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Revision as of 17:23, 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]
Along with Frank Field, Hoey was one of the first MPs to nominate John McDonnell during the Labour leadership election in 2010.[10]
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.
- ↑ McDonnell gets first backing in Labour leadership fight, BBC News, 26 May 2010.
