Rishi Sunak is on course for yet another nightmare by-election defeat, after a scandal-ridden MP was found guilty of breaking Commons rules.
Scott Benton, who was elected as a Tory in 2019 for Blackpool South, was stung in an undercover Times investigation in February 2023.
The Commons’ top sleaze buster Daniel Greenberg has this morning said Mr Benton committed a “very serious breach” of MP rules, and recommended he be dealt a whopping 35 day sanction plus loss of salary for the period he is suspended.
If passed by MPs, Mr Benton’s constituents will be able to force a by-election, which current polls suggest Labour would easily win.
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