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Reform UK councillor charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape

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Reynolds, J. (2026, November 3). Reform UK councillor charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/reform-uk-crown-prosecution-service-portsmouth-hampshire-wandsworth-b1303429.html

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George Madgwick, a 37-year-old Reform UK councillor from Portsmouth, faces multiple serious charges including 12 counts of rape and various other sexual offenses involving four underage victims. The allegations span from 2008 to 2021 in both Portsmouth and Wales, with an investigation initiated on July 24, 2025. Madgwick has been charged with a total of 35 offenses and is set to appear in court on November 25. Additionally, Reform UK has suspended him from the party immediately following these charges.

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As of November 3, 2026, George Madgwick, a 37-year-old Reform UK councillor and leader of the party on Hampshire County Council, has been charged with 35 offences. These charges include 12 counts of rape, two counts each of sexual assault and assault by penetration, making indecent images of a child, distributing such images, causing or inciting sexual exploitation of a child, eight counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of controlling or coercive behaviour, one count each of stalking, making threats to kill, false imprisonment, theft, and criminal damage. The offences took place between 2008 and 2021 in Portsmouth and Wales against four victims who were aged 16 and 17 at the time. Madgwick was released on bail and is set to appear before Portsmouth Magistrates' Court later that month. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed these charges, and Reform UK suspended Madgwick from the party immediately upon notification.

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George Madgwick, 37, has been charged with 12 counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of assault by penetration, two counts of making and one count of distributing indecent images of a child. asserted

Madgwick → charge → child

Madgwick, of Portsmouth, has also been charged with one count of causing or inciting sexual exploitation of a child, eight counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of controlling or coercive behaviour, one count of stalking, one count of making threats to kill, one count of false imprisonment, one count of theft and one count of criminal damage. asserted

Madgwick → charge → damage

The allegations all relate to four victims, who were aged between 16 and 17 at the time, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said. asserted

Hampshire → relate → Wight

It is alleged that these offences took place between 2008 and 2021 in Portsmouth and Wales, the force added. asserted

force → allege → Portsmouth

An investigation was launched on July 24 2025, after officers receiving a report of a sexual offence, police said. asserted

police → launch → offence

Madgwick has been bailed to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on November 25. asserted

Madgwick → bail → November

Meanwhile, a Reform UK spokesman said he had been suspended from the party “with immediate effect”. asserted

he → say → effect

Reform UK councillor charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape

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