Stuart Anderson (politician)

Stuart Anderson was born on 17 July 1976 in Hereford. When he was eight, his father Samuel died from a brain tumour that was triggered by skin cancer. Samuel was a corporal in the Special Air Service Regiment (22 SAS) for 12 years, going on tours to Northern Ireland, Borneo and Oman before he returned to the UK and met Stuart's mother, Leslie, who was an army nurse. His father is buried at the SAS graveyard at St Martin's Church in Hereford.{{Cite news|author=Larisa Brown|title=Soldier turned MP Stuart Anderson fought his hardest battle against suicidal thoughts|work=The Times|date=February 2021|page=15|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/soldier-turned-mp-stuart-anderson-fought-his-hardest-battle-against-suicidal-thoughts-3mb9r8rk2|access-date=21 July 2021|issn=0140-0460|url-access=subscription}}

Anderson joined the army after leaving school at 16, and was shot in the foot by a friend during a training exercise when he was 17.{{cite podcast |url=https://veteransinpolitics.buzzsprout.com/1394725/6308446-stuart-anderson-mp |title=Stuart Anderson MP |website=Veterans in Politics |publisher=CampaignForce |host=Jonny Ball |date=18 November 2020 |access-date=2 January 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Trigg |first1=Rob |last2=Elliott |first2=Mark |title=The MP who was shot in the foot as a teen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn52k006pd0o |website=BBC News |access-date=18 May 2025 |date=7 March 2025}} He served tours of duty in Northern Ireland, in Operation Banner,{{Cite Hansard|title=Veterans: Protection from Prosecution|house=House of Commons|date=26 January 2022|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-01-26/debates/E511EB1C-C7C9-4FA1-9638-33A9E5988B53/VeteransProtectionFromProsecution#contribution-099AD88B-0449-4E34-B91E-3A5109B4B9E8|column_start=984|column_end=984}} Bosnia, and Kosovo.{{cite web |title=Global Britain |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-30/debates/33EA2EAC-BA44-490B-93D0-11799618B342/GlobalBritain |access-date=27 April 2020 |website=Hansard}} At one point, Anderson attempted selection for the SAS, but was not successful. He was in the army for nine years.{{Cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=20 July 2021 |title=MP spurred on in gruelling challenge by heartbreaking loss |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2021/07/20/mp-spurred-on-in-gruelling-challenge-by-heartbreaking-loss/ |access-date=21 July 2021 |website=Express and Star}}

After leaving the army at the age of 25, Anderson worked in close protection for high-profile clients in the UK, Africa and the Middle East, including the Qatari prime minister Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani.{{cite news|last=Madeley|first=Peter|date=8 February 2019|title=Tory ex-Army sniper sets sights on Wolverhampton seat|newspaper=Express & Star|publisher=Midland News Association |location=Wolverhampton|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/Features/2019/02/08/tory-sharpshooter-aiming-for-city-seat/|access-date=15 December 2019}} He worked in over 50 countries and ran security for US federal government officials in Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In 2005, Anderson co-founded Anubis Associates in Herefordshire.{{cite news |last=Revill |first=John |date=23 July 2007 |title=SAS men crack the world of business |newspaper=Birmingham Post |publisher=Trinity Mirror |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SAS+men+crack+the+world+of+business%3b+SECURITY.-a0166682394 |via=The Free Library |access-date=11 January 2020 |quote=Anubis Associates, which was set up by Stuart Anderson, "Ginge" Johnson, Trevor Easley and Geoffrey Pagham, has enjoyed rapid growth over the last two years.}} The company offered courses in close protection training, "operational protection" for corporate VIPs and "discreet personal protection" and consultancy services for petrochemical groups, financial institutions and stadiums.

Anubis Associates collapsed in 2012, which Anderson attributes to the end of the war on terror.{{cite web |title=Anubis Associates Limited |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05629438 |access-date=3 April 2024 |publisher=Companies House}} He describes himself as having gone from a "paper millionaire" to being in receipt of food parcels within a month. At the time of its collapse, Anubis Associates owed £271,000 in unpaid tax and £179,000 to unsecured creditors.{{cite news |last=Syal |first=Rajeev |date=22 November 2019 |title=Tory candidate got illegal dividend from firm that went bust |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/22/tory-candidate-got-illegal-dividend-from-firm-that-went-bust |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |issn=1756-3224 |access-date=14 December 2019}} Administrators said that Anderson, a director and major shareholder, had received £54,000 in illegal dividends "based on forecasted profits for a future period" that never materialised.{{cite magazine |title=Candid Candidates |department=HP Sauce |magazine=Private Eye |date=13 December 2019 |issue=1511 |page=9 |publisher=Pressdram |location=London |issn=0032-888X |quote=The fund receives its backing from, er, the European Union [...] whatever the next government decides should happen to EU-funded programmes such as the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, at least eTravelSafety is now guaranteed its share of EU money. Hurrah for Brexit!}} Ordered to repay the money in full, Anderson only offered £2,000, arguing that he might otherwise go personally bankrupt. The current Companies House report{{when|date=July 2024}} shows sums still 'outstanding', owed to Lloyds TSB plc and HSBC plc. Anderson said that he lost his house and ended up needing to use a food bank as a result, stating, "It was painful, but I have never hid away from what happened and have spoken many times about it".{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=22 November 2019 |title=Wolverhampton Tory candidate got illegal dividend after 'losing everything' in bust company |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/general-election-2019/2019/11/22/stuart-anderson-wolverhampton-tory-candidate-got-illegal-dividend-after-losing-everything/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=11 November 2020}}

Within a week of the collapse of his previous company, Anderson founded another based on personal security, eTravelSafety,{{cite web |url=https://securitynewsdesk.com/travel-security-protecting-travellers-in-an-uncertain-world/ |title=Travel security – protecting travellers in an uncertain world |date=2 February 2016 |website=Security News Desk |access-date=15 December 2019}} of which he was "currently operating as CEO" at the time of the 2019 general election, according to his LinkedIn page. In December 2019 Private Eye reported that despite Anderson's professed enthusiasm for Brexit, his company had received £500,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, a government fund which receives its financial backing from the European Union, with £79 million coming from the European Development Fund and £123 million from the European Investment Bank. The article also noted that whatever the next government decided should happen to EU-funded programmes such as the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, eTravelSafety was now guaranteed its share of EU money.

According to Anderson's entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, on 27 February 2020, his shareholding in eTravelSafety was not more than 15% and, on 18 May 2020, his shareholdings were no longer valued at more than £70,000.{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/200526/anderson_stuart.htm |title=The Register of Members' Financial Interests As at 26 May 2020 |date=28 May 2020 |publisher=House of Commons |access-date=8 July 2020}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2024}}

Anderson was selected as the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Wolverhampton South West in December 2018.{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Carmelo |date=19 February 2019 |title=Herefordshire councillor to stand as MP |url=https://www.sunshineradio.co.uk/news/local-news/herefordshire-councillor-to-stand-as-mp/ |access-date=15 December 2019 |work=Sunshine Radio |publisher=Murfin Media |location=Hereford |quote=Kings Acre ward councillor Stuart Anderson has been selected as the Conservative Party parliamentary candidate for Wolverhampton South West. [...] As a county councillor, Anderson has missed five of the 13 meetings he was scheduled to attend since being elected, according to official records.}} He was elected to Parliament as MP for Wolverhampton South West at the 2019 general election with 48.3% of the vote and a majority of 1,661.{{cite news |title=Wolverhampton South West Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001051 |access-date=1 November 2019 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}

During the 2019 general election campaign, Anderson repeatedly pledged his support for Johnson's Brexit withdrawal agreement and said he would support a no-deal Brexit if Johnson's Withdrawal Agreement Bill were not passed.{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=23 August 2019 |title=Tory chairman James Cleverly: We can thrive under no-deal Brexit |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2019/08/23/tory-chairman-james-cleverly-we-can-thrive-under-no-deal-brexit/ |access-date=15 December 2019 |newspaper=Express & Star |publisher=Midland News Association |location=Wolverhampton |quote=Wolverhampton South West parliamentary candidate Stuart Anderson, said: 'Wolverhampton will thrive, and will continue to go from strength to strength whether we have a deal of not. This is because the people here want to move forward with Brexit. We will be out of the EU on October 31 and we can have a brighter future than we have ever had before.'}}

Following the election, he was named by The Guardian as one of the seven "most controversial" new Conservative MPs, due to his receipt of an illegal dividend as a director of a now defunct company.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/16/who-are-the-conservatives-most-controversial-new-mps |title=Who are the Conservatives' most controversial new MPs? |date=16 December 2019 |access-date=16 December 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |issn=1756-3224 |first1=Rajeev |last1=Syal |first2=Rowena |last2=Mason}}

In January 2020, The Independent reported that Anderson appeared to have edited his own Wikipedia article (with an account named "Stuart Anderson MP") to remove information about the unlawful payments he had accepted, and made a minor correction about the directorship of one of his companies.{{cite news |last=Kentish |first=Benjamin |date=11 January 2020 |title=Tory Brexiteer MP appears to edit his own Wikipedia page to remove reference to EU grant and unlawful payments |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mp-edit-wikipedia-page-brexit-stuart-anderson-eu-grant-a9278881.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mp-edit-wikipedia-page-brexit-stuart-anderson-eu-grant-a9278881.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=The Independent |location=London |issn=0951-9467}}

In October 2020, Anderson voted against an opposition day motion calling on the government to continue funding free school meals for 1.4 million disadvantaged children over the school holidays until Easter 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Labour accused the Conservatives of voting to let children go hungry; Anderson said he opposed the motion, as he believed it was "the role of the wider welfare system to help families that require extra support" outside school term. He said that the government had temporarily increased Universal Credit by £20 a week until April 2021,{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=22 October 2020 |title=Tory MPs defend opposition to Rashford's free school meals campaign |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/health/coronavirus-covid19/2020/10/22/tory-mps-defend-opposition-to-rashfords-free-school-meals-campaign/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=23 October 2020}} although he abstained on a later opposition day motion calling on the government to stop the planned cut in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit in April.{{cite news |last=Read |first=Jonathon |date=18 January 2021 |title=The Tory MPs who failed to vote against a Universal Credit cut |url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/westminster-news/mps-universal-credit-list-6914080 |work=The New European |access-date=6 February 2021}} Following the vote, empty plates were left outside his constituency office in protest.{{cite news|title=Empty plates left at Wolverhampton MP's office in protest over free school meals |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2020/10/26/empty-plates-left-at-wolverhampton-mps-office-in-protest-over-free-school-meals/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020}} Anderson said that he had received death threats following the vote, saying, "I've been told to watch myself if I turn up anywhere. Other MPs have had a lot worse than me and some are afraid to go outside their house at the moment".{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=26 October 2020 |title=Wolverhampton MP says he and his family have had death threats over school meals vote |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2020/10/26/tory-mp-says-he-and-his-family-have-had-death-threats-over-school-meals-vote/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=11 November 2020}} The following month, the government U-turned on the policy,{{cite news |last=Abbit |first=Beth |date=8 November 2020 |title=Marcus Rashford 'proud' as government U-turns on providing free meals to disadvantaged children over Christmas |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/marcus-rashford-proud-government-u-19242550 |work=Manchester Evening News |location=Manchester |access-date=11 November 2020}} which Anderson welcomed.{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=10 November 2020 |title=School holiday support U-turn welcomed by MPs |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2020/11/10/school-holiday-support-u-turn-welcomed-by-mps/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=11 November 2020}}

Anderson claimed £3,598 of taxpayers' money on parliamentary expenses for utilities in 2021, more than any other MP.{{cite news |date=15 January 2022 |title=Ynys Môn MP among top ten members who claimed most in utilities expenses last year |url=https://nation.cymru/news/ynys-mon-mp-among-top-ten-members-who-claimed-most-in-utilities-expenses-last-year/ |access-date=19 January 2022 |work=Nation.Cymru |location=Cardiff}}

During Partygate, Anderson was supportive of the prime minister, Boris Johnson, saying, "As a soldier I understand supporting people not just when they're going through good times but when they're going through bad times. The prime minister has been loyal to me and I am loyal to him".{{cite news |last=Guttridge |first=Richard |date=13 January 2022 |title=Boris Johnson 'still the man for the job' despite garden party scandal |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/boris-johnson-still-man-job-22734609 |work=Birmingham Live |location=Birmingham |access-date=18 January 2022}} After further images of the prime minister drinking during the second lockdown were reported in the media, Anderson and Dudley North MP Marco Longhi said that the country had "moved on" from the scandal and accused sections of the media of trying to oust the prime minister for his role in delivering Brexit.{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2022/05/24/anger-over-brexit-behind-relentless-pushing-of-anti-boris-agenda-say-mps/ |title=Anger over Brexit behind 'relentless' pushing of anti-Boris agenda, say Tory MPs |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=24 May 2022 |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=24 May 2022}} Anderson later reiterated his support for Johnson's premiership during the Chris Pincher scandal.{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=6 July 2022 |title='I stand in support of Boris': Wolverhampton MP in plea for unity behind embattled PM |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2022/07/06/i-stand-in-support-of-boris--city-mp-in-plea-for-unity-behind-embattled-prime-minister/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=6 July 2022}}

Anderson was made an assistant government whip in July 2022.{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=9 July 2022 |title=Three Black Country MPs handed government roles after staying loyal to Boris Johnson |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2022/07/09/black-country-mps-handed-government-roles-after-staying-loyal-to-boris/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=13 July 2022}}

During the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, after chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris removed the requirement for whips to remain neutral in public, Anderson endorsed Liz Truss, saying "I am now able to publicly declare who I support, and I am pleased to announce that I am backing Liz Truss. I have worked with Liz Truss on many occasions during the past few years. I believe that her economic position, her commitment to increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP, and her parliamentary experience make her the best option to lead our country".{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Sophie |date=16 August 2022 |title=Liz Truss backed as next Tory leader by 11 government whips in latest blow for rival Rishi Sunak |url=https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-backed-as-next-tory-leader-by-11-government-whips-in-latest-blow-for-rival-rishi-sunak-12674311 |work=Sky News |access-date=26 August 2024}}

During the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, Anderson is understood to have played a role in Boris Johnson's initial exploration of a possible candidacy for the leadership, but Johnson subsequently declined to stand.{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=28 October 2024 |title=Wolverhampton MP Stuart Anderson reappointed whip under third PM in two months |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2022/10/28/wolverhampton-mp-stuart-anderson-reappointed-whip-under-third-pm-in-two-months/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=26 August 2024}} After the election, he was re-appointed government whip by Rishi Sunak.

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Anderson's constituency was to be reincorporated as Wolverhampton West. Anderson was projected to lose his seat under the new boundaries.{{cite news |last=Peat |first=Jack |date=19 October 2022 |title=Full list of 200 MPs set to lose their seat under current polling projections |url=https://www.joe.co.uk/politics/full-list-of-200-mps-set-to-lose-their-seat-under-current-projections-363877 |work=JOE.co.uk |access-date=26 August 2024}}

In March 2023, Anderson said that he would step down at the next election. Anderson said threats against his family had influenced his decision, that his family had moved out of the area due to safety concerns and he felt he needed to protect them.{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=29 March 2023 |title=Stuart Anderson MP: City's toxic political environment wore me down |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2023/03/29/stuart-anderson-mp-citys-toxic-political-environment-wore-me-down/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=26 August 2024}} In July 2023, Anderson was selected as the Conservative candidate for South Shropshire.{{Cite news |date=25 July 2023 |title=MP Stuart Anderson selected as candidate in different area |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-66300464 |access-date=28 July 2023 |work=BBC News }}{{Cite web |title=Wolverhampton MP moving to Shropshire after Tory group chooses him for next election |date=25 July 2023 |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/south-shropshire/2023/07/25/south-shropshires-conservatives-make-their-choice-to-replace-philip-dunne/ |access-date=8 March 2024 |publisher=Shropshire Star}}

During Rishi Sunak's reshuffle in November 2023, Anderson was appointed Vice Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household,{{Cite press release |date=13 November 2023 |title=Ministerial appointments: November 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-november-2023 |access-date=14 November 2023 |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street}} a senior government whip post.

At the 2024 general election, Anderson was elected to Parliament as MP for South Shropshire with 17,628 (34.1%) votes, with a majority of 1,624,{{Cite news |title=South Shropshire – General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001493 |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=BBC News }} down from the Conservatives' notional 2019 result of 37,752 (65.4%, majority 28,636).{{cite web |title=Results spreadsheet (download) |url=https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/news/nol/shared/spl/xls_spreadsheets/results_spreadsheet.ods |accessdate=19 January 2024 |website=BBC}}

Following the election, with the Conservative Party now in opposition, Anderson was appointed to the interim shadow front bench as Shadow Minister of State for Defence.{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Megan |date=19 July 2024 |title=South Shropshire MP appointed Shadow Armed Forces Minister |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2024/07/19/south-shropshire-mp-appointed-shadow-armed-forces-minister/ |work=Shropshire Star |location=Telford |access-date=26 August 2024}}

Anderson is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues follows instructions from his party and votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

Anderson seldom rebelled against his party in the 2019–2024 Parliament,{{cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25818/stuart_anderson/wolverhampton_south_west |title=Stuart Anderson MP, Wolverhampton South West |website=TheyWorkForYou |access-date=3 July 2020}} with two exceptions: a free vote on a bill seeking to ban demonstrations outside abortion clinics (in which 56 Conservative MPs voted for the bill and 43 against),{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-06-24/division/A5AD7D83-4EC1-4CDF-B006-3D8BA1861EFF/Demonstrations(AbortionClinics)?outputType=Party |title=Division 59, Demonstrations (Abortion Clinics) |date=24 June 2020 |website=Hansard |access-date=3 July 2020}} and a vote on the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 (in which 223 Conservative MPs voted in favour and 79 voted against, Anderson among them).{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-04-27/division/003F80A9-3DA0-412A-87E1-A6BD47AD0B44/DelegatedLegislation?outputType=Party |title=Delegated Legislation (Division 280) |date=27 April 2021 |website=Hansard |access-date=31 May 2021}}

Anderson is married and has five children.

In his maiden speech, Anderson spoke about his experience of suicidal ideation and alcoholism following his military career, and how it led to him finding religion.{{cite news |last=Madeley |first=Peter |date=30 January 2020 |title='I felt a failure not being able to take my own life': City MP reveals mental health struggle after leaving Army |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2020/01/30/i-was-going-through-life-in-a-virtual-coma-squaddie-turned-mp-says-he-contemplated-suicide-after-hitting-the-booze-to-block-out-pain-after-being-shot/ |work=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |access-date=2 January 2021}} Anderson is a member{{Cite episode |title=Hereford |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09db5br |access-date=4 June 2020 |series=Songs of Praise |series-link=Songs of Praise |network=BBC |station=BBC One |date=29 October 2017 }} of the controversial evangelical Freedom Church,{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Paul |date=4 March 2011 |title=The Freedom Church in Hereford: church or cult? |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/8885157.the-freedom-church-in-hereford-church-or-cult/ |work=Hereford Times |location=Hereford |access-date=5 June 2020 }}
- {{cite news|title="Turn to Church, not Family", says Hereford Freedom Church Founder |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/8898552.turn-to-church-not-family-says-hereford-freedom-church-founder/ |work=Hereford Times |location=Hereford |date=10 March 2011 |access-date=9 June 2020 }}
- {{cite news |title=Petition questions Herefordshire Council's links with youth project |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/8922595.petition-questions-herefordshire-councils-links-with-youth-project/ |work=Hereford Times |location=Hereford |date=21 March 2011 |access-date=9 June 2020 }}
- {{cite news |title=Church group targets pupils: Police called as Freedom Church volunteers hand out sweets to Whitecross High School pupils |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/10008147.church-group-targets-pupils-police-called-as-freedom-church-volunteers-hand-out-sweets-to-whitecross-high-school-pupils/ |work=Hereford Times |location=Hereford |date=26 October 2012 |access-date=9 June 2020 }}
- {{cite news|title=What's wrong with Hereford's Freedom Church? |url=https://www.anorak.co.uk/337925/reviews/whats-wrong-with-herefords-freedom-church.html |work=Anorak News |location=Harrow |date=27 October 2012 |access-date=9 June 2020 }}
- {{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Alistair |date=1 March 2013 |title=Unholy war of words |url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/siem-reap-insider/unholy-war-words |work=The Phnom Penh Post |location=Phnom Penh |access-date=9 June 2020 }}
- {{cite news |last=Fiteni |first=Laura |date=1 December 2014 |title=Cult-like church is banned from campus |work=The Waterfront |location=Swansea |issue=247 |publisher=Swansea University Students' Union }}
- {{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=James |date=16 January 2015 |title='Cult' Welsh university tells controversial church: 'You're not welcome here' |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cult-church-banned-university-took-8463256 |work=Wales Online |location=Cardiff |access-date=9 June 2020 }}
- {{cite news |url=https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/church-banned-from-swansea-university |last=Busteed |first=Desmond |date=7 January 2015 |title=Church banned from Swansea University |work=Premier Christian News}}
- {{cite news |last=Keumars |first=Afifi-Sabet |date=7 January 2015 |title=Swansea University Bans 'Cultic' Religious Group Freedom Church From Campus |work=Huffingdon Post }} and his former business eTravelSafety shares the same registered business address as Freedom Church Hereford.{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Carmelo |date=17 December 2019 |title=Former councillor is elected as Wolverhampton MP |url=https://www.sunshineradio.co.uk/hm/news/local-news/former-councillor-is-elected-as-wolverhampton-mp/ |work=Sunshine Radio |location=Hereford |access-date=4 June 2020 }}

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