Labour MP Mark Fisher is to stand down at the next election for health reasons, the BBC has learned. Mr Fisher said he was suffering from a condition called hydrocephalus - also known as water on the brain. He was appointed as arts minister after Labour came to power in 1997. In June last year, Mr Fisher joined a group of MPs calling for Gordon Brown to step down as prime minister. Educated at Eton and Cambridge University, Mr Fisher is the son of a former Conservative MP, Sir Nigel Fisher. He served as arts minister for just a year, being sacked in a 1998 cabinet reshuffle after voting against the Labour whip on the Competition Act. At the 2005 general election, he retained the Stoke Central seat with 52.9% of the vote.
Prior to becoming an MP in 1983, Mr Fisher worked in the film industry. Well, it was never going to last.
