His defection follows criticism of Home Office plans to relocate asylum seekers from hotels into homes within Medway, Reform has said.
“Like many others who have supported the party for years, I feel that it’s not so much a case of me leaving the party, but that the party has left me,” Lammas added.
“Not only is Reform a party I feel strongly aligned to as a Conservative, but I believe that Nigel Farage can provide the leadership desperately needed to save Britain.”
Lammas said his decision was “long overdue” and that he felt compelled to leave due to the “failure of local Conservatives to hold Medway Labour to account on flags and asylum seeker policy”.
George Perfect, opposition and Conservative leader on Medway Council, said his group was holding Labour to account and that Lammas should consider his part in the failings of the previous government.
Perfect, who said he was disappointed in Lammas’ decision, added that the group was in an “effective opposition holding Labour to account”, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
“Instead of focusing on ourselves, we are focused on holding Labour to account and providing a strong, credible and effective alternative to the Labour and co-operative council in Medway,” he added.
