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Research evidence into the motivations and outcomes of the hostile takeover of the East Branch of Sheffield Reform Party, a coup d’etat.
Members of the East Branch of Reform Sheffield are totally shell shocked by the events of the Hostile takeover of our branch by the selfish self-centred individuals that are only interested in what’s in it for themselves. They do not care for the Reform Party or the loyal members that work tirelessly to promote the Reform Party. Shame on them.

The problem came to light when, John Hesketh gate-crashed our meeting. He is not a member of our group. John Hesketh was very rude, and told me to get out of his way as he wanted to speak. John Hesketh was totally disrespectful to Kim Hanson the Chair of the East branch Meeting.  He stated he is the leader of the Reform Councillors in Sheffield Council. And the Reform constitution gives him the right to overturn the East Branch democratic decision to elect Michael Bell and replace him with his own choice of candidate. This statement is not true as the Reform constitution does not give John Hesketh the right to do this.

Kim Hanson calmed down John Hesketh and we tried to continue with our meeting, but John Hesketh had not finished, he verbally attacked Michael Bell and other members of the East Branch. Many asked the Question why didn’t Susan Dyas as County Coriander throw out John Hesketh, after all he gate-crashed the meeting. All will be revealed soon.

Last year from June to October, I along with many other members of the Reform Sheffield East Branch, Canvassed and Leafleted all wards in the East Area on a number of occasions Mark was on the Megaphone shouting vote Reform whilst the rest of us canvased and delivered leaflets. The best response we receive is when we started litter picking, many locals joined in and we built up quite a big following.

After the attack by the Advance UK, we lost our Chair Mark along with a number of candidates. Kim Hanson replaced Mark as Chair of the East branch. Kim Replaced the lost candidates and we delivered 9 councillors to Sheffield City Council. All members of the East branch are very proud of the work we did. We were all looking forward to canvassing for Michael Bell in the Vacant Southey ward until the hostile takeover. 

All documents within the Evidence portfolio are available hear.

Canvasing photo Hillsborough Park

Evidence 001 to 007 are about email exchanges betwen Vicky Horton. Mathew Smith, Susan Dyas & Michael Meredith, regarding the bad behaviour of Mark and others that had left Reform and Joined Advance UK

Evidence 001 High Michael, thank you for reaching out.


Evidence 002 Dear Vicky, thank you for forwarding my email to Susan Dyas.


Evidence 003 Hi, Michael I have forwarded your email to Susan Dyas.


Evidence 004 Hi, Michael so story this is happening.


Evidence 005 Dear Vicky, 4.30 to 4.45 is convenient


Evidence 006 Hello Michael where would you like to meet tomorrow.


Evidence 007 Dear Vicky I have not replied to Mark yet.

Susan Dyas was supposed to be investigating Mark & friends, insted she covered up for them, Why?

1.     Why did she disrespect the wishes of Richard Tice, Nigel Farage & David Bull?
2.     Why did she protect former Members of Reform that had defected to Advance UK?
3.     Why did she threaten me? She stated that “If I attended the branch meetings of the Reform East Sheffield Branch, it would be dangerous with my health issues.” Susan Dyas, Has a lot to answer for. Many belived that Susan Dyas was a recrutment officer for the Advance UK party, I have no evidence of this.

Evidence 008 Complaints about Susan Dyas to David Bull, Richard Tice & Nigel Farage

Complains about Susan Dyas were sant by recorded delivery to David Bull. Richard Tice & Nigal Farage. I do not belive that David, Richard or Nigel recived my complaints. The post office explained that they had been signed for. It seems that Susan Dyas has friends in Head Office.


Evidence 009 David Cronshaw Left the Reform Party.

David Cronshaw became a member of the Advance UK party, he has since joined the Restore Party and now is a recrutment officer for the Sheffield branch of The Restore Party.


Evidence 010 Revised official Complaint For the attention of Councillor Fran Belbin Leader of Sheffield City Council. Councillor Zahira Naz Deputy Leader of the Council and Group Spokesperson CPL Committee. David Hollis, General Counsel, Lyndsay Tomlinson, Assistant Director of Democracy and Governance, at Sheffield City Council elections@sheffield.gov.uk.,All 83 Sheffield City Councillors, The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Nigel Farage: Leader of Reform UK, MP Richard Tice: Deputy Leader of Reform UK, MP Lee Anderson: Chairman of Reform UK, Tom Waterhouse: General Secretary, Reform UK.

My complaint goes into detail regarding the (coup d’etat) hostile takeover and other anomalies with regard to the Nation Builder Software, which in my opinion has been compromised. Members' personal data has not been properly looked after. Too many people have had access to members' personal details. I blame Tom Waterhouse: General Secretary, Reform UK & his team for not understanding the Data Protection ACT.

Evidence 011 Rational.

I believe the Court Case against the Reform Party for breaking the data protection Act, is politically motivated.
 
Recent High Court Rulings
June 2026: The High Court dismissed Reform UK’s application to strike out the lawsuit, ruling the claims have a realistic prospect of success and are not a political abuse of process.
Costs: The judge ordered Reform UK to pay significant interim costs for trying to throw out the case. £40,000 to Good Lae Projects £140.000 for legal costs.
Next Steps: The litigation is proceeding toward a full trial.

Tom Waterhouse General Secretary this case could end up costing Reform 20 Million in fines?

Evidence 012 Statement of Facts to Tom Waterhouse General Secretary.

Before I retired, I ran a number of businesses. I also worked for Sheffield City Council Education Department. As a D32 & D33 Assessor. My students were studying to become programmers, Network Managers or lab technicians. One of the Modules in their qualification was to study the Data Protection ACT.
Whilst working for The Brexit Part I was introduced to some software called Nation Builder. I stated that I thought it was too open and vulnerable to data breach. I was informed that many political parties use it so it must be safe?

Evidence 013 4th August 2026 email to Vicky and Mathew.

New additions to the portfolio are as follows:

Evidence 014 Michael Bell’s Statment

Michael Bell Refutes the evidence provided by Susan Dyas. Due process has not been followed by Reform Constitution, Reform Branch Rules & Parliamentary LAW.

Evidence 015 False Statement by Vicke Horton

Vicky Horton is not the Chair of The Sheffield Branch; she has not been voted in?

Evidence 016 False Statement by Paul Jackman

Paul Jackman is not the vice Chair of the Sheffield Branch; he has not been voted in?

Evidence 017 John Hesketh broke Sheffield city Council Code of Conduct

Reference Documents

Evidence 018 Reform Party Constitution


Evidence 019 Reform Party Branch Rules


Evidence 020 Sheffield City Council Officers’ Code of Conduct

Evidence 021 Sheffield City Council COUNCILLOR CODE OF CONDUCT

Evidence 022 GOV.UK Data Protection ACT

New additions to the portfolio

Evidence 023. 22nd August 2026 Hard copies of all evidence from Evidence 001 to Evidence 013 have been forwarded by Next Day garenteed delivery service Tracking and signature, Recorded Delivery to the following Tom Waterhouse, Richard Tice, David Bull, Nigel Farage & Lee Anderson.

We have had no response from the recipients.

Evidence 024

I request that the executive branch of the Reform Party suspend the following indeviduals

Tom Waterhouse General Secretary

Neil McCabe Branch Network Manager North East & Yorkshire


Susan Dyas: County Coordinato


Vicky Horton: Chair, Reform Sheffield West


John Hesketh: Councillor, Stocksbridge and Upper Don


John Booker: Councillor, Stocksbridge and Upper Don


Joel McGigan: Councillor, Mosborough


Paul Jakman (member of Reform Sheffield West Branch)

I also request that the Parliamentary Ombudsman investigate the actions of these individuals. Taking part in a"cup d'etat" is a very serious crime, and can lead to a period in prison.

Evidence 025

Evidence 026

More Evidence will be included in this portfolio as it comes in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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