Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has introduced he’ll stand down on the subsequent basic election.
The previous justice minister made the announcement in an announcement posted on his web site marking 25 years in Parliament.
“This assertion just isn’t the place for the story of the following 25 years,” he mentioned.
“However its goal is to make use of this twenty fifth anniversary to make public, what these closest to me have identified privately for a while, that after seven more and more tumultuous parliaments, this will likely be my final.”
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The MP for Reigate spent 11 years within the armed forces earlier than his election in 1997.
He’s additionally the uncle of actress Emily Blunt.
Final month, Mr Blunt apologised for “significant upset and concern” caused by his defence of fellow MP Imran Ahmad Khan following his conviction for sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 2008.
Mr Blunt had referred to as the decision a “dreadful miscarriage of justice” in an announcement on his web site.
However he has deleted the message after Conservative Social gathering officers mentioned it was “wholly unacceptable”
In an announcement, Mr Blunt mentioned he had determined to retract his assertion and insisted “I don’t condone any type of abuse and I strongly imagine within the independence and integrity of the justice system”.
Mr Blunt additionally provided his resignation as chairman of an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on LGBT points following protests from MPs about his feedback.
Mr Khan, who was thrown out of the Conservative Social gathering following the decision, plans to enchantment towards the conviction.
