News ‘Red Wall’ Conservative MP Christian Wakeford defects to the Labour Party Conservative MP for Bury South Christian Wakeford, elected to represent one of the ‘Red Wall’ constituencies lost to… Elliot Chappell & Sienna Rodgers 19th January, 2022, 11:58 am
News SNP secretly hope for Tory victory, says prominent Yes campaigner as he defects to Labour An SNP member in Nicola Sturgeon’s constituency who was an organiser of Asians for Independence during the Scottish… 7th April, 2015, 11:42 am
News Danczuk/Farage photo sparks new defection concerns This is what page 9 of today’s Sun looks like (h/t @DavidWooding): It appears that Rochdale Labour… 21st December, 2014, 9:29 am
News Double defection – Two councillors quit Tories and join Labour Two councillors have defected from the Tories to Labour in Dudley this evening. Glenis Simms and Cheryl Billingham… 30th October, 2014, 7:40 pm
News Another Tory defects to UKIP Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor of London between 2008 and 2012, has announced that he has left the Conservative… 30th September, 2014, 9:39 am
News Weekly survey: Crime commissioners, Douglas Carswell and Labour defections The role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) has been in the news lately, with the low turnout… 1st September, 2014, 3:41 pm
News Austin Mitchell rubbishes claims that Labour MPs could join UKIP The idea that any Labour MPs could follow Douglas Carswell’s lead by joining UKIP is merely “wishful thinking”… 29th August, 2014, 3:42 pm
News Miliband praises Shaun Woodward as former Cabinet Minister (and Tory) announces he’s stepping down Shaun Woodward, the former Northern Ireland Secretary perhaps best known for defecting from the Tories to Labour in… 8th November, 2013, 10:11 am
Comment Labour should (within reason) welcome defecting MPs with open arms Last week rumours circulated (briefly) that Lib Dem MP and stand-up comedian Sarah Teather was considering defecting to… Mark Ferguson 26th November, 2012, 9:41 am
Comment Yaqoob for Labour? Unlikely – and that’s almost certainly for the best Last night Respect leader Salma Yaqoob left George Galloway’s party. This followed in the wake of another high… Mark Ferguson 12th September, 2012, 7:00 am