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A former MP who resigned after facing allegations of sexual misconduct and cocaine use has died at the age of 59.
David Warburton represented the Somerton and Frome constituency in Somerset from 2015 until June 2023.
Scotland Yard said police were called to an address in Sands End, west London, on 26 August where a man in his 50s was found dead at the scene.
Officers are treating the death as “unexpected but not suspicious,” the force said.
The former MP had admitted cocaine use but denied claims of sexual misconduct against him.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said on Monday: “Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 10:47 hrs on Tuesday, 26 August to an address at Chelsea Crescent, Sands End.
“A man in his 50s was found dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.
“His death is being treated as unexpected but not suspicious.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called on Tuesday, 26 August at 10:14 am to reports of an incident in Chelsea Crescent, Chelsea Harbour, SW10.
“We sent (an) ambulance crew and a clinician on a bicycle.
“Sadly, a man was pronounced dead at the scene.”
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