Constituents in Whitchurch, North Shropshire, felt their ex MP had grown complacent and change was due
In Shropshire’s northernmost market town of Whitchurch, most locals out shopping or running errands welcomed the news that their long-standing MP Owen Paterson had resigned.
Paterson, who faced a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons and potential by-election for an “egregious” breach of the advocacy rules, announced he would step down just hours after Downing Street made a humiliating U-turn on Thursday and withdrew support from an attempt to protect him.
