The MP for Hazel Grove will now sit as an independent MP in the Commons - as one senior Tory questions why Rishi Sunak did not take action himself.
William Wragg, who shared other politicians' personal numbers as part of a honeytrap sexting scam, has 'voluntarily' given up the Conservative whip - meaning he will now sit as an independent MP in the Commons. Mr Wragg, the MP for Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester, yesterday resigned as vice-chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers and also stepped down from his role heading the Commons' Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
He gave me a WhatsApp number, which doesn't work now. I've hurt people by being weak. 'I was scared. I'm mortified. I'm so sorry that my weakness has caused other people hurt.' While some MPs have praised Mr Wragg for his apology, others had been less sympathetic and called on Rishi Sunak to remove the whip. Following Mr Wragg's decision, a senior Tory told Sky News: 'Rishi is so weak Wragg decided he'd have to fire himself instead.
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