Reform UK, the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, looks set to emerge as a new force in British politics, winning its first seat in an election and squeezing the Conservative vote in the early results declared. Farage, a driving force behind Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, only entered the election race last month, a move that caused shockwaves in a Conservative Party that was already far adrift of centre-left Labour. Lee Anderson, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform in March, won Ashfield in the East Midlands with 34 percent of the vote, pushing the Conse…