A newly elected Reform UK councillor who promised to serve with 'honour, integrity and transparency' was sacked from a police force last year after calling in sick – so he could take a boat trip to Spain, it has been revealed.
Andrew Hamilton-Gray was one of a tide of 677 Reform councillors elected in around 1,750 seats at local authority polls in England earlier this month.
But it has emerged the new Leicestershire county councillor was sacked from the local police force in January 2024 after he was found to have breached professional standards on 'honesty and integrity, discreditable conduct, orders and instructions, and duties and responsibilities'.
In a message to constituents in Loughborough North West earlier this month, Hamilton-Gray said he had spent most of his life 'serving the Crown' and stood 'ready to do my duty once more'.
But a Leicestershire Police misconduct hearing was told last year how Mr Gray, then known as PC Andrew Gray, took a trip to Barcelona in 2023 in connection with his classic car sales business, despite being refused leave.
