Keith Vaz
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 67 |
| Date of birth | November 26,1956 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Aden Colony |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Maria Fernandes Vaz |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Children | Anjali Vaz |
| Luke Vaz | |
| Siblings | Valerie Vaz |
| Penny McConnell | |
| Full name | Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz |
| Education | Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge |
| Parents | Anthony Xavier Vaz |
| Merlyn Vaz | |
| Previous position | Minister of State of the United Kingdom for Europe and North America (1999–2001) |
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| ID | 420159 |
Keith Vaz Life story
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019. He was the British Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP. Vaz served as the Minister for Europe between October 1999 and June 2001.
Labour suspends entire Leicester East constituency branch
... Previous Labour MP for the constituency Keith Vaz, who served as an MP for 32 years, retired from Parliament after being caught with male prostitutes and offering to get drugs for them...
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calls for Claudia Webbe to resign
... " Webbe was elected as Leicester East MP in 2019, replacing Keith Vaz who after he was found to have " expressed willingness" to buy cocaine for others...
Elephant Man city statue plan faces 'freak show' criticism
... And last April, then-Deputy Keith Vaz, a statue of a language should be built, died in a helicopter crash outside of club stadium in 2018...
General election 2019: Labour's Keith Vaz will not stand for re-election
...Labour s Keith Vaz, who was suspended from the Commons after he was found to have expressed willingness to purchase cocaine for others, will not be standing for re-election...
General Election 2019: Labour bans three former MPs from standing again
... Labour s ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) has not made a final decision on whether Keith Vaz can stand for the party, the BBC understands...
MP Keith Vaz suspended from Commons after drug and sex inquiry
...Labour MP Keith Vaz has been suspended from the Commons for six months after he was found to have expressed willingness to purchase cocaine for male prostitutes...
Which MPs are standing down at the election?
...Clockwise from top left: Keith Vaz, Heidi Allen, Philip Hammond, Rory Stewart, Amber Rudd, Nick Boles, Tom Watson and Nicky Morgan The general election date is fast approaching and many familiar faces from the House of Commons have cleared their desks for the last time...
News Daily: Grenfell fire report and PM's election bid
... Elsewhere, the Daily Mirror leads on the shame of Labour MP Keith Vaz, who faces a possible Commons suspension after its standards body found compelling evidence he offered to pay for a class A drug and had paid-for sex in August 2016...
General election 2019: Labour's Keith Vaz will not stand for re-election
Labour's Keith Vaz , who was suspended from The Commons after he was found to have "expressed willingness" to purchase cocaine for others, will not be standing for re-election.
Mr Vaz, who has been MP for Leicester East for 32 years, said in a statement he was retiring from Parliament.
He said it had been "an honour and a privilege" to serve his constituency.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he had "made a substantial and significant contribution to public life".
Mr Vaz was suspended for six months after a by The Commons standards commission, which found he "disregarded" The Law by "expressing a willingness" to help buy cocaine for male prostitutes.
He had been re-selected as Labour's candidate in Leicester East a few weeks before the publication of the standards report.
If he had been re-elected in 12 December's general election he could have taken up his seat, with the suspension requiring a new vote in the next Parliament.
Labour's ruling National Executive Committee failed to reach a decision on Mr Vaz's future last week - But he has faced calls from Labour allies to stand down.
Labour must now choose a new candidate in the constituency before Thursday's deadline.
'Pioneering group'The standards committee said in its report that there was "compelling evidence" Mr Vaz offered to pay for a Class A drug and had paid-for sex in August 2016.
The revelations, first reported by the Sunday Mirror , led to Him Standing down as chairman of the Home Affairs committee - which at the Time Was conducting an inquiry into drug policy.
Mr Vaz, a former Europe minister, rejected the standards committee's claim that he had been "evasive or unhelpful" during The Investigation into his conduct.
A statement on his website said he was admitted to hospital on The Day The Committee 's report was published.
It said he had been receiving treatment for a "serious Mental Health condition" since details of The Encounter were published in 2016.
In a statement, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "Keith Vaz was among the pioneering group of black and Asian Labour MPs elected in 1987. I was proud to support his selection and incredibly proud when he won, taking the seat from the Tories.
"Keith has made a substantial and significant contribution to public life, both as a constituency MP for the people of Leicester and for the Asian community across the country. He has helped to pave the way for more BAME people to become involved in politics. "
'Honour'The Labour leader said Mr Vaz's work in Parliament had been "exemplary".
Mr Vaz said in a statement: "I have decided To Retire after completing 32 years as the Member of Parliament for Leicester East.
"In that time I have won eight general elections. It has been an honour and a privilege to serve my constituency since I came to The City in 1985.
"I want to thank the people of Leicester East for their absolute loyalty and support. "
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Source of news: bbc.com
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