Dominic Raab, who resigned from Cupboard final month after a bullying inquiry, will stand down on the subsequent basic election.
The previous deputy prime minister and justice secretary confirmed his exit plans to the PA information company on Monday evening.
He stop Rishi Sunak’s Cupboard final month over bullying allegations from civil servants.
An unbiased 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 received 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 stoop.
Former well being secretary Matt Hancock, who was a Conservative till he misplaced the whip over his I’m A Celeb 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.
