Councillor profile
Karen Knight
Defected- Council
- Cornwall
- Ward
- Camborne West & Treswithian
- 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
Defected
Left Reform UK, now independent
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