Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage wins UK parliament seat for first time

Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party and former leader of the UK Independence Party, won his first-ever British parliament seat on Friday.

Farage previously served as a pro-Brexit member of the European Parliament.

His current party, Reform UK, won four parliamentary seats on a vote share of about 14%, according to reports.

“My plan is to build a mass national movement over the course of the next few years and hopefully be big enough to challenge the general election properly in 2029,” Farage said following the election results. 

Farage and other Reform UK candidates took a strong position on controlling immigration, which has gone up after Brexit.

“We’re getting poorer. Our productivity is going down. Our public services are failing. Britain is broken and the population explosion is the main reason why,” Farage said before the election.