Newark by-election: Candidates fight to become next MP
Candidates will contest the Newark by-election on June 5. The seat is vacant after Patrick Mercer quit as MP for Newark for allegedly taking cash to ask questions in Parliament.
Mercer conduct 'worst ever' says watchdog
Former Tory MP, Patrick Mercer's conduct in the cash for questions scandal has been described as the worst ever dealt with by the parliamentary standards watchdog. He resigned his Newark seat earlier this week.
It ruled he had knowingly and deliberately broken the rules for personal gain.
Mr Mercer had insisted he had been acting in good faith unaware he was being filmed by undercover reporters. Alison Mackenzie reports from Westminster:
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