Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said he will not be standing at the next general election.

The Tory MP said on X, formerly Twitter, it had been an “honour and a privilege to serve and I’d like to thank the good people of Daventry”.

He added that he would be continuing to campaign for the Conservatives as the “only party that has and can deliver for the whole of the United Kingdom”.

Mr Heaton-Harris has been the Northern Ireland secretary since September 2022.

He announced his intention in a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, which he published on the social media platform on Saturday night.