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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti

Tory MP William Wragg: ‘It’s not simply the opposition who should provide scrutiny’

William Wragg
William Wragg, vice-chair of the 1922 Committee, is stepping down at the next election. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The past 12 months have pushed the Conservative party to breaking point. But while prime ministers, their cabinet colleagues and backroom aides came and went, a group of five MPs known as “the men in grey suits” have been at the centre of each major storm.

Among them is William Wragg, the 35-year-old MP for Hazel Grove, in Greater Manchester, who says his “misspent youth was spent getting into parliament”. Now, he is preparing to leave it.

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