More infoA former Brentwood Tory councillor turned Talk TV host has returned to politics as the first Reform UK member on the borough council. Previously a Conservative councillor, Mr Quirk left the Tories to join the Brentwood First party and, in 2014, helped oust his former party's administration from control of the council. We have decimated the Conservative vote in Hutton South; this isn’t just Reform winning its first seat in Brentwood. We have just parked Reform tanks on Kemi Badenoch’s front lawn.”He added he hoped to make a difference in the council chamber. He added: “I will be proposing proper intelligent alternatives that are better for the people at Brentwood.