Richard Tice
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Leader of Reform UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 11 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Nigel Farage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | David Bull and Ben Habib | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Matt Warman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 2,010 (5.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the European Parliament for East of England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Patrick O'Flynn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Richard James Sunley Tice 13 September 1964 Farnham, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Reform UK (since 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (until 2012; 2016–2019) Independent (2012–2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma (divorced) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic partner | Isabel Oakeshott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Bernard Sunley (grandfather) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Uppingham School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Salford (BSc) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | CEO, Quidnet Capital Co-founder and former co-chair of Leave Means Leave and former co-chair of Leave.EU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | richardtice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard James Sunley Tice (born 13 September 1964) is a British businessman and politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness and Deputy Leader of Reform UK since 2024, having previously been the chairman of the party from 2019 to 2021 and again briefly in 2024. Since 2023, he has also been Reform UK's energy and foreign-policy spokesman. He became the leader of Reform UK in March 2021, but stood down in June 2024 and was succeeded by Nigel Farage.
A multi-millionaire, Tice was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the property group CLS Holdings from 2010 to 2014, after which he became CEO of the property asset management group Quidnet Capital LLP. 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, which was later renamed Reform UK. He owns one-third of the company that controls the party. He was elected a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for East of England at the 2019 European Parliament (EP) election, holding this role until the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in January 2020.
In June 2024, Tice stood down as leader and was replaced by Farage, following his return to frontline politics. Tice stood in Boston and Skegness at the 2024 general election and was elected to Parliament after defeating the incumbent Conservative, Matt Warman. After the election, he became Deputy Leader of Reform UK.