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The 29 councillors who defected to Reform are:
Bill Barrett – Ashford Borough Council, Singleton East, (Previously: Independent)
Cathy Hunt – Durham County Council, Woodhouse Close (Previously: Independent)
Christine Palmer – Swale Borough Council, Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch (Previously: Independent)
Claire Johnson-Wood – Powys County Council, Llanyre with Nantmel (Previously: Independent)
Dirk Ross – Kent County Council, Ashford South (Previously: Independent)
Edward Kirk – Wiltshire Council, Trowbridge Adcroft (Previously: Conservative)
Emma Ellison – Blackpool Council, Norbreck (Previously: Conservative)
Felix Bloomfield – Oxfordshire County Council – (Previously: Conservative)
Geoff Morgan – Powys County Council, Ithon Valley (Previously: Independent)
Graham McAndrew – Hertfordshire County Council, Bishop’s Stortford Rural (Previously: Conservative)
Heather Asker – Uttlesford District Council, Saffron Walden Castle (Previously: Residents for Uttlesford)
Iain McIntosh – Powys County Council, Yscir with Honddu Isaf and Llanddew (Previously: Conservative)
Jan O’Hara – North Northamptonshire Council, Burton and Broughton (Previously: Conservative)
Joanne Monk – Worcestershire County Council, Arrow Valley East (Previously: Conservative)
Julian Kirk – King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council, Walsoken, West Walton and Walpole (Previously: Conservative)
Kirk Harrison – North Northamptonshire, Irthlingborough (Previously: Conservative)
Mandy Clare – Chester West and Chester Council, Winsford Dene (Previously: Independent Labour)
Manzur Hasan – South Holland District Council, Spalding St John’s (Previously: Independent)
Matthew Salter – Lancashire County Council, Wyre Rural Central (Previously: Conservative)
Paul Ellison – Wyre Council, Marsh Mill (Previously: Conservative)
Paul Irwin – Buckinghamshire Council, Stone and Waddesdon (Previously: Conservative)
Reg Kain – Cheshire East Council, Alsager (Previously: Liberal Democrat)
Richard Palmer – Swale Borough Council, Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch (Previously: Independent)
Robert Gibson – South Holland District Council, Spalding St Paul’s (Previously: Independent)
Stephen Atkinson – Ribble Valley Borough Council, Brockhall and Dinckley (Previously: Conservative)
Stephen Reed – North East Derbyshire District Council, Killamarsh East (Previously: Conservative)
Stuart Davies – North Somerset Council, Wick St Lawrence and St Georges (Previously: Independent)
Thomas Sneath – South Holland District Council, Moulton, Weston and Cowbit (Previously: Independent)
Vernon Smith – Gloucestershire County Council, Tewkesbury East (Previously: Conservative)