Conservative MPs Resign To Join The Independent Group

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 20: Independent Group member MPs (Back row L-R) Former Labour MPs Chris Leslie, Gavin Shuker, Chuka Umunna and Mike Gapes, (centre row L-R) former Labour MPs Angela Smith, Luciana Berger and Ann Coffey, (front row L-R) former Conservative MPs Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Anna Soubry and Labour MP Joan Ryan after a press conference regarding the resignation of three MPs from the Conservative Party on February 20, 2019 in London, England. MPs Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston have resigned from The Conservative Party to join the eight Labour MPs who resigned forming The Independent Group on Monday. They intend to sit as independent MPs occupying the centre ground of British Politics. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)