Whatever Happened to Matt Goodwin?

Whatever Happened to Matt Goodwin?

Nigel Farage and Reform UK's Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Matt Goodwin open their campaign HQ in Denton, Thursday 5 February 2026. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Images/AlamyIt’s clear that Reform UK loves a political defector. So far this year, the turncoat cohort includes Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman, now joined by Matthew Goodwin. Once a self-styled “fully paid-up member of the liberal left” – at university he sported a Che Guevara …