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Tory MP has whip withdrawn over sex and drugs allegations

Claims that the MP used cocaine and borrowed £100k from a Russian businessman are being examined by Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-04-03 08:38
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David Warburton, the MP for Somerton and Frome, has had the Tory whip withdrawn pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct.

The claims about Mr Warburton, who sits on the backbenches, are being examined by Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS).

The Telegraph said the ICGS received a report claiming the MP had behaved inappropriately. He is reported to deny any wrongdoing.

Tory MP David Warburton "snorted line after line" of cocaine (he even posed for a photo with the drugs) and then took all his clothes off. Oh, and he borrowed £100k from a Russian businessman!

Top scoop from ⁦@Gabriel_Pogrund⁩https://t.co/xBdp9MClxG

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) April 2, 2022

Mr Warburton is cited as telling the newspaper: “I have enormous amounts of defence, but unfortunately the way that things work means that doesn’t come out first.

“I have heard nothing whatsoever from the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme. I’m sorry, I can’t comment any further.”

A spokesperson for the Whips Office said: “David Warburton MP has had the Conservative Party whip removed while the investigation is ongoing.”

Mr Warburton was first elected in 2015 with a majority of 20,268, or 53 per cent of the vote. According to the MP’s website, at 18.3 per cent, this represented the largest constituency swing to the Conservative Party.

He was re-elected in 2017 and 2019, with majorities of 22,906 and 19,213, respectively.

He is the current chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music and was previously a member of the Commons European Scrutiny Committee.

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Prior to being an MP, Mr Warburton’s site says he taught music for five years at an inner-city mixed community school in London before founding the technology company The Music Solution Ltd in 1999, which later became Pitch Entertainment Group.

He went on to set up two building property restoration and development companies in 2009, his website says, and co-founded the online business MyHigh.St in 2012.

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