Peter Bone MP loses seat as recall petition triggers by-election

The petition was signed by 13.2% of eligible voters in the constituency, above the 10% threshold required for Mr Bone to lose his seat.

This is the apathy of the UK electorate in a nutshell.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

MP Peter Bone has lost his seat after being removed by constituents in a recall petition, meaning a by-election will be held next year.

The recall petition was prompted by Mr Bone's suspension from the House of Commons for six weeks for breaching the code of conduct for MPs.

In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, Mr Bone said the majority of the electorate in the constituency had chosen not to sign the recall petition, describing the process as "bizarre".

Labour has picked councillor Gen Kitchen as its candidate for the seat, while the Lib Dems have selected former Northamptonshire Police officer Ana Savage Gunn.

Last month, an investigation by Parliament's behavioural watchdog, the Independent Expert Panel, found Mr Bone had broken sexual misconduct rules by indecently exposing himself to a staff member during an overseas trip.

The staff member told the BBC "physical, emotional and psychological abuse" by the MP left him a "broken shell of the young man I once was".

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I wouldn't put it past him to stand in the by election just to spite the Tories