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First Reform councillor for city after defection
The Herald
|February 27, 2026
DRAKE councillor Steve Ricketts has left the Independents to join Reform UK and become the party's first councillor on Plymouth City Council.
Cllr Steve Ricketts, 45, of Drake Ward, has joined Reform
(REFORM)
The councillor said “every fibre of my body wants to help Reform win the next election”.
Cllr Ricketts was first elected to the council in 2006 for the Drake ward as a Conservative but lost his seat in 2018, winning again as an Independent in 2023.
His decision to join Reform UK had not been taken lightly, he said.
“It’s not been an easy decision, I could have gone on as an Independent with very strong support but the country is in absolute crisis and we need change. At the end of the day you have to go with how you feel.”
He added that he was also doing what was in the best interest of Drake ward, where he had lived for 27 years.
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