Claims former Prime Minister David Cameron was planning to succeed the Sevenoaks MP Sir Michael Fallon have been firmly rebutted by his office.

Weekend newspaper reports said the controversial political figure was looking for a seat to return to frontline politics and had set his sights on the rock-solid Conservative constituency.

But Sir Michael's office has firmly scotched the speculation saying there was no vacancy and the Sevenoaks MP had no intention of standing down.

A terse statement from his office said: “Recent reports referring to Sir Michael’s 'expected retirement' are completely inaccurate.

"There is no vacancy in Sevenoaks.”

It is not the first time Mr Cameron has expressed an interest in a Kent constituency.

When he was first looking for a constituency, he was reportedly short-listed for Ashford but failed to make it to the key selection meeting.

He stood down in 2016 after the EU referendum and later resigned from his Witney seat in Oxfordshire, which he had represented since 2010.

Sir Michael became MP for Sevenoaks in 1997. At the general election in 2017, he secured 32,644 votes and a majority of 21,917 making it one of the safest Conservative seats in the country.

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