Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour Party

Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to the Labour Party.

The Dover MP said the change in the Tory Party since she entered parliament in 2019 "has been dramatic and cannot be ignored".

She hit out at the "broken promises of Rishi Sunak's tired and chaotic government", adding that Labour "looks to the future - to building a Britain of hope, optimism, opportunity and fairness".

Mrs Elphicke is the second Tory MP to move to the Labour Party in 11 days after former minister Dan Poulter defected to the opposition.

Part-time NHS doctor Dr Poulter said he could no longer look his NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and remain a Conservative.

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