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17 October 2019

Conservative MP Mark Field to stand down in Cities of London and Westminster seat

The former minister, who was suspended for shoving a climate protester, is the latest Remainer to step aside. 

By Patrick Maguire

Mark Field, the Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster, will stand down at the next election, the New Statesman has learned. 

The former Asia minister — who was suspended from his government job after being filmed shoving a climate protester in June, and was subsequently sacked by Boris Johnson — told his constituency party’s AGM of his intention to quit the Commons this evening. 

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