Exclusive: Reform UK Asked Rival Party Councillor To Be 'Paper Candidate' In Local Election

Reform UK is expected to win hundreds more seats on May 7.

A Lib Dem councillor was left stunned after being asked by Reform UK to stand for the party at the local elections in May.

Sam Webber, who sits on Bromley Council in south east London, was phoned out of the blue by the party’s membership team and asked if he wanted to be a “paper candidate” on May 7.

A paper candidate is someone whose name goes on the ballot representing a party but is not expected to win or do any campaigning.