EDDISBURY MP Antoinette Sandbach lost a vote of confidence on Tuesday evening.

Members at the meeting, held in the run-up to a crunch vote in the House of Commons, decided that they have no confidence in Ms Sandbach, largely because of her position on Brexit.

It means there is now a possibility for formal deselection.

Ms Sandbach is also currently appealing the suspension of the Conservative whip and the Conservative Party will need to consider whether it would be an abuse of due process to select a new candidate while this appeal is ongoing.

In the meeting on Tuesday, Ms. Sandbach was given six minutes to speak in her defence.

In her speech, she said: “I have stood up for all of my constituents. If the Conservative Party becomes the Brexit Party we will not win the next election.”

Speaking after the meeting Antoinette Sandbach MP said: “This is obviously deeply disappointing, but I won’t allow an unrepresentative handful of people decide who gets to be the MP for tens of thousands of Eddisbury voters.

“All my constituents can rest assured that I will continue to represent them in Parliament, standing up for a sensible, pragmatic Brexit deal and confirming that it is what the people want through a Final Say confirmatory referendum.”