(1956-11-26) 26 November 1956 (age 67) Aden Colony (now Yemen)
Political party
One Leicester (since 2024)
Labour (until 2024)
Spouse
Maria Fernandes
Relations
Valerie Vaz (sister)
Penny McConnell (sister)
Children
2
Alma mater
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (MA)
Website
Official website
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British politician who served as the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019. He is the British Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP.
Vaz served as the Minister for Europe between October 1999 and June 2001. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in June 2006. He was Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee from July 2007, but resigned from this role on 6 September 2016 after the Sunday Mirror revealed he had engaged in unprotected sexual activity with male prostitutes and had said he would pay for cocaine if they wished to use it.
At the end of October 2016, Vaz was appointed to the Justice Select Committee; a parliamentary vote to block his appointment was defeated.[1] On 10 November 2019, he said in a statement that he was retiring from Parliament and would not be standing for re-election at the general election the following month.[2]
He is standing in the 2024 United Kingdom general election in Leicester East for One Leicester.[3] He was consequently expelled from the Labour Party.[4]
^Hughes, Laura (1 November 2016). "Tory MPs defeat bid to stop Keith Vaz from being appointed to Justice Committee". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
^"Labour's Keith Vaz will not stand for re-election". BBC News. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^"x.com". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "Disgraced Keith Vaz expelled from Labour as he stands for One Leicester party". The Guardian. 7 June 2024.
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