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Sam Blewett and Lydia Chantler-Hicks

One-time ‘rising star’ Dehenna Davison quitting as Tory MP at the next election

Dehenna Davison

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Levelling-up minister Dehenna Davison - seen as a rising star in the Tory party - has joined a veteran Conservative in announcing she will stand down at the next election.

Ms Davison, 29, who became Bishop Auckland’s first Conservative MP in 2019, is the latest in a steady stream of Tories to detail their exit plans amid a polling slump.

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