Isn t part of the formal process of an mp resigning. that was just the way for nadine dorries to put those views out there. the formal process is that she has written to the chancellor. you can tjust resign as an mp, you have to, instead there s this sort of arcane mechanism where you have to ask to be appointed to a job that would discount you, and that s known as being the steward of the chiltern hundreds. so she has written to the chancellor and asked for that. the chancellor will need to prove that for her to then formally have resigned. and then after that parliament, there will have to be a writ introduced to parliament which gets parliament to agree to hold a by election to replace her. parliament isn t due back from its summer recess until a week tomorrow, so it s still a little bit longer, really, before that process of a by election will kick off. are the timing of it will be within the government s control. usually a writ is moved in parliament within three months of someone