| East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform Posted by John D at 14:00, 15th September 2025 |     |
Looks like Danny Kruger MP, has moved from Conservative to Reform.
When the Melksham and Devizes constituency was added, he moved his area southwards to East Wiltshire, having lost the Devizes part.
Not sure what others think of local MPs switching parties.
| Re: East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform Posted by grahame at 14:17, 15th September 2025 | |
Looks like Danny Kruger MP, has moved from Conservative to Reform.
When the Melksham and Devizes constituency was added, he moved his area southwards to East Wiltshire, having lost the Devizes part.
Not sure what others think of local MPs switching parties.
When the Melksham and Devizes constituency was added, he moved his area southwards to East Wiltshire, having lost the Devizes part.
Not sure what others think of local MPs switching parties.
I have just commented on my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/graham.ellis.melksham/ - an unusually policitical comment for me:
Political comment - I note that Danny Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire (and in the last parliament his seat included Devizes) has joined Reform. In the last election, he campaigned against reform and with a lot of local support garnered nearly 17,000 votes which is more than twice the number that his Reform opponent managed to achieve.
Danny Kruger has said he will not be triggering a by-election, but rather will represent the party he opposed and trounced just a year ago. If he's so sure that his move aligns with his electorate, he should ask for a fresh mandate. If he's not sure of that new alignment, is he opportunely jumping ship?
The BBC reports "Kruger said he had been "honoured" to be asked to help Reform prepare for government" - so it looks to me that he's pretty sure it's a good career move for him.
Danny Kruger has said he will not be triggering a by-election, but rather will represent the party he opposed and trounced just a year ago. If he's so sure that his move aligns with his electorate, he should ask for a fresh mandate. If he's not sure of that new alignment, is he opportunely jumping ship?
The BBC reports "Kruger said he had been "honoured" to be asked to help Reform prepare for government" - so it looks to me that he's pretty sure it's a good career move for him.
We do have a by-election coming up at a much lower level (Town Council, South Ward, which I used to represent) next month and there are just two declared candidates - one representing the Conservatives, and the other Reform. As a voter in the ward, I am really interested to learn from both candidates what they would offer as one of my councillors. On that, I wrote:
A byelection has been called for the South Ward of Melksham Town Council, with voting to take place on Thursday 9th October 2025. Nominations closed on Friday 12th September, and there are two candidates:
LEACH, Jon - Reform UK
PRICE, Tom - Local Conservatives
I look forward to voting early next month, and seeing a new Town Councillor who (simply based on the descrition given for both candidates) will widen the scope of views at Melksham Town Council. The full details of the election are at https://elections.wiltshire.gov.uk/Home/Division/9158
Our Town Council meeting agendas now include the following text for elected (or co-opted) Town Councillors: "All members are reminded of their duty under the code of conduct to uphold the Seven Principles of Public Life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership.". They are sensible principles and I look forward to casting my vote based to a great degree on how I see the candidates upholding them in practise.
LEACH, Jon - Reform UK
PRICE, Tom - Local Conservatives
I look forward to voting early next month, and seeing a new Town Councillor who (simply based on the descrition given for both candidates) will widen the scope of views at Melksham Town Council. The full details of the election are at https://elections.wiltshire.gov.uk/Home/Division/9158
Our Town Council meeting agendas now include the following text for elected (or co-opted) Town Councillors: "All members are reminded of their duty under the code of conduct to uphold the Seven Principles of Public Life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership.". They are sensible principles and I look forward to casting my vote based to a great degree on how I see the candidates upholding them in practise.
