Labour Leave

Labour Leave
PurposeUnited Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union
Region served
United Kingdom
Key people
Graham Stringer MP
Kelvin Hopkins
Roger Godsiff
Kate Hoey
Frank Field
AffiliationsVote Leave
Labour Party (UK)
(unofficial)
Websitelabourleave.org.uk

Labour Leave is a Eurosceptic campaign group in the United Kingdom. The group is unofficially affiliated with the Labour Party, and campaigned for the United Kingdom to vote to withdraw from the European Union, in the June 2016 EU Referendum.[1][2] The group was led by eurosceptic Labour MPs: Graham Stringer, Kelvin Hopkins, and Roger Godsiff.[3][4]

Kate Hoey was another co chair in the group, until she reportedly resigned in February 2016.[5] Labour MP Gisela Stuart did not participate in the group, instead chairing the official leave campaign, Vote Leave.[6]

John Mills officially resigned as chairman of Labour Leave, in July 2018.[7] The supporters page of the website, in January 2019, listed only Brendan Chilton (chair) and MPs, Kate Hoey and Frank Field (on 30 August 2018, Field had resigned the Labour whip).[8] Chilton is also the general secretary, and the only director of Labour Leave Limited.[9]

  1. ^ "Labour Leave has no confidence in David Cameron's EU renegotiation". LabourList. 10 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Labour Leave".
  3. ^ "Labour Leave – Board". Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Vote Leave launches". Vote Leave. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ^ Hughes, Laura (5 February 2016). "Kate Hoey quits Brexit group after leadership row". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  6. ^ Elgot, Jessica (9 June 2016). "EU referendum debates: when and where to watch them". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Statement: Stepping down from political organisations". John Mills. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Supporters". Labourleave.org.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Labour Leave Limited - people". Companieshouse.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 5 January 2019.