Restore Britain

Restore Britain is a UK political party launched by former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe on 13 February 2026, following his expulsion from Reform UK after a disciplinary dispute with Nigel Farage. The party announced in April 2026 that it would contest candidates only in the Great Yarmouth area at the May 2026 local elections -- a deliberate proof-of-concept strategy focused on a single geographic cluster rather than a national slate.

The party launched with backing from its partner local group, Great Yarmouth First, which registered on 4 March 2026. Seven Kent councillors defected to Restore Britain, providing an early base of elected officials. Lowe positioned the party as a populist right alternative to Reform UK, arguing that Farage leadership was authoritarian and self-serving. The limited local contest in 2026 is framed as a test run for the 2028 electoral cycle, when the party intends to mount a broader national challenge.

Restore Britain occupies an unusual niche: a micro-party with the profile of a named national politician (Lowe had 170,000 Twitter/X followers and significant media presence from his Reform UK period) but the organisational footprint of a local campaign. Its strategic logic mirrors Reform UK own trajectory in 2019-2021, when it built from a local base before achieving national scale. Whether it can replicate that path without Farage media magnetism is the central unanswered question. The 2026 local results in Great Yarmouth will be its first evidence base.