Former Neighbors actress Holly Valance has revealed she will vote for Reform UK at the next general election.
The former pop star, 40, admitted she voted Conservative in the 2019 general election but will now switch allegiance to the party, which is led by Richard Tice and recently welcomed its first sitting MP Lee Anderson.
Speaking to GB News political editor Christopher Hope on Chopper’s Political Podcast, Valance also revealed she wants Reform to be led by former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.
She told Mr Hope: ‘Last time I voted Conservative. Next time I will vote Reform. I think the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result, and I’m sure I’m not voting Labour.’
Valance had been hailed as a ‘Tory poster girl’ after she stunned the ‘left’ in a viral clip as she attended the launch of the ‘Popular Conservatism’ group with her property magnate husband Nick Candy.
Former Neighbors actress Holly Valance revealed she will be voting Reform UK at the next general election, speaking to GB News political editor Christopher Hope
Valance told Mr Hope (left) voted Conservative in the 2019 election but will now change his allegiance
Valance said she will support the party, which is led by Richard Tice and recently welcomed its first sitting MP Lee Anderson. Pictured: Mr. Anderson (L) shakes hands with Mr. Tice
Mr Valance hailed Mr Anderson’s move to Reform, which was announced earlier this week after he was stripped of the Conservative whip for not apologizing for comments he made about London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
She said: ‘I support anyone who kind of sticks to what they believe in and isn’t a turncoat, isn’t doing a million flip flops and U-turns.
‘So I can respect that. Even for straight nutters on the other side, if you stick to what you believe in and you keep repeating that over years and years I can always respect that.’
Valance added: ‘Lee has moved from Labor to Conservative now to Reform. It’s really strange because there was a reform party in Canada in 1993 that also dropped the Tories in Canada, or got away with blowing them up, which is probably what’s going to happen here.
“It’s not that I think we necessarily have to have a reform government, but that it’s a means to the next chapter.”
Valance rose to fame as ‘Flick Scully’ on Neighbors and later went on to pursue a pop career following her stint on the Australian soap opera.
She added that she wanted to see Nigel Farage as leader of Reform UK, while adding that Jacob Rees-Mogg would make a good Prime Minister.
Holly Valance rose to fame as ‘Flick Scully’ on Neighbours. Valance is pictured lower left with his fellow players
Valance later went on to have a pop career following her stint on the Australian soap opera. She is pictured performing at Wembley Arena in 2006
Holly Valance and husband Nick Candy join Donald Trump and Nigel Farage for dinner at Mar-a-Lago in 2022
Asked about reports that her multi-millionaire husband Nick Candy was planning to vote Labor in the general election, Valance added: ‘It was just a miscommunication with the way he structured the judgement.
‘He said ‘Labour will come in and it’s time for a change’. It wasn’t “Labour come in and I’ll vote for them”.’ Asked if he would vote Conservative, she replied: ‘I would assume yes. I think he is a Tory.’
The billionaire caused confusion after he praised Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer as ‘a decent man with good values’ and said it was ‘time for a change’, despite previously donating to the Conservative Party during former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
His comments came just days after both he and his wife attended the launch of the new ‘Popular Conservatism’ group.
The couple heard speeches from former Prime Minister Liz Truss, former minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and leading ‘Red Wall’ MP Lee Anderson.
After the Westminster event, Valance appeared to reveal himself as an ardent supporter of ‘PopCons’.
She also spoke about how she was drawn to the Tory Right after shunning ‘crap ideas’ from the ‘left’ earlier in her life.
The mother-of-two took a swipe at climate alarmists and revealed her concern about ‘the way things are going in the country’.
In an interview at the event, Valance said, “I’m a citizen like everyone else here who is concerned about how things are going in the country,” the former actress said.
‘Many things worry and bother me with two small children to raise – what they can inherit. So I want to come and listen to ideas, good ideas.’
Valance attended the launch of the group ‘Popular Conservatism’ with her property magnate husband Nick Candy
The Popular Conservatism group – dubbed ‘PopCons’ – has been formed by allies of former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Pictured: Liz Truss speaking at the launch of the ‘PopCon’ movement on February 6
Valance expressed his desire for ex-Business Secretary Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg to be Prime Minister. Rees-Mogg is pictured giving a speech at the ‘PopCon’ launch in February
She added: “Everybody starts out as a leftist and then wakes up at some point after you’ve either started making money, working, trying to run a business, trying to buy a home and then realizing what rubbish ideas they all are – and so you go to the right.
‘The speakers today were fantastic. I thought Liz was really, really interesting to listen to. Jacob to PM!
‘MP for Ashfield (Mr Anderson) was fantastic, love a northerner, straight to the point and very sensible.’
Speaking at the ‘PopCon’ launch, Mr Anderson argued that Britons don’t care about the government’s Net Zero emissions strategy.
And Valance appeared to agree with the Tory MP’s stance, telling the TV news channel: ‘I just think the climate crisis – or lack of – is not a crisis.
‘The air is better than when I was growing up. It stunk walking down the street when I was growing up.
‘Cleaner, cheaper energy is what we need – we are perfectly capable of getting it and having it.
‘But we’re just putting all these restrictions on normal people who are just trying to go about their business and get to work, pick up their kids from school, go to the supermarket.
‘It’s just insane, it’s like banging your head against a wall every day.’