An ex-MP who quit politics after allegations of sexual misconduct has died suddenly aged 59. <\/p>\n
David Warburton, who represented the Somerton and Frome constituency in Somerset until June 2023, died in London on 26 August.<\/p>\n
The Metropolitan Police said a man in his 50s was found dead by paramedics at an address in Chelsea, west London.<\/p>\n
Officers are treating the man’s death as “unexpected but not suspicious”, the force added.<\/p>\n
Marcus Fysh, a former Conservative MP for Yeovil, told the BBC Mr Warburton was a “steadfast colleague and defender of Somerset and Britain”.<\/p>\n
“I am so very sad to hear this news and my thoughts are with David’s family and friends,” he said.<\/p>\n
“David was a talented and sensitive person with a great flair for words and passion for his constituents.”<\/p>\n
Mr Warburton was suspended by the Conservative Party in April 2022 when claims of sexual misconduct were made against him, which he denied.<\/p>\n
The allegations were later withdrawn and an investigation by the House of Commons Independent Expert Panel was closed.<\/p>\n
Mr Warburton resigned as an MP in June 2023 after admitting taking cocaine.<\/p>\n
He had served as MP for the former Somerset and Frome constituency since May 2015.<\/p>\n
A by-election triggered by his resignation was won by Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Dyke.<\/p>\n
The seat was abolished because of boundary changes, which came into effect at the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An ex-MP who quit politics after allegations of sexual misconduct has died suddenly aged 59. David Warburton, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-107371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}