing Reform's focus on national issues like immigration over local priorities.
cornish-times.co.uk
A comprehensive round-up of Reform UK councillors who had resigned, been expelled, suspended, defected or faced criminal investigation within four months of May 2025's local elections, including 30 named cases across England.
bylinetimes.com
Defected
Left Reform UK, now independent
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