A spokesman for Conservative chief whip Simon Hart said the complaint was made to the force on Wednesday night and he had removed the whip “with immediate effect”. This means that Mr Knight, who is also the chair of the Commons’ Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, will now be an independent MP. Mr Knight joined parliament in 2015, representing the seat of Solihull, having worked as a journalist before entering politics. He is the latest in a string of MPs to lose the party whip after being the subject of a complaint. Labor suspended Conor McGinn’s membership on Wednesday while a complaint made to his party was investigated. The MP for St Helena North in Merseyside said he had not been told the details of the claim but was “certain that it is completely unfounded”.
