this relates a peter bone, he was elected — story. was elected as _ story. this relates a peter bone, he was elected as a _ story. this relates a peter bone, he was elected as a conservative - story. this relates a peter bone, he was elected as a conservative mp i was elected as a conservative mp backin was elected as a conservative mp back in 2005 for the northamptonshire constituency of willingboro, but about one month ago in parliament's behavioural in pa rliament�*s behavioural watchdog, in parliament's behavioural watchdog, they published a report of an investigation into claims of bullying and sexual misconduct and they found he had broken the rules on those. that he had bullied a staff member, physically striking and throwing things at him, and indecently expose himself to a staff member on an overseas trip. what happened then was that parliament voted to suspend peter bone for six weeks which triggered a recall petition, a piece of legislation passed in 2015 which means that if an mp is suspended for a certain number of days f

peter bone's local people.constituents , to have the constituents, to have the opportunity to say , we want an opportunity to say, we want an opportunity to say, we want an opportunity now to have somebody else as our mp outside of a general election , what we call general election, what we call in the business a by—election. so they only need 10% of local voters to vote in favour of that by—election, 10% is essentially 7904. hello there my friend from welling . welling. >> lots of people in wellingborough really excited to talk about peter bone and the by—election. >> my friend there. he's been he's been doing his christmas shopping and so he's probably had a, uh, it's just been catching up on his last few presents off. it's presents as he scoots off. it's only 7904 votes to be 10% of the seven, uh, 70,000 or so. uh votes that are available here. so how likely is it? is what you said at the start, ben? well 10, 7000. that could quite reasonable be a good chunk of the local labour voters, a good chunk of the li

peter bone was suspended from the commons. of peter bone was suspended from the commons .but that he strongly and abjectly denies. but if at least 10% of eligible voters sign this petition, a by—election by—election will be triggered, possibly causing more than a headache for prime minister rishi sunak. while the recall petition has now closed, it closed at 5 pm. and gb news is east midlands. reporter will hollis reports from wellingborough . wellingborough. >> the recall petition to decide if wellingborough is going to get the opportunity to vote in a by—election has just closed . by—election has just closed. that means that now , now we will that means that now, now we will have to wait to see if the 10% threshold has been met. this petition has been put in place because because of allegations that were made about the local mp here in wellingborough , peter mp here in wellingborough, peter bone. peter bone has been the mp since 2005, sitting as a conservative, but recently he lost the whip when there were accusations made about bullying and sexual misconduct. there was a

former tory mp peter bone has lost his seat in a vote by constituents.llying and sexual misconduct allegations, which he denies. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent. he was elected as a conservative mp way back in 2005 for the northamptonshire constituency of wellingborough, but about a month ago, parliament's independent behavioural watchdog published a report of an investigation it had done into claims of bullying and sexual misconduct. and it found that he had broken the rules on those, that he had bullied a staff member, physically striking him and throwing things at him, and that he had indecently exposed himself to a staff member on an overseas trip. now, what happened then was that parliament voted to suspend mr bone for six weeks, and that triggered what's known as a recall petition. there is a piece of legislation that was passed in 2015 in the uk which means that if an mp is suspended for a certain number of days from the commons, then the petition is automatically triggered in their constituency. and if 10% of eligible voters sign i

bone, to oust their mp peter bone, from his constituency , the from his constituency, the wellingboroughp was suspended from the commons for six weeks in october after an inquiry found he'd subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct . member to bullying and sexual misconduct. mr bone member to bullying and sexual misconduct . mr bone describes misconduct. mr bone describes the allegations as completely untrue. mr bone has been a sitting mp as an independent after losing the conservative whip in the aftermath of that ruling. so to just recap for you, a by—election taking place in wellingborough , we understand in wellingborough, we understand mr bone will be commenting. he says in the new year on that. well, the other main news today on gb news is that the foreign secretary has said the uk won't be tolerating attacks on shipping lanes in the red sea as trade analysts have suggested this evening that continued disruption could impact prices in the uk in all sectors. disruption could impact prices in the uk in all sectors . as in the uk in all sectors. as britain is joining

the voting has ended for a petition which could unseat the mp peter bone in his northamptonshire constituency the wellingborough northamptonshire constituency tonight. the wellingborough mp was suspended from the commons for six weeks in october after an inquiry found he'd subjected an inquiry found he'd subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct. he's sitting as an independent after losing the conservative whip . if the conservative whip. if tonight's vote is signed by 10% of his votes, there will be a by—election. we'll give you the results of that as soon as we can. now, the foreign secretary says the uk will not be tolerating attacks on shipping lanesin tolerating attacks on shipping lanes in the red sea, just as trade analysts suggest continued disruption could impact prices in all uk sectors. britain is joining an international maritime coalition dubbed operation security guardian, to protect ships in the area after a recent spate of attacks by houthi rebels in yemen allied with the hamas terror group. the government says much of the uk's supply of liquefied natural gas

let's look at some other stories making news: former tory mp peter bone has lost his seat in a vote byection will be held in wellingborough, in northamptonshire, early next year. the recall petition was held after mr bone was suspended as an mp over bullying and sexual misconduct allegations, which he denies. the scottish government has announced a new 45% band for people earning over £75,000, meaning higher earners in scotland will be paying more income tax. the top rate, which is paid by those earning more than £125,000, will also rise to 48%. the housing secretary announces a pledge to intervene if there have been delays to house building as a result of poor performance among planning teams. michael gove says that he will call out local authorities that are dragging their feet when it comes to processing housing applications. more details on those stories on our website, and also the bbc news app. you're live with bbc news. junior doctors in england are about to start a three—day strike in a dispute over pay. they'll walk out from 7:00 uk time this morning, after five weeks of negot

so this guy, this mp, peter bone , this guy, this mp, peter bone, this conservative mp, so his his constituencyny . you've misbehaved once too many. we hear you're out. we don't want you again . we've deselected want you again. we've deselected you right. so what happens next. >> it's true that the north >> well it's true that the north northamptonshire council, 13.2% of the constituency kc. so it's past the watershed of 10, have said that they want a deselection and they want to have a re—election. so that's what's going to happen. and this is based on allegations of bullying and some sexual misconduct. so we're not entirely sure about everything and about what's actually true or not from ten years ago. >> okay. but it was enough to influence his constituents , some influence his constituents, some of them. >> and he makes the point. 86% of them did not vote. now of them did not vote. but now this because this is what's happening because it's the threshold. so it's past the threshold. so obviously for rishi sunak that's a concern because it's another issue that is not sort of issue that is not

what peter bone was accused of is pretty serious.the way, including in a statement last night after the recall petition outcome. it is a relatively new development, the ability of most of the public to recall their mp. this was the fifth recall their mp. this was the fifth recall petition since the law was introduced, and the fourth in a row that has been successful. that is becoming a big part of our politics. it is worth saying this is a safe conservative seat. the labour party would need a swing of 18%, a very big swing, to win this from the conservative party. but that would be smaller than the swings they achieved earlier this year in tamworth, mid bedfordshire, selby and ainsty. if the labour party wins this next year, that would show again that they are probably on course for a government. and unlike the previous by—election the conservatives said were just mid—term blues, it would be taking place in a general election year. thank you. the un security council has again postponed a vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire i

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peter bone is the latest one booted out another scandal?e around when john major's government was imploding . uh, government was imploding. uh, every week , it seemed every other week, it seemed there was a scandal of some description . ian, does this feel description. ian, does this feel the same to you with this government? because this is a by—election. they're almost certainly the certainly going to lose the labour party, and you need a swing won other swing of 18. they've won other by elections with swings of 25. yeah >> thanks for reminding me how old i am. um, um , you're quite old i am. um, um, you're quite right. and what this feels like. and it does feel like john major government where john major and history history is actually going to be quite kind to john major . um, going to be quite kind to john major. um, he, you going to be quite kind to john major . um, he, you know, he was major. um, he, you know, he was a credible, serious politician. the problem was that every time he took a step forward, he got knocked back. and that'

peter bone will close to voters in his northamptonshire constituency later on this evening.ingborough mp was suspended from the commons for six weeks in october after an inquiry found he'd subjected an inquiry found he'd subjected a staff member to bullying and alleged sexual misconduct . he's alleged sexual misconduct. he's sitting as an independent after losing the conservative whip if signed by 10% of his constituents , there will be a constituents, there will be a by—election we'll keep you up to date on that throughout the evening, right here on gb news across the uk, on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> good evening. housing goes up the list as one of the most important issues facing britain today. important issues facing britain today . the question of will your today. the question of will your kids ever own a house is a very big and a very important one. i'd love some of your views on that. please farage at gbnews.com so michael gove,

mean, partiebone is that >> i mean, peter bone is that wellingborough seat? kind of area. it's, it's that kind of area. it's, it's that kind of area. it's not really i don't think small boats is in the top ten polled issues in wellingborough, or of the or at least that section of the country. and know, country. and you know, that's reform big thing because reform uk's big thing because there's landlord. yeah pretty much we're going to stop the boats. rural boats. it's quite rural wellingborough as well. you know pig wellingborough as well. you know pig know pig farming lands. and you know reform we're reform is a big thing. we're going stop boats i'm going to stop the boats i'm going to stop the boats i'm going the migrants. going to stop the migrants. >> great policy on them. going to stop the migrants. >> soeat policy on them. going to stop the migrants. >> soeat pcon/ on them. going to stop the migrants. >> soeat pcon wellingborough n. >> so well on wellingborough it's or maybe also 80% british. of there might of course there might be also just force, just

bone from his constituency . the wellingborough constituency. the wellingborough mp was suspended from the commons for six weeks for six weeks in october after an inquiry found he'd subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct . mr bone sexual misconduct. mr bone describes the allegations as totally untrue and without foundation , and the former home foundation, and the former home secretary, suella braverman, has tweeted in the last hour that mr boneis tweeted in the last hour that mr bone is a thoroughly decent man and the witch hunt against him is a source of national shame . is a source of national shame. well, also, the news today , the well, also, the news today, the foreign secretary said the uk won't tolerate attacks on shipping lanes in the red sea, as trade analysts suggest continued disruption there could impact prices in all uk sectors . impact prices in all uk sectors. britain is joining an international maritime coalition dubbed operation ocean security guardian, to protect ships in th

bone from his constituency .he wellingborough constituency. the wellingborough mp was suspended from the commons for six weeks for six weeks in october after an inquiry found he'd subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct . mr bone sexual misconduct. mr bone describes the allegations as totally untrue and without foundation , and the former home foundation, and the former home secretary, suella braverman, has tweeted in the last hour that mr boneis tweeted in the last hour that mr bone is a thoroughly decent man and the witch hunt against him is a source of national shame . is a source of national shame. well, also, the news today , the well, also, the news today, the foreign secretary said the uk won't tolerate attacks on shipping lanes in the red sea, as trade analysts suggest continued disruption there could impact prices in all uk sectors . impact prices in all uk sectors. britain is joining an international maritime coalition dubbed operation ocean security guardian, to protect ships in the

bone expected by—election in wellingborough.he's expecting to lose both, one would have thought. certainly the blackpool south labour the blackpool south to labour and probably the wellingborough by—election. so easy. by—election. two so not easy. but it never rains. but it pours for the pm. but he is. he's on good form the moment. andrew good form at the moment. andrew and bev he's a party last and bev he's at a party last night with tory mps making jokes about mafia and about about about the mafia and about the families and mark the five families and mark francois he in francois and the like. he in private, he's quite chipper. you might be surprised to hear i am surprised hear. surprised to hear. >> we've got a tory mp >> well, we've got a tory mp with us, chris. >> thanks for that, tom hunt, mp for ipswich, is here. you for ipswich, is here. were you at the christmas party last night 10? i was night in number 10? i was briefly, yeah. you're never out of 10 because you of number 10 because i saw you going breakfast the other g

um, peter bone quite obviously was very miffed with this decision this morning going on what could beer this morning. what's this going to present in terms of a headache for rishi sunak? is it just the latest in a long line of challenges for rishi and the tories in securing yet another time . time. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well of course it's going to be very difficult, isn't it? i mean, you have to look at the previous by—election results that we've seen in this parliament, some with bigger majorities than we hold in wellingborough, we've wellingborough, that we've lost. and pretty obvious um and it's pretty obvious that, um , any by—election at this, at this time is going to be difficult for the, for the conservative party. but what i do is that we be do know is that we will be giving it our best shot. and i'm sure we'll pick a fantastic candidate to fight the by—election for us. >> , and, and we'll give it >> and, and, and we'll give it our best shot. >> but you know who knows it? but you know, this happens in every governments every parliament. governments lose by elections. >> know a

yeah, peter bone as well. yeah, but peter bone as well. >> did peter do.a member of staff. he also was a rather extraordinary. actually extraordinary. if you actually read report on of mr read the report on the of mr when was in on in gibraltar when he was in on in gibraltar with young assistant from with the young assistant from his and apparently he his office and apparently he i can't actually say a sunday can't actually say on a sunday afternoon don't do it, don't do it. his eye out. >> well, listen, but listen what about this? so how would you like win £10,000 cash? uh, like to win a £10,000 cash? uh, brand tech and shopping brand new tech and shopping vouchers. well could be the vouchers. well you could be the winner our very first great winner of our very first great british all the british giveaway. here's all the details you could make details about how you could make those yours if you vote conservative. >> no, don't vote for them. >> no, don't vote for them. >> is your chance to win >> this is your chance to win cash, and tech our cash, treats a

we're already facing by—election facing a by—election wellingborough peter bone, a veteran tory mp.sing the he's fighting i think i understood to be not wanting i should say um, a referendum on his time as a as an mp. he should face a by—election in, in the new year. and should. mr benton, you've got these two twin by—election tests, one in the red wall, one in, in a in a safe tory seat and not for easy mr sunak as he's facing a very, very difficult yeah facing a very, very difficult year. by the time they're year. and by the time they're held, late held, i expect in the late spring, um, there will be we'll be what be the be fully into what will be the long general election campaign and challenges for sunak and huge challenges for mr sunak as back as he tries to claw back labour's lead, which gone, labour's lead, which is gone, which frankly has is the same which is frankly has is the same as it when he took over. as it was when he took over. >> chris, thank you for >> okay, chris, thank you for that hope rishi enjoys his that and i hope rishi enjoys his christmas . it looks it's ch

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