Some supporters are concerned about the number of Conservatives being welcomed by their party, and fear it could alienate voters

Robert Jenrick ruled out a move to Reform UK just weeks before he was sacked due to "irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect'' from the Conservative Party.…

The Reform UK leader had described the Tory MP as a ‘fraud’ as recently as last summer

The former Tory shadow cabinet member has been announced as a Reform UK member at a press conference

Robert Jenrick has defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK after being sensationally sacked from the shadow cabinet and suspended from the Conservative party. Lucy Hough speaks to…

Announcement comes after Kemi Badenoch sacked shadow justice secretary over evidence of defection plot

As has been the case with past Tory defections to Reform, there is a trove of social media snipes to embarrass the new stablemates

Nigel Farage thanks Tory leader for delivering Robert Jenrick to Reform ‘on a plate’ after firing him – and boasts of a Labour defector to come

Defection of former Tory minister to Reform is another twist in ambitious politician’s career

The former minister says the Conservatives "broke Britain", as Nigel Farage welcomes him to his party.

Some supporters are concerned about the number of Conservatives being welcomed by their party, and fear it could alienate voters

Conservative leader thanks Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, for ‘doing my spring cleaning for me’

While voters in Jenrick’s Newark constituency were mixed on the decision, members of the local Conservatives felt betrayed