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| The Brexit-backing Labour MP Kate Hoey has announced she will stand down at the next election in her ultra-remain constituency of Vauxhall. | The Brexit-backing Labour MP Kate Hoey has announced she will stand down at the next election in her ultra-remain constituency of Vauxhall. |
| A number of prominent Labour MPs are expected to stand down at the next election, including the former shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg, as Labour’s deadline for MPs to declare their intentions passes on Monday. | |
| Hoey, who has consistently voted with the government to stop efforts for a soft Brexit or to oppose no deal, was subject to a no-confidence vote last summer in her inner-city London constituency, where 77.6% of voters backed remain in the 2016 referendum. | Hoey, who has consistently voted with the government to stop efforts for a soft Brexit or to oppose no deal, was subject to a no-confidence vote last summer in her inner-city London constituency, where 77.6% of voters backed remain in the 2016 referendum. |
| At the time, Hoey, who has represented Vauxhall since 1989, said she would not let it change the way she acted in parliament. | At the time, Hoey, who has represented Vauxhall since 1989, said she would not let it change the way she acted in parliament. |
| She campaigned in 2016 with Nigel Farage’s Grassroots Out, including posing with the then Ukip leader on a boat on the Thames. | She campaigned in 2016 with Nigel Farage’s Grassroots Out, including posing with the then Ukip leader on a boat on the Thames. |
| Local anger grew when Hoey put her name to an amendment to the customs bill put forward by the pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG) ruling out a customs border in the Irish Sea. | Local anger grew when Hoey put her name to an amendment to the customs bill put forward by the pro-Brexit European Research Group (ERG) ruling out a customs border in the Irish Sea. |
| She was one of four Labour MPs to support the government in defeating an amendment calling for a post-Brexit customs union. | She was one of four Labour MPs to support the government in defeating an amendment calling for a post-Brexit customs union. |
| Hoey did not support Theresa May’s Brexit deal on the grounds that it was too soft. | Hoey did not support Theresa May’s Brexit deal on the grounds that it was too soft. |
| Though the no-confidence motion had no force, Hoey might have faced a reselection battle in her constituency after rule changes last September made it easier for members to force a trigger ballot, which would require an MP to compete against other candidates for reselection. | |
| The seat, which has a 20,250 Labour majority but has been targeted by the Liberal Democrats because of Hoey’s Brexit views, is likely to be fiercely contested by prominent Labour figures. | The seat, which has a 20,250 Labour majority but has been targeted by the Liberal Democrats because of Hoey’s Brexit views, is likely to be fiercely contested by prominent Labour figures. |
| Momentum’s national coordinator, Laura Parker, is an active member of the local party and stood for Labour at the European parliament elections but failed to be elected. | |
| The former MP Katy Clark and the London assembly member Florence Eshalomi have also been tipped for the seat, though Eshalomi is also believed to be also considering a run for Labour in Streatham, where the current MP, Chuka Umunna, has defected to the Lib Dems. | The former MP Katy Clark and the London assembly member Florence Eshalomi have also been tipped for the seat, though Eshalomi is also believed to be also considering a run for Labour in Streatham, where the current MP, Chuka Umunna, has defected to the Lib Dems. |
| Twigg, the MP for Liverpool West Derby who was shadow education secretary under Ed Miliband, wrote to his constituents saying he wanted to seek new opportunities outside parliament. | |
| In his letter, Twigg stressed the importance of Labour remaining a “broad church” and keeping “an open and respectful culture”. | |
| “I have spent most of the past 30 years of my life as an elected representative. As I approach my mid-50s I want to have the opportunity to take on something new,” he wrote. | |
| Three other MPs who have either backed May’s Brexit deal or opposed efforts for a second referendum have already announced they will stand down, including Poplar and Limehouse’s Jim Fitzpatrick, Rother Valley’s Kevin Barron and Blyth Valley’s Ronnie Campbell. | Three other MPs who have either backed May’s Brexit deal or opposed efforts for a second referendum have already announced they will stand down, including Poplar and Limehouse’s Jim Fitzpatrick, Rother Valley’s Kevin Barron and Blyth Valley’s Ronnie Campbell. |
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