Sajjad Raja - Reform UK candidate for Moortown ward | Reform Watch

Profile and accountability tracker for Sajjad Raja, Reform UK candidate for Moortown ward. Reform UK.

Role: Reform UK candidate for Moortown ward

Party: Reform UK

Stood as the Reform UK candidate for Moortown ward on Leeds City Council at the 7 May 2026 local elections and was not elected, taking 1,011 votes behind Labour, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats. He previously stood as a Conservative in the 2023 Leeds local elections and has a background in Kashmir activism through the National Equality Party, with prior links to the Workers Party of Britain. Reported in 2026 to be the subject of a Reform UK inquiry over footage from a 2024 protest.

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Sajjad Raja investigated for chanting 'from the river to the sea' at protest

Category: hate speech

Sajjad Raja, the Reform UK candidate for the Moortown ward in Leeds, was filmed chanting "from the river to the sea" while taking part in a Workers Party of Britain protest in Leeds in June 2024, footage of which later emerged. Video posted to his TikTok account shows him at the front of a march holding a Workers Party sign and chanting slogans including "end apartheid" and "Israel is a terrorist state" as well as "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free". Reform UK said it was looking into the footage and Raja was approached for comment. Nigel Farage has described the slogan as a "hate slogan" and Robert Jenrick has called it "genocidal". Raja remains the party's nominated candidate for Moortown while the inquiry is ongoing.