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Tory MP tells voters to back Reform so Lee Anderson can return to Westminster

Source: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak is facing calls to expel a Conservative MP after he suggested voters back Nigel Farage’s Reform party at the next election so Lee Anderson is returned to Westminster.

Nick Fletcher, the MP for Don Valley, said the former Tory deputy chairman, who defected after being suspended earlier this year, was his seat’s “greatest champion”.

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