Former orthodox cabinet minister and MP David Jones has joined the UK.
Jones, who stepped as a conservative MP before last year’s election, said he was “disillusioned” by his old party and only reform “was showing the necessary determination to deal with many problems of the country”.
The former Welsh Secretary said that he would not seek an elected post for reform, but “will give me full support to the party in further elections”.
He became the third former Tory MP to join Nigel Faraz’s party in the last two weeks after Ross Thomson and Anne Mary Morris.
The Conservative Party has been approached for comment.
Jones was a member of a Conservative party for more than 50 years and represented Cloid West Constitu Experies from 2005 to 2024.
He served as the Secretary of State for Wales from 2012-14 under David Cameron and was Brexit Minister from 2016-2017 under Theresa May.
In his statement issued through the reform, Jones said: “I joined all those conservatives years ago because I believed that it was a party that reflected my values ​​and beliefs. It is a matter of regret that it is no longer so.
“Today, reform UK is the party that best represents my views – and, I believe, among many others who have become disillusioned with two old major parties.
“People across the country, people are correctly concerned about the rising cost of life, increasing crisis of illegal immigration and stable erosion of our national sovereignty.
“Neither the government nor the official opposition is addressing these issues with urgency or they are demanding – in fact, the government is actively surrendering our sovereignty at a dangerous rate.
“Only reform UK is demonstrating necessary determination to deal with many problems of the country and to improve people’s lives in Britain.”
