Rupert Lowe

Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe is the newest disruptor in right-wing politics but the path he has taken to get there is a familiar one.

Born in Oxford in 1957 Lowe attended an elite all boys boarding school before studying for a degree in Estate Management. After university he was a commodity broker in the City and went to Japan to work in securities but when British football clubs emerged as attractive financial assets in the 1990's he became chair of Southampton after a reverse takeover. Lowe resigned in 2006 after a decade in charge – having been blamed by many fans for relegation in 2005 after 27 years in the top flight. He made a return but resigned again in 2009 as the club’s holding company went into administration.

Next he decided to try his hand at politics. In 2019 Lowe became an MEP for the Brexit Party before switching to national politics after the UK left the EU in 2020, this time for Reform UK. In 2024 he became MP for Great Yarmouth but after falling out with Reform leader Nigel Farage he became an independent MP and launched his own party, Restore Britain.

Production:

Presenter: Becky Milligan

Producers: Annabel Deas and Mhairi Mackenzie

Production Coordinator: Maria Ogondele

Sound: James Beard

Editor: Justine Lang

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@bedbox via YouTube, Rock Against Rupert - Rupert Lowe Michael Wilde out protest (1 February 2009)

Channel 4, Reform UK infighting escalates as Farage and Lowe trade blows (9 March 2025)

Channel 5 Vanessa, Is it wrong to put your pet down yourself? (24 June 2025)

GB News, Rupert Lowe - ‘I wouldn’t hire Boris Johnson for my organisation’ (5 December 2021)

Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe - Restore Britain Launch Speech (14 February 2026)

Sky News, Restore Britain leader: Farage 'tried to politically assassinate me' (18 June 2026)

The News Agents, Rupert Lowe- In His Own Words (15 March 2025)

The Spectator, Farage - Lowe is ‘a vengeful man’ (9 June 2026)