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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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What happens when an MP defects and will there be a by-election in Bury South?

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The Conservative Party lost one of its newest MPs today as Christian Wakeford sensationally announced he was defecting to Labour just moments before Prime Minister's Questions.

The Bury South MP told Boris Johnson that he and his party had "shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves”.

Mr Wakeford won the seat in 2019. The Greater Manchester constituency, which had voted Labour for more than 20 years, was one of several 'Red Wall' seats to fall to the Tories at the last election.

The MP had been one of seven Tory MPs to publicly call for Mr Johnson to quit following allegations of rule breaking in Downing Street during the coronavirus lockdown.

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