Gedling borough MPs will today vote on whether to sanction former PM Boris Johnson after the privileges committee found he repeatedly misled the House of Commons.
The damning report recommended that Johnson should be suspended for 90 days – a sanction long enough to trigger a potential by-election.
Mr Johnson last week took the decision to resign as MP, which means the vote will no longer be about his future in parliament but instead on whether MPs agree with the report, and whether he should be stripped of access to the Palace of Westminster.
However, Johnson still has many supporters in the House and if enough abstain, there may not be a vote.
Nadine Dorries, Boris Johnson’s most ardent backer, said that those who vote against the former PM are not “true Conservatives”.
Labour have made clear their intention to vote with the committee’s recommendations.
Downing Street has refused to say whether Rishi Sunak will turn up to back the report, but he will be hosting a foreign leader at Number 10 today which could give him an excuse not to take part.
MPs will be deciding on a simple statement, “That this House approves the Fifth Report from the Committee of Privileges”.
The government will now be hoping this is another chapter closed in the Boris Johnson saga.
