Policy
Conference citizenship proposal
Lowe proposes an Office for Citizenship Standards in the party's conference recording. It is a proposal, not an existing office.
Unofficial supporter guide
Restore Britain: Rupert Lowe’s party, explained
What the party stands for, who leads it and the official statistics behind the debate. Every figure sourced and dated.
Not the official party site. Official site: restorebritain.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Restore Britain in four figures
130,000
Members (paying)
4.3%
Polling average
1
MP in the Commons
39
Councillors (with Great Yarmouth First)
The basics
What is Restore Britain?
The short answer, with the dates that matter. The full story of how the movement became a party is on the About page.
The full storyRestore Britain is a British political party led by Rupert Lowe MP, the MP for Great Yarmouth. It began on 30 June 2025 as a non-party membership movement, became a national political party on 13 February 2026 and was entered on the Electoral Commission's register of political parties on 20 March 2026, which allows it to stand candidates in England, Scotland and Wales.
Its programme rests on 10 Objectives: reversing mass immigration, rewarding work with lower taxes, putting British interests first, rebuilding industry and energy security, restoring Britain's social and cultural foundations, making Britain safe, restoring the NHS, protecting civil liberties, a pro-British education system and safeguarding election integrity. Detailed policy papers set out how each would work, and our policy guide covers them one by one.
As of 5 October 2026, the party has one MP and 39 councillors (with Great Yarmouth First). That councillor count covers people: Open Council Data UK lists 40 seats, including one person serving on both a borough and a county council. The Times reported around 130,000 paying members on 16 June 2026. In the May 2026 local elections its partner party, Great Yarmouth First, won all 10 seats it contested in Lowe's constituency.
Restore Britain Vote is an unofficial, independent guide. We explain Rupert Lowe's background and the party's timeline, with a source for every figure. For membership, donations and official statements, visit the official Restore Britain website (opens in a new tab).
From movement to party
- Launched as a movement
- Became a political party
- Registered (PP18382)
Policies
Fourteen policy areas, each sourced
Plain-English summaries of the party's 10 Objectives and policy papers, each linked to the official source.
01Core priorities
Immigration & Border Control
Restore Britain wants to reverse mass immigration rather than merely reduce it: deporting illegal migrants and legally resident foreign nationals who fail strict conditions, abolishing the asylum system and making British citizenship far harder to obtain.
171,000Net migrationYear ending December 2025
02Core priorities
Mass Deportation
Restore Britain says every person living in Britain illegally should be removed. Its October 2025 paper sets out how: clear legal obstacles such as the ECHR, then combine a hostile environment that encourages people to leave with 150,000 to 200,000 enforced removals a year.
33,374Small boat arrivalsYear ending June 2026
03Core priorities
Law, Order & Justice
Under its Objective “Make Britain Safe Again”, Restore Britain proposes firmer policing, a binding referendum on restoring the death penalty and action on grooming gangs and extremism, backed by a July 2026 plan to rebuild policing around the independent Office of Constable.
04Economy & prosperity
Economy & Taxation
Restore Britain proposes to cut public spending by around £35bn a year and use the savings to fund roughly £155bn of annual tax cuts by the end of a first Parliament. Its plan includes a £16,000 personal allowance, a restored 19% corporation tax rate and the abolition of inheritance tax and stamp duty.
05Economy & prosperity
Welfare Reform
Restore Britain proposes to freeze working-age benefits at 2025–26 levels, limit them to British citizens and require able-bodied claimants to work in return for support. It says the state pension would be protected, but the triple lock would be replaced with a link to CPI inflation.
06Economy & prosperity
Energy & Reindustrialisation
Restore Britain says energy must be cheap, reliable and scalable, and that this means more domestic oil and gas, a nationwide programme of small modular nuclear reactors and repeal of the Climate Change Act 2008. It argues that affordable energy is the foundation for rebuilding British industry.
07Society & culture
NHS & Healthcare
Restore Britain says the NHS should stay free at the point of use for British citizens, while non-citizens would pay market-rate charges for non-emergency care. It also proposes removing caps on medical school places, free hospital parking and making private healthcare costs tax-deductible.
08Society & culture
The British Pub
Restore Britain's paper Restoring the British Pub (January 2026) sets out tax, employment and licensing reforms that it says the current government could adopt straight away to slow pub closures. The headline measures are business rates relief, a cut in VAT on hospitality to 12.5% and more generous draught duty relief.
09Society & culture
Free Speech & Civil Liberties
Restore Britain's “Restore Civil Liberties” objective commits the party to repealing the Online Safety Act, giving free speech a strong statutory footing and repealing laws it says restrict lawful expression. The same objective covers blocking compulsory digital ID, reversing the lockdown legacy, an independent inquiry into COVID-19 vaccines and the right to self-defence.
10Society & culture
Self-Defence
Restore Britain's paper Retaking the English Castle (February 2026) sets out five changes to self-defence law: legalising pepper spray, protecting householders from claims by intruders, repealing Scotland's 2021 hate crime Act, preserving jury trials and requiring the Attorney General's consent before anyone is prosecuted for excessive force in self-defence.
11Society & culture
Education
Restore Britain proposes to let parents take children out of school for up to five days a year without being fined, to abolish interest on student loans for British citizens living in the UK, and to fund more apprenticeships. It also wants schools and universities to teach British history with pride.
12Democracy & governance
Elections & Democracy
Under its Objective “Safeguard Election Integrity”, Restore Britain would abolish postal voting on demand, restrict voting and candidacy to British citizens and review past allegations of electoral fraud. It also describes itself as a party of direct democracy and pledges a binding referendum on the death penalty.
13Democracy & governance
Media & Institutions
Restore Britain would defund the BBC and turn it into a subscription service, and would freeze quango budgets while bringing every quango under direct ministerial oversight. The party also proposes removing DEI across government and replacing several public bodies, from the College of Policing to the financial regulators.
14Democracy & governance
Foreign Policy
Restore Britain says British interests should decide every foreign policy question, from military aid to deploying the armed forces. It would end foreign aid that does not serve those interests, rearm the military and use diplomatic and economic pressure to make countries take back their nationals.
The Numbers
The official statistics behind the debate
Migration and asylum figures from the ONS and the Home Office, each with its period, release date and source.
Small boat arrivals by year
41,472 people were detected arriving by small boat in 2025, the second-highest year after 2022, and 19,869 had arrived in 2026 by 4 October.
* 2026, to 4 Oct: a partial year from provisional data.
Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026: how many people come to the UK via illegal entry routes (opens in a new tab) (published ).
171,000
Net migration
Year ending December 2025 (provisional)
Office for National Statistics (source, opens in a new tab), published
33,374
Small boat arrivals
Year ending June 2026
Home Office (source, opens in a new tab), published
16,021
Asylum seekers housed in hotels
End of June 2026
Home Office (source, opens in a new tab), published
Timeline
What happened most recently
The latest entries on a dated, sourced record that runs from the movement’s launch in 2025 to today.
Full timeline- Elections
Four council by-election results
Restore Britain wins no seats in Claremont, Hirst, Amble and Long Whatton & Diseworth. Its shares of valid votes range from 5.3% to 10.3%, according to the councils' results.
- Elections
South West Norfolk candidate
Stuart Pembery, vice-chair of Stoke Ferry Parish Council, is named the party's prospective parliamentary candidate for South West Norfolk at the next general election.
- Elections
First election in Scotland
Rupert Lowe announces that the party will stand in the Mid Argyll ward by-election on Argyll and Bute Council on 29 October, which he calls its first election in Scotland. Its candidate is George Love.
- Elections
First Gloucestershire county councillor
The Local Democracy Reporting Service reports that Cam Valley councillor Michael Rees has left Reform UK for Restore Britain. The county council now lists him under the party.
The leader
Rupert Lowe MP
Rupert Lowe is the Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth and the founder and leader of Restore Britain. A former City financier and chairman of Southampton Football Club, he was elected as a Reform UK MP on 4 July 2024 and has represented Restore Britain in the Commons since the party was registered in March 2026.
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- MP since
- 4 July 2024
- Football
- Chairman of Southampton FC (1996–2006, 2008–09)
On X
Latest from X
Rupert Lowe MP's latest posts, and the Restore Britain posts he shares, newest first. Each opens on X.
Shown as published on X. Figures and claims in posts are their authors’ own.
News
Guides and explainers
1 min read
Restore Britain's Coastal Command Plan: Powers, Timing and Costs
The September maritime paper proposes a permanent civilian service for border enforcement, rescue and other duties at sea. Here are its powers, timetable and cost estimates.
1 min read
Rupert Lowe's October Conference Speech: Citizenship Proposals
Lowe's October conference recording includes citizenship proposals. Read the original speech alongside the party's published policy papers.
3 min read
Restore Britain's October Council By-Elections: Four Results and the Next Contests
Restore Britain won no seats in four council by-elections on 1 October. Returning Officers' declarations show its shares ranged from 5.3% to 10.3%, with further contests scheduled across October.
Membership
Thinking of joining Restore Britain?
Membership is run by the party itself. Our joining guide explains the cost, the steps and where to sign up.
- Joining happens on the party's own website, restorebritain.org.uk. This site takes no payments.
- The Cromwell Club, for major donors, costs from £2,500 a year.
Standard membership
£20a year
About 130,000 paying members, as reported on .
FAQ
Common questions
Short, sourced answers. The full FAQ covers membership, policies, elections and the leadership.
All questionsWhat is Restore Britain?
Restore Britain is a UK political party led by Rupert Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth, and based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It launched on 30 June 2025 as a non-party membership movement, became a political party on 13 February 2026 and was registered with the Electoral Commission on 20 March 2026. On its official join page the party says it is for people who believe in "low tax, small government, secure borders, national pride, traditional Christian principles, free speech, and direct democracy". Its programme is set out in ten Objectives (opens in a new tab) and a series of policy papers (opens in a new tab), which our policy guide summarises.
How much does it cost to join Restore Britain?
Standard membership of Restore Britain costs £20, paid annually, according to the official join page (opens in a new tab). The Cromwell Club, for major donors, costs from £2,500 a year. Prices are set by the party and can change, so check the official page before you join.
Is Restore Britain a registered political party?
Yes. Restore Britain was entered on the Electoral Commission's Great Britain register of political parties on 20 March 2026, under registration number PP18382 (opens in a new tab). That lets it stand candidates under its own name in England, Scotland and Wales; Northern Ireland has a separate register. The party had announced that it was becoming a political party on 13 February 2026, having started as a non-party movement on 30 June 2025.
How many members does Restore Britain have?
The Times reported on 16 June 2026 that Restore Britain had about 130,000 paying members. Earlier figures came from the party itself: Rupert Lowe said membership passed 50,000 on 16 February 2026, three days after the party launched, and passed 100,000 on 28 February. Figures that come only from the party have not been independently verified. The timeline lists each milestone with its source.
