Kate Hoey with Nigel Farage on a pro-Brexit boat
LABOUR MP Kate Hoey has announced that she will not be seeking re-selection to represent the Labour Party at Westminster in the next election.
The pro-Brexit MP wrote "now that the national Labour Party has started the process for the 2022 election I have decided that after 30 years as the MP for Vauxhall I will not seek re-election as a Labour candidate."
Whoever is fortunate enough to be the next MP for Vauxhall I wish them well. pic.twitter.com/f8TKl43E1r
— Kate Hoey (@KateHoeyMP) July 8, 2019
She signed off her message by thanking those she had campaigned and worked with over the previous years as a member of the House of Commons.
Hoey will remain in her role as a Labour MP until the next General Election.
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