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Lee Anderson has the backing of the majority of Tory members, new polling suggests.
A survey by the Conservative Home website found 64% said the party was wrong to suspend the Ashfield MP in an Islamophobia row.
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Some 31% of respondents in the poll of 751 Tory members said it was the right move, while 5% were unsure.
The former Tory deputy chairman lost the whip last weekend after refusing to apologise for claiming London Mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamists.
Mr Anderson has since admitted the remarks which come after months of tensions over pro-Palestine protests were "clumsy" but denied they were racist.
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It comes after the Express revealed the former Labour councillor and coalminer was given a standing ovation at a Conservative fundraiser on Friday with former prime minister Liz Truss and fellow Red Wall MP Brendan Clarke-Smith.
Ms Truss said "who is this de-whipped Tory?" as she greeted Mr Anderson.
The dinner was to raise money for Mr Clarke-Smith's campaign ahead of a general election expected this year.
Mr Anderson, who has not ruled out switching to Nigel Farage-linked Reform UK, last week told the Express he has been inundated with support following his suspension.
He said: “There’s a Westminster bubble. We get engulfed in this nonsense that we think we are all right and we are not. The people out in the country are right, not us.
“I think we are out of touch. I have always said it. We are out of touch with the people of this country. When I went home last week I went to my local pub and walked in and people stood up and clapped me.
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“We are supposed to be here to represent people. That’s difficult because you can’t represent everybody the same because people have different opinions and political beliefs etc.
“But you have got to be able to read the room in your own constituency. And I think I am reading the room in Ashfield anyway.
“And the amount of emails I’ve had from around the country I think I am reading the room in the country as well.”
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