A new campaign is under way to get the Frome & Somerton MP David Warburton to resign.

Campaigners say that many in Frome believe him to be ineffective in his representation of the constituency, preferring instead to 'toe the party line'.

In recent months there have been many reports in national media regarding alleged sexual misconduct, drug usage, and undeclared financial transactions with Russian financial advisor, Roman Joukovski which have resulted in Mr. Warburton being admitted twice to a psychiatric hospital for shock and stress, since when the people of Somerton & Frome have not had a fully active and working MP.

Mr. Warburton's website states that "David's office continues to function as normal" however there is a strong feeling that the representation of and interaction with constituents was already at a sub-par level prior to the allegations made against Mr. Warburton.

The Finding David campaign wants him to resign as MP for Somerton & Frome to allow a by-election within the constituency.

The campaign was started by former Frome Town Councillor, Scott Ward as a non-partisan campaign to empower the constituents of Somerton & Frome, he said: "It's not the intention of this campaign to comment on the current status of Mr. Warburton's mental health, that is an issue for him, his family and any medical professionals involved with his care.

"We are purely focusing on Mr. Warburton's performance as an MP while representing the constituency of Somerton & Frome and the current allegations made against him which, if true, fall way below the standard we expect from our MP. Residents of the towns and villages the Mr. Warburton represents deserve an MP that will be present, contactable, and not willing to be shackled by his party leader. While we know that Mr. Warburton is currently classified as Independent, he seems eager to rejoin the Conservatives which would indicate that he is not likely to stand up for his constituents against government policy in the future."

The site Finding David is HERE