Labour MPs are demanding immediate action against a Reform UK candidate following shocking allegations that he celebrated the rape of two Sikh women. Stuart Prior, who is running for election in Essex, faces a backlash after a joint investigation revealed a series of racist comments attributed to him on social media.
Disturbing Allegations Surface
The allegations against Prior emerged from a collaborative investigation by the Mirror and the anti-racism organisation Hope Not Hate. According to reports, the 54-year-old candidate, who is contesting seats in Rayleigh West for Essex County Council and Sweyne Park and Grange for Rochford District Council, has made several inflammatory remarks online. These include declaring white people the “master race” and referring to Muslims in derogatory terms.
The controversy escalated after former Labour MP Zarah Sultana highlighted the rapes of the two Sikh women, aged in their twenties, in Walsall and Oldbury last year. In response to Sultana’s condemnation of these heinous acts, Prior allegedly remarked, “Good. Reap it.”
Community Outrage and Political Responses
In light of the allegations, four Labour MPs—Sarah Coombes, Antonia Bance, Gurinder Singh Josan, and Alex Ballinger—sent a joint letter to Ray Nock, the leader of Reform UK in Sandwell. They urged Nock to publicly denounce Prior’s comments and call for his immediate withdrawal as a candidate.
“The community in Sandwell was shaken to its core last year after a Sikh woman was raped in a racially aggravated attack. It has now emerged that a Reform candidate in Essex, Stuart
