Sky News on UK Conservatives MP Scott Benton
35 day suspension does have consequences…The backbench MP – who has sat as an independent since being kicked out of the Conservative Party – denied wrongdoing and appealed the suspension to the Independent Expert Panel (IEP), the body that sits above the Standards Committee.
But in a ruling earlier this month, the IEP said it “found no substance” in his arguments and dismissed the appeal.
The length of the suspension means Mr Benton is now facing a recall petition, and if 10% of his constituents sign it, a by-election will be triggered in his seat.
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