Christian Wakeford: Sheffield MP Louise Haigh welcomes defection to Labour party

A Sheffield MP has welcomed the former Conservative MP Christian Wakeford as he defected to the Labour Party in the wake of the Downing Street party scandal.
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Louise Haigh, Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, appeared on Politics Live today and supported the Bury South MP’s move to the Labour Party.

She said: “I think it is very welcome that he has come over to the Labour Party.

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“I think what will have happened over the weekend is a lot of colleagues of the Tory party will have gone back to their constituents and heard a lot of anger and a complete and permanent loss of trust and respect not just in the Prime Minister but in the Tory party as a whole.

Christian Wakeford's defection to Labour was a massive vote of confidence for the party.Christian Wakeford's defection to Labour was a massive vote of confidence for the party.
Christian Wakeford's defection to Labour was a massive vote of confidence for the party.

"The problem for the Tory party and indeed for the country is the longer this goes on and the longer the Prime Minister refuses to resign, the longer they are out of control and unable to the issues that Christian’s and my constituents are really concerned about.

"It is a massive vote of confidence in the Labour Party as well as a huge signal that the Tory Party no longer represents the interests of (Christian’s) constituents.”

Towards the end of Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative MP David Davis joined calls for the Prime Minister to resign, quoting a speech made to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 1940, and said: “In the name of God, go.”