The series began on 11 November 2012, but on 21 November, Dorries became the first contestant to be voted off the show. [73] [74] On 27 November Dorries met Sir George Young, who asked her to rebuild her relationship with the party. She then sat as an independent MP, but continued to deny the whip had been withdrawn, stating it had merely been suspended. [75] Dorries was one of ten parliamentarians personally named in a Commons Select Committee of Privileges special report on the "co-ordinated campaign of interference in the work of the Privileges Committee", published on 28 June 2023. The report detailed how said parliamentarians "took it upon themselves to undermine procedures of the House of Commons" by putting pressure on the Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson. [122] Dorries, Nadine (27 October 2010). "The BBC were fair and balanced...gulp". The blog of Nadine Dorries. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Mrs Dorries, who has three teenage children, easily beat her 11 rivals and won the plum safe seat on the first ballot at the selection this weekend. Party officials were thrilled that the seat has gone to a woman. Previously, only two women had been selected in the 17 safe seats where sitting MPs have retired. Senior party figures had made clear to local dignitaries that they would like the seat to go to a woman and presented the constituency with a shortlist of seven women and five men to underline the point. [20]

The books Dorries is writing – which Wallace didn’t go so far as to claim he’d read – fall squarely into the saga market, which is known, rather dismissively, as the “clogs and shawls” genre, and which feature misery, poverty and abuse followed by a happy ending, set at some point in the past. Her novels neither transcend nor are notably worse than others in this booming area. Eaton, George (8 May 2013). "Nadine Dorries's readmission shows Cameron is running scared of UKIP". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Treneman, Ann (21 May 2008). "Nadine is Queen for the Day as her marem looks adoringly on". The Times.Here's A Leaked WhatsApp Chat Showing Tory Leavers' Confusion About One Of Their Key Brexit Demands". BuzzFeed. 27 January 2018. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018 . Retrieved 10 August 2018. Dorries's account of her own selection appears to contradict a news report which The Times ran at the time, reporting that Conservative Campaign Headquarters placed a majority of women on the shortlist and pressed for the selection of a female candidate: McSmith, Andy (2 December 2013). "Nadine Dorries reveals humiliation pays, but not as much as we thought it did". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. In a debate on Woman's Hour, broadcast on 22 August 2001, Dorries (as Nadine Bargery) had advocated all-women shortlists if the behaviour of Conservative selection committees did not change. [201] In 2009 though, Dorries was highly critical of Cameron's proposal to consider using all-women shortlists, arguing against a move which would create "two classes of MPs". She wrote that "Sometimes I feel sorry for some of the Labour women who were selected via all-women shortlists. Everyone knows who they are. They are constantly derided." [19] Personal life

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Allegretti, Aubrey (11 June 2023). "A matter of honours: why there is a row over Boris Johnson's peerage list". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 June 2023. Walker, Peter; Waterson, Jim; Allegretti, Aubrey (15 September 2021). "Nadine Dorries appointed culture secretary in reshuffle". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021 . Retrieved 6 February 2022. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State State for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental HealthMPs' expenses surpass pre-scandal levels as 150 give jobs to family". The Telegraph. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018 . Retrieved 3 April 2018. a b Newman, Cathy (7 May 2013). "How do you solve a problem like Nadine Dorries?". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016.

On 27 June 2013, Dorries announced she would no longer claim her personal expenses as an MP, but would draw on her salary for such costs. She argued that she would be in a better position to campaign for the abolition of the present expenses arrangements by doing so. [57] Dorries stood for election as a deputy speaker after one of the three posts became vacant. In the Commons vote during October 2013 she was the first of the six candidates to be eliminated, with 13 votes. [58] Blog

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