Kate Hoey (born Catharine Letitia Hoey, 21 June 1946) was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Vauxhall from 1989 to 2019 (she resigned from the Labour Party in 2020), and previously served in the Blair government as Minister for Sport.
She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and was educated at the Ulster College of Physical Education. She joined the International Marxist Group. After relocating to England, she gained a degree in economics from the City of London College (now known as London Metropolitan University). She was a senior lecturer at Kingsway College from 1976 to 1985, during which time she left the International Marxist Group.
Kate Hoey has a long-standing interest in sport, affordable housing, top-up tuition fees, NHS and provision for pensioners. She voted against the war in Iraq, against the ban on fox-hunting and against London’s candidacy to host the 2012 Olympics.
Hoey advocated the United Kingdom leaving the European Union during the campaign for the EU membership referendum held on 23 June 2016. She participated in Fishing for Leave, a pro-Brexit Flotilla alongside then Ukip leader Nigel Farage.
She sits in the House of Lords as Baroness Hoey.