Jack Straw to quit at next election
Jack Straw is to stand down as Labour MP for Blackburn at the next general election, he has announced.
Mr Straw, 67, was elected in 1979 and has stood in eight general elections in the Lancashire constituency.
He said his "love affair" with the town was "not going to end on 7th May 2015, nor is my connection with it."
But he said he had made the decision to stand down after a great deal of thought and consultation with friends and family.
'Terrible wrench'
He said: "Whatever national position I have held, the citizens of this town, and their children, have always been my first priority.
"I am deeply grateful to everyone in the town for the faith which has been placed in me."
But he said he "couldn't go on forever" and it would be "a terrible wrench" to stand down.
Mr Straw practised as a criminal barrister before entering the Commons and was an adviser to Labour minister Barbara Castle, his predecessor as Blackburn MP.
He held the positions of home secretary, foreign secretary and leader of the House of Commons under Tony Blair.
Gordon Brown made him justice secretary in June 2007, a position he held until Labour's defeat at the 2010 election.
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