"Many Photos" - Pro-Remain Tory MP Dominic Grieve loses no confidence vote by local Conservative Party

The prominent pro-Remain Tory MP Dominic Grieve has suffered a vote of no confidence by his local Conservative Party.

The chairman of the Beaconsfield Constituency Conservative Association Jackson Ng said the no confidence vote motion was passed at the association's annual general meeting.

'Our members had a robust discussion with our MP, Dominic Grieve QC on Brexit before voting on a motion of confidence in him as our MP, which, I can confirm with a heavy heart that he failed to retain,' he said in a statement posted on Twitter.

The prominent pro-Remain Tory MP Dominic Grieve has suffered a vote of no confidence by his local Conservative Party

Anna Soubry, who left the Tory party to join The Independent Group last month, weighed in on the decision on Twitter

'He remains our Conservative MP but I will be speaking as soon as possible to my fellow officers and the executive council.'

Mr Grieve, a former attorney general, lost by 182 votes to 131. as a result, the association can try to deselect him as a Tory candidate at the next General Election. 

He was one of the MPs behind the cross-party move to seize control of Commons business to stage a series of indicative votes on alternatives to Theresa May's deal.

The opposition in the constituency to Mr Grieve is reported to have been organised by the former Ukip candidate who stood against him in the 2017 general election, Jon Conway.  

In June last year arch-remainer Mr Grieve put forward an amendment to Parliament the power to direct Mrs May if she could not get a Brexit deal through the House of Commons.

This attempt to secure a ‘meaningful vote’ was defeated by 319 votes to 303, with even Mr Grieve voting against his own amendment.

But the plan was revived a week later after a spectacular intervention by the House of Lords.

Last June a senior party member in Mr Grieve’s constituency told the Daily Mail: ‘Grieve has even upset Remainers in the association who think he’s gone too far. If he doesn’t go, I suspect we will tell him to.’

Colleagues of Mr Grieve were quick to offer their support.

Fellow remainer Anna Soubry, of the newly-formed party Change UK, weighed in on the decision on Twitter, saying: 'This is disgraceful. More evidence that the uncompromising dogmatic right is running the @Conservatives 

'#DominicGrieve is one of the finest, most courageous Parliamentarians ever - who has always put his country first & championed all his constituents.' 

Labour MP Ben Bradshaw called Mr Grieve a 'national hero'.

He wrote: 'Full takeover of the Tory Party by the hard right ERG sect underway tonight. Dominic Grieve is a national hero, who has done more than anyone to try to save Britain from this #BrexitShambles disaster. #FinalSay #PeoplesVote.'  

Labour MP Ben Bradshaw claimed the vote of no confidence showed that the hard right ERG sect was taking over the Tory party 

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