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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jonathan Bunn

Suella Braverman’s journey from Tory right torchbearer to party defector

The former home secretary had denied plans to defect as recently as September (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Suella Braverman is the latest Tory MP to defect to Reform, ending an association with the Conservative Party which stretches back more than two decades.

Her mother, Uma Fernandes, was a Conservative councillor and candidate in Tottenham at the 2001 general election and her daughter later campaigned on her behalf at the 2003 Brent East by-election.

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