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A Conservative MP has defected to the Labour Party amid fury over Boris Johnson’s partygate scandal. Christian Wakeford - a “red wall” MP elected in 2019 - crossed the floor to join Keir Starmer’s ...

Voters in Bury South reacted with a mixture of surprise, support, and opposition after their local MP Christian Wakeford defected from Tory to Labour on Wednesday. In Radcliffe the centre of the ...

A Conservative MP has said more Tory MPs are on the verge of submitting confidence letters in Boris Johnson. The PM faces a growing rebellion from his own MPs following reports of a string of parties ...

A senior Conservative dramatically told Boris Johnson to resign during Prime Minister's Questions. Conservative MP Christian Wakeford defected from the Conservatives to Labour minutes before. It ...

Peers of Christian Wakeford, elected alongside him in 2019, have described feeling burned - “betrayed”, “let down” and upset by his actions. In a party where loyalties were all over the place last ...

New Labour MP Christian Wakeford has said the Prime Minister’s reaction to the investigation into parties held across Whitehall during coronavirus restrictions had only strengthened his feeling that ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Christian Wakeford is a Member for House of Commons in the United Kingdom with six videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2021 Foreign Legislature. The ...

Christian Wakeford, who quit the Conservatives, said he was 'threatened' by Boris Johnson's team. Around the same time another MP spoke of attempts to intimidate rebel Tories into line. Sources told ...

Last week, British lawmaker Christian Wakeford opened his office door in the market town of Radcliffe to a passer-by who wanted to talk about the area's regeneration. By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie ...

A Greater Manchester MP has explained why he voted to cut billions of pounds in foreign aid in the years to come - despite vowing not to. Boris Johnson won a narrow victory in Parliament this week as ...

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