Lee Anderson has retained his Ashfield seat - the first win for Reform UK.Mr Anderson, a former Labour councillor, had been elected in 2019 as a Tory MP in the Nottinghamshire constituency and was deputy party chairman before he lost the whip and then defected to Reform earlier this year.

Lee Anderson has retained his Ashfield seat - the first win for Reform UK.Mr Anderson, a former Labour councillor, had been elected in 2019 as a Tory MP in the Nottinghamshire constituency and was deputy party chairman before he lost the whip and then defected to Reform earlier this year.