Liz McInnes tweets she is standing down and votes against the election
Date published: 19 April 2017
Liz McInnes tweets she is standing down
Heywood and Middleton MP Liz McInnes posted a tweet on Tuesday saying she is standing down as an MP just hours after the Prime Minster called for a snap general election.
On Wednesday, MPs voted by 522 to 13 in favour of Theresa May's proposal to hold the general election on 8 June. One of the thirteen dissenters was Liz McInnes.
Ms McInnes entered Parliament in October 2014 having won the Heywood and Middleton seat following Jim Dobbin's death, though with a much reduced majority beating UKIP by just 617 votes.
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/91824/labour-wins-heywood-and-middleton-but-ukip-slashes-majority
She retained her seat in the May 2015 general election increasing her majority to 5,299.
Ms McInnes has not responded to an invitation to comment.
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