Maria Bowtell - Councillor for Bridlington Central and Old Town | Reform Watch

Maria Bowtell is the East Riding of Yorkshire councillor for Bridlington Central and Old Town. She was elected as a Conservative in 2023 and moved to Reform UK in March 2024, where she hosted the February 2025 rally at which Luke Campbell was named as the party's mayoral candidate. After leaving Reform she sat as an independent, and on 15 February 2026 she became Restore Britain's first councillor, taking the role of the party's head of governance.