Senedd politician Laura Anne Jones has defected from the Conservatives to Reform, Nigel Farage has announced. Jones becomes the party's first Member of the Senedd. Her defection was announced at the Royal Welsh Show. She said she could no longer justify Conservative policies on the doorstep.

WELSH Conservatives were shaken today as a leading member of the Senedd defected to Reform UK. Reform leader Nigel Farage held a press conference at the Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells to announce that Welsh Conservative Laura Anne Jones had defected to his party.

Former Tory Laura Anne Jones has joined forces with Nigel Farage to become the first member of the Senedd (MS) for the party. Her decision to switch allegiances was announced publicly with Farage at the Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells,