Tory MP Natalie Elphicke Defects To Labour Party In Another Blow For Rishi Sunak

  (The Huffington Post) : Tory MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to Labour, in another humiliating blow for Rishi Sunak following his hammering at the local elections. The MP for Dover’s defection come as pollsters continue to predict that the Tories are heading for a heavy defeat at the general election. The Conservatives lost nearly 500 council seats at the local elections last week, as well as all but one mayoral race. HuffPost UK revealed on Sunday that two Tory MPs were in talks about defecting to Labour before the general election. Two MPs elected as Tories in 2019 - Christian Wakeford and Dan Poulter - have already crossed the floor in this parliament. Poulter stunned Westminster last weekend when he also left the Tories for Labour, blaming the government’s handling of the NHS. Wakeford, the MP for Bury South, dramatically defected to Labour in January, 2022, over the partygate scandal. This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Follow HuffPost UK on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. ..