The Conservative MP for Leigh and Atherton James Grundy has announced that he will stepping down at the election
Grundy who is the 66th Tory to announce that he is stepping down took the seat in 2019 as part of Boris Johnson’s capture of so called red wall seats
In a statement the MP said:
“When I stood in the General Election in 2019, I never dared hope that I would be elected to serve as MP for my home town of Leigh, but the public had other plans and overturned the largest Labour majority in the country to send me to Westminster to ‘Get Brexit Done’.
“I am very proud to say that I delivered on that promise to my constituents despite the immense challenges we faced in doing so. I am also immensely proud of other achievements such as the £20 million expansion to Leigh Infirmary, stopping the hated Golborne Spur of HS2 smashing through the middle of Lowton, as well as stopping the insane, job destroying Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone.
Labour MP Yvonne Fovargue also announced that she is standing down as MP for Makerfield in Wigan-She was first elected for the seat back in 2010
