Liberal Democrats say government should ‘extend cooperation’ with Europe after rejoining £85bn science programme
Chris Pincher
, the former Tory deputy chief whip, has announced he is resigning as an MP. After the standards committee said he should be suspended for eight weeks for groping two men at the Carlton club, and after, he was facing the risk of a probable recall byelection anyway. This morning he has short-circuited that process by quitting immediately.
This means there will be a byelection in his Tamworth constituency. Rishi Sunak is already facing a very tough byelection contest in Mid Bedfordshire, where Nadine Dorries had a majority of 24,664 in 2019 and where a Tory defeat would be the biggest byelection defeat in terms of number of voters in history. That contest will take place on 19 October.were in second place, and the Lib Dems a distant third.
However, following the independent expert panel’s decision I wanted to talk to my office team and family. I do not want my constituents to be put to further uncertainty, and so in consequence I have made arrangements to resign and leave the Commons.I shall make no further comment at this time.
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