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After resigning from the [[Liberal Democrats]], Hancock stood in the 2015 general election as an independent candidate, coming sixth with 716 votes. The [[Conservative Party]]'s [[Flick Drummond]] took Hancock's former seat.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000884 Portsmouth South], accessed 15 May 2015.</ref>
 
After resigning from the [[Liberal Democrats]], Hancock stood in the 2015 general election as an independent candidate, coming sixth with 716 votes. The [[Conservative Party]]'s [[Flick Drummond]] took Hancock's former seat.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000884 Portsmouth South], accessed 15 May 2015.</ref>
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==All-Party Parliamentary Groups==
 
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As at March 2010 Hancock sits on the following [[All-Party Parliamentary Group]]s (APPGs):<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi01.htm Register of All-Party Groups],Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
 
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref>
 
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
 
In June 2014 Hancock was suspended from the party for making improper sexual advances towards a vulnerable woman constituent and in September 2014 Hancock resigned his membership of the party.<ref> Julian Robinson [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762012/Disgraced-Liberal-Democrat-MP-Mike-Hancock-sexual-advances-vulnerable-woman-constituent-resigns-party.htmlDisgraced Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock who made sexual advances to vulnerable woman constituent resigns from the party] ''Daily Mail'', 19 September 2014, accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> In March 2015 he announced he would be running in the 2015 general election as an independent candidate.<ref> Matt Chorley [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3016845/Disgraced-MP-Mike-Hancock-quit-Lib-Dems-sexual-advances-vulnerable-constituent-stand-Parliament-AGAIN.html Disgraced MP Mike Hancock who quit Lib Dems over sexual advances to vulnerable constituent to stand for Parliament AGAIN] ''Daily Mail'', 29 March 2015, accessed 15 May 2015.</ref>
 
In June 2014 Hancock was suspended from the party for making improper sexual advances towards a vulnerable woman constituent and in September 2014 Hancock resigned his membership of the party.<ref> Julian Robinson [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762012/Disgraced-Liberal-Democrat-MP-Mike-Hancock-sexual-advances-vulnerable-woman-constituent-resigns-party.htmlDisgraced Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock who made sexual advances to vulnerable woman constituent resigns from the party] ''Daily Mail'', 19 September 2014, accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> In March 2015 he announced he would be running in the 2015 general election as an independent candidate.<ref> Matt Chorley [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3016845/Disgraced-MP-Mike-Hancock-quit-Lib-Dems-sexual-advances-vulnerable-constituent-stand-Parliament-AGAIN.html Disgraced MP Mike Hancock who quit Lib Dems over sexual advances to vulnerable constituent to stand for Parliament AGAIN] ''Daily Mail'', 29 March 2015, accessed 15 May 2015.</ref>
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==Affiliations==
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In March 2010 Hancock at on the [[All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/memi322.htm All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement], Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010</ref>
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==

Revision as of 11:49, 26 May 2015

Mike Hancock was a Liberal Democrats Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth South from 1984 to 2015.[1]

After resigning from the Liberal Democrats, Hancock stood in the 2015 general election as an independent candidate, coming sixth with 716 votes. The Conservative Party's Flick Drummond took Hancock's former seat.[2]

Controversy

In June 2014 Hancock was suspended from the party for making improper sexual advances towards a vulnerable woman constituent and in September 2014 Hancock resigned his membership of the party.[3] In March 2015 he announced he would be running in the 2015 general election as an independent candidate.[4]


Affiliations

In March 2010 Hancock at on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement[5]

Contact

  • Parliamentary Address: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA[6]
  • Constituency Address:1A Albert Road, Southsea PO5 2SE[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ They Work For You, They Work For You website, accessed 25 March 2010
  2. ↑ BBC News Portsmouth South, accessed 15 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Julian Robinson Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock who made sexual advances to vulnerable woman constituent resigns from the party Daily Mail, 19 September 2014, accessed 15 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Matt Chorley Disgraced MP Mike Hancock who quit Lib Dems over sexual advances to vulnerable constituent to stand for Parliament AGAIN Daily Mail, 29 March 2015, accessed 15 May 2015.
  5. ↑ All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement, Register of All-Party Groups (As at 24 February 2010), accessed 22 March 2010
  6. ↑ Mike Hancock, website, accessed 25 March 2010
  7. ↑ Mike Hancock, website, accessed 25 March 2010

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