US EditionGreater Lincolnshire mayor: Reform MP's Andrea Jenkyns elected
- Dame Andrea Jenkyns, previously a Conservative MP, was chosen on May 3, 2025, to serve as the inaugural mayor of the newly established Greater Lincolnshire region, representing Reform UK.
- Jenkyns joined Reform UK from the Conservatives in November 2024, after a political career marked by her pro-Brexit stance and no-confidence letters against Tory leaders.
- She won with 42.0% of the vote, defeating the Conservative candidate who received 26.1%, in a new mayoral role overseeing transport, skills, and economic development across Lincolnshire areas.
- Jenkyns described the campaign as filled with "negativity and soul-destroying" attacks and expressed gratitude to key Reform Party figures who supported her through challenging times.
- Her election suggests Reform UK may strengthen regional influence, as the party also aims to control Staffordshire County Council by securing eight additional seats.
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perspectivemedia.comProfile: Who is Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Reform UK’s first regional mayor?
In a speech following her victory, the 50-year-old said there would be ‘an end to soft-touch Britain’.
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Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns gives ‘shocking’ first speech as Lincolnshire mayor
Andrea Jenkyns gave a ‘shocking’ first speech as the mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, using it to launch attacks on her rivals and say illegal migrants “should be put in tents”. All the candidates walked off stage mid-way through Jenkyns’ speech this morning, when she said about migrants: “tents are good enough for France, they should be good enough for Great Britain”. Asked if it is a divisive way of conducting politics, Jenkyns added that she th…
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