A NSW MP who endured two scandals in one term and only recently rejoined the government will not contest his marginal seat at the next election.
Liberal member Glenn Brookes says the decision not to recontest East Hills at the March 2019 election was not taken lightly.
"It is time to hand over the reins to the next person so I can spend more time with my wife Kharen and our boys Zach and Josh," he said on Saturday.
The western Sydney MP rejoined the parliamentary Liberal party only last year after moving to the cross bench when his 2015 election campaign manager was charged over an alleged smear campaign.
The campaign manager was later acquitted.
Mr Brookes is caught up in a dispute over $50,000 he used to self-fund his campaign before the 2015 election.
Mr Brookes became the first non-Labor member for East Hills in 58 years after winning by fewer than 500 votes in 2011.
A 2013 redistribution reduced his margin further but he successfully held off Labor's Cameron Murphy by 372 votes to win a second term.
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