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- ⬇️ Bury South's MP has dramatically resigned from the Conservative Party and applied to join Labour
- ⬇️ Earlier today it was revealed that Christian Wakeford had sent a letter of no confidence to the Conservatives' 1922 Committee
- ⬇️ And now he has written to David Nuttall, chairman of Bury South Conservatives, to tender his resignation from the Tory party
- ⬇️ Follow live reaction here
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