Mike Hill (British politician)

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Mike Hill


Member of Parliament for Hartlepool
In office 8 June 2017 – 16 March 2021
Preceded by	Iain Wright
Succeeded by	((Jill Mortimer))

Personal details
Born	Michael Robert Hill (1963-05-12) 12 May 1963 (age 61) Heywood, Lancashire, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Lancaster

Michael Robert Hill (born 12 May 1963) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hartlepool from 2017 until his resignation in 2021.

Early life

Hill was born in Heywood in Lancashire in 1963.

He attended Sutherland High School (which became Heywood Community High School in 1990). He has a degree in Drama and English Literature from the University of Lancaster.

Career

Hill has worked in local authority libraries and as a trade union official. Until being elected to Parliament in 2017, he was the Political Officer for UNISON Northern Region and Vice Chair of Labour North.

He was the unsuccessful Labour candidate for Richmond in North Yorkshire at the 2015 election, which has traditionally been a safe seat for the Conservatives. He came third behind the UKIP candidate. In 2017, upon the retirement of Labour MP Iain Wright, Hill was selected as Labour's candidate for Hartlepool, a Tees Valley seat the party has held for several decades. Hill had lived in the town of Hartlepool for nearly twenty years. He successfully retained the seat at the 2017 general election.

He was suspended from the Labour Party in September 2019 over allegations of sexual harassment, but reinstated in October 2019. In January 2020, Hill's request for anonymity was turned down in an upcoming employment tribunal related to the accusations. The alleged victim stated that she had also made a report to the Metropolitan Police at the time of the original accusations.

Hill retained his seat at the 2019 general election. He later supported Keir Starmer in the 2020 Labour leadership election and Angela Rayner for the deputy leadership.

On 16 March 2021, Hill announced his resignation with immediate effect, and on that day was appointed Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds, which is the procedure whereby a UK MP—who cannot actually resign—voluntarily leaves office. He is due to face an employment tribunal later in the year relating to allegations of sexual harassment and victimisation.

References

"No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11782.
Sophie Brownson (2 June 2017). "Residents quiz candidates at Hartlepool hustings". Hartlepool Mail. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
Allegretti, Aubrey; Elgot, Jessica. "Hartlepool Labour MP Mike Hill quits, triggering red wall byelection". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ Mike Hill (20 July 2017). "Mike Hill MP: Fighting to be really 'born in Hartlepool'". Hartlepool Mail. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
Hartlepool Labour Party. "Mike Hill MP". Hartlepool Labour Party. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
Press Association (22 September 2019). "Labour MP Mike Hill suspended over claims of sexual harassment". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
"Hartlepool parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
Payne, Mark (10 January 2020). "Hartlepool MP Mike Hill is backing Keir Starmer to be the new Labour leader". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
"Three Hundreds of Chiltern: Mike Hill". 16 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
"Mike Hill: Hartlepool MP quits 'with immediate effect'". BBC News. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

External links

Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

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Preceded byIain Wright	Member of Parliament for Hartlepool 2017–2021	Vacant

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