Reform mayor Luke Campbell denies cyberflashing claims in police probe

Reform UK mayor Luke Campbell firmly denies allegations he showed naked images of himself to a female colleague, as Humberside police investigate a report that has produced no arrests or charges.

The 39-year-old Hull and East Yorkshire mayor, a former Olympic boxing gold medallist elected in 2025, was interviewed under caution earlier this month. Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority confirmed a police investigation is underway. Nothing further has followed.

The Observer carried the claims. The woman said she was left shocked, embarrassed and humiliated after being shown the images on a computer screen in the office in front of another colleague in May. She described it as unwanted conduct of a sexual nature which violated her dignity and created a humiliating, degrading and offensive working environment.

Three weeks later her permanent role offer was withdrawn in an eight-minute Teams call, the report stated. She said she was forced out shortly after the incident.

Reform rejects the story outright

A Reform spokesperson answered directly: “Luke firmly denies the allegations. They come from a disgruntled employee attempting to leverage a settlement in a meritless workplace dispute.”

That is the position. No charges. No arrests. A standards process and complaints procedure exist at the combined authority and must be carried out fairly and independently, its spokesman noted.

This lands after a week of pressure on Reform, including an ITV undercover effort that pushed a sexist culture line against party councillors. The timing is obvious. Papers that spent years sneering at Brexit and sovereignty now pile in the moment a Reform figure takes office. A single disputed workplace row is turned into front-page heat while the mayor gets on with the job he was elected to do.

Britain is tired of trial by selective briefing. Voters chose Campbell to run Hull and East Yorkshire, not to watch every grievance spun into a national scandal by outlets that never wanted Reform anywhere near power. Police can do their work without the circus. If there is evidence it will stand; if not, the noise should stop.

Campbell won his gold at London 2012 and then won a mandate in 2025. The combined authority has its processes. Reform has drawn a clear line: the claims are denied and the source is described as disgruntled and chasing a settlement. That is where the facts sit today.

Further briefings will come. The test is simple. Does the country let elected mayors govern, or does every unproven allegation become another tool to hobble the only party serious about borders, bills and control? Campbell denies it. No charge has been laid. The rest is noise from the usual quarters.

Read more: Labour’s £300 ‘Cash Grab’: New Holiday Tax Threatens UK Staycations

Original source: The i Paper