Labour and Green candidates have called upon David Warburton MP to step down and for more Town and Parish councils to adopt motions of No Confidence.

If you are a resident of Somerton and Frome and fed up with the fact that you have not been represented in Parliament for almost a year – there is something you can do about it. You can petition your local Parish or Town Council to adopt a motion of No Confidence in our no-show MP David Warburton. This has already started.

Frome Town Council have already adopted the following motion… More detail It is time for him to go. Why not ask your council to adopt one of the motions?": https://www.frometowncouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Agenda-Item-2-For-decision-Vote-of-no-confidence-in-local-MP.pdf

Langport Town Council are currently considering the following motion. We will be voting on adoption on the 21st of March

Sean Dromgoole – (GE 2017 and 2019 Labour Candidate for Somerton and Frome – Presumed Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for the next election or by election)

"Everywhere you go up and down our constituency people are fed up with the fact that David Warburton is not representing them in Westminster. We hear that the Speaker has after 11 months given him temporary permission to vote by proxy but that is not the same as representing us and making our opinions heard as policies are framed and legislation drafted.

We pay our taxes and yet we are not getting the representation we are paying for. It is coming up for a year. It is time for David Warburton to step down and allow another to be selected who, by virtue of not being excluded from Parliament, can do the job. We think, if sufficient parishes and towns adopt one of the above motions, his position will become untenable – please ask your council to adopt one of the motions."

Martin Dimery – (Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Green Party in Somerton and Frome)

"Frome is, once again, leading from the front when it comes to democratic experimentation. It is highly unusual for a Town Council to vote No Confidence in their MP. But then we are in highly unusual times. There is no time in history in which an MP, with such a roster of allegations against him, would not have stepped down to clear his name. But the old assumptions are nothing to this lot. The problem is while he clings on, taking his salary, the rest of us have no voice in Parliament. It is time for him to go.