Arron Banks - Reform UK Donor and 2025 West of England Mayoral Candidate | Reform Watch

Profile and accountability tracker for Arron Banks, Reform UK Donor and 2025 West of England Mayoral Candidate. Reform UK.

Role: Reform UK Donor and 2025 West of England Mayoral Candidate

Party: Reform UK

Arron Banks is an insurance businessman and political donor who co-founded Leave.EU with Richard Tice. His earlier business interests included Brightside and the GoSkippy insurance brand; he became a prominent UKIP donor in 2014. He later stood for Reform UK in the 2025 West of England mayoral election. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde2ny014r2o https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/news/reform-uk-announces-former-broker-boss-and-insurance-veteran-as-mayor-candidate/1454839.article

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Arron Banks criticised for saying there were no 'white faces' working at Heathrow

Category: racism

Arron Banks posted on X that at Heathrow "there wasn’t one white face in security or airport services", and added that "the Home Office is staffed by the type of people we are trying to keep out." He targeted non-white workers in public-facing roles and deleted the post after it attracted criticism. The comments were widely criticised, with Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake describing them as "shocking and disgraceful" and commentator Dan Hodges calling them "outright racism." Banks is a prominent supporter of Nigel Farage and was a Reform UK candidate to be West of England mayor, and the post’s deletion was the immediate consequence reported.