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Title: Chris Grayling - standing down as MP at the next election Post by: grahame on October 07, 2023, 07:37:25 From the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-67034851)
Quote Former Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is to stand down as an MP at the end of this Parliament. Mr Grayling, who also served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Chancellor, has been the MP for Epsom and Ewell in Surrey since 2001. In a statement to his local Conservative constituency association on Friday he revealed the decision came following a prostate cancer diagnosis. The association will now select a successor as Conservative candidate. In the statement Mr Grayling said: "Earlier this year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and although the treatment has been successful, it has prompted me to think that after 22 years it is time for a change. Chris Grayling was Secretary of State for Transport from July 2016 to July 2019, and has had transport interests before and after - so crops up in many Coffee Shop threads. I couldn't find any of those threads that stood out to be THE one to follow up with the news of his leaving parliament at the next election. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |