Rishi Sunak is facing yet another by-election nightmare after former Tory MP Scott Benton announced he was resigning from the Commons.

The MP for Blackpool South was facing being booted out by his constituents in a recall petition after he was caught in a lobbying sting.

Benton, who was elected as an MP for the red wall seat in 2019, has been sitting as an independent.

Labour will be confident of winning the by-election, as Benton has a majority of just 3,690 and was the seat’s first Conservative MP since 1997.

Benton had the Tory whip suspended after he was filmed last year offering to help gambling industry lobbyists in exchange for money.

As punishment he was handed a 35-day ban from the Commons. The length of the suspension triggered a recall petition.

If at least 10% of registered voters had supported it, Benton would have been kicked out.

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Another By-Election Nightmare For Rishi Sunak As MP Scott Benton Resigns

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25.03.2024

Rishi Sunak is facing yet another by-election nightmare after former Tory MP Scott Benton announced he was resigning from the Commons.

The MP for Blackpool South was facing being booted out by his constituents in a recall petition after he was caught in a lobbying sting.

Benton, who was elected as an MP for........

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