Brexiteer Natalie Elphicke's decision to walk out on the Conservatives has sent shockwaves around Westminster.

The Dover MP, who was on the right-wing of the Tory party, has defected to Labour. Government minister Steve Baker reacted to the move by tweeting that he has been "searching in vain for a Conservative MP who thinks themselves to the right of Natalie Elphicke".

Watch how the government's technology minister Michelle Donelan reacted to her defection to Labour.

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