Tory MP Skidmore quits Parliament over new oil and gas licences
Chris Skidmore: He once said austerity wasn’t so bad because people weren’t dying in the streets. Good riddance?
This is self-explanatory: yet another Tory MP has quit Parliament, triggering a by-election.
Conservative Chris Skidmore is quitting as an MP over the government’s energy plans, triggering a by-election to replace him.
The former minister said he could not continue as a Tory MP ahead of a vote on a bill on Monday to guarantee annual oil and gas licensing rounds.
The Kingswood MP added his “personal decision” meant his constituents deserved the chance to elect a new MP.
He had already announced plans to leave Parliament at the next election.
His seat near Bristol has a Conservative majority of 11,220, but was previously held by Labour from 1992 to 2010.
It will present another headache for Prime Minster Rishi Sunak, who already faces a by-election in Wellingborough after local voters ousted scandal-hit Peter Bone.
This Tory Parliament is suffering the death of a thousand quits.
When will Rishi Sunak make it easier on us all and call a general election?
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Nah… What he means is: (1) the constituency is disappearing, divided between other surrounding seats, thanks to the Tory fiddle – what’s so magical about 50k voters per seat? Perhaps, it’s the number most likely to return a Tory….
My constituency Cambridge City is having one and a half districts lopped off to fit with the 50k rule. Which makes no sense at all.
and (2) he’s got another job, cashing in whilst he still has some cred.
Skidmore is sliding out of Parliament early so that he is not part of the Tory failure at a GE. It has bugger all to do with anything else. Don’t forget he is a Tory, so apreofessional liar !
He was going to quit at the next election anyway, so I really don’t think that’s it.
I have doubts that it was really about the oil and gas licences too, but I don’t think we’ll ever find out if there was an ulterior motive. Perhaps we should see where he goes next?