As he enters I’m A Celebrity, Matt Hancock told to ‘do the honorable thing’ and quit

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He has also filmed a series of another show, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, which will be shown next year.

In Haverhill, where around 27,000 of his constituents live, the town council has told him to “clear the pitch” after its members held a vote and decided by a majority that it should tell him to quit.

In a letter sent to his office, the 13-member authority, which has several Tory councillors, accused the MP of losing interest in his day job.

Written by Colin Poole, the council clerk, it said: “By a majority vote members of the council have directed me to express their displeasure at your decision to absent yourself from your duty to your constituents to join the cast of ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

“At a time when the cost of living pressures on your residents are causing real hardship to them and we have a failing health service crisis locally with appalling ambulance response times, the energy causing schools and other public services severe issues in maintaining services, the council believes we need all hands on deck to fight our corner.

“Currently there is no one to speak for West Suffolk in the House of Commons and your actions are unlikely to gain any sympathy for the area when all the other parliamentarians are in the chamber fighting their own corners.

“By your actions you have made it clear to everyone that you see your future outside of politics.”

The letter concludes by saying that the councillors “ask you to do the honorable thing and resign your seat so you can follow your decided path and clear the pitch for someone who wants to serve the people of West Suffolk.”

Mr Hancock is seen as such a big draw by the makers of I’m a Celebrity, which began at the weekend, that his appearance has been held back until Wednesday. He was officially announced as a contestant by hosts Ant and Dec on Tuesday night.

Mr Sunak has said that he backed the Chief Whip’s decision to suspend Mr Hancock from the Conservative Party, and said he was “disappointed” by his behaviour.

Mr Hancock resigned as health secretary last year after being caught on CCTV kissing an aid in contravention of Covid guidance. He later left his wife and is now living with the former aid, Gina Coladangelo.

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