Ms Elphicke won her Dover seat in 2019 - almost doubling the Conservative majority. The previous MP was her now ex-husband, who was convicted of sexual assault.
It has been fewer than two years since Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told Tory MP Natalie Elphicke to 'f*** off' for criticising Marcus Rashford at the Euros. Now they are colleagues. Ms Elphicke crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join Labour ahead of Prime Minister's Questions, causing a stir on both sides of the House.
It was alongside Ms Elphicke that Rishi Sunak announced his plan to stop small boats crossing the English Channel was working in Dover last year. In the minutes after her defection, Conservative MPs began sharing previous statements from Ms Elphicke. For example, in April 2023, Ms Elphicke wrote in the Daily Express that Labour's attempts to stop the Rwanda deportation scheme was 'dangerous' - and that Sir Keir Starmer wanted to create 'loopholes' in the system.
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Tory MP Natalie Elphicke Defects To Labour Party In Another Blow For Rishi SunakNed Simons is politics news editor for HuffPost UK based in London. He can be reached by email at ned.simonshuffpost.com or on Twitter nedsimons.
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