Challenge to Reform UK Lincolnshire mayor candidate is rejected

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Reform UK Candidate for Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, during the Reform UK local election launch rally at the Utilita Arena Birmingham, in Birmingham (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

Reform UK’s candidate to be the mayor of Greater Lincolnshire is entitled to stand in the contest, after she was challenged over her right to do so, an electoral official has said.

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who served as a minister in the last Conservative government, is standing as Reform’s candidate in the election, which will take place on May 1 alongside other local polls.