Nigel Farage and Andrea Jenkyns during the election campaign.A controversial former Tory minister has become Reform UK’s first ever mayor.
Andrea Jenkyns romped home in the newly-created post in Greater Lincolnshire.
She comfortably beat the Conservatives’ Rob Waltham by nearly 40,000 votes, with Labour’s Jason Stockwood in third place.
Jenkyns – who was made a Dame in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours – lost her seat at the general election, when she stood as a Conservative.
But she defected to Reform UK last November, just weeks after saying she wouldn’t.
In her victory speech, Jenkyns said: “To the people of Lincolnshire, thank you for putting your trust in me. I will work tirelessly for you every day.”
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