Nigel Farage announced Helen Jenner, a Senedd member representing Bangor Conwy Mon, as the new leader of Reform UK in Wales on 21 September 2026. The appointment followed the arrest of previous leader Dan Thomas, which Farage dismissed as a 'bump in the road'.
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Jenner, who represents Bangor Conwy Mon in the Senedd, was previously Reform's Welsh deputy leader.
BBC News - Helen Jenner announced by Nigel Farage as new leader of Reform in Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Jenner, who represents Bangor Conwy Mon in the Senedd, was previously Reform's Welsh deputy leader.
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Farage says it was "untenable" for former leader Dan Thomas to continue after his arrest last week.
There's no sense of process or democracy here. Farage has 'appointed' a new Reform leader for Wales, no one else in the party, let alone the members, have been involved. It's a cult. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Helen Jenner will be party’s new head in Senedd as Farage says Dan Thomas’s arrest was a ‘bump in the road’
Nigel Farage dismisses resignation of former leader as a ‘bump in the road’ and that the party would ‘carry on as if nothing had happened’ UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage dismissed the loss of Reform UK’s leader in Wales last week as a “bump in the road”, as the party unveiled a replacement. Helen Jenner becomes Reform UK’s new leader in Wales after Dan Thomas stood down last Tuesda
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"Mrs Jenner is the wife of disgraced general election candidate Emmett Jenner. In 2024, he featured in a BBC probe into Reform UK candidates who had made offensive comments about women online." They're such a lovely caring lot, eh? Protect are wimmin indeed 🙄 nation.cymru/news/reform-... Emily Price Reform UK has appointed a deputy Wales leader as the party attempts to recover from a shaky start
Who is Reform's new Welsh leader, former English teacher Helen Jenner?