Ahmad Khan told the Guardian that he submitted his resignation on Monday and that it took effect on April 30. This means that his salary for April will be paid in full. The Conservative Party will then set a date for a run-off election, which is likely to take place in late June, following Jubilee holidays and local elections. The Treasury Department has received his resignation letter, the Guardian reports. Ahmad Khan, who was elected in 2019 as Wakefield’s first Conservative MP since 1932, announced his intention to resign in a tweet on April 14, four days after he was sentenced in the Southwark Crown Court. He resigned after the Guardian confronted him with new allegations about the proposal to a 16-year-old boy to have oral sex and go to a hotel with him and a sex worker to take cocaine and have sex. Ahmad Khan insists that he immediately informed the parliamentary authorities, but that there were delays due to the Easter holidays and then while he was settling human resources issues with his staff. “There is no legal process for you to resign from this House without making an appointment for the crown,” he said, referring to an occult parliamentary process dating back to 1624 that ruled that deputies could not resign directly from their seats. Instead, they must apply to the Treasury Department to become Chiltern Hundreds treasurer and bailiff or crown administrator and bailiff of Northstead Mansion, both self-employed, until their replacement is elected. The Ministry of Finance normally issues a statement on the day the resignation takes effect. Ahmad Khan said he had postponed his resignation for Saturday because the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), which regulates and manages the salaries and pensions of MPs and their staff, had told him to do so. “Ipsa and HR said there are five days from the time you give [your resignation] to clean the office and so on, for logistical and practical reasons, but also for staff reasons “, he said. But a parliamentary source said: “MPs can resign immediately. Look at Owen Patterson. He was there one minute and left the next. Members choose the date. There is a liquidation process for an MP’s office, which has to do with staff members who are suddenly out of work, but also with the transfer of safe material. But this is different from when an MP actually leaves. “Waiting until the end of the month means that it will be fully paid for April.” When announcing his intention to resign, Ahmad Khan said he was going to appeal his conviction and “will focus entirely on clearing my name.” The Crown Prosecution Service said it had not yet been notified of any appeal by Khan. He has 28 days from the date of his conviction, April 11, to apply for an appeal. He will be sentenced on May 23. Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7 p.m. BST