Tory MP resigns after taking cocaine plunging Rishi Sunak into fourth by-election nightmare

Somerset and Frome MP David Warburton has announced he is stepping down, triggering a fourth Tory by-election after the resignations of Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams as MPs

David Warburton has announced that he is stepping down as an MP (

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Tory MP David Warburton resigned tonight, plunging Rishi Sunak into a fourth by-election nightmare.

The MP for Somerset and Frome was being investigated by Parliament's harassment watchdog following complaints from two women about inappropriate behaviour.

And an image emerged showing the MP for Somerset and Frome sitting next to an overturned baking sheet with four rows of powder on it - believed by the Sunday Times to be cocaine.

Mr. Warburton admitted to bringing cocaine to the Mail on Sunday night, after drinking "incredibly potent" Japanese whisky. "I was tricked, but I was naive and incredibly stupid," he claimed. But he continues to deny the allegations of harassment.

Rishi Sunak faces the nightmare of four Conservative by-elections (

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His resignation will trigger a fourth Tory by-election, after Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams all announced they would step down last week.

Mr. Warburton claimed that Parliament's investigation into his behavior had been unfair.

He said: "My constituents who elected me have been deprived for a year of the voice they need. It is with sadness that I must bring about the upheaval of a by-election.

"I hope that in doing so, I can freely illuminate the methods of an unsuitable control system."

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