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Labour lefties hate Keir Starmer's new friends. He doesn't care.
By Esther Webber & Agnes Chambre
Natalie Elphicke apologises for comments about ex-husband's victims
By Becky Morton
It’s Labour’s turn to crash and burn as party can’t defend Elphicke’s defection
By John Crace
Tory defections signal end of conservative dominance: Martin Ivens
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Double-edged sword of defections underscores wider Labour discontent
By Stephen Bush & Georgina Quach
Taking in Tory defector Natalie Elphicke was ‘naked opportunism by Labour’ blasts Lord Cameron...
By Noa Hoffman
Starmer's embrace of defecting Tory right-winger may backfire on Labour – Christine Jardine
By Christine Jardine
Starmer under pressure to investigate claim Elphicke 'lobbied minister to intervene in husband's trial'
By Archie Mitchell
A potted history of political defections
By Peter Kellner
Labour MPs are 'Furious' with Starmer Over Defection of Hard-Right Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke
By Adam Bienkov
Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour in fresh blow to Rishi Sunak
By Jim Pickard, Lucy Fisher & Anna Gross
Labour MP calls for Natalie Elphicke to be suspended over lobbying claims
By Jennifer Mckiernan
Keir Starmer faces Labour anger after Natalie Elphicke's defection
By Paul Seddon & Chris Mason
New Labour MP Natalie Elphicke accused of lobbying over husband's sexual assault case
By Nick Eardley
Natalie Elphicke: Who is the former Tory MP who defected to Labour?
By Jennifer Mckiernan
Natalie Elphicke’s anti-strike stance ‘incompatible’ with Labour, says TUC president
By Kiran Stacey & Rajeev Syal
UK politics: Tory defector Natalie Elphicke apologises for comments about women who were sexually assaulted by her ex-husband – as it happened
By Andrew Sparrow
Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour citing border security
By Eleni Courea & Pippa Crerar
Conservative defector to Labour ‘was bitter at not getting ministerial job’
By Toby Helm & Michael Savage
Labour should be ‘less tribal’, says Keir Starmer after Elphicke defection
By Jamie Grierson & Eleni Courea
Labour defends welcoming rightwing Tory MP Natalie Elphicke into party – as it happened
By Andrew Sparrow