Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 25, 2024 16:41:04 GMT
Some venal rotter has decided to resign after being caught.
Former Conservative MP Scott Benton has resigned, setting up a by-election to replace him in his Blackpool South constituency.
He was facing a local vote on whether to remove him, following a 35-day Commons ban earlier this year for breaking Parliament's standards rules.
It followed a newspaper sting in April last year, after which he was suspended as a Tory MP.
Local voters had until 22 April to decide whether to sack him as their MP.
But in a statement on Facebook, he has now announced he has officially tendered his resignation, setting up a vote to replace him.
It is understood that the Conservatives will start the process to set the by-election on Tuesday, the last day before Parliament's Easter break.
This means the by-election would take place on 2 May, when voters in England and Wales go to the polls for local and mayoral elections.
Mr Benton took the Blackpool South seat, which had been held by Labour since 1997, at the 2019 election by 3,690 majority.
Defending the seat will provide another headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ahead of a general election expected later this year.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68658896
Jumped before he was pushed. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Former Conservative MP Scott Benton has resigned, setting up a by-election to replace him in his Blackpool South constituency.
He was facing a local vote on whether to remove him, following a 35-day Commons ban earlier this year for breaking Parliament's standards rules.
It followed a newspaper sting in April last year, after which he was suspended as a Tory MP.
Local voters had until 22 April to decide whether to sack him as their MP.
But in a statement on Facebook, he has now announced he has officially tendered his resignation, setting up a vote to replace him.
It is understood that the Conservatives will start the process to set the by-election on Tuesday, the last day before Parliament's Easter break.
This means the by-election would take place on 2 May, when voters in England and Wales go to the polls for local and mayoral elections.
Mr Benton took the Blackpool South seat, which had been held by Labour since 1997, at the 2019 election by 3,690 majority.
Defending the seat will provide another headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ahead of a general election expected later this year.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68658896
Jumped before he was pushed. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
