Reform MP Lee Anderson has secretly split from his wife of nearly 14 years and has put their family home on the market.
Mr Anderson, 58, has been single for almost a year after the his marriage to Conservative councillor Sinead broke down.
The MP for Ashfield, who has two sons from a previous marriage, said that he remains ‘very good friends’ with his 47-year-old ex.
He told The Sun: ‘It’s 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 as we have both moved on. We remain very good friends, and we will always support each other in the future’
He has previously described Sinead, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 18, as ‘a fighter with a brilliant spirit’ after she had a double lung transplant aged 39, having previously being told she wouldn’t live past 30.
In a post on her 43rd birthday, Mr Anderson said: ‘She is my driving force and the reason I am your MP’.
The couple met while working at the Citizens Advice Bureau when she came in for some advice.
Reform MP Lee Anderson has secretly split from his wife, Sinead Anderson, of nearly 14 years
The MP for Ashfield said that he remains ‘very good friends’ with his 47-year-old ex
Mr Anderson was unveiled as Reform UK’s first MP last March as the controversial politician joined his third party
Mr Anderson told MailOnline: ‘I told her that she needed to come back for a follow-up appointment and the rest is history!’
Last April, the Conservative have suspended Sinead after a photo appeared reportedly showing the councillor campaigning for Reform UK.
The photo appears to show Sinead among a group of people canvassing for Reform UK in Selston alongside her husband.
She was reinstated as a Conservative councillor in May after being cleared following an investigation into the connections.
Mr Anderson was unveiled as Reform UK’s first MP last March as the controversial politician joined his third party.
The blunt-talking former coal miner started his political career as a Labour councillor, before defecting to the Conservatives and being elected as MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire in 2019.
In the past six years he has spent a lot of time in the spotlight after wading in to debates on poverty and immigration, and the support for Black Lives Matter shown by England football stars.
