Hundreds call on MP to stand down after sex offences allegation View 3 Images

Hundreds of people have begun signing a petition demanding that a West Country MP resign, after he was arrested when allegations of child sex offences and rape were made against him. The petition calls on Dan Norris, who represents the North East Somerset and Hanham constituency, to step down and for a by-election to be held.

A petition on the Change.org site has been set up by Andrew Gray who said that, although he wanted to ‘stress that Mr Norris is innocent until proven guilty’, the issue is that his ability to represent the constituency has been ‘diminished’ because of the current circumstances.

The petition is not a formal ‘Recall Petition’, which can be used by constituents to effectively ‘sack’ an MP

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