"After months of denials, Robert Jenrick finally defected to Reform UK last week. Nigel Farage called it the latest Christmas present I've ever had, while Conservative MPs called him a coward and a traitor. In Jenrick's Newark constituency, his former Tory colleagues were aghast. Sam Smith, a local councillor, said the defection was a betrayal to the voters of Newark, who voted for conservative policies and values as well as a betrayal to his friends who have helped him get re-elected."
"But what do Jenrick's constituents make of Jenrick's defection? We would like to speak to people who live in Newark about what they think. We are interested in talking to Conservative and Reform voters in particular, about how they feel about losing/gaining Jenrick as an MP and what changes now in light of his defection"
Robert Jenrick defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK, prompting praise from Nigel Farage and condemnation from Conservative MPs who called him a coward and a traitor. Local Tory colleagues in Newark expressed astonishment, and councillor Sam Smith described the defection as a betrayal of Newark voters' conservative policies, values and of friends who aided re-election. Residents of Newark are being invited to share their views, with particular interest in Conservative and Reform voters on how the defection affects representation. Responses can be anonymous, submitted via an encrypted form accessible only to the Guardian; personal data will be deleted when no longer required.
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