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FORMER chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has become the latest Tory MP to announce he will not stand at the next general election.
The MP for Stratford-on-Avon was education secretary from September 2021 to July 2022 and had a short stint as chancellor of the exchequer between July and September 2022.
In 2023, PM Rishi Sunak sacked Mr Zahawi as Tory Party chairman after an ethics inquiry found he had broken the ministerial code several times over his tax affairs.
He is the 65th Conservative MP, out of a total of 344 Tories in the Commons, to have announced they will not stand at the next election.
Posting his decision on X today, Mr Zahawi said: “My mistakes have been mine, and my successes have come from working with, and leading, amazing people.”
He backed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his party and said being able to help constituents “in their time of need remains one of the most meaningful things I have ever done.”
