Tory MP Julian Knight has whip removed after complaint made to Met police
7 December 2022, 23:07 | Updated: 8 December 2022, 00:20
Tory MP Julian Knight has had his whip removed after a complaint was made to the Metropolitan police.
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Chief Whip Simon Hart removed the Tory whip, meaning Mr Knight no longer sits in the Commons as a Conservative.
A spokeswoman for Mr Hart said: "Following a complaint made to the Metropolitan Police this evening, we have removed the whip from Julian Knight MP with immediate effect."
She declined to comment on the nature of the complaint now it is under investigation.
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Mr Knight, who is also chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, will now sit as an independent MP.
He has represented Solihull in the West Midlands since 2015.
The MP is now the fifth to currently have the Conservative whip removed.
It comes after Labour MP Conor McGinn was suspended from the party on Wednesday night, pending an investigation.
Details of the inquiry are yet to be confirmed.
