Nadine Dorries formally quits as MP
The former culture secretary finally handed in her resignation over the weekend, with a by-election now set to be scheduled in Mid Bedfordshire.
The former culture secretary finally handed in her resignation over the weekend, with a by-election now set to be scheduled in Mid Bedfordshire.
The Lib Dem candidate, Emma Holland-Lindsay, has also pledged not to take a second job or presenting gigs.
But the Lib Dems are also hopeful they can snap up the traditionally safe Tory constituency from third place in 2019.
She launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister as she handed in her resignation more than two months after pledging to go.
One person described her as the "epitome of Boris Johnson's government" in a suitably scathing comment.
The former minister accused the Prime Minister of ‘squandering the goodwill of the nation’ as she blasted his record.
The party hopes the move will pave the way for a by-election in the Tory former minister’s Mid Bedfordshire seat.
Nick Gibb said if she is not participating in Parliament business, she is therefore not fully fulfilling the role of an MP.
Residents in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency called for the former culture secretary to ‘show up or shove off’.
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