Who are all the former Conservative MPs who have defected to Reform?

A steady procession of former - and current - Conservative MPs have defected to Reform UK since March 2024.

Sky News looks at who has made the move to the party that has topped voting intention polls for nearly a year: 20. Nadhim Zahawi The former chancellor - albeit for two months - became the most senior former Tory MP to move over to Nigel Farage's camp on 12 January 2026.

Also vaccines minister during the pandemic, Mr Zahawi called the Conservative Party a "defunct brand" and said the UK "really does need Nigel Farage as prime minister". 19.

Ben Bradley The former Mansfield MP and vice chair of the Conservative Party under Theresa May joined Reform on 10 December 2025, 17 months after losing his seat. Also a former leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, he said he had lost trust in both Labour and the Conservatives, and was going to help Reform cut council spending.

18. Chris Green Ex-Bolton West MP Chris Green switched on 1 December 2025, saying the Tories had "broken trust with Britain" and Reform was the necessary vision for the country.

He was one of three ex-Conservatives to defect that day. Read more:Reform insiders express concern over Zahawi defectionFarage sang antisemitic songs to Jewish classmates, former Dulwich pupil claims 17.

Lia Nici Having lost her Great Grimsby seat in 2024, former assistant government whip Ms Nici defected on the same day as Mr Green. While a Tory MP, she told Sky News' Politics Hub: "I'm probably more Reform than most Reform candidates, to be honest." She said the Tories had "lost touch" and now serves as a special adviser to Reform mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, Luke Campbell.

16. Jonathan Gullis The third Conservative to defect on 1 December 2025, the former Conservative deputy chair represented Stoke-on-Trent North until 2024.

An ex-teacher and school standards minister, Mr Gullis, who is now mayor of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, said the Tory party had "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve". 15.

Sarah Atherton A former defence minister, who lost her Wrexham seat in 2024, Ms Atherton defected to Reform on 2 October 2025 after announcing she was quitting the Conservative party two months before. She said the Tories no longer aligned with her values and said "Britain's armed forces deserve better" than what Labour and the Conservatives are offering.

14. Maria Caulfield The ex-nurse and health minister switched on 16 September 2025, as she said the future for those who are "conservative right-minded" is Reform.

Having lost her East Sussex seat of Lewes in 2024, she said the "same people who thought that Brexit would not happen think that Reform will not happen - they are in for a shock". 13.

Danny Kruger The first sitting Tory MP to defect, Mr Kruger said the Tory party "is over" and Nigel Farage was the "political right's last hope". A shadow cabinet member at the time of his defection on 15 September 2025, he said the flame of conservatism was passing to a new torch and he "fervently" hoped the next PM was Mr Farage.

He is Reform's head of preparing for government, and distanced himself from remarks two months previously when he said Reform would "spend money like drunken sailors". 12.

Nadine Dorries The former culture secretary, who stepped down as the Mid Bedfordshire MP in 2023, was the highest-profile Tory to join Reform at the time, on 4 September 2025. She said the Conservative Party is "dead" and "cannot win the next election" as she said it "removes election-wining prime ministers and replaces them with duds.