Outgoing Tory MP suspended from party for supporting Reform UK candidates

A retiring Tory MP was suspended from the party after supporting Reform UK.

Lucy Allan endorsed Alan Adams to succeed her as MP for Telford as Rishi Sunak’s faltering election campaign worsened.

On X (formerly Twitter) she wrote: “I am supporting Alan Adams as the next MP for Telford. If you would like to help Alan or donate to his campaign, sign up to his website.”

Within an hour, a Conservative Party spokesman said: “Lucy Allan has been suspended from the party with immediate effect.

“The people of Telford now have the chance to vote for a committed and hard-working new candidate who will put Telford first. A vote for reform is a vote for Keir Starmer.”

However, Allan later insisted that she had left the party before her suspension.

She was first elected MP for Telford in 2015 and announced last year that she would stand down at the election.

Tory candidate Hannah Campbell defends a majority of 10,941 votes.

The dispute is just the latest setback in the Tories’ disastrous election campaign so far.

Sunak announced the date in pouring rain, drowned out by a protester playing the New Labour Party anthem, “Things Can Only Get Better.” And things have only gotten worse since then.

His main plan, to make all 18-year-olds compulsory military service, was heavily criticised and quickly scrapped because ministers were unable to answer basic questions about how the plan would be implemented.

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