A person walking past Finedon Community Centre in Wellingborough, one of the signing places for Peter Bone recall petition, December 19, 2023.
RISHI SUNAK faces further by-election nightmares in the new year after yet another Tory MP has been forced to face the electorate following a sleaze scandal.
Wellingborough voters have approved a recall petition, triggering a fresh poll in the seat, after Peter Bone was suspended from the Commons for six weeks.
The suspension followed charges of bullying and sexual misconduct by a former aide to the MP, who denies the allegations.
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