Another Tory MP calls for Boris Johnson to resign – bringing total to 26 after partygate

One of the Conservative Party’s youngest MPs has become the 26th Tory to publicly call for Boris Johnson to resign in the wake of the partygate scandal.

Elliot Colburn has emailed constituents to say nothing within the Sue Gray report or the Met Police’s investigation has “convinced me that my decision to submit a letter to the 1922 committee (which I did some time ago) was the wrong one”.

The MP for Carshalton and Wallington since 2019 is one of the youngest Tory MPs and was 26-years-old when elected. He hinted at wanting the PM to resign in February.

He is part of a growing number of MPs publicly calling for the PM to go who helped Mr Johnson gain a large majority when he became prime minister in 2019.

Mr Colburn added: “Further questions and revelations have subsequently come to light since their [the Met and Sue Gray inquiry’s] conclusion.

“I am especially appalled at the revelations of the poor treatment of security and cleaning staff at No 10, so my letter…