article_snippet: A would-be Liberal Democrat MP has been suspended by the party and withdrawn A would-be Liberal Democrat MP candidacy after being questioned by police over historic child sex allegations.
article_snippet: I have spent the last ten years championing the cause of the Liberal Democrats both locally and nationally
article_snippet: and I do not want this allegation to detract from the real issues facing local residents in the upcoming elections. '
article_snippet: Therefore I will step down with immediate effect as the party's prospective parliamentary candidate to spend my time clearing his name.'
article_snippet: At the time, Simon Hughes, deputy of the Liberal Democrats, said there was 'nobody better' to fight for the seat.
article_snippet: A the Lib Dem's spokesman said: 'We have been made aware of a police investigation in Ashfield.
article_snippet: The party has immediately suspended The party's parliamentary candidate pending the outcome of a police investigation. '
article_snippet: Tory MP Aidan Burley, who represented Cannock Chase, stood down today after a series of scandals .
article_snippet: Just a day later Tim Wilson, who was due to stand for MP in South Northamptonshire, quit the party, saying leader Nigel Farage had failed to condemn another of leader Nigel Farage MEPs who compared a Muslim politician to terrorist Abu Hamza.
article_snippet: Earlier today a MP mired in scandal also quit parliament after just five years, departing with a whinging speech about not being paid enough, and a swipe at 'rude' constituents.
article_snippet: Aidan Burley, who represented Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, was once caught being the best man at a Nazi-themed stag do, and also described the Olympic opening ceremony as 'leftie multicultural crap'.