Confirmation of former PM’s departure from parliament fires starting gun on byelection in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat
Boris Johnson has formally stepped down as an MP, parliamentary authorities have announced, bringing down the curtain on a tumultuous second stint in the Commons.
Johnson has accepted the post of crown steward and bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, a statement said, part of the slightly convoluted process under which MPs resign.
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