Ms Nokes, who has been a Conservative MP since 2010, has strongly denied defection rumours, saying she believes 'really strongly in a One Nation Tory Party'.
Conservative MP Caroline Nokes 'jokingly' confronted Labour's Wes Streeting over allegations he is behind rumours she has considered defecting to Sir Keir Starmer's party. A friend of Ms Nokes, who has been the Tory MP for Romsey and Southampton North since 2010, said she 'took him to task' over the claims that have recently appeared in the media. The source told Sky News: 'Caroline took him to task for spreading these rumours.
Ms Nokes, who chairs parliament's Women and Equalities Committee, has publicly denied the defection rumours, telling Channel 4's political podcast: ' Everyone seems to think I'm off to Labour. Nobody from Labour has ever even asked me - I've never had a conversation.
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