Andrew Harrison - Councillor for Seaham | Reform Watch
Profile and accountability tracker for Andrew Harrison, Councillor for Seaham. null.
Role: Councillor for Seaham
Recorded incidents (showing 1-2 of 2)
Recorded incident
Category: pending ai categorisation
Location: Seaham
Michael Andrew Harrison, a Reform UK councillor for Seaham on Durham County Council, had his company Churchills Management Ltd listed in a government civil penalties publication on 2025-11-28 as being fined £40,000 for employing a worker whose leave to remain had expired. The worker was identified in published material as a Thai national whose right to work was said to be supported by marriage to a British citizen and an ongoing appeal against expired leave. Harrison is appealing the penalty at Newcastle County Court against the Home Office and has received legal advice that the worker's immigration status permitted continued employment. The matter was highlighted on the @reformexposed X account and has prompted criticism of Reform UK's approach to immigration; party spokespeople have not commented.
Harrison's company fined £40,000 by Home Office for hiring worker without right to work
Category: scandal
Michael Andrew Harrison, a Reform UK councillor in County Durham, has been directly implicated in an illegal-working case after Home Office enforcement action found his company, Churchills Management Limited, had employed a worker without the right to work in the UK. The firm was issued a £40,000 civil penalty, reported in December 2025. The fine sits in direct contradiction to Reform UK's flagship stance on immigration enforcement and to Mr Harrison's own public campaigning against illegal working. Coverage of the case questioned the party's vetting of candidates with active business interests in sectors routinely exposed to right-to-work checks, and highlighted the gap between the party's rhetoric and the conduct of its own elected representatives.