Overview
- The former Big Brother contestant won Emerson Park in Havering on Friday, taking 1,255 votes as Reform running mate David Johnson led the ward with 1,306.
- He beat rivals from the Green Party, Labour and the Conservatives in the multi-member ward.
- He announced his late entry days before polling on Instagram, posting, “It’s Official. 7th May 2026… we are Emerson Park candidates for Havering and Reform UK.”
- Reform UK reported strong advances across local councils and Nigel Farage called the outcome a breakthrough, while separate claims that the party now controls Havering council have limited corroboration.
- Sibley rose to fame on Big Brother in 2002, later stepped back after a 2004 collision in which a man died and an inquiry was dropped in 2006, and he has since worked in affordable housing.