Alex Wilson (British politician) explained

Alex Wilson
Honorific-Suffix:AM
Office1:Member of the London Assembly
for Londonwide
Term Start1:6 May 2024
Office2:Member of Redbridge London Borough Council for Wanstead
Term Start2:23 April 2009
Term End2:22 May 2014
Birth Place:London, England
Party:Reform UK (since 2021)
Otherparty:Conservative (1999–2020)

Alex Wilson (born 1984) is a British Reform UK politician and businessman, serving as a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since 2024.

Political career

Wilson previously served as a Conservative Party councillor on Redbridge London Borough Council from 2009 to 2014.[1] [2] Whilst serving as a Councillor he was forced to resign from his cabinet position after implying he had been accused of not dedicating enough time to his portfolio.[3]

Initially a member of the Conservative Party for 21 years, he quit in 2020 and defected to Reform UK. Explaining his decision, he told the Evening Standard: "Lockdown was what drove me out [of the Tories], but then since then, it's high tax, it's net zero, it's not controlling the borders - it's all these kinds of issues which make me not even want to think about going back."[4]

In the 2024 London Assembly election, Wilson was the lead candidate on the Reform UK list in the London-wide region, and was elected as his party's sole representative.[5] Prior to this, Wilson served as a pollster for Reform UK.[6]

Wilson was the Reform candidate for Ilford North in the 2024 UK general election, where he finished fourth.[7]

Business career

Wilson is the sole director of Psephos Consulting, a public relations and communications firm specialised in the development industry.[8] [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LinkedIn. Experience . 15 June 2024. https://archive.today/20240615123718/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-wilson-1a87a299/details/experience/ . live . Councillor (Conservative, Wanstead) . Cabinet Member for Planning and Public Protection (November 2012 - December 2013) - with executive responsibility for the Borough's planning policy and development management processes, as well as its public protection functions relating to trading standards, licensing and public safety. Served on and chaired a number of the Council's committees covering a range of service areas. Elected to serve as ward councillor for Wanstead in April 2009 (by-election) and re-elected in 2010 with an increased majority..
  2. Web site: 15 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240615123210/https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/local-council/21208760.conservative-councillor-forced-resign-cabinet-amid-leadership-challenge-rumours/ . live. Conservative councillor 'forced to resign' from cabinet amid leadership challenge rumours. 23 December 2013. Ilford Recorder. Lizzie. Dearden.
  3. Web site: 2013-12-23 . Wanstead councillor resigns after his position is "no longer tenable" . 15 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240615122703/https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10895025.wanstead-councillor-resigns-after-his-position-is-no-longer-tenable/ . live . 2024-05-06 . East London and West Essex Guardian Series . en. Rachael. Knowles.
  4. Web site: 'There's no climate emergency', Reform UK London Assembly member claims. Noah. Vickers. 20 May 2024. Evening Standard.
  5. Web site: Election of the London-Wide Assembly Members. 15 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240615122440/https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-05/total_london-wide_member_results_2024.pdf . live. www.londonelects.org.uk.
  6. News: Politico EU. How Nigel Farage blew up the UK election. Where other parties used internal polling and focus groups, Reform relied on a single nerdy activist: Alex Wilson, dubbed the “John Curtice of Reform” (in reference to a well-known British polling guru) because of his fondness for data and spreadsheets. . 15 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240615121931/https://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-uk-election-reform-uk-party/ . live. 14 June 2024. Esther. Agnes. Webber. Chambre. 14 June 2024.
  7. Web site: General Election 2024 results . 5 July 2024 . Redbridge Council . 16 August 2024.
  8. Web site: PSEPHOS CONSULTING LIMITED overview - GOV.UK . 2024-05-18 . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . en.
  9. Web site: Director . Psephos Consulting. 15 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240615121429/https://psephosconsulting.co.uk/director . live. 2024-05-18 . en-GB.

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