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The suspension was met with criticism by many conservatives and those on the right of the Tory Party. Nigel Farage suggested that Anderson should join [[Brexit Party|Reform UK]] instead.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1870400/nigel-farage-lee-anderson-suspended-reform Nigel Farage calls on 'cancelled' Lee Anderson to join Reform and destroy the Tories]</ref> In the wake of the Lee Anderson controversy, Reform UK reported its highest polling figures ever up to that point, with the [[populist]] party hitting 14% in the polls.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/03/01/reform-uk-highest-ever-polling-lee-anderson-row/ Reform UK hits highest-ever polling level after Lee Anderson row]</ref>
The suspension was met with criticism by many conservatives and those on the right of the Tory Party. Nigel Farage suggested that Anderson should join [[Brexit Party|Reform UK]] instead.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1870400/nigel-farage-lee-anderson-suspended-reform Nigel Farage calls on 'cancelled' Lee Anderson to join Reform and destroy the Tories]</ref> In the wake of the Lee Anderson controversy, Reform UK reported its highest polling figures ever up to that point, with the [[populist]] party hitting 14% in the polls.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/03/01/reform-uk-highest-ever-polling-lee-anderson-row/ Reform UK hits highest-ever polling level after Lee Anderson row]</ref>
In the 2024 UK general election, held on 4 July that year, Lee Anderson was re-elected to his constituency of Ashfield by a margin of 42.8% (which would be a "landslide" according to media portrayal of the Labour Party's overall performance nationwide), a 3.5% increase on his performance there in 2019 as a member of the Tories, the strongest margin of victory for a parliamentary candidate in Ashfield in nearly 20 years.
In the 2024 UK general election, held on 4 July that year, Lee Anderson was re-elected to his constituency of Ashfield by a margin of 42.8% (which would be a "[[Landslide victory|landslide]]" according to media portrayal of the Labour Party's overall performance nationwide), a 3.5% increase on his performance there in 2019 as a member of the Tories, the strongest margin of victory for a parliamentary candidate in Ashfield in nearly 20 years.
Lee Anderson posted on ''X'' on the eve of the 2024 United States general election that he hoped Donald Trump would win (which he ultimately did in a landslide).
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