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ReutersFarage stated Yusuf used to be “a huge factor” within the birthday party’s luck in ultimate month’s elections, when Reform gained a by-election, two mayoral races and received 677 new councillors.
“Politics can be a highly pressured and difficult game and Zia has clearly had enough. He is a loss to us and public life,” he wrote on social media.
Deputy chief Richard Tice thanked Yusuf for his “major help in securing such progress and success over the last 11 months”.
“We would not be where we are today without him,” he added.
In a publish on X, Yusuf wrote: “11 months ago I became chairman of Reform. I’ve worked full time as a volunteer to take the party from 14 to 30% [in national polls], quadrupled its membership and delivered historic electoral results.
“I now not consider operating to get a Reform executive elected is a great use of my time, and hereby renounce the place of work.”
Earlier, Yusuf had criticised Reform MP Sarah Pochin – who won last month’s Runcorn and Helsby by-election – for urging Sir Keir Starmer to ban the burka “within the pursuits of public protection” during her Prime Minister’s Questions debut on Wednesday.
He said it was “dumb for a birthday party to invite the PM if they might do one thing the birthday party itself would not do”.
Pochin’s call appeared to go down well with Reform’s other MPs, although a party spokesman said it was “now not birthday party coverage”.
Yusuf became Reform UK’s chairman shortly after last year’s general election, after previously being a member of the Conservative Party.
A former banker who sold his tech start-up company for more than £200m, Yusuf has described himself as a “proud British Muslim patriot”.
He revealed that he had donated £200,000 to the party during the election campaign.
As chairman, he was given the job of professionalising the party, wooing donors and increasing Reform UK’s activist base.
Yusuf used to be observed as central to Reform’s operation and were main the birthday party’s so-called DOGE groups to chop wasteful spending within the councils it now controls.
The acronyn refers to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in the US.
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: “By sacking himself, Zia Yusuf appears to be main the “UK DOGE” by way of instance. You need to appreciate his dedication to the reason.
“It’s already clear Reform UK cannot deliver for the communities they are elected to stand up for. Instead, they have copied the Conservative playbook of fighting like rats in a sack.”
A Labour Party spokesperson stated: “If Nigel Farage can’t manage a handful of politicians, how on earth could he run a country?
“He has fallen out with everybody he has ever labored with. Reform are simply now not critical.”
Reform has seen its support in national polls grow since last year’s general election, when the party won 14.3% of the vote share and secured five MPs.
However, it has been dogged by infighting which culminated in Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe being expelled from the party.
It came after he was accused of harassing staff members and threatening “bodily violence” against Yusuf.
Lowe denied the claims and last month the Crown Prosecution Service said he would not face criminal charges in relation to the allegation of threats, after he was referred to the police by the party.
Responding to Yusuf’s resignation, Lowe said: “The query is – how did a person and not using a political enjoy be given such huge energy inside Reform?”
