LEIGH'S MP did not vote on the report that found Boris Johnson had lied about Partygate.
Following a year-long investigation, the Partygate report found that the former Prime Minister deliberately and repeatedly misled Parliament over lockdown breaches.
With MPs voting on whether to support or reject the findings on Monday, June 19, the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly in support of the report, by 354 votes to 7.
225 Conservative MPs either abstained or did not turn up to vote on the report, including MP for Leigh, James Grundy.
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The Privileges Committee's 106-page report explained how Mr Johnson repeatedly told Parliament that Covid rules had been followed at all times in Downing Street.
Despite this, the report states that the former PM had "personal knowledge" of lockdown breaches, and failed to seek out "authoritative" assurances about compliance of the rules.
Mr Johnson is further accused of committing contempt of Parliament as he deliberately misled MPs while they investigated him.
He also referred to the findings before they were published, and was complicit in a "campaign of abuse" against committee members.
The former Prime Minister would have faced a 90-day suspension and a potential by-election in his constituency if he did not resign from his seat before the report was published.
Mr Johnson called the conclusion of the report "deranged" and said that the year-long inquiry had delivered "what is intended to be the final knife-thrust in a protracted political assassination".
A former Lowton East councillor, James Grundy was elected as Leigh's first Conservative MP under Boris Johnson's election campaign in 2019, which saw a landslide victory for the Tories.
Mr Grundy previously stated that he was "100% backing Boris" after Partygate scandals surfaced and a vote of no confidence was announced against the former Prime Minister last June.
James Grundy MP did not respond to questions regarding his decision not to vote on the Partygate report.
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