Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced he will resign as an MP with immediate affect, citing the ongoing investigation by the House of Commons privileges committee into whether he lied to MPs about Partygate.
The former PM - who has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip - follows close ally Nadine Dorries in announcing a resignation today. This means the Conservative Party, now led by Rishi Sunak, will soon face two potentially tricky by-elections.
Boris Johnson, who also served two terms as the mayor of London, said that he was quitting because he was “bewildered and appalled” at the Privileges Committee’s investigation into him.
