Keith Vaz
 Keith Vaz       (politician) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz 1956-11-26 Aden Colony | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | |||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Maria Fernandes | |||||||||||
| Member of | Chinese In Britain All-Party Parliamentary Group | |||||||||||
| Party | Labour | |||||||||||
| Relatives | • Valerie Vaz • Penny McConnell | |||||||||||
Dramatically snared while chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee.
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Keith Vaz is a Labour Party Member of Parliament who was dubbed "Mr Vazeline" and the "ultimate 'Teflon' politician",[1] due to his ability to slip loose from scandal.
In October 2019, Keith Vaz was suspended from Parliament for six months by the House of Commons Standards Committee[2] and in November 2019, Labour's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) was considering whether Keith Vaz can stand for the party at Leicester East in the UK/2019 General Election.[3]
Career
MP.
Chair of the Home Affairs Committee
As Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, he was responsible for the investigation[Which?] into the VIPaedophile child abuse rings. After a sting operation involving male prostitutes and cocaine, he resigned as chair, after 2 days of criticism, on 6 September 2016. He did not deny the accusations.[4]
References
- ↑ "The 'Teflon' MP who counts leaders among his friends"
- ↑ "Labour MP Keith Vaz faces six-month suspension after drug and sex probe"
- ↑ "General Election 2019: Labour bans three former MPs from standing again"
- ↑ "THE WEEK VAZELINE BECAME UNSTUCK: The downfall of controversial MP Keith Vaz whose slimy reputation finally caught the better of him"
