MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Phillipes represented Sleaford and North Hykeham as its member of parliament since 2010.
“It has been a great honour to serve the people of Sleaford and North Hykeham for the last six years, but it has become clear to me over the last few months that my growing and very significant policy differences with the current government mean that I am unable properly to represent the people who elected me,” Phillips said.