Tice said McMurdock, who became Reform’s fifth MP after winning the Essex seat of South Basildon and East Thurrock by 98 votes at the general election, was someone who had “got things wrong, learned from it and has grown and succeeded”.
A Reform MP who was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend 18 years ago will not be suspended and would pass the party’s new vetting process, the party’s deputy leader has said.
James McMurdock, who did not publicly disclose before election his conviction 18 years ago, meets party vetting standards.
Richard Tice has defended James McMurdock’s assault on his ex-girlfriend as a “mistake” and said his fellow MP was “doing brilliantly”.
Shortly after he was elected, the mother of McMurdock’s former girlfriend told the Daily Mail that the new MP was “a monster” who had “left marks on her body”, saying: “It took two security guards to pull him off her.”.
