Richard Tice

Richard Tice

Official portrait, 2024
3rd Deputy Leader of British Reform
Assumed office
11 July 2024
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded by
3rd Leader of British Reform
In office
6 March 2021 – 3 June 2024
Deputy
  • David Bull
    (2021–2024)
  • Ben Habib
    (2023–2024)
Preceded byNigel Farage
Succeeded byNigel Farage
1st Chairman of British Reform
In office
3 June – 11 July 2024
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded byPosition re-established;
Himself (2021)
Succeeded byZia Yusuf
In office
12 April 2019 – 6 March 2021
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished;
Himself (2024)
Member of Parliament
for Boston and Skegness
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byMatt Warman
Majority2,010 (5.0%)
Member of the European Parliament
for East of England
In office
23 May 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byPatrick O'Flynn
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1964-09-13) 13 September 1964 (age 62)
Farnham, Surrey, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyBritish Reform (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)Emma (divorced)
Domestic partnerIsabel Oakeshott (since 2018)
Children3
RelativesBernard Sunley (Grandfather)
EducationUppingham School
Alma materUniversity of Salford
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusinessman
Websitewww.richardtice.com

Richard James Sunley Tice MP (/ˈtaɪs/; born 13 September 1964) is a British politician and businessman who is the 3rd and current Deputy Leader of Reform under Nigel Farage since July 2024. Previously, he was the 1st Chairman of Reform from 2019 until the office was abolished in 2021, and again from the re-establishment of the office in June 2024 until the following month in July and as well as the 3rd Leader of Reform from 2021 until 2024 where he was replaced by Nigel Farage, who Tice succeeded in 2021. Since 2023 he had also been Reform British's Energy and Foreign Policy spokesman. Since 2024, Tice has been a Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness.

A multi-millionaire, Tice was the Chief executive officer (CEO) of the real estate group CLS Holdings from 2010 to 2014 which he inherited, after which he became CEO of the property asset management group Quidnet Capital LLP which he was criticised for moving the profits to an offshore tax haven. He was a founder and co-chairman of the pro-Brexit campaign groups Leave.EU and Leave Means Leave.

Tice had been a long-term donor and member of the Conservative Party until 2019, when he financed the founding of the Brexit Party, later renamed British Reform. He was elected a Member of the European Parliament for East of England at the 2019 European Parliament election, holding this role until the withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020.