David Davis resigns as MP
Shadow home secretary David Davis is to resign as an MP and will call a constituency by-election to highlight the issue of the erosion of civil liberties in Britain.
Shadow home secretary David Davis is to resign as an MP and will call a constituency by-election to highlight the issue of the erosion of civil liberties in Britain.
He is to force a by-election in his Haltemprice and Howden constituency which he will fight on the issue of the new 42-day terror detention limit.
Mr Davis told reporters outside the House of Commons he believed his move was a "noble endeavour" to stop the erosion of British civil liberties.
The 59-year-old is one of the best known Tory MPs. He came second to David Cameron for the Tory leadership.
The move comes less than a day after Mr Davis failed to defeat Gordon Brown and the Government over controversial 42 day anti-terror detention plans.