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| Jared O'Mara: Sheffield MP to resign from Parliament | Jared O'Mara: Sheffield MP to resign from Parliament |
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| Jared O'Mara, the Independent MP for Sheffield Hallam, has said he is to resign as a Member of Parliament. | Jared O'Mara, the Independent MP for Sheffield Hallam, has said he is to resign as a Member of Parliament. |
| Mr O'Mara said he will step down in September, following Parliament's summer recess. | Mr O'Mara said he will step down in September, following Parliament's summer recess. |
| The MP said: "Let everyone be assured that I will be tendering my resignation via the official parliamentary procedure as soon as term restarts." | The MP said: "Let everyone be assured that I will be tendering my resignation via the official parliamentary procedure as soon as term restarts." |
| "I reiterate my apology to my constituents, the people of Sheffield and the people of the UK as whole." | "I reiterate my apology to my constituents, the people of Sheffield and the people of the UK as whole." |
| Mr O'Mara had said he planned to take time out from his official duties to deal with "mental health and personal issues". | |
| He was previously accused of treating his constituents with "inexcusable contempt" by his former press chief Gareth Arnold. | |
| Mr O'Mara was elected as the Labour MP for the constituency in May 2017, ousting former deputy PM Nick Clegg. | |
| He now sits as an independent MP having quit Labour in 2018 after he was suspended over alleged misogynistic and homophobic comments posted online. | |
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