Tyler Johnson works in-house for a Chinese energy giant
A junior City lawyer is standing for Restore Britain in the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
Tyler Johnson was unveiled as the party’s candidate this week by Restore leader Rupert Lowe, who called on “remaining patriots” to back the young lawyer and send a message “that you want your capital city back.”
Johnson trained at Clyde & Co and qualified in 2024, before spending a further two years at the firm specialising in corporate finance. He has since moved in-house at CNOOC International, a major Chinese state-owned oil and gas company, where, according to his LinkedIn profile, he supports “new ventures” for the business across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
I am delighted to announce Tyler Johnson as our Restore Britain candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
Tyler is a lawyer who has called London home for the past ten years, living across the capital from north to west. Alongside his legal career he has served as a… pic.twitter.com/HijmUpabEy
— Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) September 15, 2026
Johnson’s LinkedIn also shows that he has previously mentored for Grow Mentoring, a charity focused on promoting diversity and inclusion across the legal profession, and Strive, an organisation with similar aims of improving diversity in City law. His profile links to a Linktree page featuring a pop-up fundraising page seeking support for “anti-racism,” “racial justice,” and “equality”.
Some might question how Johnson’s career and online presence align with some of Restore’s political aims, which include removing the asylum system, pursuing “a Britain first energy security strategy”, and “abolishing every trace of DEI across all government departments”. Restore leader Lowe has also previously called for reparations from China over what he described as “their undeniable role in the release of the man-made Covid-19.”
Johnson didn’t respond to Legal Cheek’s request for comment.
The Holborn by-election takes place on 8 October, following Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to stand down as the local MP.
Uh, yeah and so? What’s the big deal LC? Trying to tar the chap for standing up for his country and running for office are we.
The last place I’d expect to see a Reformer/Restorer is on Legal Cheek😩
Numbskull.
Maybe it is the apparent hypocrisy?Maybe it is the apparent opportunism?
Maybe it’s Maybelline?
Exactly. Anyone with any sensibilities or grounding in the negative changes in Britain since the post-war period supports Restore Britain.
What? They just want to go around executing people for basically everything, thankfully they wont get anywhere near to power and in the process they will ruin Reform UKs chances. You care so much about “the UK” but through the actions of people like you it won’t exist at all in 10/15 years, welcome to the United Kingdom of England and Wales with a crap flag to boot. If Reform or Restore got in it would rapidly accelerate the breakup of the Union.
I too am sick to death of an entire class of leeches who contribute nothing to society ruining Britain. Deport all corporate lawyers NOW.
Oh look, another completely unoriginal “corporate lawyers are just corporate leeches” take. Let’s look at reality
No corporate lawyers, no capital. Good luck funding that life-saving biotech startup, green energy grid, or tech innovation without a legal team structuring the venture capital and protecting the intellectual property.
They force boardrooms to comply. Critics love to claim corporate lawyers just find loopholes, but in the real world of regulations, they are the ones giving boardrooms a reality check. They force executives to comply with environmental laws, employment rights, and financial rules because no sane GC is letting their company face catastrophic fines or criminal prosecution just to cut a corner.
They prevent economic gridlock. Clear contracts keep global supply chains moving. Without them, commerce dissolves into endless litigation, spiking costs for everyday consumers.
If you want a functioning modern economy that actually creates jobs and funds public services through corporate tax, you need corporate lawyers to build the infrastructure. Try looking past the Hollywood stereotypes.
“Oh look, another Legal Cheek commenter unable to take a joke!”
Stereotypes about lawyers in different practice areas are rarely entirely baseless – on your claim that it is all thanks to our corporate lawyers that we “fund public services through corporate tax”, you may find that it is these lawyers who often are driven by corporate interests to ensure that they make these corporations pay as little corporation tax as possible. The corporation, more often than not, corrupts. The Milgram experiment and the Stanford prison experiment are examples of how those in positions where they are given authority can be drawn to commit unethical acts.
Bootlicking those corporations won’t stop them from kicking you <3
The corporations themselves think we’re overpaid leeches/the help lol.
Why would someone question this, Alex? What do you believe in?
Calling on the “remaining patriots” while working for a Chinese state-owned business…
where do u work son?
This article is ridiculous written for a glorified gossip column. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. I’m sure plenty of voters in Holborn will read it though, great job 👏
lmao why u gaslighting the dude?
How do restore voters feel about his efforts to increase diversity in the legal profession?
Nice hit piece Alex. That all you got?
Aim High Vote Lowe
time is running out for you leftie goons no matter how hard you screech on your piddly little websites, read the room and smell the coffee.
Trained with this chap. Some interesting views to say the least
Without saying I agree with him, I must say he’s brave to stick his head above the parapet.
I’ve heard many professionals say or hint privately they can’t voice what they truly think of the state of the UK in public because of the fear that they would lose their job or right to practice if the view expressed was out of line with the expected “values” of their organisation or regulator.
Only the super rich, the unemployed and the non-professional self employed really have any degree of free speech in this country.
Even they have to tread carefully because there will always be someone willing to try and get them prosecuted (and therefore silenced) for a hate crime.
Police officers are often confused now because of the number of clashes of values (eg do we prosecute the gay rights activist for insulting particular religions or the religious for expressing homophobia?)
The rest have to keep their mouths firmly shut and only have a real say when it comes to the ballot box.
That’s why election results often cause surprise- because people feel unable to express the views they truly hold but will certainly vote for them when the time comes.
Going to name them?
I hope you have reported them.
We can’t have people like that working in the professions, especially if they are keeping their views secret and inflicting harm on the sly.
If you don’t report stuff like that, you’re complicit and you risk your own position too.
It’s da sound of Thought Police!!!
This article would have had far more impact if the discussion revolved around Rule 1.1 – ‘you do not unfairly discriminate by allowing your personal views to affect your professional relationships and the way in which you provide your services.’ Instead it’s a schill piece better suited to The Sun.
Patriot. When we win the left wing subverters won’t know what hit them.