Government minister Andrea Leadsom has become the latest Tory MP to announce they are standing down at the election after Michael Gove announced earlier today he will also quit.In a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak posted on X, the former Commons leader said she had come to the decision after 'careful reflection' but did not go into detail about her reasons for quitting.
Addressing Mr Sunak, Leadsom said in her statement announcing that she would step down: 'I would like to thank you for your faith in giving me the responsibility as Minister for Start for Life, Primary Care and Public Health' Lord Frost, who was given a peerage by prime minister Boris Johnson in 2020, has previously indicated that he is keen to become an MP, saying: 'The Commons is where you need to be if you want to influence things.'
Advertisement Leadsom held ministerial roles and ran for the Conservative leadership in 2016 but lost to Theresa May. Despite having a majority of 18,349 the Liberal Democrats regard his Blue Wall seat in the Home Counties as an election target, with leader Ed Davey heading there first after Rishi Sunak's announcement on Wednesday.
'As a child in Aberdeen I could never have imagined I would have the opportunity to sit in the Commons, let alone around the Cabinet table. Today Mr Mackinlay confirmed the July 4 election date made it 'impossible' for him to contest his seat as he continues his recovery.'My parents, who adopted me when I was four months old, brought me up to believe that the chance to help others is the greatest gift you can be given.
After his announcement, Britain's 'strictest head teacher' Katharine Birbalsingh said Gove was the 'greatest education secretary we have ever had and ever will have'.'But I will be forever grateful for so much - his courage, his vision, his determination. Those also going include 'Bionic MP' Craig Mackinlay, who today reversed his decision to fight for his seat despite having no hands or feet - because Rishi Sunak called the election so soon.
He became the 74th Conservative MP to confirm they are quitting the Commons at the election, minutes before former minister Greg Clark became the 75th. Later David Evennett became the 76th. Mr MacKinlay said in a statement to GB News: 'Whilst my heart tells me to stand again, there being so much unfinished business across local regeneration and national issues which are important to me, my head knows this to be impossible at this time.
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