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Hoey served as Opposition Spokesperson for Citizen's Charter and Women 1992-93; PPS to [[Frank Field]] as Minister of State, Department of Social Security 1997-98; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Home Office (Metropolitan Police, European Union, Judicial Co-operation) 1998-99, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Minister for Sport) 1999-2001.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/kate-hoey/25608 Kate Hoey], www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 April 2011.</ref> | Hoey served as Opposition Spokesperson for Citizen's Charter and Women 1992-93; PPS to [[Frank Field]] as Minister of State, Department of Social Security 1997-98; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Home Office (Metropolitan Police, European Union, Judicial Co-operation) 1998-99, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Minister for Sport) 1999-2001.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/kate-hoey/25608 Kate Hoey], www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 April 2011.</ref> | ||
| − | Along with [[Frank Field]], Hoey was one of the first MPs to nominate [[John McDonnell]] during the Labour leadership election in 2010.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8707339.stm McDonnell gets first backing in Labour leadership fight], BBC News, 26 May 2010.</ref> | + | In April 2008, Hoey agreed to act as an advisor to Conservative Boris Johnson if he was elected as Mayor of London. This led to a meeting with Labour chief whip [[Geoff Hoon]], following which Hoey announcced that her role for Johnson would be on a non-partisan basis, and she would be voting Labour in the Mayoral election.<ref>Sam Johnson, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/30/london08.boris Labour MP denies defection in mayoral campaign], The Guardian, 30 April 2008.</ref> |
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| + | Along with [[Frank Field]], Hoey was one of the first MPs to nominate [[John McDonnell]] during the Labour leadership election in 2010.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8707339.stm McDonnell gets first backing in Labour leadership fight], BBC News, 26 May 2010.</ref> This was greeted with suspicion by some who questioned why MPs seen to be on the right of the party were nominating a figure associated with the left. The ''New Statesman'''s James Macintrye said of Field and Hoey: "Both are the subject of Tory dreams that they may defect"<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/public-accounts/2010/05/labour-abbott-john-tory Kiss of Death for Labour's most leftist candidates], James Macintyre, New Statesman, 27 May 2010.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:14, 5 April 2011
Kate Hoey is the Labour MP for Vauxhall.[1] She is also an advisor to the Conservative London Mayor Boris Johnson on Sport.[2]
Background
Hoey was born in Antrim, Northern Ireland, where her parents were farmers.[3]
Education
Hoey attended the Belfast Royal Academy and the Ulster College of Physical Education. She subsequently took an economics degree in London.[4]
She was elected a sabbatical Vice-President of the National Union of Students.[5]
During her time, as a student, Hoey was a member of the International Marxist Group.[6]
Political career
Hoey contested the Dulwich consituency in the 1983 and 1987 general elections.[7]
She was elected to Parliament on 15 June 1989, winning a by-election in Vauxhall.[8]
Hoey served as Opposition Spokesperson for Citizen's Charter and Women 1992-93; PPS to Frank Field as Minister of State, Department of Social Security 1997-98; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Home Office (Metropolitan Police, European Union, Judicial Co-operation) 1998-99, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Minister for Sport) 1999-2001.[9]
In April 2008, Hoey agreed to act as an advisor to Conservative Boris Johnson if he was elected as Mayor of London. This led to a meeting with Labour chief whip Geoff Hoon, following which Hoey announcced that her role for Johnson would be on a non-partisan basis, and she would be voting Labour in the Mayoral election.[10]
Along with Frank Field, Hoey was one of the first MPs to nominate John McDonnell during the Labour leadership election in 2010.[11] This was greeted with suspicion by some who questioned why MPs seen to be on the right of the party were nominating a figure associated with the left. The New Statesman's James Macintrye said of Field and Hoey: "Both are the subject of Tory dreams that they may defect"[12]
Connections
Joan Hoey, sister.
Resources
- Wikipedia: Kate Hoey
Notes
- ↑ Kate Hoey, www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Kate Hoey, Greater London Authority, accessed 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Home page, katehoey.com, accessed 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Home page, katehoey.com, accessed 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Home page, katehoey.com, accessed 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Ministers on the up, BBC News, 29 July 1999.
- ↑ Kate Hoey, www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Kate Hoey, www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Kate Hoey, www.parliament.uk, accessed 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Sam Johnson, Labour MP denies defection in mayoral campaign, The Guardian, 30 April 2008.
- ↑ McDonnell gets first backing in Labour leadership fight, BBC News, 26 May 2010.
- ↑ Kiss of Death for Labour's most leftist candidates, James Macintyre, New Statesman, 27 May 2010.
