Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has reportedly split from his wife of 14 years, and put his Ashfield house up for sale.
Mr Anderson and former partner Sinead are said to have split a year ago. He says they’ve both “moved on” but remain friends.
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He told the Sun: âItâs been a very difficult period working away for long periods of time which has impacted our relationship, so we made the mutual decision to separate early last year.
“We are trying to sell our house we have both moved on. We remain very good friends, and we will always support each other in the futureâ
The Sunday Mirror revealed in 2022 that Mr Anderson had bought a lavish, six bedroom house months for him and his wife to live in – shortly before suggesting poor people struggle to afford food because they don’t know how to cook or budget.
Ms Anderson was briefly suspended from the Conservative Party while they investigated photographs that appeared to show her helping to campaign for Reform with her husband last April.
Mr Anderson defected from the Tories to Reform last March, but his wife remained a senior councillor in Notts County Councilâs Conservative group.
He’s previously described his wife as “a fighter with a brilliant spirit”.
Writing on Facebook in 2020, he said Sinead was “my driving force and the reason I am your MP.
Revealing his wife’s diagnosis of cystic fibrosis to the Daily Express in 2020, Mr Anderson wrote: “Sinead was not diagnosed until aged 18. It was devastating for her being told she may not live beyond 25 or 30.
“She trained to be a teacher and taught for 10 years, yet the classroom was the worst place for her as bugs and germs can be deadly.
“Sinead declined and got worse and went on the transplant list for five years. We had five false alarms where we got down to hospital only to find the donor lungs were not suitable.”
Ms Anderson survived after receiving a double lung transplant.
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