Hi John,

Reform UK wants power. But the party can't hold on to the people it recruits.

Councillors are resigning. Others are being suspended, or placed under investigation. And when the ranks thin, Reform simply mops up failed Conservatives to plug the gaps. Most of this churn goes unreported - even though the pattern is the story.

That's why we built the Reform UK Defections & Resignations Tracker: a publicly sourced record of who's moved to Reform, who's left, and who's trying to walk away from a job they were elected to do.

See who's being tracked

It's already made an impact. Our data was behind an exclusive story in the Mirror this weekend, revealing that Reform has lost a newly-elected councillor every three days since May. As Naomi, our CEO says: "Little wonder Reform UK themselves have warned activists their own officials are the 'biggest threat' the party faces. On this evidence, it's hard to disagree."

Keeping watch on Reform is a daily job. Our team is:

• Monitoring local and national news, council minutes and party announcements every day for new defections, resignations and suspensions
• Verifying every entry against multiple public sources before it goes live
• Expanding the database as the number of incidents grows

This tracker only exists because people like you think an independent, sourced public record is worth having. Every donation helps keep it online - and growing - so we can keep holding Reform to account.

Help us track Reform UK

Thanks so much for your support.

Yours,

Cary Mitchell
Executive Director of Strategy, Best for Britain