Adams vows to help Sunak win election after quitting

A Boris Johnson ally who quit the House of Commons in a reported row over a peer age has insisted that he will do his“utmost” to help prime Mini st err is hi sun akwint he next general election.

Conservative Nigel Adams announced on Saturday that he was stepping down as Selby and Ainsty MP with “immediate effect”, becoming the third Tory to quit Westminster in the space of 24 hours. In a fuller statement released yesterday, the ex-minister said he wanted to “make clear” that he remained“committed” to the party despite following Mr Johnson’s lead in announcing his resignation.

Mr Adams said it was “essential” the Prime Minister won the next election as he vowed to return at orymp in the by-election triggered by his own departure.

Mr Adams’ resignation came only a day after former prime minister Mr Johnson dramatically quit as an MP over complaints about the yet-to-be-published findings of a Commons partygate inquiry.

Mr Adams was reportedly one of a number of torymps, including Nadine Dorries and Sir Alok Sharma, who were put forward fora peerage by Mr Johnson in his resignation honours but did not feature in Friday’s published list. Downing Street has denied taking any names off the list handed to the Prime Minister.

Mr adams said :“further to my announcement to stand down from Parliament with immediate effect, I want to make clear that I remain committed to the Conservative Party and support this government in its work to continue delivering on the issues that matter most to the British people.

“I have left Parliament to return to my private sector career but I will continue to make the case for Conservative values. It is essential that the Conservatives under Rishi Sunak win the next election and I will do my utmost to ensure that happens.”