Christine Jardine announces she will stand down as MP at next election

Christine Jardine has announced she will step down at the next general election (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA) - (PA Archive)

Edinburgh MP Christine Jardine has announced she will step down at the next general election.

In a post on social media the Liberal Democrat said she has had a “fantastic decade” as MP for Edinburgh West, and that she is “sad” she will not be there when the party becomes “even more successful”.