Former Ukip MP Douglas Carswell to step down in Clacton

Man who defected from Conservatives to Eurosceptic party in 2014 says he will not stand in June but will vote Tory• General election 2017 - live updatesThe former Ukip MP Douglas Carswell has said he will not seek re-election in Clacton, but will vote for the Conservative candidate.Carswell, who defected from the Conservatives in 2014 and became Ukip’s first elected MP after winning a byelection, said he had been “proud and honoured” to represent the Essex constituency, bu