Tobias Ellwood has Tory whip restored after being suspended in July

Chair of Commons defence committee had whip withdrawn for failing to turn up for a confidence vote

A senior Conservative MP has had the whip restored after being suspended from the party for missing a confidence vote in the summer.

Tobias Ellwood, chair of the Commons defence select committee, had the whip withdrawn after failing to vote for Boris Johnson's government in a confidence vote in July.