Dominic Raab, who resigned from Cabinet last month after a bullying inquiry, will stand down as an MP at the next general election. The former deputy prime minister and justice secretary confirmed his exit plans on Monday night and said he was concerned at ‘the pressure the job has placed on my young family’.
He quit Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet last month over bullying allegations from civil servants. An independent investigation by Adam Tolley KC found he had acted in an intimidating and aggressive way with officials in behaviour that could have amounted to bullying.
Mr Raab will not contest his Esher and Walton seat, which he has held since 2010, at the next election, due by January 2025. The Surrey constituency, which Mr Raab won by just 2,743 votes at the 2019 election, is a key target for the Liberal Democrats at the next national poll.
