Prosecutors charge Reform UK's Hampshire leader George Madgwick with 12 counts of rape against four victims aged 16 and 17
George Madgwick, 37, who is bailed to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on 25 November.George Madgwick, leader of Reform UK on Hampshire County Council, faces 35 charges in total, including 12 counts of rape against four victims aged 16 and 17.
The four alleged victims were aged 16 and 17, and the case against George Madgwick, 37, runs to 35 offences spanning 13 years, from 2008 to 2021, in Portsmouth and Wales. Beyond the sexual allegations, the Reform UK group leader on Hampshire County Council faces counts of making indecent images of a child, making a threat to kill, false imprisonment and stalking, plus eight of assault causing actual bodily harm and two of controlling or coercive behaviour.
George Madgwick, Reform UK's Hampshire County Council leader, was arrested in Wandsworth, London, on 6 January 2026.
Prosecutors also charged the Reform UK councillor George Madgwick with one count each of theft and criminal damage.
Crown Prosecution Service described the allegations against Reform UK's George Madgwick as 'serious sexual offences'.
