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"No one saw this coming."As Conservative MP Dr Dan Poulter announces he is defecting to Labour, The Spectator's James Heale says Labour can "congratulate the

https://www.ft.com/content/e84c79ff-09b0-49ef-a139-7aac6e866a2c
Dan Poulter, a Conservative MP and former minister, has defected to Labour, delivering a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak just days before a crucial round of local elections. Poulter, a mental

https://apnews.com/article/uk-labour-conservatives-defection-3a58698597a59efdf137a3a5b2e34099
"Under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division." Elphicke is the second Conservative lawmaker to defect to Labour in two weeks after Dan Poulter quit in anger over the government's handling of the National Health Service.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tory-mp-dan-poulter-defects-to-labour-in-latest-blow-for-rishi-sunak_uk_662d25b8e4b0d197edc10359
Labour Party. Tory MP Dan Poulter has defected to the Labour Party in the latest hammer-blow to Rishi Sunak's authority. The former health minister and doctor said he no longer trusted the

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-conservative-lawmaker-dan-poulter-defects-opposition-labour-party-guardian-2024-04-27/
British member of parliament Dan Poulter has defected from the ruling Conservative Party to the opposition Labour Party, in a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a set of local elections

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/dan-poulter-welsh-labour-wes-streeting-rishi-sunak-prime-b2535875.html
Dr Dan Poulter, a working medic, has quit Rishi Sunak's party saying it is "failing" the health service and that he could no longer "look my NHS colleagues in the eye" as a Conservative

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-04-27/tory-mp-defects-to-labour-dr-dan-poulters-letter-in-full?s=09
Rishi Sunak. Saturday 27 April 2024, 6:56pm. Dr Dan Poulter Credit: PA. A Tory MP and former health minister has defected to Labour in protest against the Conservative's "rightward drift" and

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-08/sunak-suffers-fresh-blow-as-conservative-mp-defects-to-labour
4:04. Rishi Sunak 's strategy to rouse his despondent Conservative lawmakers after disastrous local election results unraveled in dramatic fashion on Wednesday as — moments before he stood up

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tory-mp-defects-labour-protest-174935305.html
A Tory MP and former health minister has defected to Labour in protest against the Tories' "rightward drift" and neglect of the NHS, in a blow to the Prime Minister.. Dr Dan Poulter, a working medic, has quit Rishi Sunak's party saying it is "failing" the health service and that he could no longer "look my NHS colleagues in the eye" as a Conservative.

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/british-mp-defects-to-labour-in-fresh-blow-for-pm-sunak
LONDON - Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to the Labour Party, opposition leader Keir Starmer confirmed on April 27, dealing another blow to embattled prime minister Rishi Sunak. Dr

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2024/05/30/conservative-mp-defects-to-labour-in-fresh-blow-to-sunak/
Photograph: Alastair Grant/AFP via Getty Images. Rishi Sunak has been dealt a fresh blow from within his own ranks after another outgoing Conservative MP said he is now backing Labour. Mark Logan

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/tory-mp-dan-poulter-defects-to-labour/
The Conservative majority in parliament has meanwhile almost halved from 80 seats in 2019 to just 41 in 2024. Poulter is the third Tory MP to defect this parliament and the second to do so to

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/another-british-conservative-lawmaker-defects-opposition-labour-party-2024-05-08/
Another lawmaker from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party defected to the opposition Labour Party on Wednesday, the second to do so in less than two weeks, criticising what she called

https://www.barrons.com/news/uk-mp-defects-to-labour-in-fresh-blow-for-pm-sunak-6da14802
Text size. Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to the Labour Party, opposition leader Keir Starmer confirmed Saturday, dealing another blow to embattled prime minister Rishi Sunak. Poulter, a

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-05-08/uk-prime-minister-sunak-suffers-further-blow-as-another-conservative-lawmaker-defects-to-labour
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was accused Wednesday of leading a "chaotic" government as another one of his Conservative lawmakers defected to the main opposition Labour

https://www.ft.com/content/ede7636b-0a00-4962-a0b6-e008c9f3ba95
Conservative MP Mark Logan said on Thursday he will support Labour at the election, piling pressure on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is struggling with an exodus of nearly a quarter of his

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1893143/Dan-Poulter-conservative-party-quit-labour
A Tory MP and former health minister has defected to Labour in a huge blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Dr Dan Poulter, a working medic, has quit Rishi Sunak's party saying it is "failing

https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/27/top-tory-mp-defects-labour-nhs-crisis-20730390/?ico=mosaic_uk
Mr Sunak was asked on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, recorded before Dr Poulter's shock defection, whether the latter half of 2024 could mean July. He said: 'I'm not going to say

https://www.yahoo.com/news/uk-prime-minister-sunak-suffers-115536141.html
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was accused Wednesday of leading a "chaotic" government as another one of his Conservative lawmakers defected to the main opposition Labour Party ahead of a

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/tory-mp-dan-poulter-defection-230123925.html
28 April 2024 at 0:26 am. Tory MP Dan Poulter's defection to Labour piles pressure on Rishi Sunak. The shock defection of a Tory MP to Labour in anger over the NHS crisis has heaped pressure on

https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2024/04/28/uk-mp-defects-to-labour-in-fresh-blow-for-pm-sunak/131236
LONDON, April 28 — Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to the Labour Party, opposition leader Keir Starmer confirmed Saturday, dealing another blow to embattled prime minister Rishi Sunak. Poulter, a former health minister, told the Observer newspaper that he was switching parties and called on Sunak to call a general election "as soon

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13357427/Conservative-MP-Dan-Poulter-defects-Labour-latest-blow-Rishi-Sunak-ex-minister-doctor-says-increasingly-difficult-look-NHS-colleagues-eye-Tory.html
Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to Labour in the latest blow to Rishi Sunak's government.. The ex-health minister, who works part time as a doctor, said he found it 'increasingly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_who_stood_down_at_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) who held seats at the end of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom and did not stand for re-election in the 2024 general election.A total of 132 Members of Parliament did not stand for re-election, including a record number of Conservative MPs. This includes MPs who were deselected by their party who subsequently chose not to seek nomination

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_the_United_Kingdom
27 April - Conservative MP and ex-minister Daniel Poulter defects to Labour, saying he has concerns over the NHS and other public services. [378] 28 April - Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris looks at creating legislation to allow the return of asylum seekers to the UK after figures show that 80% of recent asylum seekers arriving in Ireland are

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_United_Kingdom_politics_and_government
Sunak faced a call from a Labour MP to apologise after he ridiculed Starmer over his U-turn on "defining a woman" at Prime Minister's Questions. ... Dan Poulter, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich defects from Conservative to the Labour Party, ... The Conservative Member of Parliament for Dover Natalie Elphicke defects to the Labour Party.