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| Conservative MP Andrew MacKay has announced he is to step down as an MP at the next general election. | Conservative MP Andrew MacKay has announced he is to step down as an MP at the next general election. |
| It comes after the MP for Bracknell, Berkshire, had a conversation with the Conservative leader, David Cameron. | |
| Mr MacKay had already resigned as Mr Cameron's aide because he and wife Julie Kirkbride, MP for Bromsgrove, both claimed second home allowances. | Mr MacKay had already resigned as Mr Cameron's aide because he and wife Julie Kirkbride, MP for Bromsgrove, both claimed second home allowances. |
| He was heckled at a packed meeting on Friday as he tried to explain his expenses to constituents. | |
| In the meeting, which was open to all constituents, one man accused him of failing to accept responsibility for his actions and another said he would no longer vote Conservative. | |
| But one woman said he had shown courage to face his constituents. | |
| Afterwards, Mr MacKay told reporters he would still stand for reselection, saying he had the backing of most of those at the meeting. | |
| But one onlooker, who attended the meeting, accused him of misrepresenting the mood of the meeting and said he was, in fact, "overwhelmingly opposed". |