Dozens of Tories facing disciplinary action after fracking vote
by Peter Walker and Jamie Grierson from on (#64Y07)
MPs face potentially losing whip after No 10 confirms chaotic vote is being treated as confidence issue
Dozens of Conservative MPs are facing potential disciplinary action or losing the party whip after Downing Street announced that a chaotic vote on fracking was being treated as a confidence issue.
It was widely reported that Liz Truss's chief whip, Wendy Morton, and the deputy chief whip, Craig Whittaker, had stepped down after disorderly scenes, with MPs alleging ministers physically pulled some wavering Tories into the voting lobbies.
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