The MP for Preston North and Wyre and current defence secretary Ben Wallace was an early favourite to succeed Boris Johnson before ruling himself out of the contest and endorsing Liz Truss.
With MPs back in the House of Commons following the Easter break, the second in our series looking at the work of the region’s five MPs looks at the contributions our representatives make behind the scenes in Parliament.
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