0R15 9173.0 0.0% 0R1E 8151.0 0.0% 0M69 20225.0 60.6434% 0R2V 226.5 0.6667% 0QYR 1444.5 1.404% 0QYP 425.0 0.0% 0RUK None None% 0RYA 1530.0 -2.8571% 0RIH 179.7 0.0% 0RIH 175.1 -2.5598% 0R1O 212.5 9900.0% 0R1O None None% 0QFP None None% 0M2Z 250.6141 0.2757% 0VSO 33.18 -6.8108% 0R1I None None% 0QZI 587.0 0.0% 0QZ0 220.0 0.0% 0NZF None None% 0YXG 172.4228 -1.6245%
World news
Ex-Labour MP Alice Mahon dies aged 85
Image Source: PAMEDIA
Tributes have been paid to the former Labour MP Alice Mahon who has died at the age of 85.
Ms Mahon, an outspoken left winger, represented Halifax in West Yorkshire for 18 years from 1987 to 2005.
In a statement to the Halifax Courier, the town’s current MP Holly Lynch said: “Alice Mahon always had a track record of fighting tirelessly for Halifax, and was much loved for it.
“She was a proud trade unionist and achieved a great deal both inside and outside of Parliament.
“My thoughts are very much with her family as I know she will be dearly missed as a mother and grandmother.”
During her time in Parliament, Ms Mahon was a fierce critic of the then leader and prime minister, Sir Tony Blair, and was bitterly opposed to the war in Iraq.
After standing down at the 2005 general election, she quit the party altogether in 2009 in protest at the tactics of Sir Tony’s successor, Gordon Brown.
Her fellow left winger and former party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: “An utterly brilliant working-class campaigner, Alice was one of one of my best comrades in Parliament. I will miss her terribly.”
Current party leader Sir Keir Starmer said: “Alice Mahon was a tireless champion for the people of Halifax. My thoughts are with her friends and family.”
UK 
AU
CA
US
NZ
Please wait processing your request...