 She was also replaced as leader of Ashford Council's Labour group, after being accused of non-attendance at council meetings and a failure undertake council casework.In February 2015, she left the Labour Party, blaming Ed Miliband's refusal to promise an EU In/Out Referendum, and announced support for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) without becoming a member of UKIP, sitting as an independent councillor.Her daughter had also left Labour to stand for UKIP in the 2013 Kent County Council elections for the Ashford South division, an election where Harriet Yeo had also stood for Labour unsuccessfully in the Ashford East division.