Andrew Bridgen at present turned the newest Tory MP to have the celebration whip eliminated after he in comparison with Covid vaccine to the Holocaust.
Chief whip Simon Hart stated the North West Leicestershire MP had “crossed a line, inflicting nice offence within the course of”.
Hart and his predecessors have definitely been busy because the final election.
Bridgen is the sixth Conservative MP to have been suspended by the celebration because the final election for a wide range of alleged misdemeanours.
Listed here are all the opposite Tories now sitting within the Commons as independents.
Julian Knight
The Solihull MP was suspended final month after a grievance about him was made to the Metropolitan Police.
The next day Knight, who was chairman of the digital, tradition, media and sport committee on the time, described the transfer as “improper and unjustified”.
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Matt Hancock
The previous cupboard minister was disciplined by the celebration after agreeing to look on ‘I’m A Celeb … Get Me Out Of Right here’.
Simon Hart stated: “Following a dialog with Matt Hancock, I’ve thought-about the state of affairs and imagine it is a matter severe sufficient to warrant suspension of the whip with instant impact.”
Hancock defied all expectations to come back third within the actuality present, and introduced final month that he’s standing down on the subsequent election.
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Chris Pincher
The previous deputy chief whip’s fall from grace helped to precipitate the downfall of Boris Johnson.
Pincher had the whip withdrawn following allegations he groped two males after having “far an excessive amount of” to drink.
Johnson had initially tried to face by his colleague, and his botched dealing with of the scandal finally led to the mass ministerial resignations which finally led to his removing from Downing Road.
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Rob Roberts
The MP for Delyn in North Wales had the Tory whip eliminated in Could final yr after he was discovered to have made repeated undesirable advances to a member of employees.
Roberts was additionally suspended from the Home of Commons for six weeks for breaching sexual misconduct guidelines.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the then Commons chief, stated it might be “honourable” for Roberts to face down as an MP, however he continues to sit down as an impartial.
David Warburton
The MP for Somerton and Frome had the whip eliminated final April after an investigation was launched into sexual harassment allegations.
Parliament’s Unbiased Complaints and Grievance Scheme stated it was probing claims made in opposition to David Warburton by three girls.
The Sunday Occasions additionally reported allegations that Warburton had taken cocaine, and that he had did not declare a £100,000 mortgage from a Russian businessman.
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Seven former Labour MPs are additionally presently sitting as independents after dropping their celebration whip, as are one former Plaid Cymru MP and one former SNP MP.
It implies that the variety of independents now outnumber the 14 Lib Dems.
