Tim Loughton Becomes Latest MP to Stand Down at Next Election in Tory Exodus

Tim Loughton has become the latest Conservative MP to announce that they will stand down at the next general election. The veteran backbencher, who has represented East Worthing & Shoreham since 1997, said it was “wiser to leave five minutes too soon than to continue for five years too long.” The former children’s minister, who served in Lord David Cameron’s government, joins an exodus of Tories planning to quit Parliament. Some 64 Conservative MPs have now announced they are either standing down from the Commons or not seeking re-election in their current constituencies at the next election. And he becomes the 100th MP to have announced that they are standing down at the next general election....