The Northern Ireland Secretary joins an exodus of Tory politicians who have announced they will be leaving Westminster at the next general election.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said he won't be standing at the next general election but will keep campaigning for the Conservative Party. In a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, which he posted on X on Saturday night, Mr Heaton-Harris said after 24 years in politics, it had been an 'honour and a privilege to serve'.
' He joins an exodus of Tory politicians who have announced they will be leaving Westminster at the next general election. More than 100 MPs from across the Commons have said they will not be standing. Those who have announced their intention to leave parliament range from the longest-serving female MP, Labour's Harriet Harman, to one of those only elected at the last election in 2019, Conservative MP Dehenna Davison.
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