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Evening Standard
Politics

Reform UK gains first councillor in west London borough as Labour member defects to Farage's party

A Labour councillor in Hounslow has quit the party and joined Reform UK, becoming the borough’s first member to sit under the party’s banner.

Councillor Bandna Chopra, who represents Hounslow West, has been a Labour councillor for 12 years, and a member of the party for 20 years.

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