Reform UK Councillor George Madgwick charged with 35 offences including rape and sexual assault
Councillor charged with 12 counts of rape
Reform city and county councillor George Madgwick has been charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
The charges follow an investigation by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary which was launched on Thursday, July 24 2025, after receiving a report of a sexual offence.
The allegations all relate to four victims, who were aged between 16 and 17 at the time. It is alleged that these offences took place between 2008 and 2021, in Portsmouth and Wales.
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, officers said they arrested a man at an address in Wandsworth, London.
The 37-year-old from the Anchorage Park area of Portsmouth, has now been charged by officers from the constabulary’s dedicated Operation Amberstone team with:
- Twelve offences of rape.
- Two offences of assault by penetration.
- Two offences of sexual assault.
- One offence of causing or inciting sexual exploitation of a child.
- Two offences of making indecent images of children.
- One offence of distributing an indecent image of a child.
- Eight offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
- Two offences of controlling or coercive behaviour.
- One offence of stalking.
- One offence of making threats to kill.
- One offence of false imprisonment.
- One offence of theft.
- One offence of criminal damage.
A spokesperson from the Crown Prosecution Service said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute George Madgwick for serious sexual offences, including multiple counts of rape.
“He has also been charged with making a threat to kill, false imprisonment and stalking.
“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence and that it is in the public interest to bring the case to court.
“We remind all concerned that proceedings against the defendant are now active and that he has the right to a fair trial. There should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information which could in anyway prejudice these proceedings."
A Reform UK party spokesman said “Cllr Madgwick has been suspended from Reform UK with immediate effect.”
The Portsmouth City Councillor and Hampshire County Councillor has been bailed to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates on Wednesday, November 25.
For more information about the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, click here.