[3] In February 2011, it came to light that Warmington had been a U.S. citizen at the time of his 2007 nomination, meaning that he was constitutionally ineligible to sit in Parliament; this was part of a widespread scandal in Jamaica involving MPs on both sides of the aisle, including Daryl Vaz, Michael Stern, Shahine Robinson, and Gregory Mair of the JLP and Sharon Hay-Webster and Ian Hayles of the PNP.
[3] He quickly ran into controversy soon after his resignation when he told a CVM-TV anchorwoman to "go to hell" during a live programme; the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the International Federation of Journalists condemned his outburst, while Jamaican women's groups called on Bruce Golding not to permit Warmington to run in the 4 April by-election.
[5][6] Despite the controversy, the by-election saw Warmington returned to his seat, though Golding declined to reappoint him State Minister for Water and Housing.
[2] However, the PNP also faced internal tensions over the best candidate to challenge Warmington: former Senator Keste Miller or caretaker-candidate Anthony Ewbanks.
[11] Warmington responded angrily to the accusations, calling Contractor-General Greg Christie an "overzealous idiot" and a "mental case".