So you think that if Christian Wakeford had stood as a Labour candidate he'd have got elected?
It's possible seeing as he has a slim majority of 400 or so votes, but he has been a Tory councillor for years....
I voted for Chris Loder as my MP because he was the Tory candidate and he wouldn't have got my vote if he'd been the Labour, LibDem or Monster Raving Loony candidate.
Be interesting at the next election if Labour allow him to stand as their candidate. His defection is proving controversial with the Labour faithful!
I'm not going to try and second guess why the good people of Bury South voted for him (I'm assuming there are at least some good people in Bury South - might be wrong
).
What I am saying is that if they thought they were voting for the Party, or the Leader of that Party, then they're wrong. By that measure any MP that votes against their party whip
should face a by-election since they're voting against their party and/or leader?
This MP has put what he considers to be the needs of the country and/or his constituents above the will of his Party. If his constituents don't think that's correct, then they shouldn't have voted for him in the first place. Anyway, they'll get there say in 2 years time. I fully expect most of the red-wall seats that went blue in the last election to go red again next time.