Former Health Secretary and reality show cast Matt Hancock on Wednesday said he will not stand for the Conservative Party at the next general election.
The 44-year-old MP for West Suffolk indicated he intends to remain as an independent MP until the next general election, before leaving Parliament.
Hancock was suspended from the Conservative Party in November when his controversial decision to join the cast of the ITV jungle show “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!” as a campmate.
But he was not the first one. His colleague, Conservative former minister Nadine Dorries was also temporarily suspended by the party after she agreed to appear on the show in 2012….