They said Mr Gibson was "well respected" in Sherburn-in-Elmet and the family's former home in Lanarkshire.

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Now the Tory MP, who represents the seat of Elmet and Rothwell near Leeds, has decided to withdraw the bill he introduced in the House of Commons at the time, but this is far from the last we have heard from him on the matter.

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