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		</div><p>Conservative MP Chris Davies has lost his seat in the House of Commons after 19% of registered voters in his constituency signed a petition to remove him.</p>
<p>Mr Davies, 51, was convicted for faking expenses claims after submitting two false expenses invoices for landscape photographs to decorate his new office.</p>
<p>Some 10,005 people signed the petition, well above the 10% threshold – 5,303 people – needed for a recall.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Brecon and Radnorshire recall petition has been successful.</p>
<p>As more than 10% of the constituency&#39;s electorate signed the petition, Chris Davies is no longer an MP and there will be a by-election in Brecon and Radnorshire. <a href="https://t.co/eKXPoRFHO6">pic.twitter.com/eKXPoRFHO6</a></p>
<p>&mdash; UK House of Commons (@HouseofCommons) <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseofCommons/status/1142021776832155648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The result, confirmed by House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, means a by-election will be called for the Brecon and Radnorshire constituency which Mr Davies could stand in.</p>
<p>He has been MP for Brecon and Radnorshire since the 2015 general election, where he beat incumbent Liberal Democrat Roger Williams with the constituency’s largest majority since 1983.</p>
<p>In 2017, he held a majority of more than 8,000 in a constituency where just over 41,000 people voted.</p>
<p>But in April he was fined £1,500, ordered to pay £2,500 towards legal costs and told to carry out 50 hours of community service after admitting submitting two false expenses invoices.</p>
<p>The recall petition opened on May 9 and Mr Davies’s constituents had six weeks to sign it before it closed at 5pm on June 20.</p>
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