Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely is backing sanctions for Boris Johnson over the Partygate scandal. 

He told the County Press: “If there’s a vote, I will support the report. The people of this country want politicians to be honest and transparent. That’s an important principle. I support it.”

The vote takes place tonight.

The Partygate report found Boris Johnson lied to Parliament over lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street.

The ex-prime minister quit the Commons before the committee delivered its recommendations.

The report found the breaches were serious enough to recommend a suspension of 90 days - a sanction long enough to trigger a potential by-election.

However, Mr Johnson's decision to stand down with immediate effect means MPs will not be voting on his future in parliament but on whether they agree with the report, and whether he should be stripped of his access to the Palace of Westminster.

The motion on the Privileges Committee’s findings comes as Scotland Yard is “considering” the footage from a 2020 Christmas gathering at Conservative Party headquarters.

The Sunday Mirror obtained a video appearing to show Conservative staff dancing and joking about Covid restrictions at the height of the pandemic. 

The footage of the event was taken when indoor socialising was banned and people across the country were separated from family and friends.

Mr Seely has previously apologised to his constituents after admitting he attended a barbecue during a Covid lockdown period.

BBC News reported tonight that Mr Seely said he was "so over Boris and I'm pretty over lockdown as well."

He said a wiser leader would have questioned his own rules rather than seek to get around them.