Stilly River Sage wrote: Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Britain’s World War Two leader Winston Churchill, will be expelled from the Conservative Party after voting against Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Brexit. From Keberoxu's link above.

What does this mean? Does he have to choose another party? Or are they somehow 'unelecting' him - is he out of parliament completely? If Johnson needs a majority, why is he discarding members?

Inquiring American minds want to know.

He is a member of Parliament and will remain a member of Parliament until the next General election. Withdrawl of the whip means he can no longer stand for election as a member of the Conservative party. He can stand as an independant member or as a member of another party. If he stands for election without being a member of a party he would have to bear all his own expenses. If he stood as a member of a party, that party would pay the expenses.