Rishi Sunak will face a test of his leadership in two by-elections on July 20th caused by Boris Johnson and an ally.
The former prime minister quit his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat to avoid the judgment of the Privileges Committee.
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The cross-party panel subsequently recommended he should have faced a 90-day suspension for deliberately misleading MPs over partygate and his conduct in attacking the committee.
Another contest will be held in Selby and Ainsty, triggered by Nigel Adams who quit as a Conservative MP after being denied a peerage in Mr Johnson’s resignation honours list.
