Former deputy speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans has been found not guilty of all nine sex charges, including rape.
Mr Evans, who is also MP for Ribble Valley, was weeping after the verdicts were handed down by the jury at the end of a five-week trial at Preston Crown Court.
The 56-year-old had been accused of committing a string of sexual offences against seven men between 2003 and 2013.
Friend of Mr Evans cheered as the foreman of the jury read out the last of the not guilty verdicts having deliberated for five hours and 45 minutes.
Among those who were present to support him was Coronation Street star Vicky Entwhistle, who was also seen in tears.
The Judge in charge of the trial Mr Justice King had told the jury that the good character of Mr Evans was "something you should take into account".
Mr Evans had consistently denied the charges and has insisted that the alleged rape of a 21-year-old university student had been consensual sex.
A 23-year-old man who alleged sexual assault, he said, had misread signals. He said the rest of the alleged offences had not occurred.
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