Title: Reform UK - Wikipedia
Headings: Reform UK
Reform UK
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History
Brexit Party
Transition into Reform UK
Representation
European Parliament
Senedd Cymru
Scottish Parliament
Policies and ideology
Funding and structure
Leaders
Elections
2019 European Parliament elections
House of Commons
Local government
See also
References
External links

Content: In July 2020 Italexit, a Eurosceptic party inspired by the Brexit Party, was founded in Italy. In November 2020, Farage and Tice announced that they had applied to the Electoral Commission to re-name the Brexit Party to 'Reform UK', and stated that the party would campaign on a platform that was opposed to further COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns (due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic) and that would seek to reform aspects of UK Governance, including the BBC and House of Lords. The group supports the Great Barrington Declaration. An analysis by the pollster YouGov cast doubt on the prospective appeal of the rebranded party, stating that the overlap of voters with a positive opinion of Nigel Farage and those with a negative opinion of COVID-19 lockdowns was small, at an estimated 7% of the electorate. The charity Reform, which holds the domain name reform.uk, had complained to the Electoral Commission regarding the name change, claiming that it risks damaging its goodwill through name confusion. The Renew Party also logged a complaint with the Electoral Commission on the grounds that the rebrand would mislead voters on the grounds that it was easy to confuse 'Reform' and 'Renew'. On 6 January, the party's name change to Reform UK was approved by the Electoral Commission. In 2021, Reform UK gained representation in the Scottish Parliament when former Conservative and then independent MSP Michelle Ballantyne joined the party and was named Reform UK's leader in Holyrood by Nigel Farage. Farage stepped down as leader in March 2021, being replaced by party chairman Richard Tice. Former North West England MEP David Bull was appointed as deputy leader of the party on 11 March 2021.