Liberal Democrats accuse local MPs of showing greater loyalty to Johnson than to their constituents

Ex Conservative Prime Minister Johnson suffered an unprecedented public humiliation, when the House of Commons voted by 354 votes to 7 that he had deliberately misled Parliament over ‘Partygate’. The 354 who voted to accept the findings of the Privileges Committee report and call for Mr Johnson not to be given a Parliamentary pass included MPs from across the political parties, including some Ministers and another ex-Prime Minister, Theresa May, who explained her vote as “a small but important step in restoring people’s trust” in Parliament. Yet both Lucy Frazer MP and Steve Barclay MP abstained from voting.

Charlotte Cane, Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson for South East Cambridgeshire said:

“118 Tory MPs, including current and past Ministers, found the time and the backbone to condemn lying to Parliament. But Lucy Frazer and Steve Barclay remained loyal to ex-Prime Minister Johnson to the last and abstained from approving the Committee’s report. It is shocking that their loyalty to a liar is greater than their loyalty to their constituents.”