Former Big Brother star elected as a Reform councillor
Alex Sibley was the heartthrob of the 2002 series of Big Brother
A former star of Big Brother has been elected as a Reform councillor in the local elections.
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Alex Sibley clinched the Emerson Park seat in the east London borough of Havering with 1,255 votes.
He came in just behind fellow Reform candidate David Johnson with 1,306 votes.
The 47-year-old former model and TV presenter appeared in series three of Brother in 2002.
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A photo previously shared by Mr Sibley on Instagram of himself with Reform colleague Mr Johnson donning teal Reform rosettes was captioned: “It’s Official. 7th May 2026.
“With a combined age of 126 years old and no degree from Oxford or Cambridge in Politics, we are Emerson Park candidates for Havering and Reform UK.”
The former heartthrob was up against Green candidate Ghazala Ansari, Balwinder Singh Khaira for Labour and Dominic Noel Swan and Bernice Robinson on a joint ticket for the Conservatives.
It comes as a jubilant Nigel Farage told LBC there was "no question that Reform" is gaining support after the party scooped up hundreds of seats across the country, including in many traditional Labour strongholds.
Speaking to Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, the Reform UK leader said: "We are a truly national party and we’re here to stay."
Farage said the most devastating result for Labour could be in Wales, where the party has won in every single election since 1922.
Reform has so far gained more than 400 seats while Labour has lost over 250 and nine councils.
Yet despite the bloodbath Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he is "not going to walk away".
Asked if he had considered throwing in the towel, the beleaguered Prime Minister said: “The voters have sent a message about the pace of change, how they want their lives improved.
“I was elected to meet those challenges but I’m not going to walk away from those challenges.”
Mr Sibley finished third on Big Brother in 2002. After the show and enjoyed a short-lived entertainment career, including his own series on Nickelodeon as well as a stint as a TV model for a bleach company.
But a tragic accident saw his career shudder to a halt, when 63-year-old Kurt Lange man was killed after running in front of the former model's BMW in Essex.
Mr Sibley denied driving dangerously and the case was dropped in 2006 due to a lack of evidence.
He previously told The Sun: “If you Google me it will say I was involved in an accident where someone died.
“It wasn’t my fault though, but it’s stuck. All I did was go to pick up my friend from the airport, and the police completely destroyed my career.”
Mr Sibley now has four children and is married to a French ballerina.