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| Pro-Brexit Labour MP Kate Hoey to stand down at next election | Pro-Brexit Labour MP Kate Hoey to stand down at next election |
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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. |
| The former shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg also said he would stand down and a number of prominent Labour MPs are expected to follow before 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. | 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. | 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. | 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”. | 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. | “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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