A Cumbrian MP has given a statement on the resignation of former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid. 

The announcement came yesterday evening, July 6, and MP for Penrith and the Borders, Dr Neil Hudson, has shared his views. 

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Dr Hudson said: "As I have said previously to my constituents and elsewhere in public, following events surrounding parties in Downing Street during lockdown, and the findings of the Sue Gray report, I had looked to the Prime Minister to outline a timetable and process for an orderly transition to a leadership election as soon as the situation in Ukraine permitted.

"I believed that destabilising the UK Government at this point would undermine international efforts to support the Ukrainian people and bring the despicable Russian invasion to an end.

"However, this did not happen and the Conservative Party acted by calling for a vote of no confidence. For the reasons I have outlined in my public statements, I expressed a vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson in that 1922 Committee vote. 41% of my parliamentary colleagues also voted in this way."

Writing on Twitter, Mr Sunak said: "I recognise this may be my last ministerial job, but I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning."

Before Sunak's departure, Sajid Javid resigned as Health Secretary.

In a letter to Boris Johnson, following last month’s vote of confidence he said: "It is clear to me that this situation will not change under your leadership – and you have therefore lost my confidence too."

Dr Hudson added: "I hope that following these further developments, the Prime Minister will take the right and moral step and resign.

"However, if this is not forthcoming, then I believe it would be an appropriate step for the Parliamentary Party to facilitate another vote of confidence."

Carlisle MP John Stevenson has been approached for comment.