Tristram Hunt to stand down as MP to be V&A director
Tristram Hunt is stepping down as a Labour MP to become the director of the V&A museum in London.
The former shadow education secretary said he had "no desire to rock the boat" and insisted anyone who interpreted his decision to quit that way is "just plain wrong".
Labour has held Stoke-on-Trent Central since the constituency's creation in 1950, with a vote-share of 66% and majority of 49.5%, making it one of the party's safest strongholds in 1997.
