Third by-election on the way for Tories as second Boris Johnson ally quits

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Nigel Adams announced that he was following the former prime minister and former culture secretary Nadine Dorries’ lead in quitting Westminster.

THE UK TORY party faces a third by-election test after a close ally of Boris Johnson resigned from the House of Commons with “immediate effect”.

“I’ve today informed the chief whip that I will be standing down as a Member of Parliament with immediate effect.Yesterday, Selby Conservatives selected an excellent new parliamentary candidate. There has been speculation that Downing Street wanted their names removed to avoid by-election contests, although No 10 said Sunak had no involvement in producing the final list.While the Tories enjoy a comfortable 20,000 majority in Selby and Ainsty, Adams’ decision to exit immediately rather than wait until the next election means the Tories will face contests on three fronts.

Johnson said he was “bewildered and appalled” at being “forced out, anti-democratically” by a probe that he claimed had set out from the beginning to “find me guilty, regardless of the facts”.

 

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