Reform UK has announced Mike Jordan will stand as its candidate in Wetherby and Easingwold at the next general election.
The new constituency was created as part of parliamentary boundary changes announced by government and will include locations including Boroughbridge, Spofforth and Bishop Monkton in the Harrogate district.
The next general election, which has to be held no later than January 28, 2025, will be the first time the seat will be contested.
Mr Jordan, who has been a North Yorkshire councillor for 15 years, resigned from both the Conservative Party and Yorkshire Party before joining Reform UK.
He said:
“I am delighted to be chosen to contest Wetherby and Easingwold in the forthcoming general election.”
The Wetherby and Easingwold seat.
Meanwhile, the Conservative Party has chosen current Elmet and Rothwell MP, Alec Shelbrooke, to stand for the constituency.
Mr Jordan becomes the latest Reform UK candidate to stand for election in the Harrogate district.
The party announced Richard Brown as its candidate in Harrogate and Knaresborough and Simon Garvey will stand in Skipton and Ripon.
The right-wing party was founded as the Brexit Party with support from Nigel Farage in 2018.
It was renamed in 2021 and is now led by Richard Tice.
The party announced last year that it would field candidates in every UK parliament constituency at a general election.
Read more:
- Reform UK announces local parliamentary candidates
- Reform UK sets out Harrogate and Knaresborough priorities
