Grieve suffers no-trust vote by local Tories

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BEACONSFIELD: Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis has given his backing to the prominent pro-Remain Tory MP Dominic Grieve after he suffered a vote of no confidence by his local party.The chairman of the Beaconsfield Constituency Conservative Association Jackson Ng said the no confidence vote motion was passed at the association’s annual general meeting on Friday.“Our members had a robust discussion with our MP, Dominic Grieve QC on Brexit before voting on a motion of confidence in him as our MP, which, I can confirm with a heavy heart that he failed to retain,” he said in a statement posted on Twitter. “He remains our Conservative MP but I will be speaking as soon as possible to my fellow officers and the executive council.”Lewis expressed his support for Grieve and said that the vote, passed by 182 to 131 - had no formal standing under party rules. “Part of the strength of our party is that we are a broad church. Dominic is somebody who has contributed to Parliament, is a clear strong Conservative and he is an asset to the party,” he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. Grieve, a former attorney general, was one of the MPs behind the cross-party move to seize control of Commons business. The opposition in the constituency to Grieve is reported to have been organised by the former Ukip candidate who stood against him in the 2017 general election, Jon Conway. A number of Conservative MPs swiftly criticised the no confidence vote after it was announced late on Friday.Senior Tory backbencher Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, said it was “deeply disappointing”.He tweeted: “Few in Parliament have contributed as much to public life as Dominic Grieve. ... Our party and country would be poorer.”Former minister Alistair Burt said it was an “extraordinary decision”, adding: “A quality colleague, brave enough to challenge, but fundamentally a Conservative through and through. Where on earth are we heading with situations like this?”Former Tory MP Anna Soubry, who was also at the forefront of the Remain wing of the Conservative Party until she defected to join the Independent Group, branded the vote “disgraceful”.Several Labour MPs also voiced support for Grieve. Stella Creasy said the country’s politics “would be poorer without his input”. Phil Wilson said the vote was “ridiculous”.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/com/cwEr/~4/r2MninpPfX0

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