Penny Mordaunt: Tory MP set to make waves as Splash! contestant

Nadine Dorries was suspended by Tories over reality TV gig, but Mordaunt hopes for calmer waters

Penny Mordaunt
Penny Mordaunt was previously minister for disabled people
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THE history of female Tory MPs taking part in reality TV shows is short, but deeply unhappy.

David Cameron was urged to axe Nadine Dorries when she made a controversial appearance on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here in 2012 and failed to disclose the appearance fee to Parliament. In the end, Dorries was suspended by the Conservative Party but reinstated in May last year.

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