Former MP announced as Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election burytimes.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from burytimes.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dr Paul Williams offered Labour candidacy in Hartlepool, leaked memo shows
The local party s executive is understood to have offered Dr Williams, the former Stockton South MP, the candidacy
19:53, 17 MAR 2021
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Paul Williams at Hartlepool Police Station
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Mike Hill has stood down as an MP for Hartlepool with immediate effect
16 March 2021 • 1:51pm
Mike Hill resigned on Tuesday following a meeting with the Labour Chief Whip
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Sir Keir Starmer is set to face the first test of his leadership at the polls in May, after a Red Wall MP stood down on Tuesday following sexual harassment allegations.
Mike Hill, the Labour MP for Hartlepool, resigned his seat weeks before an employment tribunal is to hear sexual harassment and victimisation allegations against him.
His departure will trigger a by-election in one of the Labour Party’s most vulnerable seats, which Mr Hill retained with a significantly reduced vote share at the 2019 election after the chairman of the Brexit Party stood against him.
Hartlepool Labour MP Mike Hill quits with immediate effect amid ongoing investigation gazettelive.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazettelive.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.