BRITAIN IS BROKEN
Reform UK is the only option you can trust to mend it
BRITAIN IS BROKEN
Reform UK is the only option you can trust to mend it
Ready for change? Vote Reform on 1st May.
Vote Russ Kitching on 1st May
Standing up for local democracy. Fighting waste. Delivering real change.
"They say devolution will bring power closer to the people. The reality is it's being used to strip away your say, centralise control, and shut voters out. I’m standing to put that right."
Why I’m Standing
I’m standing as your Reform UK candidate because I believe our communities in Eastgate — and across Hampshire — are being ignored. Decisions that affect our daily lives are being made without us, and it’s time that changed.
The so-called “devolution deal” for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has been rolled out with ZERO public consent. You didn’t get a say, and worse still, you won’t get a vote on who takes charge during this next phase. That’s not democracy — that’s centralisation by stealth.
Reform UK Candidate for Winchester Eastgate Ward
Your voice has been taken away. The devolution process is shutting down local accountability. Unelected bureaucrats should not be calling the shots.
The pendulum is swinging away from net zero and DEI. At the very least net zero madness should be on pause. A council in deficit can hardly justify continued spending and regulating until the finances are straightened out.
Hampshire County Council is in financial chaos. Facing a £137 million deficit, the plan is to slash services to the legal minimum, while council tax rises 4.99% and financial mismanagement goes unchecked.
You’re paying more and getting less. Higher taxes, worse services, and no say in how your community is run — that’s the current direction. I say enough is enough.
Restore Local Democracy: I’ll fight any move to centralise power and push for proper consultation and local votes on major changes — including devolution.
Demand Accountability: I’ll call out bad spending, expose backroom deals, and make your council truly answerable to you.
Cut Waste, Not Services: I’ll push for a full review of budgets to ensure your money goes where it’s needed most.
Protect Frontline Services: I’ll defend essential services and back smarter, more effective delivery — not deeper cuts.
Champion Local People: I’m not here for party politics. I’m here to be your voice and put Winchester Eastgate first.
Vote for Reform if you want someone to challenge the Hampshire Blob
If you vote Liberal or Conservative you should not expect any change.
It would mean your new councillor would sit alongside a large number of fellow party councillors. They would have almost no influence and simply help preserve the status quo which, lets face it, has completely failed Hampshire and Winchester.
A vote for Russ Kitching will mean you have a councillor that puts you and your community first.
Instead of a councillor that is nothing more than a puppet for one of the traditional parties. Russ would be the first Hampshire councillor for reform and have the freedom to stand up for the Eastgate community and to challenge the inefficient bureaucracy that is the Winchester Blob.
Most local politicians simply want to have a seat to have influence on how and with whom the money is spent on rather than to save money on services to release funding to improve other services.
Russ recognises that there are many things wrong with the governance of Hampshire County Council and will not be compromised by existing relationships with the contractors that provide overpriced transport and education services.
Services will never improve in Hampshire unless the community starts to elect councillors committed to paying less for the same services.
This is what you will get with Russ. He will be free to champion local causes without the massed councillor ranks of his party manoeuvring against local Eastgate issues if they don't support the collective view.
Who we are?
You won't be on your own at Reform
Reform Winchester has been established by a small group of the over 200,000 Reform UK members to create a branch covering the Winchester Constituency area.
Our aim is capture the national momentum behind Reform UK and turn this into immediate electoral success in the Winchester area.
Do this and we will start to challenge the political establishment and change UK politics so we can start to deliver meaningful and noticeable change so that we stop thinking Britain is broken.
You won't be on your own at Reform
You won't be on your own at Reform
You won't be on your own at Reform
We hate the thought that Britain is broken and aim to make a significant impact. Westminster and local politics has stagnated over the last 2 decades to the point where the traditional parties have lost all respect.
In Hampshire the county council is focussed on securing employment for public servants and asking for more and more money for pet projects. Services never improve and indebtedness just piles up.
It is time that the community stands up and rejects the traditional parties responsible for this mess to provide an opportunity for a new optimistic and outcomes focussed approach to local government.
Join Reform UK to help us on our journey to challenge the political establishment and change UK politics forever so that nobody ever thinks Britain is broken again.
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You won't be on your own at Reform
You won't be on your own at Reform
Reform UK is rapidly forming and although we now have 200,000 members, attracting additional donations is crucial if we are to establish an effective infrastructure of branches nationwide that will achieve the change we desperately desire.
If we are to have any chance to challenge the political establishment and change UK politics so that nobody thinks Britain is broken we need a minimum level of funding.
We cant offer donors favours but what we can offer is the peace of mind that your money wont be squandered on the old era self-interest politics that has brought our country to its knees.