William Eichler 19 August 2025

Reform UK deputy county council leader ousted

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Cllr Joseph Boam © @Joseph_Boam

The Reform UK deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council has been removed from the role after just three months.

Twenty-two-year-old Cllr Joseph Boam has also lost his position as cabinet member for adult social care.

In a statement on social media, Cllr Boam said: ‘Despite the recent news, nothing’s changed, I’ll keep fighting for Whitwick at County Hall and doing everything I can to help get a Reform UK government and Nigel Farage as our next Prime Minister.’

A party source told the BBC he would now be taking on an unspecified ‘new role’ within the local authority.

To learn more about Reform UK, check out: Reform UK: What Britain’s fastest rising party stands for and Reform UK’s ‘Doge’ witch-hunts will achieve little.

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