Richard Tice

{{Short description|British businessman and politician (born 1964)}}

{{About|the Reform UK politician|the British evangelist|Rico Tice}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Richard Tice

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}

| image = Official portrait of Richard Tice MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office1 = Deputy Leader of Reform UK

| leader1 = Nigel Farage

| termstart1 = 11 July 2024

| predecessor1 = David Bull and Ben Habib

| parliament2 = UK

| constituency_MP2 = Boston and Skegness

| predecessor2 = Matt Warman

| majority2 = 2,010 (5.0%)

| term_start2 = 4 July 2024

| successor2 =

| office3 = Member of the European Parliament
for East of England

| status3 =

| term_start3 = 2 July 2019

| term_end3 = 31 January 2020

| predecessor3 = Patrick O'Flynn

| successor3 = Constituency abolished

{{collapsed infobox section begin|last=yes|Previous party positions
{{nobold|2019–2024}}

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| office4 = Chairman of Reform UK{{efn|Reform UK was previously called the Brexit Party from 2019 to 2021.}}

| leader4 = Nigel Farage

| termstart4 = 3 June 2024

| termend4 = 11 July 2024

| predecessor4 = Himself (2021)

| successor4 = Zia Yusuf

| leader5 = Nigel Farage

| termstart5 = 12 April 2019

| termend5 = 6 March 2021

| predecessor5 = Office established

| successor5 = Himself (2024)

| office6 = Leader of Reform UK

| deputy6 = David Bull
Ben Habib

| term_start6 = 6 March 2021

| term_end6 = 3 June 2024

| predecessor6 = Nigel Farage

| successor6 = Nigel Farage

}}

| birth_name = Richard James Sunley Tice

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|09|13}}

| birth_place = Farnham, Surrey, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality =

| party = Reform UK (since 2019)

| otherparty = Conservative (until 2012; 2016–2019)
Independent (2012–2016)

| residence =

| education = Uppingham School

| alma_mater = University of Salford

| occupation = CEO, Quidnet Capital
Co-founder and former co-chair of Leave Means Leave and former co-chair of Leave.EU

| spouse = {{marriage|Emma|end=divorce}}

| partner = Isabel Oakeshott

| parents =

| children = 3

| relatives = Bernard Sunley (grandfather)

| website = {{URL|richardtice.com}}

| signature = Richard Tice autograph.svg

| termend1 =

}}

Richard James Sunley Tice (born 13 September 1964) is a British businessman and politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness and Deputy Leader of Reform UK since 2024, having previously been the chairman of the party from 2019 to 2021 and again briefly in 2024. Since 2023, he has also been Reform UK's energy and foreign-policy spokesman.{{cite web|url=https://www.reformparty.uk/departmental_responsibilities_of_reform_uk_spokespeople|title=Reform UK Departmental Team Responsibilities|publisher=Reform UK|date=March 2023|access-date=15 June 2024}} He became the leader of Reform UK in March 2021, but stood down in June 2024 and was succeeded by Nigel Farage.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56321969/ |title=Who is Reform UK leader Richard Tice?|author=Sinead Wilson |date=8 March 2021}}
- {{cite journal |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/road-to-reform-is-richard-tices-party-a-threat-to-the-tories/ |author=James Heale |title=Road to Reform: is Richard Tice's party a threat to the Tories? |journal=The Spectator |date=22 January 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122205844/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/road-to-reform-is-richard-tices-party-a-threat-to-the-tories/ |archivedate=22 January 2022 |access-date=1 September 2023}}
- {{cite news |url=https://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,reform-uks-richard-tice-advocates-for-proper-brexit-during-hoyland-visit_45248.htm |title=Reform UK's Richard Tice advocates for "proper" Brexit during Hoyland visit |author=Chris Brayford |work=Rotherham Advertiser |date=2 May 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023}}
- {{cite news |url=https://conservativehome.com/2023/06/09/waiting-for-farage-why-despite-the-conservatives-troubles-reform-uk-arent-breaking-through/ |author=Henry Hill |title=Waiting for Farage. Why, despite the Tories' troubles, Reform UK aren't breaking through. |website=Conservative Home |date=9 June 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023}}
- {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ukip-neil-hamilton-richard-tice-bournemouth-christchurch-b2333710.html |author=Sophie Wingate |title=Ukip loses all six seats in local elections |work=The Independent |date=6 May 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023}}
- {{cite journal|url=https://thecritic.co.uk/conservatisms-america-problem/ |author=Tom Jones |title=Conservatism's America problem |journal=The Critic |date=4 July 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023}}

A multi-millionaire,{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Sinead |date=8 March 2021 |title=Who is Reform UK leader Richard Tice? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56321969 |work=BBC News |access-date=15 September 2023}} Tice was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the property group CLS Holdings from 2010 to 2014, after which he became CEO of the property asset management group Quidnet Capital LLP. He was a founder and co-chairman of the pro-Brexit campaign groups Leave.EU and Leave Means Leave. Tice had been a long-term donor and member of the Conservative Party until 2019, when he financed the founding of the Brexit Party, which was later renamed Reform UK. He owns one-third of the company that controls the party. He was elected a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for East of England at the 2019 European Parliament (EP) election, holding this role until the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in January 2020. He was elected as the Reform UK MP for Boston and Skegness at the 2024 general election.

Early life

Tice was born on 13 September 1964 in Farnham, Surrey,{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197599/RICHARD_TICE/home|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=15 August 2019|title=Richard Tice|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714211404/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197599/RICHARD_TICE/home|archive-date=14 July 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/iDabUesOWH_lKM0l2q6XEefh4eU/appointments|publisher=Companies House|access-date=16 August 2019|title=Richard James Sunley Tice|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816013735/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/iDabUesOWH_lKM0l2q6XEefh4eU/appointments|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite journal|journal=Horse & Hound |volume=CXXXIV|issue=21|date=23 May 2019|page=10|title=Obituaries}} son of the philanthropist Joan Mary Tice (née Sunley) who died in 2019."Joan M Sunley" in England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916—2005, ancestry.com, accessed 22 November 2022 {{subscription required}}: "Joan M Sunley, Westminster, Middlesex; Spouse: James S Tice; Volume: 5c; Page: 671"
- {{cite news|url=https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/formidable-philanthropist-who-raised-millions-for-northampton-charities-and-young-people-passes-away-1-8919564|work=Northampton Chronicle|date=8 May 2019|access-date=16 August 2019|last=Ulke|first=Alastair|title='Formidable' philanthropist who raised millions for Northampton charities and young people passes away|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816013737/https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/formidable-philanthropist-who-raised-millions-for-northampton-charities-and-young-people-passes-away-1-8919564|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/northamptonshire-s-new-year-s-honours-winners-humbled-and-thrilled-to-be-recognised-1-6496266|title=Northamptonshire's New Year's honours winners 'humbled' and 'thrilled' to be recognised|last=Silk|first=Huw|work=Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph|access-date=16 August 2019|date=30 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816013739/https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/northamptonshire-s-new-year-s-honours-winners-humbled-and-thrilled-to-be-recognised-1-6496266|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}} He is a maternal grandson of the property developer Bernard Sunley.{{cite web |url=http://www.reform.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/a_model_education.pdf |title=Academies: a model education?|access-date=8 January 2017 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109021747/http://www.reform.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/a_model_education.pdf |archive-date=9 January 2017|last=Tice|first=Richard|page=10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bernardsunley.org/downloads/Bernard%20Sunley%20Charitable%20Foundation%20Annual%20Report%202013.pdf|title=The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation Annual Report 2013|page=5|publisher=The Bernald Sunley Charitable Foundation|access-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228223736/http://www.bernardsunley.org/downloads/Bernard%20Sunley%20Charitable%20Foundation%20Annual%20Report%202013.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2015|url-status=live}}

Tice was educated at the private Uppingham School.{{cite journal|url=https://issuu.com/bainespsa/docs/a56907_ou_uppingham_mag_web|title=Who what where |journal=OU |issue=41|date=2013|page=9|publisher=Uppingham School|access-date=20 June 2022|via=Issuu}} He subsequently received a bachelor's degree in construction economics and quantity surveying from the University of Salford. He attended the evangelical Christian Iwerne camps.{{Cite web |last=Graystone |first=Andrew |date=2024-03-27 |title=The Marshall Plan - Hedge fund manager Paul Marshall is on a God-driven mission to transform the religious fabric of the nation–and he has the money to do it |url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/65415/the-marshall-plan-paul-marshall-gb-news |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240327122839/https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/65415/the-marshall-plan-paul-marshall-gb-news |archive-date=2024-03-27 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Prospect |language=en}}

Property career

After graduation in 1987, Tice's first occupation was at the housing developer London and Metropolitan. This included time at its Paris office, where he learnt French. In 1991 he started working for the housebuilding and commercial property company founded by his grandfather, The Sunley Group. Tice was its joint chief executive officer (CEO) for 14 years before leaving the company in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://richardtice.com/mylife|title=My life|publisher=Richard Tice|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807170403/https://richardtice.com/mylife|archive-date=7 August 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://principlecapital.com/output/page226.asp|publisher=Principle Capital|access-date=16 August 2019|title=Board of Directors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816173620/http://principlecapital.com/output/page226.asp|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}}

Tice then ran his own debt advisory consultancy before joining the property investment group CLS Holdings in 2010, leading major planning property applications in Vauxhall, London. He was its CEO until 2014. Tice left the company to become CEO of the property investment firm Quidnet Capital Partners LLP,{{cite web|url=https://www.quidnetcapital.com/richard-tice|publisher=Quidnet Capital|access-date=16 August 2019|title=Richard Tice|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619180808/https://www.quidnetcapital.com/richard-tice|archive-date=19 June 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/quidnet-capital-partners-ceo-richard-tice-calls-for-brexit-the-eu-is-flatlining-and-not-helping-its-citizens-2015-11|work=Business Insider|date=11 November 2015|title='Britain should leave the EU because it's flatlining and not helping its citizens'|access-date=16 August 2019|last=Brinded|first=Lianna|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816173617/https://www.businessinsider.com/quidnet-capital-partners-ceo-richard-tice-calls-for-brexit-the-eu-is-flatlining-and-not-helping-its-citizens-2015-11|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}} having been removed from CLS' board due to a potential conflict of interest.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/former-cls-holdings-chief-removed-from-board-f8hrmhl2b6g|work=The Times |date=9 April 2022|title='Former CLS Holdings chief removed from Board' |url-access=subscription}}

Television presenter

Tice was a television presenter for TalkTV before moving to GB News in September 2023.{{cite news |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/ofcom-gb-news-martin-daubney-richard-tice/ |title=GB News immigration discussion broke due impartiality rules, Ofcom says |author=Charlotte Tobitt |date=23 October 2023 |work=Press Gazette}}

Political career

= Conservative Party =

Before joining the Brexit Party, Tice was a donor and member of the Conservative Party for most of his adult life.{{cite web|title=My life|url=https://richardtice.com/mylife/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807170403/https://richardtice.com/mylife|archive-date=7 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019|publisher=Richard Tice}}

Tice wrote a 2008 report for the think tank Reform called "Academies: A model education?". In 2017, he co-wrote a pamphlet for the think tank UK 2020, "Timebomb: how the university cartel is failing Britain's students", which included recommendations on how to expand two-year degrees.{{cite web|last=Burns|first=Judith|date=3 September 2017|title=Universities run cartel, says think tank|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41125111|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826151246/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41125111|archive-date=26 August 2019|access-date=29 August 2019|website=BBC News}} He produced a follow-up report on student finances called "Defusing the debt timebomb" which he sent to the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond.{{cite web|last=Tice|first=Richard|title=Defusing the Debt Timebomb|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aa986c945776e92d6385b01/t/5d4ae47a5540370001a85173/1565189243441/UK2020-Defusing-the-Debt-Timebomb-report.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829145127/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aa986c945776e92d6385b01/t/5d4ae47a5540370001a85173/1565189243441/UK2020-Defusing-the-Debt-Timebomb-report.pdf|archive-date=29 August 2019|access-date=29 August 2019|publisher=UK 2020}}

In a May 2018 article on the ConservativeHome website, Tice argued for the importance of expanding the availability of homes for people on lower incomes and how this could be achieved more effectively. He felt that crime could also be reduced if housing was better managed.{{cite web|title=Richard Tice: Let's all do our bit to end the scourge of knife crime|url=https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2018/05/richard-tice-lets-all-do-our-bit-to-end-scourge-of-knife-crime.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608111453/https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2018/05/richard-tice-lets-all-do-our-bit-to-end-scourge-of-knife-crime.html|archive-date=8 June 2018|access-date=4 June 2018|website=Conservative Home|date=11 May 2018 }}

=Euroscepticism=

Tice is a Eurosceptic. He was a director of the campaign group, Business for Sterling,{{cite web|url=https://richardtice.com/eurosceptic|publisher=Richard Tice|title=Eurosceptic|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816173620/https://richardtice.com/eurosceptic|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}} which campaigned for the United Kingdom not to adopt the Euro in the late 1990s.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/business-for-sterling-to-campaign-against-euro-1164242.html|work=The Independent|date=11 June 1998|access-date=16 August 2019|title='Business for Sterling' to campaign against euro|last=Brown|first=Colin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815051826/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/business-for-sterling-to-campaign-against-euro-1164242.html|archive-date=15 August 2019|url-status=live}} Tice donated £1,750 to the Eurosceptic MP David Davis' candidacy in the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election.{{cite web|title=The Rt Hon David Davis MP (Great Britain), Non Cash (NC0027333)|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/NC0027333|publisher=Electoral Commission|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816173619/http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/NC0027333|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}}

In July 2015, Tice co-founded, with the businessman Arron Banks, the pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign group. It was originally known as The Know.EU before being rebranded in September of that year.{{cite news |last=Hope |first=Christopher |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11688911/Millionaires-prepare-to-launch-20million-non-political-campaign-for-Britain-to-quit-European-Union.html |title=Millionaires prepare to launch £20million non-political campaign for Britain to quit European Union |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 June 2015 |access-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116152401/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11688911/Millionaires-prepare-to-launch-20million-non-political-campaign-for-Britain-to-quit-European-Union.html |archive-date=16 January 2016 |url-status=live }}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46480656|title=Brexit: Leave Means Leave campaign prepares for another referendum|website=BBC News|date=7 December 2018|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421112212/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46480656|archive-date=21 April 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11717415/Millionaire-Jim-Mellon-backs-20million-anti-politics-campaign-to-leave-EU-as-name-revealed.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=11 July 2015|access-date=16 August 2019|last=Hope|first=Christopher|title=Millionaire Jim Mellon backs £20million 'anti-politics' campaign to leave EU as name revealed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816173620/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11717415/Millionaire-Jim-Mellon-backs-20million-anti-politics-campaign-to-leave-EU-as-name-revealed.html|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}} He also donated £38,000 to the pro-Brexit campaign group Grassroots Out.{{cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/C0259200|publisher=Electoral Commission|access-date=20 August 2019|title=GO Movement Ltd, Cash (C0259200)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820185011/http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/C0259200|archive-date=20 August 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/C0241524|publisher=Electoral Commission|access-date=16 August 2019|title=Grassroots Out Ltd, Cash (C0241524)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816173618/http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/C0241524|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/NC0242394|title=GO Movement Ltd, Non Cash (NC0242394)|access-date=20 August 2019|publisher=Electoral Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820185011/http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/NC0242394|archive-date=20 August 2019|url-status=live}} Shortly after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum, he left Leave.EU, and co-founded the pressure group Leave Means Leave,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42702065|title=Donald Tusk: EU's 'heart still open to UK' over Brexit|website=BBC News|date=16 January 2018|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731183116/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42702065|archive-date=31 July 2019|url-status=live}} co-chairing it with businessman John Longworth. In October 2017, they were placed jointly at Number 90 on Iain Dale's list of the "Top 100 Most Influential People on the Right".{{cite web|url=http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/100-most-influential-people-on-right-iain-dale/|title=The Top 100 Most Influential People on the Right: Iain Dale's 2017 List|last=Dale|first=Iain|date=2 October 2017|publisher=LBC|access-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031655/http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/100-most-influential-people-on-right-iain-dale/|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=live}}

Tice, Banks, Andy Wigmore and Nigel Farage were referred to by sections of the media as the "Bad Boys of Brexit", a group who facilitated it.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/06/one-bad-boys-brexit-plots-100m-stock-market-return/|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=6 June 2017|access-date=16 August 2019|title=One of the 'Bad Boys of Brexit' plots £100m stock market return|last=Burton|first=Lucy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619180805/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/06/one-bad-boys-brexit-plots-100m-stock-market-return/|archive-date=19 June 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/the-alarming-return-of-nigel-farage|magazine=The New Yorker|title=The Alarming Return of Nigel Farage|date=21 May 2019|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522201716/https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/the-alarming-return-of-nigel-farage|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/richard-tice-london-mayor-conservative_uk_5b361afae4b0f3c2219ffb32|work=Huffington Post|title=Brexit 'Bad Boy' Richard Tice Puts Himself Forward To Be Tory Candidate For London Mayor|last=Bennett|first=Owen|date=29 June 2018|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710113034/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/richard-tice-london-mayor-conservative_uk_5b361afae4b0f3c2219ffb32|archive-date=10 July 2018|url-status=live}} Tice wrote a number of articles advocating a no-deal Brexit,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/richard-tice/|title=Richard Tice|access-date=20 August 2019|work=The Daily Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820185010/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/richard-tice/|archive-date=20 August 2019|url-status=live}} and was the first to use the phrase, "no deal is better than a bad deal" in relation to Brexit in July 2016, which was later used by then-Prime Minister Theresa May in her Lancaster House speech outlining the government's approach to negotiations in January 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/17/prime-minister-vows-to-put-final-brexit-deal-before-parliament|title=Brexit: May's threat to Europe: 'no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal'|work=The Guardian|date=18 January 2017|access-date=20 August 2019|last1=Asthana|first1=Anushka|last2=Stewart|first2=Heather|last3=Elgot|first3=Jessica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820185010/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/17/prime-minister-vows-to-put-final-brexit-deal-before-parliament|archive-date=20 August 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/nigel-farage-no-deal-bbc-fact-check-4632847-May2019/|title=FactCheck: Did Nigel Farage coin the phrase 'no deal is better than a bad deal'?|newspaper=TheJournal.ie|date=14 May 2019|access-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820185011/https://www.thejournal.ie/nigel-farage-no-deal-bbc-fact-check-4632847-May2019/|archive-date=20 August 2019|url-status=live}}

= Brexit Party and Reform UK =

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The Brexit Party, a right-wing populist and Eurosceptic political party, was formed as an incorporated limited company on 23 November 2018, and Tice was appointed a director on 8 May 2019.{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11694875/officers|title=Officer|access-date=16 August 2019|publisher=Companies House|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806010512/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11694875/officers|archive-date=6 August 2019|url-status=live}} In his role as the chairman of the Brexit Party he regularly represented it with appearances in the media, including inclusion on the panel of BBC Radio 4's Any Questions?.BBC Radio 4, 'Any Questions?' chaired by Chris Mason. Broadcast 6 November 2020, repeated 7 November 2020. He was the chairman when the party participated in the 2019 European Parliament election, under Nigel Farage's leadership.{{cite web|url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/eddie-mair/brexit-party-tory-peer-no-deal-brexit-exchange/|publisher=LBC|date=6 August 2019|access-date=16 August 2019|title=Eddie Mair Grills Brexit Party Chairman On No-Deal As Tory Peer Argues It Was Never Debated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816005717/https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/eddie-mair/brexit-party-tory-peer-no-deal-brexit-exchange/|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live}} In that election, it won 29 seats in the European Parliament, having existed for only six months.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/02/brexit-party-meps-turn-their-backs-european-anthem-ode-to-joy|work=The Guardian|date=2 July 2019|access-date=16 August 2019|title=Brexit party MEPs turn backs on Ode to Joy at European parliament|last=Rankin|first=Jennifer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819090334/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/02/brexit-party-meps-turn-their-backs-european-anthem-ode-to-joy|archive-date=19 August 2019|url-status=live}}

Tice stood as a candidate at the 2019 European Parliament election. He was first on his party's list in the East of England constituency, and was elected as one of its three MEPs for that region.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081343|website=BBC News|date=28 April 2019|access-date=16 August 2019|title=2019 European elections: List of candidates for the East of England|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714142037/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081343|archive-date=14 July 2019|url-status=live}} In the European Parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and was part of the delegation for relations with Canada.

In November 2019, it was announced that Tice would be standing as the Brexit Party candidate for the Hartlepool constituency at the 2019 general election.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-50338027|title=General election 2019: Brexit chairman stands in Hartlepool|work=BBC News|date=7 November 2019|access-date=8 November 2019}} He finished in third place, with 25.8% of the vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000733|website=BBC News|title=Hartlepool|access-date=7 February 2020}}

On 30 October 2020, Farage applied to the Electoral Commission to change the Brexit Party's name to Reform UK,{{Cite web|last=Read|first=Jonathon|date=2 November 2020|title=Nigel Farage to rename the Brexit Party as 'Reform Party'|url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/westminster-news/nigel-farage-reform-uk-5668616|access-date=7 November 2020|website=The New European}}
- {{Cite news|date=2 November 2020|title=Nigel Farage: Brexit Party to focus on fighting lockdown|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54777346|access-date=7 November 2020}} described on its website as "Reform UK Party Limited Company number 11694875, registered in England & Wales" in which Tice owns one-third of the shares.{{cite web |title=Confirmation Statement |url=https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/0BYtSDcaU77mGoQBdZuElMVHYMRQ6mQIBIR3Pos-raI/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3DLB2WQIT%2F20240828%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240828T094947Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEA4aCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJHMEUCICEBg5GOJyiP%2FzIJKQbBVDP%2FbV6BcBkoLkmtelUlC4qyAiEArYn%2F%2F4%2FDWC5u3gLwCSRK7R7UJcYxRqCqNYDfB%2BxMJZwqugUIJxAFGgw0NDkyMjkwMzI4MjIiDFOapYstXl4XykjC0SqXBe1e2pgMpZjDl9tj5G0kYI%2FJU3gJgAgrQyt3H1VZDcQwSBa2ExIH%2FPmxNca%2FFYt6bvbs0wV4xFz27K%2FAFpVgkG0hamlqdD7629IxzXsSIOuTjvrYmJztFh38GWs7xkaBIRzzapECjrYuPYX84iRva596K2vBWSrwwem4rz9kjiawxkn%2FxDhDmcAdFWhjK%2FILzO5KzAY97djgJ17dZsBbGBsDGRkGceiEYmlC7ko%2FKt2%2FhF4EfVCk6aABzVa0GDqYfFGNI%2F3UH%2BauQlfPkFd%2FpNkSXcWNc4Yy9bvxx6jSjX%2B7vLSEHgqVNMK%2BaLYov8%2BRX7es7u%2BsPadoXBnHBQpocljQiFPgPzSvhYfZttIOuhfno%2F4qx7Pz8BuY%2BYldnU38uRmJ6eFUK4CGpyJ6EX1gMAEmFwCX4GDXEW%2BVWF%2FMMwLqOPh1SyM6q9bvD4GAGt%2FpoVU06Oe55tAxNBNA1HN1Uk%2Fg4IcCpYrtyrteWeQ1Mn5Yok%2FbOypP9GW%2FB2EUhNPImufY6QW3X6p%2B7SJkPsMYUrPH3MVL%2BV3wRj3BM2noIVcfFlsJ9Z7XNoWCj69COT4M4Rxj8MWXAU1jfO92DxMi4WompyWM6ZkEbH%2BEhHQVysBG0RM6oFlks09Mt7ZyGmFHW1kNb15JJRA8%2BCRORse9oFVjs63ppbvghn%2FN38ZB%2Br166wd3Ta%2FUi0LEyaSJ45NoPg4IPfJkdNbVeuHBbhLrrOOey5MAMP8n%2F%2BfJegpSqZ%2Barh12BCjza1pqPc%2Bz34HxeNArXOzE98XqexHbwQK2mY0aBccUe4guIWkL5IjXUnnRHktHDaxBi3ClYaqotZhD59VkYs7KhA3zkGVYWmPMapQnrh2JkbX%2FIuptJtCM45rUQ4tWEKpi4DC3%2Frq2BjqxAZV8W1HkfmsIGKrtXVY8dDCtvLO7hLo45GkofD0VkMEpqU94xYGUPVx78CJpP3P2CxJmECQas9SeG9zZ0A87INXqZZ9CuKme%2BfFIlY%2BT01wS6LJM%2FEsdCIoNS5RE0x2%2F1ZoGPGojXZa8RYAJRSfPasNQsnvQqQqC%2F60s4bFVLhplAghJ27J8FWVpUoSciYtfYwgffTvm4c3jRzAvWd1pFVr9sc8UkOG8iYWMtbSevMt3mw%3D%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%2211694875_cs01_2024-08-20.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=668a8c2c0e010efd95f9cd2308ea9beb95bbc21e4eb04ea356173eaeb1b6400d |publisher=Companies House |date=20 August 2024 |accessdate=28 August 2024}} On 6 March 2021, it was announced that Tice would become Leader of Reform UK following Farage's resignation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-quits-politics-brexit-reform-party-b1813509.html|title=Nigel Farage 'quits politics' after resigning as Reform UK party leader|work=The Independent|last=Stubley|first=Peter|date=6 March 2021|access-date=7 March 2021}}

In March 2021, Tice announced he would be the Reform UK candidate for the Havering and Redbridge constituency in the 2021 London Assembly election.{{Cite tweet|number=1376988070696861698|title=I'm delighted to be standing for Havering & Redbridge in the London Assembly elections May 6 for @reformparty_uk|user=TiceRichard|author=Richard Tice|date=30 March 2021|access-date=1 April 2021}} He came second-to-last with 5,143 votes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.havering.gov.uk/news/article/945/london_assembly_member_elections_2021_havering_and_redbridge_constituency_results|title=London Assembly Member Elections 2021: Havering and Redbridge Constituency results|publisher=London Borough of Havering|date=7 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}{{cite web|title = Havering & Redbridge results|url = https://www.londonelects.org.uk/havering-redbridge-results|website = London Elects|access-date = 14 March 2025}}Tice was also the lead Reform UK candidate on the Londonwide list, though the party finished tenth with 1% of all votes cast.{{cite web|title = Results factsheet 2021| url = https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021-elections/results-factsheet-2021|website = London Elects|access-date = 14 March 2025}}

In December 2021, Tice stood in the by-election for the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency following the death of the sitting MP, James Brokenshire. He received 1,432 votes, a 6.6% vote share.{{Cite news|date=3 December 2021|title=Old Bexley and Sidcup: Tories hold safe London seat at by-election|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59505204|access-date=11 December 2021}}

In June 2024, Tice stood down as leader and was replaced by Farage, after his return to frontline politics. Tice stood in Boston and Skegness at the 2024 general election and was elected to Parliament after defeating the incumbent Conservative, Matt Warman.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80xqnd7gpko|title=Boston and Skegness elects Reform UK's Richard Tice|date=5 July 2024 |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=6 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lincsonline.co.uk/boston/the-proudest-moment-of-my-life-richard-tice-celebrates-r-9373382/|title="The proudest moment of my life!" Richard Tice celebrates Reform winning Boston and Skegness seat|date=5 July 2024 |publisher=Lincs Online|accessdate=6 July 2024}} In addition to Tice, four other Reform UK candidates were elected to parliament; Farage, Lee Anderson, Rupert Lowe and James McMurdock. Speaking in the House of Commons, Tice compared Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plan to "smash the gangs" through the Border Security Command as "a game of Whac-A-Mole".{{cn|date=March 2025}}

In January 2025, Tice voted along with all other Reform UK MPs for a new national inquiry into rape gangs. Reform UK was the only party to vote in unison. The bill was lost at 364 votes to 111, a majority of 253, against the amendment.{{cite web|url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/grooming-gangs-inquiry-voted-down-parliament/|title=MPs vote down Conservatives' attempt to force new national grooming gangs inquiry|website=LBC}}{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/mps-vote-against-new-national-inquiry-into-grooming-gangs-13285629|title=MPs vote against new national inquiry into grooming gangs|work=Sky News}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/08/politics-latest-news-keir-starmer-elon-musk-grooming-vote/|title=Labour accused of ‘cowardice’ after blocking national grooming inquiry|first1=Daniel|last1=Martin|first2=Genevieve|last2=Holl-Allen|first3=Jack|last3=Maidment|date=8 January 2025|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/how-your-mp-voted-grooming-gangs-inquiry-3469733?ico=most_popular|title=How your MP voted on holding an inquiry into grooming gangs|first=Bill|last=McLoughlin|date=8 January 2025|website=The i Paper}}

=Climate change=

Tice rejects that there is a scientific consensus on climate change, stating during an interview with Sky News in February 2025 that it was "absolute garbage" to suggest human activities were the main contribution to climate change. He said: "The climate changed for millions of years before man-made CO2."{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/video/reform-uk-impact-of-man-made-climate-change-is-garbage-13310613|title=Reform UK: Impact of 'man-made climate change' is 'garbage'|date=16 February 2025|website=Sky News}} His comments on climate change are counter to the findings of over 200 international scientists and were directly rejected by Dr George Adamson from King's College London, Professor Sheila Rowan, vice president of The Royal Society of independent scientists, Dr Andrew Jarvis from Lancaster University, who called Tice's comments "categorically wrong", and Bob Ward, policy director at LSE University's Grantham Research Institute and Geological Society fellow, who called Tice's comments "pure misinformation".{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/reform-uks-richard-tice-dismisses-man-made-climate-change-as-garbage-13311385|title='Categorically wrong': Scientists condemn comments by Reform's Richard Tice that man-made climate change is 'garbage' |date=17 February 2025 |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Sky News}}

=International politics=

When referring to the U.S. Republican Party politician, Ron DeSantis in late April 2023, Tice described him as "a courageous, bold leader and that's very interesting" and someone who "doesn't muck about — he just gets stuff done and tells it as it is" and said that he was trying to establish links with DeSantis.{{cite news |last=Boscia |first=Stefan |date=27 April 2023 |title=Trump who? Farage's party cozies up to DeSantis as White House hopeful lands in UK |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-new-party-ron-desantis-white-house-hopeful-land-uk/ |work=Politico |access-date= 29 December 2023}}

In 2022, Tice co-authored with Sam Ashworth-Hayes a paper for the Henry Jackson Society which argued that international sanctions failed to deter Russia from invading Ukraine and that this should be a lesson for the West's approach to China on the issue of Taiwan. They wrote that "sanctions against China should be planned in advance, and clear warning given to relevant private sector actors and sectors that they will be expected to cease business with China in the event of a conflict with Taiwan".{{Cite book |author1=Richard Tice |author2=Sam Ashworth-Hayes |date=June 2022 |title=Lessons for Taiwan: Understanding Why Sanctions Failed to Deter Conflict in Ukraine |page=20 |url=https://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HJS-Lessons-for-Taiwan-%E2%80%93-Ukraine-Sanctions-Report-WEB.pdf |access-date=1 June 2024 |publisher=Henry Jackson Society |isbn=978-1-909035-79-9}}

Election results

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{{Election box begin for list|title=European election 2019: East of England{{Cite web |url=https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/view-election-results/european-election-results/european-election-results-2019/ |title=European election results 2019 |publisher=Chelmsford City Council |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619150444/https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/view-election-results/european-election-results/european-election-results-2019/ |archivedate=19 June 2019 |access-date=31 December 2023}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Brexit Party

|candidate=Richard Tice (1)
Michael Heaver (3)
June Mummery (5)
Paul Hearn, Priscilla Huby, Sean Lever, Edmund Fordham

|votes=604,715
(201,391.67)

|percentage=37.83

|change=New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Barbara Gibson (2)
Lucy Nethsingha (6)
Fionna Tod, Stephen Robinson, Sandy Walkington, Marie Goldman, Jules Ewart

|votes=361,563
(180,751.5)

|percentage=22.62

|change= +15.72

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Catherine Rowett (4)
Rupert Read, Martin Schmierer, Fiona Radic, Paul Jeater, Pallavi Devulapalli, Jeremy Caddick

|votes=202,460

|percentage=12.67

|change= +4.17

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Geoffrey Van Orden (7)
John Flack, Joe Rich, Thomas McLaren, Joel Charles, Wazz Mughal, Thomas Smith

|votes=163,830

|percentage=10.25

|change= –18.15

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Alex Mayer, Chris Vince, Sharon Taylor, Alvin Shum, Anna Smith, Adam Scott, Javeria Hussain|votes=139,490|percentage=8.73|change= –8.57}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Change UK|candidate=Emma Taylor, Neil Carmichael, Bhavna Joshi, Michelle de Vries, Amanda Gummer, Thomas Graham, Roger Casale|votes=58,274|percentage= 3.65|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Stuart Agnew, Paul Oakley, Elizabeth Jones, William Ashpole, Alan Graves, John Wallace, John Whitby|votes=54,676|percentage=3.42|change= –31.08}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats|candidate=Robin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, Bridget Vickers, Paul Wiffen|votes=10,217|percentage=0.64|change= –1.09}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Attila Csordas|votes=3,230|percentage=0.20|change=New}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,603,017|percentage=36.37|change=+0.5}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Richard Tice|votes=15,520|percentage=38.4%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Matt Warman|votes=13,510|percentage=33.4%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Alex Fawbert|votes=7,629|percentage=18.9%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Christopher Moore|votes=1,506|percentage=3.7%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Richard Lloyd|votes=1,375|percentage=3.4%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats|candidate=David Dickason|votes=518|percentage=1.3%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Blue Revolution Party|candidate=Mike Gilbert|votes=397|percentage=1.0%|change=}}

{{election box end}}{{Election box begin |title=2019 general election: Hartlepool{{cite news |title=Hartlepool Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000733 |website=BBC news |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-date=13 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113084451/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000733 |url-status=live }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mike Hill

|votes = 15,464

|percentage = 37.7

|change = –14.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Stefan Houghton

|votes=11,869

|percentage=28.9

|change=–5.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Brexit Party

|candidate=Richard Tice

|votes=10,603

|percentage=25.8

|change=N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Andy Hagon

|votes=1,696

|percentage=4.1

|change=+2.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Independent politician

|candidate=Joe Bousfield

|votes=911

|percentage=2.2

|change=N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Kevin Cranney

|votes=494

|percentage=1.2

|change=N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes=3,595

|percentage=8.8

|change=–9.5

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{{Election box turnout

|votes=41,037

|percentage=57.9

|change=–1.3

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = –4.8

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{{Election box begin|title=2021 London Assembly election: Havering and Redbridge{{cite web |title=Havering and Redbridge 2021 |url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/Havering%20and%20Redbridge%202021.pdf |website=London Elects |access-date=25 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507222118/https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/Havering%20and%20Redbridge%202021.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2021 |url-status=live}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Keith Prince

|votes = 77,268

|percentage = 46.0

|change = +8.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Judith Garfield

|votes = 61,941

|percentage = 36.9

|change = 0.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Melanie Collins

|votes = 13,685

|percentage = 8.1

|change = +2.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Clarke

|votes = 8,150

|percentage = 4.8

|change = +0.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform UK

|candidate = Richard Tice

|votes = 5,143

|percentage = 3.1

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|candidate = Andy Walker

|votes = 1,856

|percentage = 1.1

|change = New

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 15,327

|percentage = 9.1

|change = +8.3

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|votes = 168,043

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|votes = 2,741

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{{Election box turnout

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box begin|title=2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election{{Cite news|date=3 December 2021|title=Old Bexley and Sidcup: Tories hold safe London seat at by-election|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59505204|url-status=live|access-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203105715/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59505204|archive-date=3 December 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Louie French

|votes=11,189

|percentage=51.5

|change= –13.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Francis|votes=6,711|percentage=30.9|change=+7.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Richard Tice|votes=1,432|percentage=6.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Jonathan Rooks|votes=830|percentage=3.8|change=+0.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Simone Reynolds|votes=647|percentage=3.0|change=–5.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats|candidate=Elaine Cheeseman|votes=271|percentage=1.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=John Poynton|votes=184|percentage=0.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate

|party=Rejoin EU

|colour=#003399

|candidate=Richard Hewison

|votes=151

|percentage=0.7

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Heritage Party (UK)|candidate=David Kurten|votes=116|percentage=0.5|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Christian Peoples Alliance|candidate=Carol Valinejad|votes=108|percentage=0.5|change=±0.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party|candidate=Mad Mike Young|votes=94|percentage=0.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=4,478|percentage=20.6|change=–20.4}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=21,733|percentage=33.5|change=–36.3}}

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|votes=50

|percentage=0.2

|change=

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{{Election box total ballots

|votes=21,783

|percentage=33.6

|change=

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 64,831

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = –10.2

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Personal life

Tice is divorced after a 24-year marriage with his ex-wife Emma,{{Cite news |last=Rayner |first=Gordon |date=14 January 2024 |title=Reform UK's Richard Tice: 'If you want healthcare, learn the lingo, or pay for it privately. Very simple' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/01/14/richard-tice-reform-uk-leader-nigel-farage-brexit-politics/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Telegraph |issn=0307-1235}} with whom he has three children.{{cite web |url=https://richardtice.com/mylife/ |title=Early years |publisher=Richard Tice |access-date=11 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807170403/https://richardtice.com/mylife |archive-date=7 August 2019 |url-status=live}} He began a relationship with the right-wing political journalist Isabel Oakeshott in 2018, and separated from his wife in March 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/trump-leak-scandal-engulfs-brexit-party-2w7dn3hrm |last1=Gilligan |first1=Andrew |last2=Shipman |first2=Tim |title=Trump leak scandal engulfs Brexit Party |date=14 July 2019 |access-date=22 August 2019 |work=The Sunday Times |page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804042542/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trump-leak-scandal-engulfs-brexit-party-2w7dn3hrm |archive-date=4 August 2019 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}

Tice grew up and first went to school in Northampton, and is a supporter of Northampton Saints rugby club.{{Cite web |date=5 September 2024 |title=Hansard |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-09-05/debates/FEB008F4-322C-48DF-8BE6-37B6A5A52F56/GreatBritishEnergyBill#contribution-299ED077-BE95-4649-8F86-A2E89C04ECE3 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=Hansard – UK Parliament}} Tice was a member of the governing body of Northampton Academy between 2005 and 2019 and has also been vice chair of trustees at Uppingham School.{{cite web |title=Governance |url=https://www.northampton-academy.org/information/governing-body |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823180511/https://www.northampton-academy.org/information/governing-body |archive-date=23 August 2019 |access-date=23 August 2019 |publisher=Northampton Academy}}
- {{cite web |title=The Trustees |url=http://www.uppingham.co.uk/The-Trustees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816013735/http://www.uppingham.co.uk/The-Trustees |archive-date=16 August 2019 |access-date=15 August 2019 |publisher=Uppingham School}}

A long-time contributor to the magazine Property Week, Tice is a regular commentator on developments within the property world.{{cite web |title=Richard Tice's articles |url=https://www.propertyweek.com/richard-tice/3502.contributor |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143412/https://www.propertyweek.com/richard-tice/3502.contributor |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=4 June 2018 |website=Property Week}}

In October 2019, openDemocracy revealed that two offshore companies in tax havens had owned shares in Tice's family business, Sunley Family Limited, since 1994.{{cite news |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/revealed-farages-brexit-party-chairman-facing-questions-over-offshore-tax-haven-links/ |title=Revealed: Farage's Brexit Party chairman facing questions over offshore tax haven links |last=Beizsley |first=Daniel |date=11 October 2019 |website= openDemocracy |access-date=28 October 2019}}