Mike Hill (British politician)
Michael Robert Hill is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Hartlepool in the 2017 general election.Early life
He was born in Heywood in Lancashire in 1963.
He attended Sutherland High School. He has a degree in Drama and English Literature from the University of Lancaster.Career
He has worked in local authority libraries and as a trade union official. Until being elected to Parliament in 2017, he was the Political Officer for UNISON Northern Region and Vice Chair of Labour North.
He was suspended from the Labour Party in September 2019 over allegations of sexual harassment but reinstated in October 2019. In January 2020 Hill's request for anonymity was turned down in an upcoming employment tribunal related to the accusations. The alleged victim stated that she had also made a report to the Metropolitan Police at the time of the original accusations.
Hill retained his seat in the 2019 general election.
