A constituency Labour Party have rubbished claims by a County Durham MP who claimed they wanted him to defect to the party.
Richard Holden claimed the North West Durham Constituency Labour Party (CLP) had briefed The Times that he was planning to swap the Conservatives for Labour.
It comes after Bury South MP Christian Wakeford sensationally ditched the Tories right before PMQs in the wake of the partygate scandal.