Boris backers vote against Ferrier’s suspension

So. Farwell then. Margaret ‘plague’ Ferrier. The least-loved Covid carrier in all of Westminster today suffered the ignominy of watching her colleagues vote to turf her out of parliament. Back in March, the Commons’ Standards Committee recommended that she should be suspended for breaching lockdown rules.

And this afternoon MPs voted 185 to 40 to approve a motion supporting her 30-day suspension: a vote that will almost certainly lead to a by-election in her Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. Labour looks set to take the seat in what would be a timely boost to Anas Sarwar and Keir Starmer.

But the ramifications of today’s vote might not be confined to the southside of Glasgow. For one Boris Johnson is currently awaiting the outcome of his own Privileges Committee investigation into whether he misled parliament over breaches of lockdown rules in Downing Street. So Mr S was keen to get his hands on a breakdown of the MPs who voted in today’s motion.