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Twittergclithadvertiser Nigel Evans, the Ribble Valley’s


.. MPforthe past 21 years, has ' thanked his constituents for their amazing support and pledged to clear his name in the wake'ofshock allegations of rape and sexual assault.


- Speaking from his local in' ; Pendleton oh Bank Holiday


i Monday, a defiant Mr Evan's said he had been overwhelmed


. by local support, and the fact vhe didn’t have to worry about ‘


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to see themselves confronted; with allegations like this,’; he said. “I’ve spent 2i years build- ; ingmycareer,butnothingpre-


V paresyouforthetraumaofthis situation.” • . - ” ' ■ dThe Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, who has


■ been excused his official Parlia- ■ mentary duties; added that he was returning to London that - afternoon and to the House o f ' Commons on Tuesday. : He had been due to help ' ■ chair the Commons debates


which will follow Wednesday’s Queen’s Speech.' Ribble Valley MP since


1992, Mr Evans, who said he had been in contact with Gov-: ernment Ministers about the" allegations, added: “I want’


, to thank my constituents for : their amazing support and re- - assure them that 1 will not ig- ' : nore my duties as their elected ■


.MemberofParliament.” ' ' . • ‘ - The 55-yeaf-old wasarrest-


ved from his home in Pendleton ■ • at around 7-30 a.m; on Satiir- ■ day on suspicion of raping one man and sexually assaulting ■ another - allegations which ■■


■ he says are “completely false”. Mr Evans was interviewed


about the offences, which .v are alleged to have b'een com- - mitted in Pendleton between ■ July 2009 and March 2013 ;. throughout Saturday at a po-


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