Greg Clark to stand down as Tunbridge Wells MP

Mr Clark has been the MP for the Kent constituency since 2005

Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark has announced he will not stand for re-election.

Mr Clark has held the Kent seat for the Conservatives since 2005, being re-elected in 2019 with a 14,645 majority.

He made the announcement in a letter to his constituency chairman, which was also posted to social media on Friday.

Mr Clark wrote: "I have felt proud and grateful to be able to speak and fight in the House of Commons for the people of this beautiful place. I feel we have got things done."

Mr Clark's last parliamentary role was as chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology committee.

He had previously been a minister in the Levelling Up, Energy, Business and Treasury ministries.

Mr Clark was a minister for nine years, serving in the Cabinet for five of them

He joins a list of south east MPs who have announced they will not be standing in the July general election.

They include his Conservative colleagues Craig Mackinlay, Dame Tracey Crouch, Gordon Henderson, Henry Smith, Kwasi Kwarteng, Dominic Raab, Sir Paul Beresford, Crispin Blunt, Tim Loughton, Chris Grayling and Nick Gibb.