South Ribble Tory MP Lorraine Fullbrook to step down 14 September 2013 Last updated at 11:37 The Conservative MP for South Ribble Lorraine Fullbrook has announced she will step down at the next election. She told members of the local party at a meeting in Leyland on Friday night she had taken the decision for personal reasons. Ms Fullbrook, 54, won the seat from Labour with a 5,554 majority in the 2010 General Election. She first contested the seat five years earlier, halving the sitting Labour MP's majority to just over 2,000. By May 2015, I will have given 12 years of my life to winning and serving this seat. That is long enough in this job, and now I will be looking to conquer fresh challenges," she said. It is a huge honour and a privilege to serve the people of South Ribble and sit on the green benches. This has not been an easy decision but the right one for me. I want to reassure my constituents that this announcement will not in any way compromise the way in which I carry out my duties. I will continue to work hard for residents in South Ribble right up until my successor is elected.