Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has announced he will step down in the next general election.
The former justice minister made the announcement in a statement posted on his website on the occasion of 25 years in parliament.
“This statement is not the place for the fairy tale for the next 25 years,” he said.
“But his goal is to use this 25th anniversary to make public what my loved ones have known in private for some time, that after seven increasingly tumultuous parliaments, this will be my last.”
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The Reigate MP spent 11 years in the armed forces before being elected in 1997.
He is also the uncle of actress Emily Blunt.
Last month, Mr Blunt apologized for the “significant upset and anxiety” caused by his defense of fellow MP Imran Ahmad Khan following his conviction for sexually abusing a teenager in 2008.
Mr Blunt called the sentence a “terrible miscarriage of justice” in a statement on his website.
But he deleted the message after Conservative officials said it was “completely unacceptable”
In a statement, Mr Blunt said he had decided to withdraw his statement and insisted that “I do not approve of any form of abuse and I strongly believe in the independence and integrity of the judiciary”.
Mr Blunt also offered his resignation as chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on LGBT issues following protests from MPs over his comments.
Mr Hahn, who was expelled from the Conservative Party after the verdict, plans to appeal the verdict.
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