The shadow health secretary defended the move amid a backlash from some of the Dover MP’s new party colleagues.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office in the House of Commons, London, after it was announced she has defected to Labour, hitting out at the ‘broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and
Referring to her defection along with former Tory Dan Poulter last month in an interview with the Independent, he said: “I think in Dan’s case as a doctor in the NHS who has come to unequivocal conclusion only Labour can be trusted to sort the NHS out, Natalie Elphicke who is with her community seeing the consequences of what happens when immigration goes poorly managed…
The Dover MP apologised on Thursday for claiming after Charlie Elphicke’s 2020 conviction that he was “attractive, and attracted to women” and “an easy target for dirty politics and false allegations”. One Labour MP told the PA news agency they thought the decision was “utterly disgraceful”, while another was left in tears by the news.
The decision was also another blow to the Prime Minister, coming shortly after Dr Poulter’s defection and a set of local election results last week which painted a dismal picture for the Conservatives.
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