Dominic Raab to face down at subsequent election
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ominic Raab, who resigned from Cabinet final month after a bullying inquiry, will stand down on the subsequent normal election.
The former deputy prime minister and justice secretary confirmed his exit plans to the PA news company on Monday night time.
He stop Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet final month over bullying allegations from civil servants.
An impartial investigation by Adam Tolley KC discovered he had acted in an intimidating and aggressive means with officers in behaviour that might have amounted to bullying.
Mr Raab won’t contest his Esher and Walton seat, which he has held since 2010, on the subsequent election, due by January 2025.
The Surrey constituency, which Mr Raab gained by simply 2,743 votes on the 2019 election, is a key goal for the Liberal Democrats.
He joins a slew of senior Tories, together with former chancellor Sajid Javid and ex-environment secretary George Eustice, saying their exit plans amid a polling hunch.
Former well being secretary Matt Hancock, who was a Conservative till he misplaced the whip over his I’m A Celebrity look, and Dehenna Davison, seen as a rising star within the Tory celebration, are additionally among the many 30 Tories to be quitting the Commons.