Shipley Conservative Sir Philip Davies ‘guess £8,000 he would lose his seat’

A senior Conservative candidate reportedly positioned an £8,000 guess on dropping his seat on the basic election.

Sir Philip Davies neither confirmed nor denied the wager, first reported by the Solar, however rejected options he had accomplished “something unlawful”.

Sir Philip, who has been the Tory MP for Shipley since 2005, informed the newspaper he anticipated to lose the seat on 4 July.

He’s defending a 6,242 majority within the West Yorkshire seat.

Sir Philip mentioned it was “no one’s enterprise” whether or not he positioned the guess or not.

He mentioned: “What’s it bought to do with you whether or not I did or did not. I hope to win. I am busting a intestine to win. I count on to lose.

“Within the 2005 election, I busted a intestine to win. I anticipated to lose. I had a guess on myself to lose within the 2005 election, and my guess went down the pan.”

He added: “And if anybody’s alleging I’ve accomplished something unlawful, they’re very welcome to allege it, however I’m afraid I haven’t.”

When contacted by the BBC, Sir Philip mentioned he stood by his feedback to the newspaper however didn’t provide any additional remark.

The Conservative occasion has additionally been approached by the BBC.

The report about Sir Philip got here after a number of parliamentary candidates had been accused of inserting bets surrounding the date or consequence of the election.

Earlier this week, the Conservative occasion withdrew help from Craig Williams, the candidate in Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and Laura Saunders, the candidate in Bristol North West, who’re each being investigated by the Playing Fee.

Russell George, a Conservative politician within the Welsh Parliament, can be dealing with inquiries by the regulator and has “stepped again” from his frontbench position.

In the meantime, Labour suspended Kevin Craig as its candidate for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich after studying he had positioned a guess on dropping his bid to change into an MP.

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Reform UK – Simon Dandy

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Employees Occasion of Britain – Waqas Khan

Christian Peoples Alliance – Darryl Morton-Wright

Liberal Democrat – Graham Reed

Social Democratic Occasion – Paul Shkurka

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