Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe has had his personal gun collection ‘seized by police’ after he was expelled from the party over bullying and harassment allegations.
The 67-year-old’s weapons were confiscated from his Cotswold farm last month amid claims he verbally threatened Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf.
An investigation is also being conducted over reports Mr Lowe and ‘male members of his team’ harassed two women.
The Great Yarmouth MP has repeatedly denied the allegations and accused party veteran Nigel Farage of a ‘malicious witch hunt’ saying the supposed conspirers have been motivated ‘to remove me because I dared to ask questions’.
Speaking to the Daily Express following news of the recent police seizure, Mr Lowe said: ‘I am 67 years old, and I have a 67-year-long unblemished record with the law.
‘These are false allegations, designed to maliciously smear my name and ruin my reputation after I dared to bruise Farage’s ego.’
He added disruption on his life had been ‘significant’ and ‘incredibly damaging’ for his family.
Mr Lowe said: ‘Weaponising the police process to vindictively attack and silence a party colleague is unprecedented wickedness.’
The 67-year-old’s weapons were confiscated from his Cotswold farm last month amid claims he verbally threatened Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf
Mr Lowe said disruption on his life had been ‘significant’ and ‘incredibly damaging’ for his family. Pictured: Reform MP Rupert Lowe and wife Nicky at Cheltenham races 2025
The Great Yarmouth MP has repeatedly denied the reports and accused party veteran Nigel Farage (pictured) of a ‘malicious witch hunt’
The comments come after Mr Lowe lost the whip on March 7 – two days after he had claimed in an interview with the Mail that Reform UK was a ‘protest party’ led by ‘the Messiah’ [Farage].
Mr Lowe said he had been ‘targeted’ as a result of the comments.
Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice denied claims of a link between the decision to suspend Mr Lowe and the accusations being made public.
A party spokesman said: ‘Mr Lowe is being investigated by the police for making multiple threats to kill our chairman. The first was in December, the second in February. Unlike Mr Lowe, we respect their investigation and will let them do their work without lashing out and making false claims in public.’
An independent report into Mr Lowe’s behaviour published last week found ‘credible evidence of unlawful harassment of two women’.
Investigator Jacqueline Perry KC said Mr Lowe ‘seems to have failed or been unwilling to address the very real concerns’ of the complainants, or ‘address the toxic conduct’ around him.
The barrister was asked by Reform UK to investigate Mr Lowe, whose suspension last month triggered the astonishing public spat with Nigel Farage and the wider party leadership.
However, an ‘independent’ review, commissioned by law firm Irwin Mitchell LLP on behalf of Mr Lowe and published today, claimed the KC who investigated the politician had ‘produced’ witness statements on behalf of the complainants following lengthy telephone interviews.
In the report released by Reform, Ms Perry (pictured) said Mr Lowe ‘seems to have failed or been unwilling to address the very real concerns’ of the two complainants, or ”address the toxic conduct” of male members of his staff’
It added that ‘no terms of reference were ever set by the party’ and that the report was provided to Reform before the expiry of the deadline set for Mr Lowe to respond to allegations made against him’.
The author of the review, named as Gemma White KC, wrote: ‘In addition to being unfair to Mr Lowe the sequence of events which led up to provision of the report to the party gives rise to real questions as to the extent to which the KC conducted the investigation independently of the influence of the party.’
Following publication of the review, Mr Lowe said: ‘Nigel Farage must never be prime minister’.
The now-Independent MP is known for being particularly vocal on X – formerly Twitter.
His recent pronouncements include calling for a ban on Halal slaughter in the UK and comments like ‘if you come to our country, you speak English’.
The Mail last month revealed that Mr Lowe had been hosting a dinner party for potential donors just hours before he was reported to police by colleagues at Reform UK.
The revelation the Reform MP was still hosting fundraising events alongside treasurer Nick Candy undermined claims by some in his party he was ‘out of control’ and no longer a team player.
Mr Lowe introduced prospective backers to Mr Candy at the exclusive private dining club Oswald’s in London’s Mayfair.
Former Conservative donor Nick Candy (R) poses for a photo with Nigel Farage
Mr Lowe introduced prospective financial backers to Mr Candy at the exclusive private dining club Oswald’s
Rupert Lowe, pictured here with his wife Nicky, is facing an independent investigation into claims of bullying at his offices
The event took place the same day Mr Lowe told the Mail in an interview that it was ‘too early’ to judge if leader Nigel Farage could become PM, insisting Reform had to change from being a ‘protest party led by the Messiah into a properly structured party’.
Last month, Mr Farage was said to have ‘downplayed’ the impact of the furious public row with Mr Lowe insisting those upset were at the ‘edges’ of the party.
Appearing at a London press conference on March 17 where Reform unveiled 29 council defectors ahead of local elections on May 1, the party leader admitted there had been ‘turbulence’.
But he added: ‘Has it caused some consternation?
‘Of course it has – any argument that’s seen to happen within the family does, but I can promise you that in terms of our progress and our planning, that upset is very much at the edges.’
