Labour MP ‘left in tears’ over Elphicke switch as

ONE Labour MP was reportedly left in tears following the news of Natalie Elphicke’s defection from the Tory party.

The MP for Dover quit the Conservative Party just moments before PMQs on Wednesday, hitting out at Rishi Sunak’s “tired and chaotic government” and accused the PM of failing to deliver on his promise to “stop the boats”.

Following the news, Stephen

Flynn told Labour to “show some standards” while many Tories were also left bemused with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan saying she was a “very odd fit” for Starmer’s party.

One Labour MP told the PA news agency: “I think it’s utterly disgraceful. She’s totally right-wing and supported her husband when he sexually assaulted women.

“There are Labour MPs still suspended and we’re welcoming MPs who have voted to push people into poverty. I despair.”

In 2021, Elphicke was suspended from the Commons for one day for trying to influence the judge in a case linked to her former partner Charlie Elphicke, who was found guilty on multiple counts of sexual assault.

She ended the marriage after his conviction but supported his unsuccessful appeal, saying he had been “attractive, and attracted to women,” and an “easy target for dirty politics and false allegations”.

Another MP told the PA they had been left in tears by the news of the defection while former shadow minister for domestic violence said the new Labour MP should “account for her actions”.

She told ITV’s Peston: “I’m all for forgiveness but I do think that that needs some explaining.”

Another backbencher told PA the decision wouldn’t comfort those questioning Starmer’s political