Moment Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour during PMQs

Tory MP Natalie Elphicke has announced her defection to Labour in a statement released moments before Rishi Sunak stood up for Prime Minister’s Questions. Ms Elphicke said she had left because the country needs to “move on from the broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic Government”. In a statement, the MP for Dover said she was angry that Boris Johnson had been “ousted” by the party and that under Mr Sunak, the Tories had become a “byword for incompetence and division”. A spokesman for the Labour Party said Ms Elphicke would be stepping down at the election and that the already-selected candidate in Dover, Mike Tapp, would still stand for the party. Ms Elphicke sat just behind Sir Keir Starmer during Prime Minister’s Questions as the Labour leader came face to face with Mr Sunak. #labour #conservative #pmqs Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/08/tory-mp-natalie-elphicke-defects-to-labour/ Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.