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Second Tory MP in 11 days defects to Labour Party

Sky News Wednesday, 8 May 2024 ()
Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to the Labour Party.
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Labour's Catherine McKinnell said Tory MP Natalie Elphicke's defection to Labour "sends a signal that the country is crying out for change." Ms Elphicke became the second Conservative to defect to Labour in two weeks, saying Rishi Sunak's "Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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