The Liberal Democrats say they are going to table a bill as soon as Parliament returns in September that could see Nadine Dorries suspended as an MP and a Mid Bedfordshire by-election triggered.
The so-called ‘Dosser Dorries’ motion, which takes its name from signs that have appeared across Mid-Bedfordshire, will be tabled by Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper on the first day of the parliament on Monday, 4 September.
If passed, it will force a 10-day suspension of Nadine Dorries if she doesn’t show up to Parliament by 14 September. This will in turn trigger a recall petition and allow her constituents to force a by-election.
“For months Nadine Dorries has treated the people of Mid Bedfordshire with contempt and taken them for granted,” said Liberal Daisy Cooper MP.
“As thousands of people struggle to get a GP appointment and face steep hikes to their mortgages, Nadine Dorries continues to be missing in action. What’s worse is that the Conservatives just don’t seem to care that they’re letting people down.
“We need an end to this sorry saga, once and for all. Nadine Dorries must resign, if not then this Government must do the right thing and force her to. Every day that Rishi Sunak sits on his hands the people across Mid Bedfordshire are being failed.”
Boris Johnson loyalist, Dorries, said she would resign “with immediate effect” when the former prime minister stood down as an MP almost three months ago and she was not given an apparently promised peerage.
But she has still not handed in her formal resignation and continues to take her £84,000 salary.
She has however broken her silence to counter criticisms she is not working on her MP’s duties, after comments from a colleague that she should be stripped of her Conservative whip, and Fliwick Council joined Ampthill Council in calling for her to resign.
Earlier this week she told The News Agents podcast, “myself and my team of four caseworkers are working daily with constituents.
“I understand that political opponents, such as Labour-run Flitwick town council, are choosing the summer and news-hungry outlets in the summer recess to be noticed. However, we are just getting on with the work.”
We have asked Ms Dorries her thoughts on the motion due to be tabled in parliament and why she chose to respond to The News Agents but has not responded to media enquiries on behalf of her constituents, but she did not reply.
To date, neither Ms Dorries nor anyone from her office has ever responded to a media enquiry on behalf of her constituents from the Bedford Independent.
