THE Conservative Party have removed the whip from senior MP Julian Knight after a complaint was made to the Metropolitan Police.
Chief Whip Simon hart took the action, meaning Knight will no longer sit in the Commons as a Tory, after the Party said the complaint was lodged on Wednesday evening.
Knight is the chairman of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee and has represent Solihull in the West Midlands since 2015.
A spokeswoman for the Chief Whip said: “Following a complaint made to the Metropolitan Police this evening, we have removed the whip from Julian Knight MP with immediate effect.”
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She declined to comment on the nature of the complaint.
Knight, who has been contacted for comment, is the latest in a string of MPs to lose the party whip after they became the subject of an allegation.
Knight is the fifth Tory MP to currently have the whip removed.
Labour suspended MP for St Helens North Connor McGinn’s membership on Wednesday while a complaint made to his party was being investigated.
He said he had not been told of the details of the allegation but was “confident that it is entirely unfounded”.
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