A new Tory MP calls for Cummings to go. Hard to keep track.

Can’t add this to the previous list of 20ish MPs as some of them may have been convinced by the Cummings garden news conference. https://twitter.com/politicsmids/status/1265191452902031360
NEW: Tory MSP says Cummings ‘should be sacked’.

Adam Tomkins is a respected campaigner for the Union. And sat on the Smith Commission after the 2014 #indyref.

Puts further pressure on Scottish leader @Jackson_Carlaw. https://twitter.com/proftomkins/status/1265207207513202688
NEW: Scotland’s Shadow Finance Secretary backs Douglas Ross’s decision to resign. https://twitter.com/dajcameron/status/1265220415896662017
🚨I'm starting a new list🚨
Tory MPs calling for Cummings to go:

-Douglas Ross
-Harriet Baldwin
-Sir Roger Gale
-Martin Vickers (says his position unchanged)

Not been able to get confirmation from Wragg, Jupp etc that they explicitly want DC out.

Any more?
NEW: Just spoken to Peter Bone who says Cummings news conference 'confirmed everything I thought' and still wants him to resign.

Plus Craig Whittaker confirms via Twitter his position is unchanged.

That's 6. https://twitter.com/cwhittaker_mp/status/1265226695260483585?s=21
UPDATED: 6 Tory MPs want Dominic Cummings to go, even after he attempted to justify his actions:

-Douglas Ross
-Harriet Baldwin
-Sir Roger Gale
-Martin Vickers
-Peter Bone
-Craig Whittaker

Any more?
NEW: Robert Goodwill and Paul Maynard both tell me their views are unchanged. So that's 8 Tory MPs publicly clear that Cummings should go:

-Douglas Ross
-Harriet Baldwin
-Sir Roger Gale
-Martin Vickers
-Peter Bone
-Craig Whittaker
-Robert Goodwill
-Paul Maynard

Any more?
NEW: 9.

Rugby MP @MarkPawsey calls for Cummings to go: https://twitter.com/MarkPawsey/status/1265231695940288512?s=20
NEW: 10.

I think we can confirm Sir Robert Syms has not had a change of heart... https://twitter.com/RobertSyms/status/1265234685803839488
NEW: 11. @timloughton tells me his position is unchanged.

Updated list:
-Douglas Ross
-Harriet Baldwin
-Sir Roger Gale
-Martin Vickers
-Peter Bone
-Craig Whittaker
-Robert Goodwill
-Paul Maynard
-Mark Pawsey
-Sir Robert Syms
-Tim Loughton

Any more?
NEW: 12. Jason McCartney tells me his position is unchanged.

-Douglas Ross
-Harriet Baldwin
-Sir Roger Gale
-Martin Vickers
-Peter Bone
-Craig Whittaker
-Robert Goodwill
-Paul Maynard
-Mark Pawsey
-Sir Robert Syms
-Tim Loughton
-Jason McCartney

Any more?
NEW: 13. Peter Aldous has told me he still believes Cummings should go. Full list:

-Douglas Ross
-Harriet Baldwin
-Roger Gale
-Martin Vickers
-Peter Bone
-Craig Whittaker
-Robert Goodwill
-Paul Maynard
-Mark Pawsey
-Robert Syms
-Tim Loughton
-Jason McCartney
-Peter Aldous
NEW: 14.

Carlisle MP John Stevenson ( @John4Carlisle) tells me his position remains unchanged on Dominic Cummings. And he should go.
NEW: 16. Confirmation via @tamcohen and @Mollie_Malone1 that Caroline Nokes and Damian Collins haven't change their views on Cummings.

-Ross
-Baldwin
-Gale
-Vickers
-Bone
-Whittaker
-Goodwill
-Maynard
-Pawsey
-Syms
-Loughton
-JMcCartney
-Aldous
-JStevenson
-Nokes
-DCollins
NEW: 17. Shipley MP @PhilipDaviesUK calls for Cummings to resign.

(via my colleague @SamCoatesSky)
NEW: 18.

York Outer's @JulianSturdy tells me his position remains unchanged.
NEW: 19.

Tory MP @AlecShelbrooke confirms he is telling constituents that he believes Mr Cummings's position is untenable.
NEW: 20.

Former Conservative leadership candidate Mark Harper says Cummings should have resigned. https://twitter.com/Mark_J_Harper/status/1265259522462973952?s=20
UPDATED: Here are the 20 Tory MPs calling for Dominic Cummings to go.

-Ross
-Baldwin
-Gale
-Vickers
-Bone
-Whittaker
-Goodwill
-Maynard
-Pawsey
-Syms
-Loughton
-JMcCartney
-Aldous
-Stevenson
-Nokes
-Collins
-PDavies
-Sturdy
-Shelbrooke
-Harper
NEW: 21

Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond says Mr Cummings should leave his role. https://www.stephenhammond.net/news/email-regarding-dominic-cummings
Email regarding Dominic Cummings

A very substantial number of constituents have contacted me over the past few days to ask my views on Dominic Cummings

https://www.stephenhammond.net/news/email-regarding-dominic-cummings
NEW: 22.

Simon Hoare ( @Simon4NDorset) tells me his position is unchanged on Cummings, and he should go.
NEW: 23.

Just spoken to Brigg & Goole's Andrew Percy who tells me (as per @SamCoatesSky) that he believes Cummings should resign.
CONFIRMED: @ScotTories leader @Jackson_Carlaw is calling for Cummings to 'consider his position' (as per the brilliant @BBCandrewkerr).
Mr Carlaw (who succeeded @RuthDavidsonMSP) has said:

'Due to the distraction this is causing to the effort to combat Coronavirus, if I were Dominic Cummings I would consider my position.'
NEW: 24 Conservative MPs are now calling on Dominic Cummings to go.

Somerton & Frome's David Warburton ( @DJWarburton) spoke out yesterday. Today he tells me his views are 'definitely unchanged if not firmer'.
ANALYSIS: 'You've probably never heard of Douglas Ross. But that's partly why his resignation is significant. Unlike some in parliament, he is not a trouble-maker.'

My take on @Douglas4Moray's departure from government:
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-minister-resigns-over-dominic-cummings-lockdown-trips-11994758
NEW: 25.

Just spoken to Mark Garnier who says that after long consideration he believes Mr Cummings should go. Thinks he is damaging the government.
NEW: 26.

Former Culture Secretary and Attorney General Jeremy Wright has said he's 'concluded that it would be better for Mr Cummings to leave his position at Downing Street'.

Mr Wright was in the Cabinet less than a year ago. https://www.jeremywright.org.uk/news/dominic-cummings
Dominic Cummings

I have listened carefully to the allegations against him and to what the Prime Minister and Mr Cummings himself have said about them

https://www.jeremywright.org.uk/news/dominic-cummings
NEW: 27.

Carshalton and Wallington's @ElliotColburn is the first MP from the 2019 intake to call for Cummings to go.

'I have written to the Prime Minister again today to express my view that Mr Cummings should resign.' https://www.elliotcolburn.co.uk/news/statement-dominic-cummings
Statement on Dominic Cummings

First of all, I want to sincerely thank the residents of Carshalton and Wallington for their efforts in tackling this virus

https://www.elliotcolburn.co.uk/news/statement-dominic-cummings
NEW: 28.

Veteran MP Sir Bob Neill ( @neill_bob) says he 'believes that Mr Cummings should now step down from his post'. https://www.bobneill.org.uk/news/statement-dominic-cummings
Statement on Dominic Cummings

As you can imagine, a large number of constituents have contacted me over the weekend concerning Dominic Cummings, many getting in touch with their MP for the first time ever

https://www.bobneill.org.uk/news/statement-dominic-cummings
NEW: 29.

Former minister Jackie Doyle-Price ( @JackieDP) says that 'to bring this sorry chapter to an end I am afraid Mr Cummings has to go'. https://www.facebook.com/356313984489304/posts/3026238550830154/?d=n
NEW: 30 Tory MPs are now calling for Dominic Cummings to go.

Just off the phone to Tewkesbury's Laurence Robertson who was prevented from visiting his father before he died this month.

More in this piece from Mirror's @mikeysmith: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-who-unable-visit-22088977
MP who was unable to visit dying father pleads with PM to sack Dominic Cummings

Laurence Robertson said being prevented from visiting his father before he died this month will “haunt me for the rest of my days.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-who-unable-visit-22088977
UPDATED: The 30 Tory MPs who publicly want DC out:
Ross
Baldwin
Gale
Vickers
Bone
Whittaker
Goodwill
Maynard
Pawsey
Syms
Loughton
JMcCartney
Aldous
Stevenson
Nokes
Collins
Davies
Sturdy
Shelbrooke
Harper
Hammond
Hoare
Percy
Warburton
Garnier
Wright
Colburn
Neill
D-Price
Robertson
NEW: 31.

I had missed this (post-Cummings news conference) blog update from James Gray, one of yesterday's rebels. He still thinks Cummings should go.
https://www.jamesgray.org/index.php/latest-news/233-dominic-cummings-continued
Note: There are 3 MPs who yesterday called for Cummings to go but today have kept their heads down and are yet to confirm this remains their position:
-Steve Baker
-Andrew Jones
-Bob Stewart
Better add to #CummingsCrisis list of Tory MPs calling for DC to go:

31. @simonjamesjupp (should have added yesterday)

3 today:
32. Pauline Latham
33. Giles Watling
34. Duncan Baker

3 said so on Sun/Mon & yet to withdraw:
35. Steve Baker
36. Andrew Jones
37. Bob Stewart
1 who retweeted Steve Baker's call and Douglas Ross's letter (RT = endorsement?):
38. William Wragg

1 who said 'if all the reports about Dominic Cummings are true, then I believe his position is untenable and he should resign' and has yet to update:
39. Robert Largan
NEW: 40.

@AndrewSelous (South West Beds) says of Cummings on his website: 'I therefore think he should no longer have a role in Government'.

http://andrewselous.org.uk/news/my-respon …
I mean @AndrewSelous is 41!

(I put both @simonjamesjupp and James Gray as 31. Silly me.)

Plus:
42: David Simmonds (confirmed to @PA)
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