Holly Valance dons a blue cowboy hat and glasses as ex-Neighbours star attends Reform UK’s conference and admits she is considering standing as a party candidate
Holly Valance was spotted in Birmingham today wearing a blue cowboy hat and glasses as she attended the Reform UK conference.
The former soap actress and pop star has become a staunch supporter of Nigel Farage’s party and has revealed she could still run for Reform in the election.
Valance, best known for his role as Flick Scully in the TV series Neighbours, was strongly tipped to stand as a candidate for the Reform Council seat of Basildon and Billericay at the general election in July.
Ultimately, she did not stand for the Essex constituency, telling GB News that running to become an MP this summer “wasn’t a good fit for me at the time”.
But the 41-year-old left open the possibility of running for the reform elections in the future.
Holly Valance was spotted in Birmingham today wearing a blue cowboy hat and glasses as she attended the Reform UK conference
The former soap actress and pop star has become a staunch supporter of Nigel Farage’s party and has revealed she could still stand as one of Reform’s election candidates.
Valance, best known for his role as Flick Scully in the TV series Neighbours, was strongly tipped to stand as a candidate in the Reform election in the seat of Basildon and Billericay at the general election in July.
The 41-year-old left the door open to running for the reform elections in the future
Valance and her husband, property magnate Nick Candy, were both seen today at the Reform conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham
Asked for suggestions on how she might stand in July, she told Birmingham TV today: ‘I was kindly asked if I would consider them.
‘IIt’s something that I think is an incredibly serious, important job. It wasn’t right for me at the time.
“If that becomes more realistic at some point in the next five years, then I would look at it again. But right now I’m just supporting it from the sidelines.”
She added: ‘It would be better to maybe represent my area, where I know how the community lives, where the crime is, where the things are that are not working for our community.
“So if that happens at some point, fine. But right now it’s not even on my radar.”
Valance also told LBC radio she had donated around £100,000 to Reform.
She and her husband, property magnate Nick Candy, were both seen at the Reform conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham today.
There had been previous signs of a political rift in their family, with the billionaire businessman a former Tory donor who backed Labour in the general election.
Earlier this year, Candy admitted he was “a Tory by nature” but praised Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer as “a decent man with good values” and said it was “time for change”.
He made the comments shortly after he and Valance attended the launch of the new group ‘Popular Conservatism’.
The couple listened to speeches from former Prime Minister Liz Truss and former Conservative cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg.