The unpaid roles have no responsibilities and the Manor of Northstead, a former medieval estate in North Yorkshire, has been redeveloped and forms part of Scarborough.
The archaic title is necessary because technically MPs cannot resign - they only cease to be members of the House if they die, are expelled, or become disqualified.ĭisqualification is achieved by taking one of two offices of profit under the Crown – Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, or Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. Mr Parish, a farmer by trade, said he intended to resign as Tiverton and Honiton MP over the weekend after revealing he first accidentally viewed the X-rated video after looking at tractors online.Ī statement from the Treasury this afternoon said: 'The Chancellor of the Exchequer has this day appointed Neil Quentin Gordon Parish to be Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.'
The Treasury announced the 65-year-old has been appointed 'Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead' - the conventional way for someone to resign from Parliament. Neil Parish today formally quit as a Tory MP after admitting watching porn in the House of Commons in a 'moment of madness'.
