Nigel Farage hails Reform membership surge as party hits 65,000
The insurgent party's membership has swelled by 25,000 in the last month.
Reform UK's membership has hit 65,000 after a surge in the election campaign.
Nigel Farage's party has attracted 25,000 new members who have paid the £25 fee to join since June 8.
The Reform leader, who is also the new MP for Clacton, wrote on X: "Reform UK has just reached 65,000 members.
"I am building a mass movement. Come and join it!"
The rebranded Brexit Party secured more than four million votes in last Thursday's General Election.
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— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) July 7, 2024
Reform UK has just reached 65,000 members.
I am building a mass movement. Come and join it!https://t.co/dRh8E5JG3a
It was the third most popular party by vote share after Labour and the Tories, taking 14 percent of the vote.
But it won just five seats due to quirks in the first past the post electoral system.
Lee Anderson defended Ashfield, party chairman Richard Tice secured Boston and Skegness and former Southampton FC chairman Rupert Lowe won Great Yarmouth.
James McMurdock became the fifth MP after taking the seat of Basildon South and East Thurrock with a wafer-thin majority of 98 votes following tense recounts.
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Speaking in Essex on Saturday, Mr Farage said his aim is to "build a mass movement for real change leading up to the next sets of elections".
He said: "We will do what we can with five in Parliament, what I will do for certain is provide real opposition in the country.
"And my aim and ambition is to build a mass movement for real change, leading up to the next sets of elections."