He cited the the recent Westminster boundary changes as a reason for his decision.
He had a majority of 1,157 at the 2019 election when he defeated the then Labour MP Madeleine Moon.
Mr Wallis was the first MP to say publicly that he had gender dysphoria and is in the process of transitioning.
It’s fair to say that he’s done neither himself or his constituents any favours:
Career before politics
Some very dodgy businesses including:
Action Direct (UK) Limited, a former claims management company banned by the Ministry of Justice from taking on any further employment claims work and Quickie Divorce Ltd. All of his companies were subject to Trading Standards investigation.
Political career
Wallis was a member of Pencoed town council, representing the Hendre ward, until 2018, when he was disqualified for non-attendance. It transpired that he a simultaneous member of Cowbridge council.
An investigation by BuzzFeed in January 2020 found that Wallis had been a co-owner of a 'sugar daddy’ dating website, “which offered students financial relationships with wealthy ‘sponsors’”.
Personal life
At the time of the December 2019 general election, Wallis was married and had two daughters, then aged six and three. On 30 March 2022, Wallis came out as transgender, becoming the first openly transgender MP in the House of Commons.
Criminal convictions
In February 2022, Wallis was fined £270 and received three points on his driving licence after pleading guilty to an offence in August 2021 of “failure to comply with solid white line road markings” on the A48.
On 28 November 2021, Wallis was arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit after a car collided with a lamppost in Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan.
On 30 March 2022, he said that he had “fled the scene” of the car collision due to having a form of post-traumatic stress disorder after being raped in September 2021.
In April 2022, Wallis was charged with failing to stop following a road traffic collision, failure to report a road traffic collision, careless driving and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position.
In May he pleaded not guilty to the offences.
On 11 July 2022 Wallis was found guilty of failing to stop and report an accident, leaving his car in a dangerous position, but cleared of driving without due care and attention.
The court heard that Wallis was wearing “a black leather PVC miniskirt, tights, dark shoes and a pearl necklace” when he fled the scene of the crash, and that police “forced entry into the Wallis’ family home address which was described as a ‘mansion’ and ‘absolutely colossal’, out of concern for the MP”.
Wallis was fined £2,500 and disqualified from driving for six months. District Judge Tan Ikram said he “didn’t find the defendant credible”.
Following the conviction, the Conservative Party said it “will not be taking any further action”.
How Wallis got away with his “misdemeanours” is unknown but having a millionaire father with local “connections” might have helped … 