Helen Jenner (born 1988) is a Welsh politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition in Wales and Leader of Reform UK Wales since September 2026. She has served as a Shadow Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language and as a member of the Senedd (MS) for Bangor Conwy Môn since May 2026. She was Deputy Leader of Reform UK Wales from April to September 2026.
Background and early career Jenner was born in Neath, and grew up in Bodorgan, Anglesey, attending Ysgol David Hughes. She studied English literature at Bangor University; In 2006, she was a member of the punk band The Mephs (short for Mephistophelean Engines of Pleasure).
Jenner then worked as a teacher at the BRIT School in London,https://golwg.360.cymru/cylchgrawn/2199546-athrawes-arwain-reform returning to Wales in March 2019.
Political career Jenner contested the Ynys Môn constituency at the 2019 general election, for Reform UK under its previous name of the Brexit Party, where she came fourth out of four candidates, receiving 6% of the vote.
In March 2026, Jenner was announced as the lead candidate on Reform UK Wales' list for the Bangor Conwy Môn constituency. Shortly after, in April 2026, she was announced as the party's first deputy leader. She was successfully elected.
On 19 May 2026 she was appointed as Shadow Minister for Education and the Welsh language in the Thomas shadow cabinet.
On 15 September 2026 Jenner became interim leader of Reform UK Wales, following the resignation of Dan Thomas; she was elected as permanent leader in a leadership election by a vote of 17 against 15 for Jason O'Connell, with the results announced on 21 September.
Personal life Jenner is a Welsh speaker. Her husband is Emmett Jenner, also an active member of Reform in Wales; they had met through the youth wing of UKIP and married in 2016. They have two children.
See also 7th Senedd List of Reform UK politicians List of Conservative Party defections to Reform UK List of female members of the Senedd
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External links Profile at the Senedd Record in the Senedd at TheyWorkForYou