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Tory MP Scott Benton to be suspended in sleaze row with ANOTHER by-election on the cards
Rishi Sunak faces another nightmare by-election in a Red Wall seat as an MP is set to be ousted over a lobbying scandal.
The Standards Committee is poised to suspend Scott Benton for more than 10 days, which will trigger a process that will give his constituents the chance to remove him.
The MP for Blackpool South had the Tory whip suspended in April after he was filmed offering to lobby ministers and leak confidential information on behalf of gambling industry investors. He suggested to undercover reporters that MPs were able to get around transparency rules on corporate hospitality by putting a falsely low value on tickets to avoid having to declare them.
The Standards Committee will announce Mr Benton’s fate within the next few weeks. The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has been looking into allegations that his actions caused “significant damage to the reputation of the House” of Commons. It launched the probe after the Tory referred himself for investigation. The Code of Conduct for MPs states that “members shall never undertake any action which would cause significant damage to the reputation and integrity of the House of Commons as a whole or of its members generally”.
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