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Friends of Mr Parish were said to be unhappy at the way he kept quiet and allowed speculation to form about party colleagues, according to Sky News deputy political editor Sam Coates., days after two female Tory MPs said they witnessed him watching pornography on his mobile phone on two separate occasions.
Mr Parish, who had represented the Devon constituency since 2010, was returned in 2019 with a majority of 24,239, securing 60% of the vote.Friends of the 65-year-old are said to be unhappy at the way he kept quiet and allowed speculation to form about colleaguesA farmer by background, Neil Parish had been the MP for Tiverton and Honiton since 2010. Before that, he was an MEP.At the last election, he held a healthy majority of 24,239, securing 60% of the vote.
He was chair of the commons environment, food and rural affairs committee and as such also sat on the powerful liaison committee. But it will be a key target for the Liberal Democrats looking to pull off another upset like that in North Shropshire in the aftermath of theIn an interview with the BBC, a tearful Mr Parish said:"I thought I could explain to the standards committee what happened and it would be worth explaining what happened…but in the end I could see that the furore and the damage I was causing my family and my constituency and association, just wasn't worth carrying on.
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