Richard Tice

Richard James Sunley Tice  (; born 13 September 1964) is a British politician and businessman who is the 3rd and current Deputy Leader of Reform UK under Nigel Farage since July 2024. Previously, he was the 1st Chairman of Reform UK from 2019 until the office was abolished in 2021, and again from the re-establishment of the office in June 2024 until the following month in July and as well as the 3rd Leader of Reform UK from 2021 until 2024 where he was replaced by Nigel Farage, who Tice succeeded in 2021.- - - - -  Since 2023 he had also been Reform UK's Energy and Foreign Policy spokesman. Since 2024, Tice has been a Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness.

A multi-millionaire, Tice was the Chief executive officer (CEO) of the real estate group CLS Holdings from 2010 to 2014 which he inherited, after which he became CEO of the property asset management group Quidnet Capital LLP which he was criticised for moving the profits to an offshore tax haven. He was a founder and co-chairman of the pro-Brexit campaign groups Leave.EU and Leave Means Leave.

Tice had been a long-term donor and member of the Conservative Party until 2019, when he financed the founding of the Brexit Party, later renamed Reform UK. He was elected a Member of the European Parliament for East of England at the 2019 European Parliament election, holding this role until the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

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