Under-fire Remoaner Soubry calls a crisis meeting with constituents

REMAINER MP Anna Soubry has called a crisis meeting with constituents furious at her repeated rebellions, it emerged last night.

Miss Soubry, who voted against the Government last week over the EU Withdrawal Bill, is facing the prospect of deselection after her constituency chairman began polling members on whether they were happy with her.

She has called a crunch meeting with members at the end of next month to discuss her position on Brexit.

The MP for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire – which voted 52.5 per cent to leave the EU – has also written to Tory members pleading for their support.

In the letter she admits ‘some members are not happy’ with her position on Brexit. And she claimed opposition within the constituency was from people who wanted to take her place because they were ‘desperate to become Members of Parliament’.

They were taking ‘advantage of difficult times and seeking to exploit them for their own ambition’, she said.

In the letter, Miss Soubry, who is among the most outspoken pro-Remain MPs, claimed she had been ‘true to my word’ over Brexit, having declared last June she would back staying in the single market and customs union and ‘advance the positive benefits of immigration’.

However, she admitted she was in favour of a second referendum, which is supported by all the major pro-Remain lobbying groups.

Yesterday the Daily Mail reported that John Doddy, chairman of Broxtowe Conservatives, had written to members to canvas their views.

His letter said: ‘There has been much talk of the voting activities of our MP Anna Soubry. I have therefore decided to canvas the opinion of members and will summarise the replies anonymously for the executive committee.’

On Sunday it was reported that rebel Conservative MPs called off their Brexit amendment threat after warnings that they could be kicked out of the party.

Chief whip Julian Smith threatened ‘severe consequences’ if the MPs humiliated the Prime Minister, it was claimed.