Ex-Met detective to stand for Reform in by-election
Image source, Reform Image caption, Pete Newman says he is a former detective
Reform UK has chosen a former Metropolitan Police detective to contest the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on 8 October.
The party says Pete Newman served at the Met between 2004 and 2009, working on crime reduction and counter-terrorism across London.
It says he helped lead the force's response in Westminster after the 7 July 2005 bombings.
Newman has since worked as a security and investigative consultant.
He joins the Conservatives' Ewan Cameron, Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali, Lib Dems' Patrick Stillman and Green Party leader Zack Polanski on the ballot.
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