Liam Fox: in pictures

3 October 2000: Liam Fox, who was shadow health spokesman at the time, delivers his address to the Conservative party conference in Bournemouth. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Press Association

12 January 2005: As co-chairman of the Conservatives, Dr Liam Fox unveils an election campaign poster in London, highlighting claims of a rift between prime minister Tony Blair and chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown. Photograph: Reuters

8 September 2005: Shadow foreign secretary Liam Fox arrives with fiancee Jesme Baird at the Hillside Clubhouse in north London, where he launched his bid for the Tory party leadership. Photograph: Johnny Green/Press Association Ima

6 October 2005: Leadership challengers Liam Fox, Ken Clarke and David Cameron listen to Michael Howard's speech in Blackpool. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

20 October 2005: Liam Fox with this fiancee Jesme Baird during his unsuccessful campaign to become leader of the Conservative party. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian

20 October 2005: Liam Fox leaves the Houses of Parliament after being voted out of the Conservative party leadership race. Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP

17 December 2005: Liam Fox with his best man Adam Werritty at his wedding at St Margaret's church in Westminster, London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

4 December 2009: David Cameron and Liam Fox arrive by helicopter at Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau

13 May 2010: Liam Fox, named as defence secretary, among Britain's new cabinet after the Conservatives are joined in coalition by the Lib Dems. Photograph: Phil Hannaford/NPA Pool

1 October 2010: Liam Fox, in body armour and helmet walking through the hot exhaust gas of a chinook helicopter in Helmand province Afghanistan. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/Press Association

20 October 2010: Liam Fox leaves No 10 Downing Street after attending a cabinet meeting. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

26 May 2011: Defence secretary Liam Fox and Second Sea Lord Vice-Admiral Charles Montgomery during a visit to the BAE Systems shipyard in Govan, Glasgow. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

22 August 2011: Liam Fox looking through the sights of a machine gun aboard a Chinook helicopter at RAF Odiham. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

24 September 2011: Liam Fox with Lady Thatcher at his 50th birthday party held at Admiralty House in Whitehall. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

6 October 2011: Liam Fox along with US defence secretary Defence Leon Panetta and United Arab Emirates Brigadier General Falah Al Qahtani during a meeting at Nato headquarters in Brussels. Photograph: Thierry Charlier/AFP

10 October 2011: In the House of Commons, Liam Fox issues a statement over allegations relating to his links with close friend Adam Werritty. Photograph: PA

10 October 2011: Liam Fox leaves the Ministry of Defence building. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

13 October 2010: Liam Fox leaving his apartment in London. Photograph: Steve Back/Rex Features