Douglas Carswell has quit UKIP.
Carswell was the first elected Member of Parliament for Ukip.
Carswell has announced he is leaving the party and plans to sit in the House of Commons as the independent MP for Clacton.
He claims the split is ‘amicable’.
In a statement, Carswell said: ‘I have decided that I will be leaving UKIP.
‘I will not be switching parties, nor crossing the floor to the Conservatives, so do not need to call a by election, as I did when switching from the Conservatives to UKIP.
‘I will simply be the Member of Parliament for Clacton, sitting as an independent.
‘I will leave UKIP amicably, cheerfully and in the knowledge that we won'
http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/25/ukips-only-elected-mp-quits-the-party-6533011/
