Reform UK’s deputy group leader on Cornwall Council has resigned from the party citing a difference in views.

Rowland O’Connor was one of 28 Reform councillors who won a seat during the local elections in May.

The councillor for St Columb Major, St Mawgan and St Wenn said it had become clear his priorities had “increasingly diverged” from the party’s and he had decided to sit as an independent.

Councillor quits Reform UK over divergent views, BBC