Dame Andrea Jenkyns has claimed "I'm a fighter" after she vowed to fight to stop "socialists" from the Labour Party from "taking the helm of government".
This comes after Lee Anderson crossed the floor today and became the first MP for the Reform Party.
She said: "I've lost half of my members since Rishi became leader. So I think unfortunately that speaks volumes. I listen to my constituents, I listen to my party members. And it's a sad place to be, it's sad for any conservative being in this place at the moment. But we've got to fight.
"We can't give up, there's so much apathy and you can see MPs are down, but God, we've got to fight.
"We've got to fight to stop these socialists taking the helm of the government. And I mean, if we think immigration's bad now, God, what's it going to be like under Labour?"
