Joseph Brian Fox

Personal details:

Name

Joseph Brian Fox

ID

40178

Also known as

Joe Fox

Joseph Brian Fox

Joseph Fox

Email

josephbfox@talktalk.net

Party

Reform UK

Statement to voters

I have worked as a care worker for the last twelve years, and as many things before then. I am divorced with four children and three grandchildren.

It was at the time of the Maastricht Treaty that I came to realise the true nature of the beast. I wrote to Sir George Gardiner, then MP for Reigate, promising my vote for him if he voted against the Treaty. He did, and I was more proud to vote for him in 1997 than on any previous visit to the ballot box.

Sir George introduced me to the Campaign for an Independent Britain, an umbrella group for EU-realists from all political parties. I soon realised the big three parties were fully signed up to the European Project, and there was nothing that their rank-and-file members could do about it.

Then I fell in with UKIP. I joined the party in 1999, and I have stood in elections at least once a year since 2000, sometimes twice a year, and three times in 2009. There have been many false dawns along the way, and we have learned just how deeply entrenched are the forces of compulsory integration. But we have also learned to fight harder, and never to be discouraged. I have joked in the past that I have lost count of how many elections I have contested, but not of how many I have won: none. But in May of this year, I came within a whisker of winning two elections.

Of course, I benefitted from the national swing to UKIP which has brought us so many victories and near misses this year, but I like to think that I have built up something of a local presence, with my relentless campaigning and letters in the local press, not to mention getting coverage for some of my less political activities. People sometimes recognise me in the street, and they usually have something supportive to say.

If we are to achieve our aims, we must broaden our appeal to those who once would have been considered natural Labour supporters. NuLab abandoned them, and they know it. A quarter of a century ago, Jacques Delors seduced British unions with promises of prosperity and security. What we have got is chronic unemployment and stagnant living standards, while a tiny minority have grown stinking rich. I do not blame the EU exclusively for this, but it has been an integral and willing part of the process. I know from canvassing how much potential support we have from the worst hit: men and women who once would have been proud to describe themselves as patriotic socialists, and we know from election results that we are more than the Conservative Party in exile.

I shall never lie to the people of this constituency. The truth is the one weapon that the enemy does not possess.

This statement was last updated on 18 June 2024 00:02.

Candidacies:

Contested the UK Parliamentary general election (4 July 2024)

Reigate Reform UK
Not elected (7240 votes)
3rd / 5 candidates

Contested the Reigate and Banstead local election (2 May 2024)

South Park & Woodhatch Reform UK
Not elected (149 votes)
4th / 5 candidates

Contested the Reigate and Banstead local election (5 May 2022)

South Park & Woodhatch Reform UK
Not elected (90 votes)
4th / 4 candidates

Contested the Reigate and Banstead local election (2 May 2019)

Earlswood & Whitebushes UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Not elected (291 votes)
7th / 12 candidates

Contested the Reigate and Banstead local election (3 May 2018)

Earlswood and Whitebushes UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Not elected (146 votes)
5th / 5 candidates

Contested the UK Parliamentary general election (8 June 2017)

Reigate UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Not elected (1542 votes)
5th / 5 candidates

Contested the Surrey County Council local election (4 May 2017)

Horley West, Salfords and Sidlow UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Contested the Reigate and Banstead local election (5 May 2016)

South Park and Woodhatch UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Not elected (335 votes)
3rd / 5 candidates

Contested the UK Parliamentary general election (7 May 2015)

Reigate UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Not elected (6817 votes)
2nd / 5 candidates

Contested the UK Parliamentary general election (6 May 2010)

Reigate UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Not elected (2089 votes)
4th / 6 candidates

Links and social media:

Email

josephbfox@talktalk.net

Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/ReformUKSurrey/

Party candidate page

https://www.reformparty.uk/reigate-constituency

Demographics:

Gender

Male

Age

76 or 77 (Born: 1948)

Photo Credit:

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