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Labour MP Kate Hoey will work for Boris Johnson if the Tory candidate becomes London's mayor, it has been announced. Labour MP Kate Hoey will work as an adviser for Boris Johnson if the Tory candidate becomes London's mayor.
Mr Johnson said he wanted to use talent and the former sports minister would advise on sport and the 2012 Olympics as an unpaid non-executive director. Ms Hoey said even though she will be Mr Jonhson's adviser on sport and the 2012 London Olympics, she is not endorsing him for mayor and will vote Labour.
Labour mayor Ken Livingstone said Ms Hoey had been "a sort of semi-detached member of the party in recent years" Labour mayor Ken Livingstone said Ms Hoey had been "a sort of semi-detached member of the party in recent years".
Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick said: "Kate Hoey is bonkers - they make a perfect couple."Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick said: "Kate Hoey is bonkers - they make a perfect couple."
Mr Johnson said of the Labour MP: "Kate has a huge and well-known commitment to sport and to London. Mr Johnson had said the MP for the south London constituency of Vauxhall will be part of his administration.
"I am determined to bring talent from across politics and the community to a new administration." I think the reason Tony Blair sacked her at the end of his first term was because she'd been involved in all the fiasco over Wembley Ken Livingstone I support the Labour Government Kate Hoey
Ms Hoey complained in January about a lack of scrutiny of Mr Livingstone's City Hall advisers and a "cult of silence" which stopped people speaking out about alleged malpractice. But the former sports minister denied this saying: "The key part of the Boris Johnson statement - ie that I will be the first member of his administration - is wrong.
"There has been a cult of silence because... every time anyone raises a criticism you are either branded as being racist or being pro-Boris Johnson," she said. "I have simply agreed ... that I will advise on a non-partisan basis in respect of my lifetime commitment to bringing sport to the people of London.
"I am a Labour MP and I am standing for Labour at the next election. I support the Labour Government."
Mr Johnson had said: "I am delighted to announce that Kate Hoey will join me in my administration if I win on 1 May.
"She and I agree that there is much more that can be done to promote sport and to develop sporting facilities across London.
"I am determined to bring talent from across politics and the community to a new administration."
'Wembley fiasco'
Speaking on LBC radio, Mr Livingstone described Ms Hoey as "eccentric".Speaking on LBC radio, Mr Livingstone described Ms Hoey as "eccentric".
"She was one of the few Labour MPs to vote against banning fox-hunting," he told LBC Radio."She was one of the few Labour MPs to vote against banning fox-hunting," he told LBC Radio.
"But I'm surprised he's going to take her advice on sport because I think the reason Tony Blair sacked her at the end of his first term, was because she'd been involved in all the fiasco over Wembley."But I'm surprised he's going to take her advice on sport because I think the reason Tony Blair sacked her at the end of his first term, was because she'd been involved in all the fiasco over Wembley.
"But I suppose she knows more about it than Boris does.""But I suppose she knows more about it than Boris does."
Kate Hoey, MP for the south London constituency of Vauxhall, has so far made no comment on the announcement.
Londoners go to the polls on Thursday.Londoners go to the polls on Thursday.