All Eight Reform UK MPs Placed Under 24-Hour Security After Ann Widdecombe's Killing

Sarah Pochin, the Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, says all eight Reform MPs now have 24-hour security. She told GB News the protection was stepped up after Ann Widdecombe, the former Conservative minister who became Reform's immigration and justice spokeswoman, was killed at her home in July.

Pochin said the toll on her family has been heavy. She has two sons, aged 25 and 27, who she says have begged her to leave politics.

"They're like, mum, 'Please stop what you're doing. Please stop, because it can never be worth risking your life,'" she said, according to GB News.

She described a recent holiday in North Wales where two security guards accompanied her and her husband on a coastal dog walk, with her husband "nervously holding my hand." She said the arrangement has cut off ordinary life.

"I can't go clothes shopping anymore. I can't go make-up shopping. I can't really even go to Sainsbury's, such is the risk to us now," Pochin said. "But I will never be silenced."

Widdecombe was a well-known figure in British politics for decades before crossing from the Conservatives to Reform. Her death in July marked a shocking loss for the party. No reports detail an arrest, charge, or ongoing investigation into her killing.

Farage's own security fight

This isn't the first Reform security story this year. Nigel Farage complained earlier in 2026 that his own protection had been scaled back, and subsequently met with the Royal and VIP Executive Committee, the body that decides security for high-profile public figures in the UK. Pochin's announcement suggests that committee, or the relevant policing authorities, have since extended coverage to the entire Reform parliamentary bench, not just the party leader.

Eight MPs under continuous protection is a notable commitment of police or private security resources and suggests UK authorities are treating threats against Reform figures seriously following Widdecombe's death.

Chauvinism claim

Pochin also used the interview to make a separate, broader complaint about her experience in Parliament, calling Westminster "the most chauvinistic place" she has ever worked, worse than her prior careers at Shell, as a magistrate, and as a Conservative councillor and mayor of Cheshire East.

"I have had men drop doors in my face," she said, adding that she wants more women to join her and fellow Reform MP Suella Braverman, the former Conservative Home Secretary who defected to Reform in January 2026.

A curious pairing from the Daily Mail

The Daily Mail's writeup of this same security story closed with a line noting that Reform was "today celebrating" a reported £72 million in donations from crypto billionaires in the prior 24 hours. No other source covering the security announcement mentioned this donation figure, and the Mail did not explain any connection between the two developments. Readers should treat the donation figure as a separate, same-day Reform story rather than something tied to the security decision.

What isn't in dispute: Reform UK, a party that has grown from a single by-election seat in 2025 to eight MPs, is now operating under a security posture usually reserved for governing parties or figures under specific, credible threat. Whether that posture becomes permanent, and whether police or prosecutors ever announce progress in the Widdecombe case, remain the open threads here.