Councillor who swapped Greens for Reform won't tell us why

The ECHO has reached out several times to Cllr David Hawley to ask him for an interview about his major decision

St Helens councillor David Hawley has joined Reform UK from The Green Party

A Merseyside councillor who swapped The Green Party for Reform UK has failed to respond to repeated requests for an interview to answer questions about his decision from the ECHO.

Earlier this month, Cllr David Hawley, who represents the Bold and Lea Green ward on St Helens Council caused quite a stir when he announced that he would be swapping The Green Party, for whom he had been elected to the council, for Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform party.

It is not unusual to see defections to Reform at present, and in fact on the same morning we had seen three other Merseyside councillors join Farage's band. The difference being they had all previously been Tories, which is a little bit less of a........

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