Tory MP says someone ‘must take responsibility’ for defeats, amid growing pressure on Boris Johnson
“We cannot carry on with business as usual. Somebody must take responsibility and I have concluded that, in these circumstances, it would not be right for me to remain in office.”
Dowden’s role as party chair was combined with a position as minister without portfolio, sitting in the cabinet. He had formerly been culture secretary under Johnson. He was co-chair alongside Ben Elliot, who focuses primarily on fundraising. The MP for Hertsmere in Hertfordshire took over the role in September last year, shortly after the Tories suffered the major electoral shock of losing the previously safe commuter-belt constituency ofBut under his tenure, in December last year the Lib Dems overturned a majority of nearly 23,000 to winperformed notably badly
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