Constituency backlash over affair scandal - with calls for him to 'resign without delay'

A Tory councillor in Matt Hancock's constituency is calling on the local party to deselect him if he does not resign as an MP.

Alan McGuinness, political reporter
                    By Alan McGuinness

Political reporter @Alan_McGuinness


Matt Hancock is facing a backlash in his constituency over breaking social distancing rules, with a Conservative councillor calling for the former health secretary to be deselected if he does not stand down.

Ian Houlder has written to the local Tory party calling for Mr Hancock to be removed as MP for West Suffolk in the wake of his resignation from cabinet.

Mr Hancock, who has been MP for the constituency since 2010 and has a majority of more than 23,000, quit at the weekend after leaked CCTV footage showed him kissing his aide in his office in breach of COVID-19 rules.


The West Suffolk councillor said Mr Hancock's actions were "beyond the pale", adding that his "honour, integrity, probity and honesty, should he have had any, [is] trashed beyond redemption".

In his email to the chair of the West Suffolk Conservative Association, Mr Houlder said the controversy had shown Mr Hancock to be a "selfish, egotistical man".

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